Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story - Season 1

Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes5
Datesmars 1, 2021 - mars 1, 2021

Episodes

Play Your Cards Right
Season 1Episode 171 min

Play Your Cards Right

The birth of Nintendo begins in 19th-century Japan, when a young entrepreneur finds a way to sidestep local gambling laws. His scrappy family business holds fast through war, cultural revolution, and a run-in with Disney to bring the world a certain barrel-hurling ape.

mars 1, 2021
A Trojan Horse
Season 1Episode 268 min

A Trojan Horse

The once-mighty U.S. gaming industry is reduced to a pile of rubble. But unbeknownst to the world, the "Donkey Kong Company" is quietly developing a machine that could revive gaming in a big way. But can they convince retail giants to buy back into a market they just escaped?

mars 1, 2021
A Sleeping Giant
Season 1Episode 357 min

A Sleeping Giant

Somewhat shaken after a tussle with Sega, Nintendo confidently presses forward into the '90s. The invention of CD technology gives way to new gaming possibilities, but as Nintendo buys into this exciting new paradigm, they inadvertently create their own worst enemy.

mars 1, 2021
Forward Motion
Season 1Episode 457 min

Forward Motion

As PlayStation and Xbox wage war on the industry, Nintendo faces an identity crisis. Do they keep treading water with the diminishing returns of the GameCube? Or is it time for a hard left turn? A revolution is brewing.

mars 1, 2021
Reset Button
Season 1Episode 542 min

Reset Button

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.

mars 1, 2021

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