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Title: Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
Author: Jeff Ryan
Narrator: Ray Porter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs 23 mins
Language: English
Release date: 2011-08-04
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Business & Economics, Economics
Publisher's Summary:
The story of Nintendo's rise and the beloved icon who made it possible.
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 he was considered expendable; Minoru Arakawa, the son-in-law of Nintendo's imperious president, who bumbled his way to success; and the unexpected approach that allowed Nintendo to reinvent itself as the gaming system for the nongamer, 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.
'One of America's favorite pastimes is covered in exhaustive, enthusiastic detail.''Publishers Weekly