The History of Nintendo (2024) Lyrics – BitFinity (Matthew Taranto)

Read the full The History of Nintendo (2024) lyrics by BitFinity (Matthew Taranto) along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song.

[Verse 1]
Just sit back and relax, my friend
Today’s lesson won’t take too long
And to make it more interesting
It takes the form of this nerdy song
The year is 1889 before the Accolades and Awards
Nintendo got its start from making hanafuda cards

[Verse 2]
For a century, they grew and planned to discover just what sells
Making vacuums and Ultra Hand and love testers and love hotels
But they soon zeroed in on games like the Game & Watch and Color TV-Game 6
In ’81, they made Donkey Kong and the rest is history!

[Refrain]
This is the history of Nintendo
Spanning the years, hanafuda to Mario
Straight from Kyoto, with a guy named Miyamoto
This is the history of Nintendo

[Verse 3]
1985: Mario and Link and Samus all made waves on this machine
’89: All our mothers took our Game Boys to play Tetris on that tiny screen
’91: Super Mario World taught us we could fly while riding dinosaurs
’94: Virtual Boy had us seeing red, returning systems to their stores

[Bridge]
’96: Let’s-a go with Mario to new horizons
’98: Pokémania caught our hearts and dollars too
2001: The GBA and GameCube lost some marketshare that day
But we still loved to play Smash Bros. Melee!

[Verse 4]
2004: They called it a third pillar, adding touch to our routine!
2006: Our grandmothers took our Wiimotes and then promptly hurled them through the screen!
2011: Three-dimensions and dual-screens let us fly while fighting meteors!
2012: The GamePad was a real tough sell, but it laid the groundwork for

2017: This handheld/console hybrid is still going strong
2025: And maybe in a dozen years, I’ll add another verse to this song!

(Whisting)

[Interlude]
Hanafuda, Ultra Machine
Color TV-Game 15
Monkey Magic, Test Driver
Popeye, VS. Mach Rider
Mario 3, Galaxy, Odyssey, Danganronpa, Ace Attorney
Breath of the Wild, Breath of Fire
Fire Emblem, Slay the Spire

Yamauchi, Miyamoto
Iwata, Sakurai, Sakamoto
Tezuka, Totaka, Itoi
Arakawa, Kondo, Yokoi
Tanaka, Uemura
Takeda, Aonuma
Phillips, Tilden, Martinet
Owsen, Trinen, Fils-Aime

Dragon Quest 1 through Dragon Quest 7
DQ8, 9 and 11:
Echoes of an Elusive Age, Street Fighter and Streets of Rage
Super: Punch-Out, Ghouls ‘n GhostsBreakout, Smash TV, Off Road
Double Dragon, Tennis, Bonk
B0mberman, Star Wars, Air Zonk

Super Castlevania IV
StarFox, Kirby Super Star
Octopath Traveler 2, Splatoon
Body Harvest, Harvest Moon
Metal Slug, Cuphead, Wii Fit
Perfect Dark, Smash Ultimate
Tadpole Treble—almost done
BitMusical! It’s been fun!

[Refrain]
This is the history of Nintendo (The history of Nintendo)
From Ana to Kat, Pikachu to Lucario

This is the history of Nintendo
From Nester to Ness, Waluigi to Wario
Soon to be taught in schools all over Tokyo
To solve the mysteries of Nintendo
This was the history of Nintendo!