Nintendo – Past, Present and Future (2)

Nintendo's most popular ventures
Amidst the video-game popularity of the 70s, Nintendo introduced their first arcade game in 1975, EVR Race. Nintendo's next two games, Donkey Kong in 1981 and Super Mario Brothers in 1985, became legendary. Super Mario Brothers used the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), a home video-game system of which nearly 62 million units were sold worldwide. Success struck again in 1989 with another Yokoi creation, Game Boy, which still ranks as the all-time best-selling portable game system.

Nintendo 64 (N64) was released in 1996, selling nearly 33 million units, and receiving Time magazine's 1996 Machine of the Year award.

In 2006, the company launched its Wii console, which became another huge success. Nintendo successfully targeted a new market: children and people who had never played video games before. Wii's interactive games, including animated games for kids and sports for the older crowd, offered an entirely new way to play.

What's ahead?
Over the years, the company has faced growing competition, prompting skeptical remarks from some about Nintendo's future. But in January, the company announced plans to begin developing a mystery device that will be launched in 2016. Nintendo is still looking toward the future, making everyone wonder what amazing devices the company will create in the next 125 years.


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Teaching Topic: Sensational Spelling (感官拼字)
Wii 是因為要創造we的斜音的字,
二個ii是看起來像二個人在一起玩,
有些公司會故意將產品的英文名字拼錯,
為了是讓消費者留下印象,
這種手法叫做 sensational spelling,
例如: Krispy Kreme, Froot Loops

Grammar Gym
Amidst the video-game popularity of the 70s, Nintendo introduced their first arcade game in 1975...
Amidst [a situation at a certain time], [someone did something].
- Amidst the excitement and partying in the dormitory, Duncan tried his best to study for his exams.
- Amidst the sea of customer complaints, the company was glad to receive one positive report.

Language Lab
venture n.
a new business activity that involves taking risks
- The director's latest film venture proved very successful.
- Jonathan's business venture turned out to be a disaster.
venture v.
to go somewhere that could be dangerous:
- We ventured into the woods shortly after we arrived at the cabin.

arcade n.
a large building or part of a building where there are many shops;
an amusement arcade;
- Timmy spent most of his pocket money on the machines at the amusement arcade.
- The shopping arcade was packed with people during the year-end sale.

interactive adj.
an interactive computer program, television system etc allows you to communicate directly with it, and does things in reaction to your actions:
- The teacher's interactive teaching made learning much more fun.
interact v.
if people interact with each other, they talk to each other, work together etc
- The course encourages the students to interact as much as they can.

skeptical adj.
tending to disagree with what other people tell you
- Theo's skeptical look really irritated me.
sceptical about/of
- After giving the speech, I'm really skeptical about how much the audience understands.

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