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Super Mario : how Nintendo conquered America / Jeff Ryan.
Lippincott Library HD9993.E454 N5767 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryan, Jeff, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nintendō Kabushiki Kaisha.
- Video games industry--United States.
- Video games industry.
- Nintendo video games.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 292 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Portfolio Penguin, 2011.
- Summary:
- Nintendo has continually set the standard for video game innovation in America, and the saga of Mario, the portly plumber who became the most successful franchise in the history of gaming, has plot twists worthy of a video game.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Arcade Fire 7
- 1 Baby Mario: The Birth of Nintendo of America 9
- 2 Mario's Artist: Shigeru Miyamoto and the Creation of Donkey Kong 19
- 3 Mario's Brawl: The MCA Universal Lawsuit 33
- 4 Mario's Early Years: The Video Game Crash of 1983 45
- Part 2 Super 8 57
- 5 Mario's Island: Japan and the Famicon 59
- 6 Mario's Sunshine: Super Mario Bros. and the Nintendo Entertainment System 69
- 7 Mario's Bomb: The Lost Levels 81
- 8 Mario's Smash: Super Mario Bros. 3 89
- 9 Mario's Brothers: The Nes and the Game Boy 101
- 10 Mario's Drift: Sega, The Genesis, and a very Fast Hedgehog 107
- Part 3 Sweet 16 117
- 11 Mario's Clash: The Sonic-Mario Showdown 119
- 12 Mario's Galaxy: Spinoffs Galore 129
- 13 Mario The Juggler: Mario Paint 139
- 14 Mario's Advance: Nintendo's Disos 149
- 15 Mario's Kart(Ridge): Virtual Boy and Other Three-Dimensional Fun 159
- Part 4 Third Prize Is You're Fired 173
- 16 Mario's World: The N64 175
- 17 Mario's Communication Kit: The Nintendo DD 185
- 18 Mario's Melee: The Gamecube 195
- 19 Mario's Time Machine: The Game Boy Advance 207
- 20 Mario's Saga: Sunshine and Darkness 213
- Part 5 WII Are the Champions 227
- 21 Mario's Revolution: The DS 229
- 22 Mario's Princess: The WII 239
- 23 Mario's Party: Three Days in the Life of Nintendo 251
- 24 Mario's Legend: The Future of Nintendo 265.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591844051
- 1591844053
- OCLC:
- 681488359
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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