You may think you know the Nintendo story: a plumber named Mario, a princess named Zelda… and didn’t they buy the Seattle Mariners at some point? We thought we knew it too. And then we started researching and were blown away.The lovable Disney-like Nintendo that we know today is a 130 year-old a playing card company (i.e. gambling), forged in the shadowy world of the Yakuza and shaped by a four-generation cycle of bitter family betrayal. And its unlikely transformation into a global multi-billion dollar media monopoly was led by an iron-fisted patriarch who — amazingly — never played a video game in his life! Get ready for one of our favorite stories Acquired has ever told — we couldn’t make this one up if we tried!ACQ2 Show + LP Program:
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Links:
Our Atari episode with Nolan Bushnell
Video of id Software’s legendary PC “port” of Super Mario Brothers 3
Episode sources
Carve Outs:
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Michael Lewis on Tim Ferriss and on CSPAN