The Company: Nintendo

Nintendo first began with tradings cards and later started becoming a video game industry. 

The Beginning   1889: Founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, Marufuku Company, Ltd. began 1907: Marufuku introduces Western-styled playing cards 1933: Yamauchi forms Yamauchi Nintendo & Company, Ltd. 1951: The company is renamed Nintendo Playing Card Company 1959: Nintendo signs an agreement with Disney to market themed playing cards 1963: The firm's name is shortened to Nintendo Company, Ltd.   "While 1981's Donkey Kong and 1983's Mario Bros. are most people's introduction to Nintendo arcade games, the company's first coin-op video game machines actually date back to the late 1970's. Between 1973 and 1978, Nintendo, which was only just beginning to move away from its trading cards and toys into the world of video games, released a range of arcade machines, most of them (with the exception of 1975's EVR Race and 1978's Test Driver) light gun shooters. Computer Othello was the first video game developed by Nintendo R&D1. This internal studio, led by Game Boy creator Gunpei Yokoi, would soon be churning out titles like Donkey Kong, Mario Bros.,Duck Hunt, Kid Icarus and the Super Mario Land games. It was also the studio a young designer by the name of Shigeru Miyamoto would prove his worth before being given his own team, which would then go on to create games like the Super Mario series and The Legend Of Zelda."

 

"Nintendo's First Arcade Game." Kotaku.com. Kotaku., 2011, Apr 11. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.

 

The People Who Make it Happen

 

The Presidents       Fusajiro Yamauchi (1889-1929) Japanese entrepreneur Founder of Marufuku Company Ltd. In 1889, he opened the first “Hanafuda” card shop called “Nintendo Koppai”. With the huge success he had selling these cards; he rapidly began expanding and opening another card shop in Osaka. He later went to create more card games.                    Sekiryo Yamauchi (Sekiryo Kaneda) (1929-1949) Married the daughter of Fusajiro, Tei Yamauchi, and took on the name Yamauchi and as the 2nd president of Nintendo In 1933, he established a joint-ventured company and renamed it Yamauchi Nintendo & Company  In 1949, Sekiryo retired after suffering a stroke and died soon afterwards. He passed the business down to his grandson Hiroshi Yamauchi. It was not given to his son (father of Hiroshi) due to his absence and abandonment.                  Hiroshi Yamauchi (1949-2002), lifetime: November, 1927-September, 2013 Grandson of Sekiro Yamauchi and the 3rd president of Nintendo Transformed Nintendo from a small card-making company into a multi-billionaire video game company Largest shareholder of Nintendo and 13th richest guy in Japan "Yamauchi decided to expand Nintendo into the United States in order to cash in on the growing American arcade market. He hired his son-in-law Minoru Arakawa to head the new American operation. Their Japanese hits such as Radar Scope, Space Fever and Sheriff did not achieve the same success in the United States, so Yamauchi turned to designer Shigeru Miyamoto’s pet project, Donkey Kong in 1981, which became a smash hit."                  President: Satoru Iwata (2002-present) Worked as a programmer in HAL Laboratory and was known as a "genius" HAL Laboratory and himself helped Nintendo create video games He also became president of HAL in 1993 In 2000, he became the head of the Corporate Planning Division  In 2002, he became the fourth President of Nintendo, first president to not be related to any of the other Yamauchi presidents Known as one of the world's top CEO due to the Wii sales                 Artist: Shigeru Miyamoto Video game designer and producer Joined Nintendo in 1977 He is currently managing the Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development Branch His inspirations for his later work were the natural surroundings of Kyoto Creator of Donkey Kong                    (Presidents in America: Minoru Arakawa, Tatsumi Kimishima, Reggi Fils-Aime)

 

 

 

 

Consoles and Gaming Systems 

 

 

 

Nintendo Game & Watch 

• Created by game designer Gunpei Yokoi, this hand held gaming system was produced from 1980 to 1991, selling 43.4 million  units, and was the first step in developing the technology for the Game Boy and DS.
• Each system included a single game, and a clock, justifying the name Game & Watch.
• A total of 59 games were released to the public, and an additional game was released as a contest prize, totaling 60.

           

Nintendo Entertainment System  "Introduced in 1985, the NES was an instant hit. Over the course of the next two years, it almost single-handedly revitalized the video game industry. Selling over 60 million units, people brought games like Mario and Zelda into their homes for the first time on the NES."

