Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo’
Question Asked: When Did The First Nintendo Come Out?
The original Nintendo, dubbed “Nintendo Entertainment System”, was first released by Nintendo in Japan on July 15th, 1983.
Nintendo then brought it to America on October 18th, 1985.
It has since gone on to sell just shy of 62 million units worldwide.
The NES began being phased out in the late ’80s, as the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) was in development. SNES was available in August of ‘91, and marked the death of the NES.
Many gamers today still have their Nintendo systems, and often set them up for nostalgic purposes. Though hard to come by, every now and again you can find one on eBay.
Question Asked: What Video Game Character Has Appeared In The Most Games?
The result is astounding, and not at all surprising.
“Mario” from “Super Mario Brothers” holds this record, by a landslide. The lovable plumber who started his video game career back in 1983 in “Donkey Kong” has appeared in more than 200 video games since.
The most famous of which is the “Super Mario Brothers” franchise, which has single handedly become the biggest selling game franchise in Nintendo’s history, selling over 200 million games over the years.
And interesting fact about the original Mario — he was voiced by Peter Cullen, who also was the original voice of Optimus Prime in “Transformers”.
Super Mario Brothers was also the first video game to sell more than 10 million copies, and was also the first video game to be made into a movie.