How Nintendo (almost) ruined the Game Boy Pocket

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The Game Boy pocket and its technology has a surprisingly dramatic story, and it was all almost ruined simply due to one port and one game series.



Previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ki-kH751_8

Source:


The History of Nintendo Vol 4 - Florent Gorges

Video en Español: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te-V7yqQ8ng






0:00 Intro
0:30 After release of the original Game Boy
2:30 One more product before retirement
4:15 How to make a Game Boy smaller
6:52 The fight for the link cable port
11:28 Yokoi leaves Nintendo
13:28 R&D 1 after Yokoi





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