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[vanguardian1]

To be fair...

This was the competition in the recent past.

maharg
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(Today, 06:59 PM)

Now you are a god with weapons.

 

[neojubei]

The Playing Card NPD days must have been amazing.

NPDs? You should see the playing card fanboys.

 

[maharg]

Who needs anything but fists when you're god? Possibly a chainsaw.

 

[whitehawk]

win!

 

[Undubbed]

Are there any actual pictures of these nintendo made cards anywhere? Does any here actually own them?

 

[crimsonheadGCN]

Are there any actual pictures of these nintendo made cards anywhere? Does any here actually own them?

A set of Disney playing cards made by Nintendo:

 

[neoanarch]

Are there any actual pictures of these nintendo made cards anywhere? Does any here actually own them?

they still make them, and I think a set was up on the Japanese Nintendo Club for a while.

 

[IceMarker]

My dad owns a Nintendo brand roulette table from the 60's.

 

[MisterHero]

Are there any actual pictures of these nintendo made cards anywhere? Does any here actually own them?

There's a mini-museum in their old building apparently. :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUHw5YB2Kv4

Nintendo Playing Cards were also the basis of the superhuman fighting force known as JakQ, as well as being weapons of mass destruction.
http://omgnintendo.blogfaction.com/article/106062/remember-when-nintendo-made-playing-cards/

 

[The Faceless Master]

i laughed so hard that i started coughing and hurt my already sore throat, thanks EmCeeGramr!

 

[lobdale]

Are there any actual pictures of these nintendo made cards anywhere? Does any here actually own them?

Technically these are kabufuda cards, which are mainly used for gambling games. I also have that set of the Club Nintendo hanafuna. They really are quite thick/clacky.

They are much thicker than the Club hanafuda set, probably because there are fewer cards in a kabufuda deck.

 

[goomba]

Here is the front page of the paper this 1955 article came from.

 

[Brazil]

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Tiktaalik]

I would actually really like some of those cards. Napoleon on the side? How bizarre and neat. They should keep selling them.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

NPDs? You should see the playing card fanboys.

Since when would PC fanboys care about sales?

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

BRAVO!

 

[Osuwari]

Here is the front page of the paper this 1955 article came from.

[IMGhttp://drnorth.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/bttf102save_the_clock_tower1.jpg[/IMG]

but didn't the lightning hit on novermber 12th?

the nintendo article is from october 8th.

 

[teepo]

i spat water.

 

[john tv]

:lol :lol :lol

 

[faridmon]

Nintendo was 100 years old when I was born. 1889 to 1989 =D

Nintendo translates as "Leave luck to heaven".

wow, you are a year younger than me, i thought i was the youngest around here

 

[goomba]

but didn't the lightning hit on novermber 12th?

the nintendo article is from october 8th.

Your right, time paradox!... my bad.

 

[swerve]

I would actually really like some of those cards. Napoleon on the side? How bizarre and neat. They should keep selling them.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n09/index.html

They do still sell them. In fact, they're not rare or expensive in Japan - you can find them in larger convenience stores, most department stores, and novelty/lifestyle shops like Tokyu Hands.

 

[lobdale]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n09/index.html

They do still sell them. In fact, they're not rare or expensive in Japan - you can find them in larger convenience stores, most department stores, and novelty/lifestyle shops like Tokyu Hands.

(I bought mine at a Lawson in their little toy section for something like 1400円.)

 

[Korey]

brilliant :lol

 

[Dabookerman]

That's the precise day my mother was born.. strange.

 

[tenritsu]

:lol I don't feel bad requoting this... even if it's for the 100x time

 

[SovanJedi]

:lol
Game, set and match.

 

[B-Dex]

This is a bit off topic but still involves Nintendo.

