10 Days To Launch…

Retro Ninty Logo

It’s blatantly obvious that this is Nintendo month.

It’s even more obvious that we are loving every second of it.

So now that we’re down to the last 10 days before the [soon to be] greatest handheld of all time goes on sale, we figured it may be good a opportunity to take a look back at the console’s humble origins.

Plaque At The Former Headquarters Of Nintendo

Considering Nintendo’s Hanafuda playing card beginnings in 1889, it should come as no surprise that their passion for portable gaming has continued well into the 21st century.

Traditional Hanafuda Cards

One only has to look at the AR (Augmented Reality) cards utilised with the new 3DS system, to see that core concepts which spawned the company are still very much intact.

3DS AR Cards

It certainly conjures up images of Yamauchi-san staring at one of his playing cards, thinking to himself “if only I could make these images spring to life”.

One cannot help but marvel at how the original vision of his company has come full circle and been fully realised.

Characters come to life on AR Cards

Over the next week and a half we will be paying homage to the original gangsters of the handheld gaming business.

10 days to go and 10 pieces of portable palm perfection.

From Game Boy to DS, we’ll reflect on one for each day leading up to the launch.

Check out the Nintendo Handheld Timeline page to brush up on your portable gaming history and bask in the nostalgia.

– “Leave Luck To Heaven”