In 1889, Nintendo was established by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce hanafuda: Japanese playing cards, which often feature elegant designs of flowers and foliage. The company became the biggest hanafuda manufacturer in Kyoto, notably selling many decks to the yakuza. In subsequent decades, Nintendo branched into taxi services, ramen noodles and toys before finally arriving at video games in the 1970s. It still makes hanafuda cards today, now bearing the likenesses of Mario and Pokémon, beloved stars from its gaming empire.
1889年，山內房治郎(Fusajiro Yamauchi)創立了任天堂(Nintendo)，生產花牌：一種日本紙牌，通常以花朵和樹葉的優雅設計為特色。該公司成為京都最大的花浮制造商，特別是向日本黑幫出售了許多花浮。在隨后的幾十年里，任天堂將業務擴展到出租車服務、拉面和玩具領域，最終在20世紀70年代進軍電子游戲領域。它至今仍在制作hanafuda卡片，上面印有馬里奧(Mario)和寶可夢(Pokémon)的肖像，這些都是其游戲帝國中深受喜愛的明星。