Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story

  • Premiered: Mar 2021
  • Episodes: 5
  • Followers: 2
  • Ended
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Season 1
1x1
Play Your Cards Right
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Mar 01, 2021
The birth of Nintendo begins in 19th-century Japan, when a young entrepreneur finds a way to sidestep local gambling laws. His scrappy family business holds fast through war, cultural .. show full overview
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A Trojan Horse
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Mar 01, 2021
The once-mighty U.S. gaming industry is reduced to a pile of rubble. But unbeknownst to the world, the “Donkey Kong Company” is quietly developing a machine that could revive gaming in a .. show full overview
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A Sleeping Giant
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Mar 01, 2021
Somewhat shaken after a tussle with Sega, Nintendo confidently presses forward into the '90s. The invention of CD technology gives way to new gaming possibilities, but as Nintendo buys .. show full overview
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Forward Motion
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Air date
Mar 01, 2021
As PlayStation and Xbox wage war on the industry, Nintendo faces an identity crisis. Do they keep treading water with the diminishing returns of the GameCube? Or is it time for a hard left turn? A revolution is brewing.
1x5 Season finale
Reset Button
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Air date
Mar 01, 2021
Plunging stock, natural disaster, a death in the family, and yet another failed console plague Nintendo. Not to mention a seismic industry shift led by Apple. Nintendo faces their most .. show full overview

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