- Nintendo Playing Cards by Benjamin Arce
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NINTENDO PLAYING CARDS
Playing cards based on characters form Nintendo’s games and designed by the American artist Benjamin Arce (benarce).
Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company and one of the world’s largest video game companies. Originally it was founded as a card company in late 1889.
Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong
These characters are from the Donkey Kong series of arcade games developed by Nintendo. The first arcade game was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and released in 1981.
Fox and Falco
These characters are from the StarFox video game series developed and published by Nintendo. The first game was released in 1993. It was a forward-scrolling 3D Sci-Fi rail shooter.
Red and Charizard
These are characters from the Pokemon media franchise published and owned by Nintendo. It was created (a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games) by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996.
Princess Peach and Daisy
These are fictional characters from the Mario franchise developed and owned by Nintendo. The first arcade game was originally created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and released in 1981.
Link and Zelda
These are from The Legend of Zelda action-adventure video game series owned by Nintendo. The first game was created by game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka and released in 1986. The Legend Of Zelda games feature a mixture of action, puzzles, adventure/battle gameplay, exploration, and questing.
Zelda is quite popular theme for playing cards – read about another set of Zelda playing cards as well.