Vin Lauria, who is a freelance graphic designer, spent three weeks creating this family tree for Nintendo products and games. Lauria says he designed the stunning infographic not only because he loved Nintendo, but it served as a way to inform people who have moved on to other systems about Nintendo’s history.
“To me, it always seemed like Nintendo is the tree trunk that everyone else in the industry just branches off of. PlayStation came out of a failed SNES CD add-on. A major part of SEGA’s claim to fame was their big Gen4 war with Nintendo. The Xbox was essentially Microsoft making a new console out of the corpse of the SEGA Dreamcast, which they assisted in creating. Nintendo’s the longest-surviving major player in the industry and a big catalyst in so many goings-on, but… I just see so much ignorance about them. I talked to one guy about a week ago – on a gaming message board – who upon hearing of Mario Kart 8, was surprised to know there were even Mario Karts 2-7. He didn’t even know there was anything after the first one he played all those years ago. Mario Kart, of all things. That’s just one extreme example, but this kinda stuff just keeps happening everywhere I look. Even that Reddit thread I posted, you have comments like “Wow, there was all that stuff for the GameCube? I got out before the N64 was over. I didn’t know their output remained so high.” It’s Nintendo!”
“And that’s the main point. Continuing from my point above, for the most lucrative medium in the world at the moment, the video game industry appears to care so little about its own history. Oh sure, you have all those retro-esque indie games and occasionally big companies porting their old stuff. And you get a few earnest efforts every now and then like the “Did You Know Gaming?” YouTube series, or a page on Wikipedia on the (fairly abridged) history of Nintendo. But no one’s really explored this stuff in-depth. And with the medium attracting more newcomers than ever, there’s barely any archival efforts or attempts to teach all these people about everything they missed. And this is a history that many of us were here for. This isn’t ancient stuff, y’know. This is recent. This is a history that there are millions of first-hand accounts of from damn well near its inception and no one’s paying attention to it.”
Thanks, David B
Yes
people are not very informed about video games history. it started long way back, and now people who are born in 2000 are teenagers.. you cant expect those people to know much about n64 or gamecube. it is the way it is. but people should not forget that nintendo is the one clear survivor here. they have been in business forever, and they will be at least for 50 more years.
We’ve come a long way. It’s not over yet!
And it’s also further proof that I’m not the only one “talking” in Nintendonian language…
Shut the fuck up bitch. Die of cancer Nintendo Commander. Fucking cunt
xD Oh look. The Fake Stranga is back. Do you need some ointment for the beatings the real Stranga gave you? Sasori, is that YOU!?
… Brain… melting… can’t… read… so… SMALL!!
That is a genuine beauty.
Epic.
Nintendo’s a dark horse guys :p
Says the one who can’t sing…
Wtf i love nintendo? An katys an amazing singer if you saw her live youd know…
She can’t sing, she only aids auto tuning which in my opinion will damage the music industry and allow for other childish acts like one direction to thrive.
Your probs a monster noone else would bullshit so much… er noo..
Go watch her acoustics an get your facts straight first you dumb twat
I got so excited when i saw Zelda U then i saw this is fan made- Zelda U has not yet been confirmed yet, has it?
Yes it has. Nintendo said they’ll show it off at e3 this year
No Metroid wii u :'(
I truly hope so. Besides a new star fox, I want a new Metroid!
Truer words have never been spoken.
It’s true about Nintendo’s History for today’s generation. IMO It’s sad really. If only the big N acknowledge this.
Is there a better resolution image? Viewing on mobile is kinda. . . Difficult
The resolution of the image is pretty high, you just have to zoom in..a lot
Sony and ms will never be part of video game history.
Buy the new album people! Listen to Meteorite!
Hey sickr………I thought I was called WhiteEaglePL? O.o
looks cool!
also……where did the B come from XD?
I see YY on there in the Yoshi section. I think Yarn Yoshi still has a chance.
Nintendo Killed F-ZERO.
dem rehashes
Dem fails you made.
Just pissed off that Nintendo’s franchises will be around a lot longer than any of the games you play, dipshit.
Or himself…
Fuck your mom. I hope you die in a hole like the useless shit that you are
@sasorideidaraobi
its so confusing!…..good.