Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story

Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story (2021)

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What's the secret to video game success? Luck? Motion controllers? Mustachioed plumbers? Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story brings together the creators of Video Games: The Movie and Executive Producer Sean Astin to peel back the curtain on the famously-secretive company that would take the gaming industry by storm. Discover the humble beginnings of a gaming business that began many decades before the invention of television, and ride along the bumpy road of hits, misses, and wild ideas that turned Nintendo from a local playing card maker into a worldwide household name. The electrifying story is presented by an ensemble of Nintendo personnel, celebrity icons, and industry veterans including Wil Wheaton, Alison Haislip, Reggie Fils-Aimé, and Phil Spencer.

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Season 1Episode 542 min

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Plunging stock, natural disaster, a death in the family, and yet another failed console plague Nintendo. Not to mention a seismic industry shift led by Apple. Nintendo faces their most difficult decade since 1889, yet the Donkey Kong Company is never afraid to switch things up.

Mar 1, 2021

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E05Reset ButtonMar 1, 2021
S01E04Forward MotionMar 1, 2021
S01E03A Sleeping GiantMar 1, 2021
S01E02A Trojan HorseMar 1, 2021
S01E01Play Your Cards RightMar 1, 2021
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Sean Astin

Sean Astin

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Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton

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Narrator

voiced by Sean Astin
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Actor, Internet Personality

played by Wil Wheaton
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