Earphones on, eyes closed: When Nintendo Made Playing Cards | Japanese Bedtime Story
Lanterns of Japan: bedtime stories that take you to Japan. Put on your earphones, close your eyes, and visit Japan before you sleep. Follow for your next night in Japan.
Make four flower cards during an imagined afternoon at the Nintendo Museum in Uji, then try two very different kinds of play. The visit connects Nintendo’s card-making origins, Gunpei Yokoi’s account of developing Ultra Hand, and the calculator-chip design behind Game & Watch: Ball.
The friend and the visit are fictional. Historical details draw on Nintendo’s company history, Yokoi’s published recollections, and interviews…
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