Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When Nintendo was in dire straits, a young factory worker completely turned the company around.
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Before Mario blog.beforemario.com @beforemario
Nintendo Entertainment System courtesy of Quiet Nerd @QuietNerd
youtube.com/watch?v=ZLCx75iQtGA
Duck Hunt game courtesy of Project Detonado @ProjectDetonado
youtube.com/watch?v=uxss1EPm6fQ
Ten Billion Barrel puzzle courtesy of Manqube Manish Rathod @Manqube
youtube.com/watch?v=moie7RGBJnk&t=274s
Game Boy video courtesy of Alberto Gil Tesa @giltesa
youtube.com/watch?v=DaCZz_Be4e8
Nintendo Toys “R” Us poster courtesy of Vintage Computing and Gaming vintagecomputing.com
Game & Watch courtesy of RG Geek @RGGeek
youtube.com/watch?v=PquKLxI8Zno (Creative commons attribution - re-use allowed)
Additional sources:
0:12 Nintendo building: Yrwg, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:16 Nintendo building plate: Taken in Kyoto, Japan, May 1st, 2006, by Eckhard Pecher. User: Arcimboldo Attribution 2.5 Generic (CC BY 2.5) via Wikimedia Commons
1:03 Justin Doub Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/w8EeHX
5:00 Sharp calculator: Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
5:27 Nintendo headquarters: DVMG, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
5:32 Game & Watch console: Artistosteles, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
6:03 taylorhatmaker, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
7:31 Nintendo gameplay by DarkX2 - Nintendo Gameplays on YouTube. Check out the channel here: youtube.com/watch?v=sB8jy6wl70I&t=31s (Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
10:04 User: Malcohol via Wikimedia Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WonderSwan.jpg
10:26 Puchi-masashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Articles referenced:
1:50 Game Over by David Sheff amazon.com/Game-Teach-Yourself-David-Sheff/dp/0340599820/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
When Nintendo was in dire straits, a young factory worker completely turned the company around.
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
twitter.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: newsthink.creator-spring.com
Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Tom Eng
Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/Newsthink
Thank you to the following for permission to use their material without which our story would not be possible:
Before Mario blog.beforemario.com @beforemario
Nintendo Entertainment System courtesy of Quiet Nerd @QuietNerd
youtube.com/watch?v=ZLCx75iQtGA
Duck Hunt game courtesy of Project Detonado @ProjectDetonado
youtube.com/watch?v=uxss1EPm6fQ
Ten Billion Barrel puzzle courtesy of Manqube Manish Rathod @Manqube
youtube.com/watch?v=moie7RGBJnk&t=274s
Game Boy video courtesy of Alberto Gil Tesa @giltesa
youtube.com/watch?v=DaCZz_Be4e8
Nintendo Toys “R” Us poster courtesy of Vintage Computing and Gaming vintagecomputing.com
Game & Watch courtesy of RG Geek @RGGeek
youtube.com/watch?v=PquKLxI8Zno (Creative commons attribution - re-use allowed)
Additional sources:
0:12 Nintendo building: Yrwg, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:16 Nintendo building plate: Taken in Kyoto, Japan, May 1st, 2006, by Eckhard Pecher. User: Arcimboldo Attribution 2.5 Generic (CC BY 2.5) via Wikimedia Commons
1:03 Justin Doub Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/w8EeHX
5:00 Sharp calculator: Matti Blume, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
5:27 Nintendo headquarters: DVMG, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
5:32 Game & Watch console: Artistosteles, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
6:03 taylorhatmaker, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
7:31 Nintendo gameplay by DarkX2 - Nintendo Gameplays on YouTube. Check out the channel here: youtube.com/watch?v=sB8jy6wl70I&t=31s (Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
10:04 User: Malcohol via Wikimedia Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WonderSwan.jpg
10:26 Puchi-masashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Articles referenced:
1:50 Game Over by David Sheff amazon.com/Game-Teach-Yourself-David-Sheff/dp/0340599820/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
