{"product_id":"9781591845638-super-mario-how-nintendo-conquered-america","title":"Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe definitive story of the rise of Nintendo.In 1981, Nintendo of America was a one-year-old business already on the brink of failure. Its president, Mino Arakawa, was stuck with two thousand unsold arcade cabinets for a dud of a game (Radar Scope). So he hatched a plan.Back in Japan, a boyish, shaggy-haired staff artist named Shigeru Miyamoto designed a new game for the unsold cabinets featur­ing an angry gorilla and a small jumping man. Donkey Kong brought in $180 million in its first year alone and launched the career of a short, chubby plumber named Mario.Since then, Mario has starred in over two hundred games, gen­erating profits in the billions. He is more recognizable than Mickey Mouse, yet he’s little more than a mustache in bib overalls. How did a mere smear of pixels gain such huge popularity?Super Mario tells the story behind the Nintendo games millions of us grew up with, explaining how a Japanese trading card company rose to dominate the fiercely competitive video-game industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53708952797484,"sku":"9781591845638","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/4528\/9004\/files\/9781591845638.jpg?v=1786786442","url":"https:\/\/comicsnearme.com\/products\/9781591845638-super-mario-how-nintendo-conquered-america","provider":"Stuff Your Mom Hates Comics Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}