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November 13, 2026

Did you know that Nintendo was founded before the invention of the automobile as we know it?

Nintendo was founded in Japan on September 23, 1889, more than 135 years ago!

But the company wasn’t making video games. It originally manufactured handmade Japanese playing cards called hanafuda.

Even more fascinating, Nintendo was already in business before the first successful powered airplane flight by the Wright brothers in 1903.

The company didn’t release its first home video game console, the Color TV-Game, until 1977.

That means Nintendo existed for 88 years before it ever sold a home video game console!

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