{"id":19575,"date":"2020-09-09T22:54:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T02:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/?p=19575"},"modified":"2020-09-09T22:59:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T02:59:59","slug":"the-growth-of-nintendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/visualization\/the-growth-of-nintendo\/","title":{"rendered":"THE growth of nintendo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company located in Kyoto, Japan. Supplying over a million different consoles, Nintendo’s mission is to place a smile on the faces to the people they touch through their electronics. Video Game users have an endless amount of console options they can choose from. Dating back from the 1980\u2019s all the way to 2019, Nintendo has a console that can offer enjoyment to anyone.\u00a0As a result of the current pandemic, this has positively impacted Nintendo’s sales to increase. Being quarantined, people, including myself were forced to be home. The COVID-19 pandemic forced me to get back into hobbies that I normally used to do as a child. Reminding me of the joy it brought me when I was a kid. People worked from home, socialized from home, and as a result we were involuntarily finding new ways of entertainment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspiration <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the beginning of the pandemic I was lost, and not sure what to do with myself. I began to dabble more into my hobbies that consisted of photography, drawing, and video games. Growing up my first video game was a Gameboy Advance, and during my time at home being quarantined I felt nostalgic. I picked up my Nintendo Switch and Gameboy Advance, and felt the joy of video games again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When thinking of a topic for my timeline I wanted it to be something personal and informative. I thought, why not make a timeline on video game consoles. This timeline shows the beginning of Nintendo’s console journey, the retail pricing, and the relevant games that were associated with these releases.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Materials\/Producers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In order to organize the findings on Nintendo consoles Timeline JS<\/a> was used. Timeline JS is a free online tool used for creating timelines. Beginners can find step by step instructions on what they need to do, in order to generate a timeline making this site user friendly. A Google spreadsheet<\/a> is given to users when they\u2019re ready to enter timeline information. The sheet allows you to enter dates, captions, media, headlines, and texts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google was my go to website for finding information, when I gathered all the information I needed I simply organized it according to the appropriate date. The google spreadsheet already had the appropriate labels which I needed to follow, guiding me to where I needed to enter the correct information. Once the information was looked over it then needed to be published. On the google spreadsheet webpage, top left hand corner I was directed to click File. From the file, next to click was \u201cPublish to the Web\u201d a tab pops up. Under the link you’ll see a drop down menu reading \u201cEntire Document\u201d that gets clicked and you now can change it to the appropriate label \u201cod1\u201d then click \u201cPublish\u201d. The link in the toolbar can now be copied and pasted into Step 3 on Timeline JS where you can now generate your timeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Results <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The History of nintendo consoles – Timeline<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Analyzing my resources on Nintendo Consoles helped me see and understand patterns that the company uses. For example one thing that works for nintendo was every release of a console along came the release for a game that makes users gravitate to that console, to where they end up purchasing the console to play that game. A great way to keep your consumers on their toes! Another thing that I wanted to highlight in my research was Virtual Boy, a console that I haven’t heard of. It was interesting to me to see that Nintendo already had the idea of VR and sales not doing too well. This can told me as the researcher that Nintendo was ahead of its time and the world wasn\u2019t ready for VR, compared to now with the advancement of technology Virtual Boy is something that a lot of game users would be willing to experience. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Nintendo did a relaunching of VirtualBoy with modern technology implemented.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n