In the Nintendo Museum Direct, Super Mario Bros. and Legend of Zelda series creator Shigeru Miyamoto says, "In the more than 100 years since the company was founded, Nintendo has created many different forms of entertainment"—referring to the history of the company that's been operating in Japan since September 1889, not branching into video games until the fateful release of the Color TV game in 1977.
Nintendo's first handheld series of per-game Game & Watch devices started just three years later. Nintendo's start with Hanafuda cards is reflected in the exhibits and placement of its Nintendo Museum—the site is converted from a card manufacturing plant.
