![HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#ThisDayInHISTORY 1889 – @Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi as Nintendo Koppai, to make playing card games. http://t.co/QjIhfpVqYp" / Twitter HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#ThisDayInHISTORY 1889 – @Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi as Nintendo Koppai, to make playing card games. http://t.co/QjIhfpVqYp" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPlE_bTVEAAbqI6.png)
HISTORY TV18 on Twitter: "#ThisDayInHISTORY 1889 – @Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi as Nintendo Koppai, to make playing card games. http://t.co/QjIhfpVqYp" / Twitter
![Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted in the same year that Nintendo was founded : r/BarbaraWalters4Scale Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted in the same year that Nintendo was founded : r/BarbaraWalters4Scale](https://i.redd.it/fxor1r7rd5v41.jpg)
Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted in the same year that Nintendo was founded : r/BarbaraWalters4Scale
![Random: You Can Enter '1889' As Your D.O.B When Creating A Nintendo Account, The Year The Company Was Founded | Nintendo Life Random: You Can Enter '1889' As Your D.O.B When Creating A Nintendo Account, The Year The Company Was Founded | Nintendo Life](https://images.nintendolife.com/b1b436c3610c6/1280x720.jpg)
Random: You Can Enter '1889' As Your D.O.B When Creating A Nintendo Account, The Year The Company Was Founded | Nintendo Life
![What Is Nintendo? (What Was?): Shaw, Gina, Who HQ, Thomson, Andrew: 9780593093795: Amazon.com: Books What Is Nintendo? (What Was?): Shaw, Gina, Who HQ, Thomson, Andrew: 9780593093795: Amazon.com: Books](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/81PW-xi0DdL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)
What Is Nintendo? (What Was?): Shaw, Gina, Who HQ, Thomson, Andrew: 9780593093795: Amazon.com: Books
Mega Cat Studios - The history of #Nintendo begins in 1889, founded to produce and sell handmade hanafuda playing cards. Craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi established the business as "Nintendo Koppai" in Kyoto, Japan.
![Matt Alt on Twitter: "Happy birthday to a little Kyoto playing card company that you might know: Nintendo, founded 131 years ago yesterday! (Sept. 23, 1889.) https://t.co/4CaLvbu0Wx" / Twitter Matt Alt on Twitter: "Happy birthday to a little Kyoto playing card company that you might know: Nintendo, founded 131 years ago yesterday! (Sept. 23, 1889.) https://t.co/4CaLvbu0Wx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiqYwnzXcAAdFBR.jpg)