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BeautifulBlaze 12/30/22 4:28:19 PM #1:	https://i.redd.it/flpn60saxz8a1.jpg I can't believe NIntendo was around at the same time as the Ottoman Empire. --- http://i.imgur.com/6MpDU9H.png https://i.imgur.com/VLIVK3B.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fvIsIB1.gif https://i.imgur.com/8lDngl8.png <cite>BeautifulBlaze posted [p:970509502] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>https://i.redd.it/flpn60saxz8a1.jpgI can't believe NIntendo was around at the same time as the Ottoman Empire.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 12/30/22 4:29:37 PM #2:	Jim Varney would be rolling in his grave --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:970509530] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Jim Varney would be rolling in his grave</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Etna 12/30/22 4:29:55 PM #3:	What a shit hole --- https://i.imgur.com/OlKhtDy.gif https://i.imgur.com/ZtoMK5o.gif https://i.imgur.com/74NcmdK.gif https://i.imgur.com/UOQ9An8.mp4 <cite>Etna posted [p:970509542] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>What a shit hole</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass_X0 12/30/22 4:30:34 PM #4:	History is fascinating to look at from the safety of the present. --- "Well, it's not a bad game. It's made by Capcom, so how could it?" ~ AVGN <cite>Bass_X0 posted [p:970509556] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>History is fascinating to look at from the safety of the present.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 12/30/22 4:39:59 PM #5:	Wow. They had English on their sign even back then? Was it close to a foreign embassy or something? <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:970509755] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Wow. They had English on their sign even back then? Was it close to a foreign embassy or something?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 12/30/22 4:40:49 PM #6:	Irony posted... Jim Varney would be rolling in his grave That's not his bicycle. His is in the basement of the Alamo. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:970509769] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Irony posted... </cite><quote>Jim Varney would be rolling in his grave</quote>That's not his bicycle. His is in the basement of the Alamo. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 12/30/22 4:41:55 PM #7:	FortuneCookie posted... Wow. They had English on their sign even back then? Was it close to a foreign embassy or something? This. I was gonna say. It looks weird seeing english in Japan so long ago. I wouldn't have expected them to bother with it til much later . I thought in 1889 they were still very proud of their own culture and not so much foreigners <cite>Zikten posted [p:970509794] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>FortuneCookie posted... </cite><quote>Wow. They had English on their sign even back then? Was it close to a foreign embassy or something?</quote>This. I was gonna say. It looks weird seeing english in Japan so long ago. I wouldn't have expected them to bother with it til much later . I thought in 1889 they were still very proud of their own culture and not so much foreigners </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nativengine 12/30/22 4:41:55 PM #8:	Didnt they start out making playing cards? I know I could easily look this up but I want to see if my brain is remembering this right. --- Jive Turkey <cite>nativengine posted [p:970509795] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Didnt they start out making playing cards? I know I could easily look this up but I want to see if my brain is remembering this right. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 12/30/22 4:42:48 PM #9:	nativengine posted... Didnt they start out making playing cards? I know I could easily look this up but I want to see if my brain is remembering this right. Yes. They sold cards for some Japanese playing card game. It wasn't anything like poker or the like. It was some local thing <cite>Zikten posted [p:970509812] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>nativengine posted... </cite><quote>Didnt they start out making playing cards? I know I could easily look this up but I want to see if my brain is remembering this right.</quote>Yes. They sold cards for some Japanese playing card game. It wasn't anything like poker or the like. It was some local thing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame_Zero 12/30/22 4:44:40 PM #10:	I went there a few years ago when I was in Kyoto. It's in such a quiet little suburb. --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame_Zero posted [p:970509852] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>I went there a few years ago when I was in Kyoto. It's in such a quiet little suburb.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WellKnownNomad 12/30/22 6:45:17 PM #11:	Didnt they convert this into a hotel? --- "Anime is for jerks" - Jeff Gerstmann <cite>WellKnownNomad posted [p:970512210] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Didnt they convert this into a hotel?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 12/30/22 6:47:22 PM #12:	WellKnownNomad posted... Didnt they convert this into a hotel? In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels. <cite>Zikten posted [p:970512249] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>WellKnownNomad posted... </cite><quote>Didnt they convert this into a hotel?</quote>In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WellKnownNomad 12/30/22 6:49:40 PM #13:	Zikten posted... In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels. Yes but I mean currently, the old HQ turned into a Nintendo themed hotel https://youtu.be/dr4coXWAuJc --- "Anime is for jerks" - Jeff Gerstmann <cite>WellKnownNomad posted [p:970512290] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels.</quote>Yes but I mean currently, the old HQ turned into a Nintendo themed hotelhttps://youtu.be/dr4coXWAuJc</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DeadBankerDream 12/30/22 6:50:12 PM #14:	Zikten posted... In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels. Staring Samus --- "That thick shaft that causes women to shudder!" <cite>DeadBankerDream posted [p:970512303] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels.</quote>Staring Samus</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kakapo 12/30/22 7:04:24 PM #15:	Zikten posted... In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels. This is something I did not know. --- There's resounding gongs and clanging bowls, there's cats to guide my soul 24 hour party parrot <cite>Kakapo posted [p:970512553] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels.</quote>This is something I did not know.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nativengine 12/31/22 8:40:52 PM #16:	Zikten posted... Yes. They sold cards for some Japanese playing card game. It wasn't anything like poker or the like. It was some local thing Its just one of those things my dad told me and it stuck. He is a wealth of knowledge on the most of obscure --- Jive Turkey <cite>nativengine posted [p:970535785] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>Yes. They sold cards for some Japanese playing card game. It wasn't anything like poker or the like. It was some local thing</quote>Its just one of those things my dad told me and it stuck. He is a wealth of knowledge on the most of obscure </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 12/31/22 11:29:46 PM #17:	Zikten posted... Yes. They sold cards for some Japanese playing card game. It wasn't anything like poker or the like. It was some local thing Hanafuda cards. Supposedly, they were big with the Yakuza back then. Zikten posted... In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels. Among several other ventures that failed before they found some success with toys, which later led to them making video games, and the rest as they say is history. --- 11/8/2022 - The day the Blue Wall intercepted the Red Wave. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:970538744] in Nintendo's... [t:80295216]...</cite> <quote>Zikten posted... </cite><quote>Yes. They sold cards for some Japanese playing card game. It wasn't anything like poker or the like. It was some local thing</quote>Hanafuda cards. Supposedly, they were big with the Yakuza back then.Zikten posted... </cite><quote>In the 60s they ran a chain of Love Hotels.</quote>Among several other ventures that failed before they found some success with toys, which later led to them making video games, and the rest as they say is history.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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