Hanafuda

Introduction: The mario franchise is owned by nintendo. The japanese game designer is Shigeru Miyamoto. The first game one of the mario franchise is donkey kong and the date the game was made is july, 9, 1981 (www.theguardian.com 2018). Mario is a italian plumber who is one of the most known characters in the world. Mario games have started out with donkey kong and the newest game of mario odyssey(www.economist.com 2018). The mario games sold 240 million copies of games and the franchise only has near 20 games. In december the mario franchise got 70 million dollars. Mario games gotten over 25 billion dollars over all (https://kotaku.com 2018) Mario games has other characters like mario's brother luigi peach,yoshi,bowser and toad. The mario characters don't just appear in their own games they also appear in other games owned by nintendo (www.mariowiki.com). Games like super smash bros have characters like link,fox,samus and kirby. Other games they appear in is with another game franchise is with sonic the hedgehog . The game is mario and sonic at the olympics(www.mariowiki.com). The latest game of the Mario franchise is super Mario odyssey which released on the Nintendo switch and was a game a lot of people were playing. A popular Mario games series is Mario kart(www.nintendo.com). The newest Mario kart game was Mario kart 8 deluxe and the game includes characters from the game splatoon. The Mario franchise has been going on for 25 years (www.mariowiki.com). The creator…

The history of Nintendo Video games have been around for many years with many different companies making different contributions. One of the more well-known companies would have to be Nintendo. Nintendo is the successful company it is today because of three things: The very start of the company, their gaming consoles and the influence of their characters. Nintendo has a history dating back to the late 19th century. The Nintendo Company was founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi.…

The companies original name was Nintendo Koppai which meant "Leave luck to heaven." Fusajiro became popular for his smaller than regular cards, known as Hanafuda. These cards became very popular in Japan, causing the demand for the cards to grow. Fusajiro continued to make cards until 1929 when he was ready to retire. The only problem was he only had daughters, and no son to take over his business. During that time in Japan the business could only be passed on to a son or son in law, and never…

In 1889, a small playing card company opened up in Kyoto Japan and produced Hanafuda Cards. These were a form of playing cards. The name of the business was “Nintendo Koppai.” The company was very successful. However, in the 1950s, the company became concerned about the long term popularity of playing cards. They made a deal with the Walt Disney Company to use their characters on cards. It was successful, but eventually the business stalled. Today Nintendo is a five billion dollar company. The…

In Japan there is dark underworld that exists, and they are involved in many aspects of Japanese lives. They are the Yakuza’s. Currently in Japan it is estimated that there are over a hundred thirty thousand members of Yakuza and around a thousand kumi’s. In contrast, the United States has more than double the population of Japan but only 20,000 organized crime members in total. In Japan the numbers of the Yakuza’s have decreased on average by 0.5% each year from the peak in 2004. Yet they still…

Nintendo is the oldest gaming console company in the world. Nintendo has evolved in many ways, its games, graphics, gaming consoles and its accessories. Nintendo is considered the first gaming company in the world. Nintendo is one of the oldest companies in the world. It has now been 120 years and counting! Nintendo is one of the most beloved company in the world for many reasons. Nintendo started off very small as a company. The company that would become “Nintendo” was founded in 1889 by…

criminal activities. The yakuza is one of the most notorious crime groups in the world, operating out of Japan. This research paper will discuss the rise of the yakuza, the crimes associated within the group, and finally the publics view on the yakuza. Although the yakuza have given support in times of crisis in Japan, it is important to focus on the crimes this group is involved in and to remember the harms done to millions of people because of them. History It is believed the yakuza…