Console Taglines
"Now you're playing with power!"
"Now you're playing with power! SUPER power."
— First tagline for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
"Play it loud!"
— Second tagline for the SNES and Game Boy, as well as Virtual Boy
"Get N or get out!"
"Get into it."
"Life Advanced"
"Life's a game."
"Who are you?"
— Shared tagline for the GameCube and Game Boy Advance
"Take a look inside."
"How U will play next."
— Wii U
"Nintendo Switch is my way to play."
Other Official Quotes
"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad."
— Source unknown, but commonly attributed to Shigeru Miyamoto
"My name is Reggie. I'm about kicking ass, I'm about taking names, and we're about making games."
— Reggie Fils-Aimé, then-Executive VP of Sales and Marketing of Nintendo of America, E3 2004
"My body is ready!"
— Reggie Fils-Aime during the Wii Fit demonstration at E3 2007
"...Directly to you."
— The opening catchphrase for Nintendo Direct presentations, used from 2011 to 2016
"Please understand."
— Satoru Iwata and other Nintendo executives apologizing for product delays and issues
"Press start to play!"
— Mario, Super Mario 64
"WE ARE NINTENDO! ULTIMATE TV GAME SYSTEM! WE CHALLENGE ALL PLAYERS! YOU CANNOT BEAT US!"
Nintendo Fan Works
Just sit back and relax, my friend. Today's lesson won't take too long,
and to make it more interesting, it takes the form of this nerdy song.
The year is 1889, before the accolades and awards...
Nintendo got its start from making hanafuda cards!
For a century, they grew and planned to discover just what sells,
making vacuums and Ultra Hand and love testers and Love Hotels.
But they soon zeroed in on games like the Game & Watch and Color TV...
In '81, they made Donkey Kong, and the rest is history!
and to make it more interesting, it takes the form of this nerdy song.
The year is 1889, before the accolades and awards...
Nintendo got its start from making hanafuda cards!
For a century, they grew and planned to discover just what sells,
making vacuums and Ultra Hand and love testers and Love Hotels.
But they soon zeroed in on games like the Game & Watch and Color TV...
In '81, they made Donkey Kong, and the rest is history!
This is the history of Nintendo!
Spanning the years, hanafuda to Mario...
Straight from Kyoto, with a guy named Miyamoto,
This is the history of Nintendo!
Spanning the years, hanafuda to Mario...
Straight from Kyoto, with a guy named Miyamoto,
This is the history of Nintendo!
1985: Future stars like Link and Samus, and portly plumbers hit the scene!
'89: All our mothers took our Game Boys to play Tetris on that tiny screen.
'91: Super Mario World taught us we could fly while riding dinosaurs!
'94: Virtual Boy had us seeing red, returning systems to their stores...
'96: Let's-a go with Mario to new horizons...
'98: Pokémania caught our hearts and dollars too...
2001: The GBA and GameCube lost some marketshare that day...
but we still loved to play Smash Bros. Melee...!
'89: All our mothers took our Game Boys to play Tetris on that tiny screen.
'91: Super Mario World taught us we could fly while riding dinosaurs!
'94: Virtual Boy had us seeing red, returning systems to their stores...
'96: Let's-a go with Mario to new horizons...
'98: Pokémania caught our hearts and dollars too...
2001: The GBA and GameCube lost some marketshare that day...
but we still loved to play Smash Bros. Melee...!
So goes the history of Nintendo!
From Ana to Kat, Pikachu to Lucario...
A fierce crescendo peppered with strange innuendo,
This is the history of Nintendo.
From Ana to Kat, Pikachu to Lucario...
A fierce crescendo peppered with strange innuendo,
This is the history of Nintendo.
2004, the DS, 2006, the Wii.
2011, the 3DS, a DS in 3D.
2012, the Wii U, out by this year's end,
And so my friend, well now you know the history of Nintend...o.
2011, the 3DS, a DS in 3D.
2012, the Wii U, out by this year's end,
And so my friend, well now you know the history of Nintend...o.
Ahem...
Hanafuda, Ultra Hand,
Sheriff, Kirby's Pinball Land,
Wild Gunman, Superman(?),
Mario Land, Jam with the Band,
Mega Man through Mega Man 7,
DK '94 and Rhythm Heaven,
Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10,
Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, TaleSpin,
Dragon Quest, Diddy's Quest, Simon's Quest, Gargoyle's Quest,
Master Quest, Mystic Quest, Puzzle Quest, Fester's Quest,
Yamauchi, Miyamoto,
Iwata, Sakurai, Sakamoto,
Tezuka, Totaka, Itoi,
Arakawa, Kondo, Yokoi,
Ocarina of Time, A Link to the Past,
Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask,
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link,
Pokémon Blue and Killer Instinct,
Little King's Story, Epic Yarn, Actraiser,
Terranigma, Illusion of Gaia, SoulBlazer,
Final Fantasy, Super Metroid,
Cool Spot, MC Kids, and Yo! Noid,
Mega Man X, The Thousand-Year Door,
Punch-Out!!, Resident Evil 4,
F-Zero, Hey You, Pikachu!,
Viewtiful Joe and Lufia 2,
Kid Icarus: Uprising, Zelda 1,
Golden Coins, GoldenEye, Golden Sun,
Mother, EarthBound, Mother 3,
Brawl in the Family!
Hanafuda, Ultra Hand,
Sheriff, Kirby's Pinball Land,
Wild Gunman, Superman(?),
Mario Land, Jam with the Band,
Mega Man through Mega Man 7,
DK '94 and Rhythm Heaven,
Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10,
Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, TaleSpin,
Dragon Quest, Diddy's Quest, Simon's Quest, Gargoyle's Quest,
Master Quest, Mystic Quest, Puzzle Quest, Fester's Quest,
Yamauchi, Miyamoto,
Iwata, Sakurai, Sakamoto,
Tezuka, Totaka, Itoi,
Arakawa, Kondo, Yokoi,
Ocarina of Time, A Link to the Past,
Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask,
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link,
Pokémon Blue and Killer Instinct,
Little King's Story, Epic Yarn, Actraiser,
Terranigma, Illusion of Gaia, SoulBlazer,
Final Fantasy, Super Metroid,
Cool Spot, MC Kids, and Yo! Noid,
Mega Man X, The Thousand-Year Door,
Punch-Out!!, Resident Evil 4,
F-Zero, Hey You, Pikachu!,
Viewtiful Joe and Lufia 2,
Kid Icarus: Uprising, Zelda 1,
Golden Coins, GoldenEye, Golden Sun,
Mother, EarthBound, Mother 3,
Brawl in the Family!
This is the history of Nintendo!
From Nester to Ness, Waluigi to Wario...
Soon to be taught in schools all over Tokyo,
To solve the mysteries of Nintendo...
This was the history of Nintendo!
From Nester to Ness, Waluigi to Wario...
Soon to be taught in schools all over Tokyo,
To solve the mysteries of Nintendo...
This was the history of Nintendo!
