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Nintendo is my favorite tech company because of their willingness to make massive, fearless bets on revolutionary new products. How they are able to constantly

Nintendo is my favorite tech company because of their willingness to make massive, fearless bets on revolutionary new products. How they are able to constantly and consistently innovate at such a high level, decade after decade, is absolutely amazing to me. Even their flops are amazing! I will always remember the first week after the Wii U launched in 2012 during Thanksgiving break. My 10yo son had a bunch of friends over and we played Nintendoland all week - four Wiimotes and the tablet. So much fun and such great memories. Actually, this post has just inspired me to read up on Nintendo. There must be a decent business book or two about them. Any recommendations? The video game industry is the odd duck out in the tech world in my opinion - their production and sales cycles alone are so long (how many years did BotW take to make?), but I bet there'd still be a lot to learn from a product design perspective.

bondant 5y ago
Not sure this is the exact kind of books you are looking for but here are some recommendations: -For a whole picture of the Nintendo business since the beginning (1889), I would recommend the books "L'Histoire de Nintendo" from Florent Gorges. The books are in french but there are English translations of the first two. -For product design I like the "Reverse Design" books from Patrick Holleman. As the title imply it's not from the creator of the analyzed game but I think the books contains good analyzed of how different gameplay elements works together.
WickyNilliams 5y ago
It's not really a serious history book by any means, but I have a copy Before Mario which covers all their products and company history prior to gaming. It's really interesting to see. https://omakebooks.com/en/livres-jeux-video/48-before-mario-9782919603107.html https://omakebooks.com/en/livres-jeux-video/48-before-mario-...

bondant 5y ago

Not sure this is the exact kind of books you are looking for but here are some recommendations: -For a whole picture of the Nintendo business since the beginning (1889), I would recommend the books "L'Histoire de Nintendo" from Florent Gorges. The books are in french but there are English translations of the first two. -For product design I like the "Reverse Design" books from Patrick Holleman. As the title imply it's not from the creator of the analyzed game but I think the books contains good analyzed of how different gameplay elements works together.

WickyNilliams 5y ago

It's not really a serious history book by any means, but I have a copy Before Mario which covers all their products and company history prior to gaming. It's really interesting to see. https://omakebooks.com/en/livres-jeux-video/48-before-mario-9782919603107.html https://omakebooks.com/en/livres-jeux-video/48-before-mario-...