Gameboy

• Came out in 1989, the Gameboy's screen was four-colors-of-gray the device was portable, and was enormously fun.
• Most successful video game system released and has sold over 150 million sytems worldwide since its release. 

Super Nintendo Entertainment System 

• "The SNES was released in 1991 and featured 16-bit technology. More processing power meant more entertaining games which helped the SNES sell more than 49 million systems worldwide."

 Nintendo 64 

• "The N64 set new standards in realistic 3D gaming when it came out in 1996. Super Mario 64 was the system's showcase game and thrilled millions with its amazing graphics and game play."

Game Boy Pocket

• "The same year the N64 came out, the Game Boy Pocket found its way into gamers' school backpacks all over the world.

• It was smaller than the original Game Boy and came in a variety of colors."

Game Boy Advance

• "Featuring a larger screen and better graphics than previous versions of the Game Boy, the GBA would go on to sell tens of millions of units worldwide after its North American debut in 2001."  

Nintendo GameCube 

• "2001 also saw the release of the Nintendo GameCube which one-upped the graphics and game play of the N64.

• It was the first Nintendo system to use optical discs instead of cartridges for its games." 

Game Boy Advance SP 

• "Released in 2003, the Game Boy Advance SP had the same size screen as the Game Boy Advance, but the GBA SP was dramatically smaller, lighter, and folded in a clamshell design to become a true pocket portable.

• It also featured a rechargeable battery and back-lit screen."

Nintendo DS

• "Featuring two screens, including a touch screen, a microphone, built-in Wi-Fi capability, and backward compatibility.

•  The DS is an incredibly successful portable gaming device beating its rivals in the marketplace by a wide margin." 

Nintendo DS Lite 

• "The Nintendo DS is smaller, lighter, and has brighter screens than the previous model and has been embraced by fans.

• Tens of millions of DS Lites have sold worldwide since its release in early 2006."

Nintendo Wii

• "In 2006, Nintendo introduced the Wii and with it several advanced, revolutionary features.

• Wireless motion-sensitive remote controllers, built-in Wi-Fi capability, and a host of other features have made the Wii the best-selling latest generation console system in the world.

• Netflix announced a partnership that would allow most Netflix subscribers to stream movies and TV shows directly through their Wii consoles.

• The American Heart Association and Nintendo of America formed a multifaceted strategic relationship aimed at helping people create healthy lifestyles through physically active play. The iconic American Heart Association brand appeared on boxes for the Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort software and for the Wii system itself. (Donkey Kong Country Returns revisited a classic franchise.) The Wii Games: Summer 2010 competition brought thousands of people of all ages together in fun competitions."

Nintendo DSi 

• "In April, Nintendo DSi introduced a revised portable system with two cameras and wireless access to downloadable games via the Nintendo DSi Shop.

• The Nintendo DS family of systems set a new all-time calendar-year U.S. sales record for any console or hand-held system."

Nintendo DSi XL 

• "Nintendo DSi XL debuted with screens that were 93 percent larger than those on Nintendo DS Lite."

Nintendo 3DS 

• "On March 27, 2011 in the United States, Nintendo launches the Nintendo 3DS system, which allows users to view 3Dcontent without the use of special glasses"

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WII U 

• "The Wii U is the first Nintendo console to support high-definition graphics. The Wii U's primary controller is the Wii U Game Pad, which features an embedded touchscreen. Each software title may be designed to utilize this touchscreen as being supplemental to the main TV, or as the only screen for Off-TV Play." 

 

 

 

 

 

 

History of Donkey Kong

 

He wanted to create something entirely new, and he had some ideas up his sleeve before starting development.

