At this point, it's pretty well known that before Nintendo jumped into gaming, it was well known for producing handmade hanafuda playing ... plastic' cards. These are made from paper, and more ...

In a report from Kotaku, Erik Voskuil has recently opened a couple of packets of Nintendo playing cards from the 1950s. These vintage Nintendo playing cards featured art depicting cultural symbols ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Erik Voskuil, who runs the wonderful Before Mario (and has written an excellent book by the same name), has one of the world’s finest ...