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How Nintendo went from a Kyoto hanafuda card maker founded in 1889 to toys, Game & Watch, the Famicom, the DS and Wii, and the Switch, told through the company's choices and design philosophy.
How Nintendo's Game Boy was born in 1989, beat its color rivals and, together with the Game Boy Color, sold 118.69 million units, told through Gunpei Yokoi's philosophy and its key games.
How Nintendo's Animal Crossing began, its real-time clock gameplay, the evolution of each entry, New Horizons' records, and how to play the series today.
Console generations from the Magnavox Odyssey to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2, tracing cartridges, CDs, online play, motion control, and SSDs.
How the Pokémon games began on Game Boy in 1996, how catching, trading and battling work, why the series is a classic, and how to play it today.
How Shigeru Miyamoto's Super Mario Bros. came to be, how it plays, why it's a classic, its sequels and influence, and how to play it today.
Nintendo's Legend of Zelda series, which began on the Disk System in 1986: its origins, how it plays, why it's a classic, and how to play it today.
Seventy years of video games, from Tennis for Two and Spacewar! to Pong, the arcade golden age, the 1983 crash, the NES, 3D, online, mobile, and indies.