"One was including a story. He had always wondered why video games had no plot and felt that there was an unexplored potential for engrossing stories. He looked at some of his favorite films as inspiration and desperately wanted to get the license for a Popeye game.   Nintendo was unable to get it, however, so Miyamoto resorted to creating his own. The characters included in his game would be highly similar to those from Popeye, and the relationship between them was clearly based off of the love triangle from the series. Olive would be replaced by Lady, later known as Pauline, Donkey Kong would take the place of Bluto, while the character Popeye would transform into gaming's biggest superstar: Mario, originally known as Jumpman.   Next, Miyamoto would have to create an idea for the game's plot. In the final version, Donkey Kong would escape his master's clutches, kidnap his girlfriend, and climb to the top of a series of girders at a construction site. Mario would naturally go off to save his girlfriend, though would be bombarded by a series of barrels that Donkey Kong sent down the girders. Mario, using his fantastic jumping powers, would hop over the barrels and use hammers to get rid of them as well. As Mario progressed through the game, new obstacles would stand in Mario's way. After reaching the very top, Mario would cause Donkey Kong's platform to tumble and subsequently save Pauline. Thus, gaming's first plot was created.   Donkey Kong is among the first titles to have multiple stages and featured some elaborate cutscenes in its time. Miyamoto composed the soundtrack and when everything was said and done, Yamauchi knew that what he had was a hit, so he sent it over to America. .   The word of the game got loose, Nintendo was forced to order thousands of more units from Japan, although the company couldn't keep up with demand. Shigeru Miyamoto's first work as a game designer proved to be one of Nintendo's most successful ventures yet in almost one hundred years.    In the new game he wanted the playable character to be Donkey Kong to sort of balance the relationship between Mario and him, though because of his size he resorted to creating a smaller ape called Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong's son. In this new game, appropriately titled Donkey Kong Jr., DK's son would climb on various vines in order to save his father who was placed in a caged prison by Mario. He eventually managed to do so, and afterwards Donkey Kong kicked Mario away. Miyamoto was once again the person most involved with the game, and later went to work on Donkey Kong 3.    After the series' success, Miyamoto focused more on Mario, thus creating an arcade game.    Nintendo released Donkey Kong in 1981 when arcades were new and popular. Gas stations, fast food places and other resturants were sure to have one of the many one-quarter arcades that had been produced. Players controlled a construction worker (or carpenter) known as Jumpman who tried to get back his girlfriend Pauline from a huge gorilla known as Donkey Kong (which means "Stubborn Gorilla" ) by jumping over several obstacles and climbing up ladders.   The single-screen game was a big hit and in 1982 Donkey Kong Jr was released.   Mario (formally Jumpman) had trapped and caged the barrel-rolling babboon and it was up to DK Jr to save his dad. Instead of more barrel-jumping action, the game consisted of climbing vines and dropping barrels    In 1983, Nintendo released Donkey Kong 3, in which Stanley the Bugman (who was armed with unlimited bug-repellant), tried to keep the bugs from taking his flowers, while making sure the Giant Monkey didn't come down from the vines.    When the Donkey Kong coin-op game was first released in 1981, it was a phenomenal success, selling over 65,000 units. Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong 3 brought the series' total sales to over 100,000 units. Compare the fact that the ultra hot Street Fighter II series sold nearly 50,000, and you can see how big of success Donkey Kong really was."

 

 

Donkey Kong :

 

Games, Spin-off's, and Reference events

 For more information on Donkey Kong games and spin-offs, such as Yoshi's Island DS, visit: www.dkwiki.com/Donkey_Kong

 

    

 

1981

Donkey Kong -Arcade

• Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, this was the first of the Donkey Kong games.

• "It was later ported to the many home systems including the Atari 2600, the Collecovision, and the Nintendo Entertainment System."

• Game play was simple, yet added the element of a story, that had never been done before.

• Donkey Kong kidnaps the girlfriend (Lady/ Pauline) of the Architect (Jumpman/ Mario), and holds her hostage at the top of a construction site. Mario must make his way up the shifted gurters, jumping over barrels being thrown down the structure by DK. Along the way, he is able to pick up items like the hammer to use for a limited lime that make navigating the structure and barrels easier.

• "Donkey Kong was Nintendo's first big success and influenced Nintendo to continue making successful games."

• In the two testing locations, it made $30 a day (120 game plays) for a week strait!

• It brought $120 million in thefirst year, and another $100 in the second

• over 60,000 units were sold 

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Pop culture, Technology, Cost of living, and international news

• Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"
• Brittany Spears, and Justin Timberlake are born. 
• "Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Arc", and "Superman II" are released.
• The first IBM- PC was Released using MS- DOS. (also newly released by Microsoft) 
• The term "Internet" is first used.
• Average yearly income $21,050.00
• Average cost of a new house $78,200.00
• Average monthly rent $315.00
• Gallon of Gas $1.25 on average 
• Lady Diana Spencer married Charles the Prince of Wales
• Researchers Find the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic
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1982

Donkey Kong Jr. -Arcade

• In the second Donkey Kong arcade game, the roles are reversed. Mario is the villain, and having captured Donkey Kong, the son of the ape must come to his fathers rescue.

 

• Donkey Kong Jr. must avoid traps set by Mario by jumping over them/ switching vines, and reach the cage at the top where his father is being held.

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Industry News

• Atari released "E.T. Extra- Terrestrial" for Atari 2600
• Atari offered Spielberg $23 million only for the rights to his film so they could make the game.
• Due to the rush to produce the game before the Christmas season, the game is often regarded as "one of the worst video games released", and "one of the biggest commercial failures in video game history"
• Believed to have led to the video video game industry crash of 1983
• Atari literally trashed over 700,000 game units, most being E.T. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donkey Kong the board game -by Milton Bradley

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Donkey Kong -Game & Watch

• The first of the DK Game & Watch series. 

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Donkey Kong Jr. -Game &Watch

• The hand held version of the popular arcade game.
• Sold well enough to warrant a semi sequel in the Game & Watch series, Donkey Kong II. 
• This included an entirely new level, and obstacle layout 
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 1983 

Donkey Kong 3 -Arcade

• Mario gets a break, while Stanley the exterminator tries to fend off the bees, and other large bugs, useing his unlimited can of bug spray .
• Chasing DK up the vines, DK can wrile up the bugs and send them swarming. 
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Donkey Kong -NES

• Making Nintendo's best selling arcade game available to play in the comfort of your

 

         own home. The classic arcade Donkey Kong, playable on the NES. 

                                                                                                                                       

Donkey Kong Jr. -NES 

 

• "Mario has gone mad! He's turned the tables on Donkey Kong and locked him in a cage. It's up to you, as Donkey Kong Jr., to rescue your father's set of keys. But it won't be easy. You'll have to fight off ape-eating Snapjaws, jump onto moving islands, and break through a jungle of vines to get to the keys that will free Donkey Kong."
• "Donkey Kong Jr. for NES." Gamefaqs.com. gamefaqs. 2014. Web. 13 May 2014.
  

 

 

 

 

Donkey Kong Jr. Math -NES 

• Combining the excitement and fun of the Donkey Kong videogame, and an educational math lesson,

 

         this tactic draws kids in and helps them learn.

 

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Donkey Kong Crunch Cereal

 

• With crunchy Barrels of Fun, this cereal has been associated with flavor and texture of Captain Crunch
• . Donkey Kong Junior is reminiscent of the modern Crunch Berries.
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Donkey Kong II -Game & Watch

• A multi screen version in color, this is the sequel to Donkey Kong Jr. in the Game & Watch line

 

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1984

 

Donkey Kong 3 -Game & Watch

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Donkey Kong Circus -Game & Watch

 

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1985 

Donkey Kong Hockey -Game & Watch

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1986

Industry news

• Legend of Zelda is released.
• This game offered a new save system, and the brand new free roaming world.
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1988

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1994

Donkey Kong Country -SNES 

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Pop culture, Technology, Cost of living, and international news

• Lisa Marie Presley marries Michael Jackson

• Kurt Cobain commits suicide

• "The Shawshank Redemption", "Forest Gump", "The Lion King", "Pulp Fiction", and "Star Trek: Generations" are released.

• Netscape Navigator released, and quickly became the market leader for browsing the web.

• Java Programming language is released by Sun Microsystems.

• Average yearly income $37,070.00

• Average monthly rent $533.00

• Average cost of a new house $119,050.00

• gallon of gasoline $1.09 

• O.J. Simpson flees the police in his white Ford Bronco

• Brazil wins the World cup in USA. 

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Industry news

• Sony releases the PlayStation Console selling 125 million units, which influences greatly the close of the of the game cartridge era.

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1995

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest -SNES

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Donkey Kong Land -GB

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1996

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! -SNES

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Donkey Kong Land 2 -GB

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1997

Donkey Kong Land III -GB

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Donkey Kong Country T.V. Series

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Diddy Kong Racing -N64

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1999

Donkey Kong 64 -N64

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2000

Donkey Kong Country -GB Color

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2004

Donkey Konga -Game cube

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2005

Donkey Kong: Jungle Fever -Arcade 

• The first of two japanese only release arcade games 
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Donkey Konga2 -Game cube

 

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Donkey Konga 3 (japan only release) -wii

 

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2006

Donkey Kong: Banana Kingdom -Arcade

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2008

Jenga: Donkey Kong edition

• Made by Milton Bradley, the play is similar to the original Jenga, however getting your Mario marker to the top to save Pauline gives it the DK twist 

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2010

Donkey Kong Country Returns-Wii

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2013

 

Donkey Kong Country Returns: 3D -3DS

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2014

 

 

Donkey Kong Characters

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

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Sales and Statistics

  For more info on the sales and statistics of Donkey Kong, visit: www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=donkey+kong

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

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