The ENTIRE History of Nintendo in 15 Minutes

How did a small Kyoto playing-card workshop founded in 1889 become the company behind the Game Boy, the Wii and the Switch — and survive the worst failure in its own history? This is the entire history of Nintendo, from hand-painted hanafuda cards to the record-breaking Switch 2. Inside the documentary: Fusajiro Yamauchi's card shop and Hiroshi Yamauchi's 53-year reign, Gunpei Yokoi's Game & Watch, Shigeru Miyamoto and Donkey Kong's conquest of America, the NES revival, Pokémon and the Wii phenomenon — then the fall: the Wii U, which sold just 13.56 million units and drove three straight years of operating losses, Satoru Iwata's final bet, and the Switch comeback that reached 156.59 million units by June 2026. The story ends with the Switch 2 — Nintendo's fastest-selling launch ever — and the $500 question now hanging over it. Chapters: 0:00 The Paradox 1:15 Cards, Love Hotels and Taxis 2:54 The Toy Maker Who Saw the Future 4:34 Donkey Kong and the Conquest of America 6:38 The Empire 8:18 The Fall 10:23 The Last Bet 12:02 The Machine That Wouldn't Stop 13:17 The $500 Test 14:32 What Nintendo Actually Is Sources: Nintendo's own reported figures, date-stamped in the video. Financials are in yen. This documentary is an original, researched history — not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo. Subscribe to The Business Atlas for the complete histories of the world's biggest companies — mapped, from origin to empire. #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #BusinessHistory