{"product_id":"super-mario","title":"Super Mario","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive story of the rise of Nintendo.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1981, Nintendo of America was a one-year-old business already on the brink of failure. Its president, Mino Arakawa, was stuck with two thousand unsold arcade cabinets for a dud of a game (\u003cem\u003eRadar Scope\u003c\/em\u003e). So he hatched a plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack in Japan, a boyish, shaggy-haired staff artist named Shigeru Miyamoto designed a new game for the unsold cabinets featur­ing an angry gorilla and a small jumping man.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDonkey Kong\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ebrought in $180 million in its first year alone and launched the career of a short, chubby plumber named Mario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince then, Mario has starred in over two hundred games, gen­erating profits in the billions. He is more recognizable than Mickey Mouse, yet he’s little more than a mustache in bib overalls. How did a mere smear of pixels gain such huge popularity?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003etells the story behind the Nintendo games millions of us grew up with, explaining how a Japanese trading card company rose to dominate the fiercely competitive video-game industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48122042417404,"sku":"PRH-9781591845638","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4975\/4108\/files\/portfolio-books-pop-culture-super-mario-9781591845638-prh-9781591845638-1193193801.jpg?v=1758063437","url":"https:\/\/shop.thirdeyecomics.com\/products\/super-mario","provider":"Third Eye Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}