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Super Mario - Jeff Ryan
Type:
Audio > Audio books
Files:
10
Size:
229.64 MB

Spoken language(s):
English

Uploaded:
Sep 3, 2012
By:
cloak-and-dagger



Nintendo has continually set the standard for video-game innovation in America, starting in 1981 with a plucky hero who jumped over barrels to save a girl from an ape. 

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. Jeff Ryan shares the story of how this quintessentially Japanese company found success in the American market. Lawsuits, Hollywood, die- hard fans, and face-offs with Sony and Microsoft are all part of the drama. 

Find out about: 

*	Mario's eccentric yet brilliant creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, who was tapped for the job because was considered expendable. 

*	Minoru Arakawa, the son-in-law of Nintendo's imperious president, who bumbled his way to success. 

*	The unexpected approach that allowed Nintendo to reinvent itself as the gaming system for the non-gamer, especially now with the Wii Even those who can't tell a Koopa from a Goomba will find this a fascinating story of striving, comeuppance, and redemption.