What was the first Nintendo game?

Fun fact - Nintendo was not originally a video game company. Nintendo was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi. Their first game was a playing card game called Hanafuda. read more

Fun fact - Nintendo was not originally a video game company. Nintendo was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi. Their first game was a playing card game called Hanafuda. Later on down the track (1964 Tokyo Olympics) Nintendo started losing a lot of cash from its playing card sales. So they moved on to toys. read more

In 1980, Nintendo launched Game & Watch—a handheld video game series developed by Yokoi. These systems do not contain interchangeable cartridges and thus the hardware was tied to the game. The first Game & Watch game, Ball, was distributed worldwide. read more

Similarly, UK / Italy / Australia games stated "This game is only compatible with the Mattel or NES versions of the Nintendo Entertainment System". Pirate cartridges for the NES were rare, but Famicom ones were common and widespread in Asia. read more