Super Mario: how Nintendo conquered America 9781101508237, 110150823X, 978-1-101-51763-5, 1101517638

Nintendo has continually set the standard for video game innovation in America, and the saga of Mario, the portly plumbe

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Super Mario: how Nintendo conquered America
 9781101508237, 110150823X, 978-1-101-51763-5, 1101517638

Table of contents :
Content: pt. 1. Arcade fire. Baby Mario: the birth of Nintendo of America --
Mario's artist: Shigeru Miyamoto and the creation of Donkey Kong --
Mario's brawl: the MCA Universal lawsuit --
Mario's early years: the video game crash of 1983. pt. 2. Super 8. Mario's Island: Japan and the Famicon --
Mario's sunshine: Super Mario Bros. and the Nintendo entertainment system --
Mario's bomb: the lost levels --
Mario's smash: Super Mario Bros. 3 --
Mario's brothers: The Nes and the Game Boy --
Mario's drift: Sega, the Genesis, and a very fast hedgehog. pt. 3. Sweet 16. Mario's clash: The Sonic-Mario showdown --
Mario's galaxy: spinoffs galore --
Mario the juggler: Mario paint --
Mario's advance: Nintendo's discs --
Mario's kart(ridge): Virtual boy and other three-dimensional fun. pt. 4. Third prize is you're fired --
Mario's world: the N64 --
Mario's communication kit: The Nintendo DD --
Mario's melee: The gamecube --
Mario's time machine: The Game Boy advance --
Mario's saga: sunshine and darkness. pt. 5. WII are the champions. Mario's revolution: the DS --
Mario's princess: the WII --
Mario's party: three days in the life of Nintendo --
Mario's legend: the future of Nintendo.

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