Mar 10, 2025

Now Showing Zelda 2, Mario 2, and Donkey Kong


Nintendo World
Nintendo Company Overview (1989)
In honor of Mar.10, here is a photo of a store display from a sixteen page booklet that was published by Nintendo of Japan at the end of the 80's.  It was scanned and shared by Erik from Before Nintendo a couple of years ago.  It's an excellent blog the history of Nintendo with an emphasis on the toys and games created by the company between 1889 and the early 1980s.

There were a few stores in my area during the late 80's and early 90's that made an attempt to follow this display (mostly Hills and Sears), but none of them looked as good as this.  Definitely don't remember seeing any Super Mario Bros tighty whiteys behind a glass case.