The Japanese government banned most card games due to their association with gambling, though eventually they allowed the game known as Hanafuda. Whereas most card games featured numbers, Hanafuda was devoid of numerical symbols and instead had unique artwork. Hanafuda was introduced to Japan though wasn't too popular, and was generally thought to disappear as quickly as it arrived. Fusajiro Yamauchi, however, derived an idea to increase the game's popularity by developing cards with hand drawn illustrations. This quickly led to the growth of the card industry in Japan after he opened the doors to Nintendo Koppai, a name which went through various iterations before ultimately being shortened to just Nintendo. Eventually Fusajiro Yamauchi created a corporation which manufactured more than j