For many years, a strange song appeared in games as diverse as Mario Paint, Yoshi's Story and Animal Crossing. NinDB discovered the connecting thread: Nintendo music composer (and voice of Yoshi) Kazumi Totaka. Discover all the games he has hidden this song in over the years.
Nintendo Koppai, as it was then known, was established in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi as a small playing card manufacturer. Find out more about the first 100 years of Nintendo up until they made their big break into videogames.
In the 1960s, Nintendo moved from being primarily a playing card manufacturer to a toy manufacturer. Find out a little more about some of the toys Nintendo produced before they moved into the world of videogames.