![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)
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
![Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named Nintendo Koppai. | Old nintendo, Card games, Mario Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named Nintendo Koppai. | Old nintendo, Card games, Mario](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9c/5a/78/9c5a7873e2199c7ea3d7fafc3ac18c02--old-nintendo-building-signs.jpg)
Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named Nintendo Koppai. | Old nintendo, Card games, Mario
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.
![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://preview.redd.it/fxor1r7rd5v41.jpg?auto=webp&s=a7df058ed1eef431bead48b87b856ce93b1b7b7c)
Van Gogh's Starry Night was painted in the same year that Nintendo was founded : r/BarbaraWalters4Scale
![Nintendo Was Founded When Jack The Ripper Was Still On The Loose (1889) #omg #funnymemes #funnypic… | Historical facts, Historical events, History facts interesting Nintendo Was Founded When Jack The Ripper Was Still On The Loose (1889) #omg #funnymemes #funnypic… | Historical facts, Historical events, History facts interesting](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/7b/27/cd7b27b1cafec5b9350786f9b3a67817.jpg)
Nintendo Was Founded When Jack The Ripper Was Still On The Loose (1889) #omg #funnymemes #funnypic… | Historical facts, Historical events, History facts interesting
![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)