History Quotes / Nintendo

-> "WE ARE NINTENDO! ULTIMATE TV GAME SYSTEM!"

''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', ''VideoGame/Mother3'',\\

-->-- UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem and UsefulNotes/GameBoy

-->-- First tagline for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem

-->-- Second tagline for the SNES and Game Boy, as well as UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy

-->-- UsefulNotes/Nintendo64

-->-- UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor

-->-- UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance

-->-- UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube

-->-- Shared tagline for the [[=GameCube=]] and Game Boy Advance

-->-- UsefulNotes/NintendoDS

-->-- UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}

-->-- UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS

-->-- UsefulNotes/WiiU

-->-- UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch

But they soon zeroed in on games like the UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch and Platform/{{Color TV|Game}}...\\
[[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames In '81]], they made VideoGame/DonkeyKong, and the rest is history!

->[[UsefulNotes/The8BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames 1985]]: [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Future stars like]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros portly plumbers]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI hit]] [[VideoGame/{{Metroid1}} the]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 scene]]!\\
'89: All our mothers took our UsefulNotes/{{Game Boy}}s to play VideoGame/{{Tetris}} on that tiny screen.\\
[[UsefulNotes/The16bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames '91]]: VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem taught us]] [[VideoGameFlight we could fly]] [[PowerUpMount while riding dinosaurs!]]\\
'94: UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy [[SensoryAbuse had us seeing red]], returning systems to their stores...\\
[[UsefulNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames '96]]: [[UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo64}} Let's-a go]] [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 with Mario]] [[VideoGame3DLeap to new horizons...]]\\
'98: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémania]] [[GottaCatchThemAll caught our]] [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor hearts]] [[CashCowFranchise and dollars too...]]\\
[[UsefulNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2001]]: The [[UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance GBA]] and [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars lost some]] [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness marketshare]] [[MultiPlatform that day]]...\\

->[[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2004]], [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS the DS]], 2006, the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Wii]].\\
[[UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2011,]] [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS the 3DS,]] [[ShapedLikeItself a DS in 3D.]]\\
2012, the UsefulNotes/WiiU, [[TimeMarchesOn out by this year's end]],\\

Hanafuda, Ultra Hand,\\
''Sheriff'', ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}[[DigitalPinballTables 's Pinball Land]]'',\\
''Wild Gunman'', ''VideoGame/{{Superman|64}}''[[TheProblemWithLicensedGames (?)]],\\

''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan1 1]]'' ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan2 thro]][[VideoGame/MegaMan3 ugh]]'' ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Me]][[VideoGame/MegaMan5 ga]]'' ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan6 Man]]'' ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan7 7]]'',\\

''[[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Master Quest]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest Mystic Quest]]'', ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'', ''Fester's Quest'',\\

[[Creator/SatoruIwata Iwata]], [[Creator/MasahiroSakurai Sakurai]], Sakamoto,\\
Tezuka, Totaka, [[Creator/ShigesatoItoi Itoi]],\\

But they soon zeroed in on games like the [[UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch Game & Watch]] and UsefulNotes/{{Color TV|Game}}...\\

-->-- Tagline for the NES and Game Boy

-->-- First tagline for the SNES

-->-- Second tagline for the SNES and Game Boy

-->-- Tagline for the N64

-->-- Tagline for the Game Boy Color

-->-- First tagline for the Game Boy Advance

-->-- First tagline for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]]

-->-- Second tagline for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]] and Game Boy Advance

-->-- Nintendo DS tagline

-->-- Tagline for the Wii

-->-- Tagline for the Nintendo 3DS

-->-- Tagline for the Wii U

-->-- Tagline for the Nintendo Switch

-->--Super Mario, Super Mario 64

-->-- Creator/SatoruIwata and any guests who show up in ''WebVideo/NintendoDirect''

-->-- Creator/SatoruIwata on any unfortunate announcements

->"[[IncrediblyLamePun Wii]] would like to play."

!!Taglines

->"A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever."

[[UsefulNotes/The16bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames '91]]: VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem taught us]] [[VideoGameFlight we could fly]] [[PowerUpMount while riding]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs!]]\\

-->-- Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto

''[[VideoGame/{{MOTHER 1}} MOTHER]]'', ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'', ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'',\\

->[[note]] 2013: ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' [[NoExportForYou comes to America?]] [[TimeMarchesOn Make it happen, Nintendo!!]][[/note]]

[[{{Edutainment}} and to make it more interesting]], it takes the form of this {{nerd}}y song.\\

[[AwesomeMusic/VideoGames A fierce crescendo]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar peppered with strange innuendo,]]\\

-->-- WebComic/BrawlInTheFamily, ''[[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2012/04/11/400-the-history-of-nintendo/ The History of Nintendo]]''

-->-- Original tagline

-->-- Tagline during the SNES era

-->-- Tagline during the N64 era

-->-- Tagline during the [=GameCube=] era

And so my friend, well now you know the history of Nintend[[PainfulRhyme ...o]].

