Introduction

Whether you want to accept it or not, Nintendo is the greatest video game company ever. They completely revolutionized the video game world and invented some of the things we nowadays take for granted. Nintendo were the first to step away from the traditional joystick and begin using their invention, the control pad. Nintendo also introduced the D-Pad, the Analogue Stick, the rumble function (no it wasn’t Sony), the RF controller, and the light gun, although it isn’t much used by Nintendo and is used a lot more by arcade machines. So you see, the original and extremely innovative Nintendo invented almost everything about video games today. Nintendo started to work in the business they’re in now from scrap, and they ended up as the biggest multi-billion dollar video game company. They virtually started the video game industry so you can be sure they will be around for a long, long time. It’s no wonder that countless people use the word “Nintendo” to refer to video games, like we use “Kleenex” for tissue and “Xerox” for copy or paper.

July 21, 2012

The History of Nintendo 9


Super FX Chip Is Put To The Test


Star Fox is released in 1993 and becomes the first game to use the Super FX Chip. To celebrate the 100 millionth Mario game sold Super Mario Allstars is made. The game has all the greatest Mario games with improved graphics and sound including the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2 renamed as Super Mario The Lost Levels. Mortal Kombat was released for both the SNES and the Genesis but it did much better on the Genesis since they had to remove a lot of blood and gore for the SNES version. Also, the NES was redesigned for an attempt to bring it back to life. This would also happen with the SNES in the future. Near the end of May, the Super Mario Bros. movie was in theatres. Many people went to go see the movie out of curiosity but most left the cinema unsatisfied. Nintendo announce that they are working on a 64-bit system named Project Reality, later it would be renamed to Ultra 64, and then the name it was released with, Nintendo 64.


Game Boy On TV


In 1994 the Super Game Boy was made public. The Super Game Boy allowed you to use your SNES to play Game Boy games on your TV in full color. 9 years later the Game Boy Player would be released for the GameCube. Super Metroid and Donkey Kong Country are released in Japan this year as well. These two games are praised and smothered with good ratings from people everywhere! This year, the Super FX Chip 2 is out, and it makes the SNES twice as fast as the original Super FX Chip did. Also, an exercise bike with a SNES is out and more and more planes start integrating SNES systems so that passengers could play Nintendo games while going more than half the speed of sound!


Virtual Boy Doesn’t Do As Expected


Finally, in 1995 the Virtual Boy is released in Japan! Sadly, it didn’t do too good. Probably because of the fact that it was released around the same time as the Playstation. Even though it was doing poorly, Hiroshi said at a press conference that they had not lost faith in the Virtual Boy and would continue making games for it. Nintendo buys part of Rare and it becomes a 2nd party developer for Nintendo (in 2003 it would be sold off to Microsoft). A little bit of more information about the Nintendo 64 finds its way to the public. In a video games exhibition, Nintendo show screens and videos of the Nintendo 64 and its launch games. All this hype helps to draw attention away from the Virtual Boy and Nintendo aren’t focusing on advertising the Virtual Boy.


Nintendo 64 & Game Boy Pocket Are Released


The Nintendo 64 is released in Japan in 1996 and is followed by the American release later that year. The system sells like crazy and for a while, is selling much more than the Playstation! Over on the SNES’s turf, Super Mario RPG and Donkey Kong Country are released in America. A smaller, lighter, and better version of the Game Boy is released, the Game Boy Pocket. The Game Boy Pocket is 30% smaller.
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