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What is inside
- 9 analyses of Nintendo Virtual Boy, in full, each with its numbered sources.
The analyses it carries
- Nintendo Shipped the Virtual Boy Unfinished to Hold Shelf Space for the N64
- Nintendo Returned to Operating Profit Two Years Before the Switch — the Crisis Was Identity
- The Wii U Sold 13 Million. The Switch Sold 156 Million. Same Idea.
- Nintendo's Two Famous Reinventions Were Both Escape Plans From a Console That Failed
- Nintendo Sold 101.63 Million Wiis, Then Survived by Eating Its Own Handheld Business
- Nintendo sells its hardware near cost — the moat is the software you can only play there
- Nintendo Built the Weakest Console of Its Generation. It Just Became the Fastest-Selling in History.
- Universal's Bad-Faith Donkey Kong Lawsuit in 1982 Taught Nintendo What IP Law Can Do
- Nintendo's IP Vault Finally Opened. The Money Mostly Walked Out the Same Door.
Each analysis is free to read on the site. The dossier puts them together with the numbers and the filings, in one document you can keep.
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