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Topic：History of Nintendo
[ATTENTION: BECAUSE OF COPYRIGHT CONCERNS, WE CANNOT REPRODUCE THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE. PLEASE VISIT THE SOURCE TO READ AND PRINT THE ENTIRE ARTICLE]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nintendo
[WE WILL ONLY DISCUSS "ORIGIN, TOY COMPANY AND ELECTRONIC GAMES" THREE PARAGRAPHS]
Nintendo started as a small Japanese business by Fusajiro Yamauchi near the end of 1889 as Nintendo Koppai. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called ''Hanafuda''. In recognition of its card-playing roots, the name "Nintendo" means "leave luck to heaven. The cards, which were all handmade, soon began to gain popularity, and Yamauchi had to hire assistants to mass produce cards to keep up with demand.
Fusajiro Yamauchi did not have a son to take over the family business. Following common Japanese tradition, he adopted his son-in-law, Sekiryo Kaneda (Sekiryo Yamauchi, after the marriage). In 1929, Yamauchi retired from the company and allowed Sekiryo Yamauchi to take over the company as president. In 1933, Sekiryo Yamauchi established a joint venture with another company and renamed the company Yamauchi Nintendo & Company.
In 1947, Sekiryo established the company Marufuku Company, Ltd., to distribute the Hanafuda cards, as well as several other brands of cards that had been introduced by Nintendo. Sekiryo Yamauchi also had only daughters, so again his son-in-law (Shikanojo Inaba, renamed Shikanojo Yamauchi) was adopted into the family. Shikanojo never became president because he left his family. Subsequently, his son Hiroshi was brought up by his grandparents. Hiroshi later took over the company instead of his father.
Questions:
1.Do you know Nintendo? For you what's Nintendo?
2.Have you ever played vedio games?If you used to, what's games impress you the most?
3.From a card company to now a populer vedio game company. Nintendo's story is a legend. what do you feel or think of this story?
4.Now people have more selections than just only nintendo Wii, like Xbox 360, PS3, have you ever tried others?
5.Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, now, they are the biggest 3 video game companies in the world. Which one do you think is the most potential company to win the battle in the future?
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