Tag: Hanafuda
Video Eurogamer Explores Nintendo's Historical Link With Gambling And The Yakuza
Leaving luck to heaven
As we all know, Nintendo didn't start out in the video game arena - which is pretty obvious when you consider the company is now over 100 years old - but instead began its life creating Hanafuda playing cards. In its latest "Here's a Thing" episode, Eurogamer explores this rather shady part of Nintendo's history. Hanafuda...
News Nintendo's History With Playing Cards Directly Influenced The Switch
"You look opponents in the eye to read their strategy, and that is fun"
As we all know, Nintendo started life not as a video games company but as a maker of Hanafuda playing cards more than 100 years ago in Japan, and according to Switch's general producer Yoshiaki Koizumi, this inspired the local multiplayer approach taken with the new console...
News Nintendo's Latest Hanafuda Deck Is Perhaps Its Most Eye-Catching Yet
If only we knew how to play
As we all know, Nintendo started out making playing cards - Hanafuda cards, to be precise - and although the company's focus has changed over the years, it has maintained a link with its past by producing special Hanafuda packs. The latest set is possibly the most visually alluring yet, and uses classic Super Mario...