Who would of known Nintendo (1 Viewer)

[Nuhockey]

As many of you probably already know that a lot of Japanese companies do not just make one thing. For example Honda - Cars, Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, Snowblowers, Lawnmowers, Lawn Equipment- Yamaha- Motorcycles, Watercraft, Musical Instruments, Stereo/Home Theater Equipment. And some companies we know them as only producing one thing here in the States because that is the only thing they sell here. I never knew that Nintendo produced 100% Plastic Playing cards. I have never seen them before and it could be they only sold them in Japan. You could find the Nintendo cards easily on eBay, but most of them are not cheap though. Below is of some of their designs. They also have some Mario and Nintendo game character type designs. Very interesting to me, but the prices probably end my interest at just interest.

 

[nitzilla]

To go with their chips:
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/nintendo-poker-chips.24779/

 

[RadicusScout]

Nintendo actually started out as a card company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo Like you mentioned, they still make them and can be found in Japan. I actually have a 'magic' deck that a friend gave me a while ago. I'll post some pictures later on (when I find them).

 

[ekricket]

Nintendo actually started out as a card company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo Like you mentioned, they still make them and can be found in Japan. I actually have a 'magic' deck that a friend gave me a while ago. I'll post some pictures later on (when I find them).

Their Hanafuda decks can get quite pricey, especially the vintage ones.

 

[MrWitti]

Their Hanafuda decks can get quite pricey, especially the vintage ones.

where can I see how old they are?

 

[davethesave]

Does anyone own any of these decks?

Anyone on PCF in Japan????????????????

 

[TheDuke]

They have Nintendo playing cards available on Amazon.co.jp.

They have some Mario and Zelda decks with unique faces.

I have an order queued up but shipping costs kinda blow so I haven't pulled the trigger.

If anyone is interested in a mini GB let me know and I'll tack on your order to mine to defray costs for us.

 

[davethesave]

They have Nintendo playing cards available on Amazon.co.jp.

They have some Mario and Zelda decks with unique faces.

I have an order queued up but shipping costs kinda blow so I haven't pulled the trigger.

If anyone is interested in a mini GB let me know and I'll tack on your order to mine to defray costs for us.

@TheDuke I will check this out as it is interesting to me as a fellow Canadian! GB?

 

[Nuhockey]

where can I see how old they are?

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I think some of the newer ones have a Date on the Joker and the older ones just © by Nintendo unless they are dated on the Paper that comes with them because the Aces I've seen do not have the dates on them either.

 

[RadicusScout]

I found my magic Nintendo cards! Here they are.

They are in the standard bridge size and not plastic.

If you look closely at the corners, you will notice different portions of the 'flower' are filled in / left blank. This is to inform the magician what card it is. The suits are coded by the "<" mark in between the grouping of petals. One of them will be in a thinner line treatment.

Here is a close up of the back of the case. It's hard to read but it says 'Nintendo Co., Ltd.'

Another fun thing to note about these cards is the width of the card itself is not uniform. The bottom half of the card is slightly longer than the top. This is helpful because the magician can easily have another person reinsert a card (upside down) into the deck (which is already set facing 'the right way'). The magician can then immediately tell (by feel) which card was chosen.

 

[Geremie]

If I had known these existed, I would have added them onto my Angel group buy. Damn, missed opportunity.

 

[ekricket]

I found my magic Nintendo cards! Here they are.

They are in the standard bridge size and not plastic.

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If you look closely at the corners, you will notice different portions of the 'flower' are filled in / left blank. This is to inform the magician what card it is. The suits are coded by the "<" mark in between the grouping of petals. One of them will be in a thinner line treatment.
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Here is a close up of the back of the case. It's hard to read but it says 'Nintendo Co., Ltd.'
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Another fun thing to note about these cards is the width of the card itself is not uniform. The bottom half of the card is slightly longer than the top. This is helpful because the magician can easily have another person reinsert a card (upside down) into the deck (which is already set facing 'the right way'). The magician can then immediately tell (by feel) which card was chosen.

Another use of the asshat!

That thinner width from top to bottom is known as “shaving” or a “stripper deck”. Like you said, cards inserted can be quickly “stripped out” because they are wider at one end. Stack the four aces in the opposite way and just “strip” them out one at a time as you are dealing.
You can buy card shavers still, they look like paper cutter mats with scissors attached, they were originally to uniformly trim the edges of old paper cards as they became worn and ragged from grubby use. Extend the life a little.

 

[TheDuke]

@TheDuke I will check this out as it is interesting to me as a fellow Canadian! GB?

I have a brother who lives in Japan.

I'm going to see what he can track down in store locally.

 

[TheDuke]

These just arrived.

@Nuhockey @davethesave Let me know if you're interested in any. I ordered a few extra setups.

 

[Nuhockey]

Thanks @TheDuke PM incoming.

 

[Geremie]

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These just arrived.

@Nuhockey @davethesave Let me know if you're interested in any. I ordered a few extra setups.

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I couldn’t find any jumbo index...I was disappointed...

These look awesome!

 

[davethesave]

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These just arrived.

@Nuhockey @davethesave Let me know if you're interested in any. I ordered a few extra setups.

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Not sure if you opened up a deck yet - but what is the quality like? Perhaps this needs to be reviewed in the cards section as I don't think many have these decks handy for review...

 

[TheDuke]

Not sure if you opened up a deck yet - but what is the quality like? Perhaps this needs to be reviewed in the cards section as I don't think many have these decks handy for review...

I haven't actually opened any yet. I'll be doing that this weekend. I'll post a review once I've had a chance to handle them.

 

[davislane]

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These just arrived.

@Nuhockey @davethesave Let me know if you're interested in any. I ordered a few extra setups.

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Are the plastic? any more left ?

 

[Machine]

Nintendo is also in the Porn business, they own the rights to at least two (2) titles.

 

[buzzmonkey]

They also once owned a series of "Love Hotels" in the 60s where rooms could be rented by the hour.

 

[TheDuke]

Are the plastic? any more left ?

I actually still have a sealed setup - the ones in the clear box in the pics above. PM if you want them. Noticed you're in Australia - do you have access to Amazon Japan? You might be able to order direct.