The NES Has a Graphic Capability, but It Doesn't Need the Most Expensive Hardware

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The NES had graphical capability literally years beyond any of its competitors, but it did it with cheaper technology. It's like how the switch processor is like a circa 2014 Android phone. And a crappy one at that. Right. So they already were fully embracing the idea that we actually don't need the most expensive hardware to create the most fun experiences. Yeah. The NES was able to have the best ports of Donkey Kong, Mario Brothers, the Nintendo titles, but then third party titles too. right.

You may think you know the Nintendo story: a plumber named Mario, a princess named Zelda… and didn’t they buy the Seattle Mariners at some point? We thought we knew it too. And then we started researching and were blown away.

The lovable Disney-like Nintendo that we know today is a 130 year-old a playing card company (i.e. gambling), forged in the shadowy world of the Yakuza and shaped by a four-generation cycle of bitter family betrayal. And its unlikely transformation into a global multi-billion dollar media monopoly was led by an iron-fisted patriarch who — amazingly — never played a video game in his life! Get ready for one of our favorite stories Acquired has ever told — we couldn’t make this one up if we tried!

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