“I cannot overstate how excited I was”.
We’ve covered Nintendo’s history a lot here at NL, and not just the video game side. At this point, it’s pretty well known that before Nintendo jumped into gaming, it was well known for producing handmade hanafuda playing cards. And if you’re a hardcore Nintendo collector, you’ll likely want to get your hands on these.
Erik Voskuil is one person who managed to get hold of two packets of these playing cards. As the owner of the Before Mario blog, and author of the book of the same name, he managed to get two 1950s packs that depicted Nintendo’s own Kyoto headquarters on the box, and they appeared to be in pretty decent condition. But Voskuil’s cards had, unfortunately, met a tragic fate. (Thanks, Kotaku!)
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