The Magic of Nintendo
Like Duolingo, but for The Magic of Nintendo. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo turns The Magic of Nintendo into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where The Magic of Nintendo takes you
Discover how a small playing card company transformed into a global gaming giant. Follow the journey of the creative minds who reinvented how the world plays.
- 1
From Cards to Consoles
- The Secret History of Playing Cards
- Toys and Instant Rice Experiments
- The First Steps into Video Games
- How Donkey Kong Saved the Company
- 2
The Golden Age of Gaming
- The Box That Rescued Video Games
- Creating the World of Super Mario
- The Legend of Zelda and Open Worlds
- Gaming on the Go with Game Boy
- The Battle of the 16-Bit Consoles
- Moving into the Third Dimension
- 3
Thinking Outside the Box
- Why the Wii Got Everyone Moving
- The Portable Power of the Switch
- The Future of Nintendo Fun
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
When Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in 1889, what was the company's primary handmade product?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
You pick the voice
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