You can now BECOME the N64 Kid http://gamestopholiday.com/?mId=32136269.3&doorId=582&clientId=219

 

[Haunted]

Ha! :lol

 

[Why would you do that?]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n09/index.html

They do still sell them. In fact, they're not rare or expensive in Japan - you can find them in larger convenience stores, most department stores, and novelty/lifestyle shops like Tokyu Hands.

Looking at the site, the playing card designs aren't all that interesting, but the hanafuda and other cards look really nice.

I'd love to have some. If I could get some online, I would.

 

[Sai-kun]

Wow.Amazing.

 

[nincompoop]

Looking at the site, the playing card designs aren't all that interesting, but the hanafuda and other cards look really nice.

I'd love to have some. If I could get some online, I would.

Neogaf user Vinnk runs an online store (http://www.risingstuff.com) where he sells Nintendo-made Hanafuda cards. Though for some reason the product page isn't loading properly so who knows if you'll be able to order them. http://www.risingstuff.com/store/nintendo-hanafuda-cards-p-358.html

 

[Tiktaalik]

(I bought mine at a Lawson in their little toy section for something like 1400円.)

Man how did I miss this last time I was in Japan. I went into Lawson all the time.

 

[Slavik81]

There are no words to describe how awesome this is.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

I super LOLed at this.

 

[m3k]

MattyGrovesOrMe ... history major?

oh, and :lol at emceegamer

 

[Scythesurge]

EmCeeGramr won the internets

 

[Terrell]

Their standard playing cards look pretty cool, nice designs on the back of them.

 

[Regulus Tera]

It's so weird thinking about the context of that ad. "Nintendo Robot Video System," and the entire wording of the article, which carefully avoids the use of the word "video game," or "gaming" at all, due to the fact that Video Gaming was seen as a played-out trend due to the '84 Gaming Crash. Hence why R.O.B. is so prominent in those initial ads and showcases despite the fact that history shows us that R.O.B. was used in like one game and didn't work all that well. :lol

R.O.B. saved revived console gaming.

 

[smurfx]

well since you guys are into old nintendo stuff then how about this old nintendo report?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGFRi_ueq-M

 

[Terrell]

well since you guys are into old nintendo stuff then how about this old nintendo report?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGFRi_ueq-M

Wow, everything Bill O'Reilly has ever done has been lame, only his tone, vocal volume and lack of medication has changed.

 

[goomba]

well since you guys are into old nintendo stuff then how about this old nintendo report?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGFRi_ueq-M

'Gameplay-councilors' !? :lol

 

[sinxtanx]

wow, you are a year younger than me, i thought i was the youngest around here

What? People from '89 are 20 years old.

EmCeeGramr has an insane quoted-to-post quota in this thread.
Is there a leaderboard for stuff like this?

 

[Dead Man]

Fast Forward 30 Years, Fall of 1985, and the NY Times gives you this:

"Actual shadows?"

Archives. Hours of Entertainment.

I love the two 'first of all' appearances in one paragraph!

Good stuff OP.

 

[Chittagong]

I love the two 'first of all' appearances in one paragraph!

Good stuff OP.

also, "First but not last" :lol

 

[MetatronM]

I love the two 'first of all' appearances in one paragraph!

Good stuff OP.

Don't forget "and first but not last." :lol


Yargh, beaten.

 

[Dead Man]

also, "First but not last" :lol

Holy shit, missed it completely! :lol :lol

 

[Cygnus X-1]

Edit: I got the joke.

 

[MattyGrovesOrMe]

From the 'Patent Notice' section of the NY Times, Oct 8, 1955

I've had a couple people contact me to say this thread has been covered by Kotaku and others, and re-tweeted a bunch since yesterday. Some re-tweeters/bloggers have been attaching "first English language mention of Nintendo" to this story, and linking the thread as source - just wanted to say there's no conclusive proof for that. And I want to emphasize the question mark in the thread title!

Internets! Beware the broken telephone!

 

[The Technomancer]

Quoted for the hundredth time, for its composition of pure, undiluted WIN.:lol :lol :lol