Ben Gilbert: belief

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…I suspect 90% of people do know that name. That's the thing. I'm really curious if people are like, this is Miyamoto, or if people are like, what the hell are you talking about? I think for those of you who know your Nintendo history, David just said, and this is how God is discovered. But for those of you who don't, this is how God is discovered. The tablets come down from the mount and Moses brings them down. Miyamoto, Moses. The game that young Shigeru Miyamoto makes to replace the Radar Scope software in these cabinets is called Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong, with itself, goes on to earn hundreds of millions of dollars immediately in North America alone. That totally saves Nintendo of America skin. It earns $180 million the first year, another $100 million the second year in arcades. It becomes such an incredible franchise and IP, which we'll get into in a second. Just this game, the original Donkey Kong, has grossed over $5 billion alone in the decades since on all the platforms it's been released.…

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