But they soon zeroed in on games like the [[VideoGame/GameAndWatch Game & Watch]] and UsefulNotes/{{Color TV|Game}}...\\

From [[Magazine/NintendoPower Nester]] to [[VideoGame/{{MOTHER}} Ness]], SelfDemonstrating/{{Waluigi}} to [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]]...\\

-->-- Creator/ReggieFilsAime during the ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' demonstration at E3 2007

-->-- Tagline during the {{NES}} era

->"Now you're playing with power. Super power."
-->-- Tagline during the {{SNES}} era

-->-- Tagline during the GameCube era

-->-- NintendoDS Tagline

-->-- Tagline during the {{Wii}} era

->"How U will play next"

-> "...''Directly'' to you."

-> "Please, take a look."
-->-- Creator/SatoruIwata beckoning us to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysonTheTin take a look]] at anything they've announced.

[[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames In '81]], they made VideoGame/DonkeyKong, and {{the rest is history}}!

[[OlderThanTheNES Spanning the years]], hanafuda to {{Mario}}...\\

->[[The8BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames 1985]]: [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Future stars like]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros portly plumbers]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI hit]] [[VideoGame/{{Metroid1}} the]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 scene]]!\\

[[The16bitEraOfConsoleVideoGames '91]]: VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem taught us]] [[VideoGameFlight we could fly]] [[PowerUpMount while riding]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs!]]\\

[[TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames '96]]: [[{{Nintendo 64}} Let's-a go]] [[VideoGame/SuperMario64 with Mario]] [[VideoGame3DLeap to new horizons...]]\\

[[TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2001]]: The UsefulNotes/{{GBA}} UsefulNotes/and GameCube [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars lost some]] [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness marketshare]] [[MultiPlatform that day]]...\\

From [[VideoGame/WarioWare Ana to Kat]], [[VideoGame/PokemonYellow Pikachu]] to [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Lucario]]...\\
[[AwesomeMusic A fierce crescendo]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar peppered with strange innuendo,]]\\

->[[TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2004]], [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS the DS]], 2006, the {{Wii}}.\\
[[TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 2011,]] [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS the 3DS,]] [[ShapedLikeItself a DS in 3D.]]\\
2012, the WiiU, [[TimeMarchesOn out by this year's end]],\\

''{{Hanafuda}}'', ''UltraHand'',\\
''VideoGame/{{Sheriff}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}[[DigitalPinballTables 's Pinball Land]]'',\\
''VideoGame/WildGunman'', ''VideoGame/{{Superman|64}}''[[TheProblemWithLicensedGames (?)]],\\

''[[Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Master Quest]]'', ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest Mystic Quest]]'', ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'', ''VideoGame/FestersQuest'',\\
[[HiroshiYamauchi Yamauchi]], [[Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto Miyamoto]],\\
[[Creator/SatoruIwata Iwata]], [[Creator/MasahiroSakurai Sakurai]], [[Creator/YoshioSakamoto Sakamoto]],\\
[[TakashiTezuka Tezuka]], [[Music/MahitoYokota Totaka]], [[Creator/ShigesatoItoi Itoi]],\\
[[MinoruArakawa Arakawa]], [[Creator/KojiKondo Kondo]], [[Creator/GunpeiYokoi Yokoi]],\\
''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast Link to the Past]]'',\\

''VideoGame/CoolSpot'', ''VideoGame/MCKids'', [[MerchandiseDriven and]] ''VideoGame/YoNoid'',\\

''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins GoldenCoins]]'', ''VideoGame/{{GoldenEye|1997}}'', ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'',\\
''[[VideoGame/{{Mother1}} MOTHER]]'', ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'',\\

From [[Magazine/NintendoPower Nester]] to [[VideoGame/{{Mother}} Ness]], SelfDemonstrating/{{Waluigi}} to [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]]...\\

->[[note]] 2013: ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' [[NoExportForYou comes to America?]] [[TimeMarchesOn Make it happen, Nintendo!!]][[/note]]

->"Get N or get out"

''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', ''VideoGame/DuckTales'', ''TaleSpin'',\\

But they soon zeroed in on games like the [[VideoGame/GameAndWatch Game & Watch]] and {{Color TV|Game}}...\\
[[TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames In '81]], they made VideoGame/DonkeyKong, and {{the rest is history}}!