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How Nintendo Pivoted From Toys to Video Games to Hybrid
Nintendo has reinvented itself more times than most companies have existed. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace Nintendo's century-long journey from a hanafuda playing card company in 1889 to the dominant force in portable and hybrid gaming. They focus on the critical pivot points: the 1983 video game crash that nearly destroyed the industry and how Nintendo's strict quality control and the R.O.B. accessory revived home consoles; the 2006 Wii's motion controls that expanded gaming to seniors and families; and the 2017 Switch hybrid model that unified home and portable play…
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