“NES Anniversary” by Nintendo History System author Bill Mudron (click for a larger image). Mudron posted this dandy doodle of a DS playing Nester, his bow-tied partner Howard Phillips, the Notorious R.O.B., and Nintendo of America founder Minoru Arakawa to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the NES’s stateside release.

Did you know the NES’s initial 1985 test launch in New York was considered a failure? Shortly after its debut, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported, “Nintendo, a Japanese company that attempted to introduce a new video-game machine over Christmas, failed miserably, retailers say.”

It’s a good thing Nintendo went ahead with a wider NES release despite that problematic test launch!

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[Via Bill Mudron, GDRI, Wgungfu]

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