Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story(2021)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2021-03-01
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 7.3
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
Peel back the curtain on the famously secretive Japanese company that would eventually take the global videogame industry by storm. Discover the humble beginnings of a gaming business that began many decades before the invention of television, and ride along the bumpy road of hits, misses, and wild ideas that turned Nintendo from a local playing card maker into a worldwide household name.
Keywords
video gamenintendoclassic video games
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Fandango At HomeSeasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 5E01
Play Your Cards Right
Air Date: 2021-03-01
The birth of Nintendo begins in 19th-century Japan, when a young entrepreneur finds a way to sidestep local gambling ...
E02
A Trojan Horse
Air Date: 2021-03-01
The once-mighty U.S. gaming industry is reduced to a pile of rubble. But unbeknownst to the world, the “Donkey Kong C...
E03
A Sleeping Giant
Air Date: 2021-03-01
Somewhat shaken after a tussle with Sega, Nintendo confidently presses forward into the '90s. The invention of CD tec...
E04
Forward Motion
Air Date: 2021-03-01
As PlayStation and Xbox wage war on the industry, Nintendo faces an identity crisis. Do they keep treading water with...
E05
Reset Button
Air Date: 2021-03-01
Plunging stock, natural disaster, a death in the family, and yet another failed console plague Nintendo. Not to menti...
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