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| Nintendo Happy Prince board game (early 1960s) |
Like many of the early Nintendo board games, it is a localized Japanese version of a game created by American company Whitman. The original Whitman game is called Disney's Sleeping Beauty Game.
Happy Prince is a pretty standard affair, with a spin of the dice largely determining the outcome of the game.
When we take a better look at the back of the play field, we see something interesting.
This game is one of the few games released by Nintendo under the brand Nippon Game. In this case they actually used both names: Nippon Game as the formal brand name, but the Nintendo name also appears in the drawing of a ribbon.
More about Nippon Game and Nintendo's logo history can be found here.
Just wondering, but have you finally got a complete set of the Happy Prince board game with the box or more board games since you share board games you own.
ReplyDeleteYes, I managed to find a complete Happy Prince set; the board and the accompanying tin with play pieces. These early Nintendo board games were not sold in boxes. At some point I will share more board games here, but I can't promise when.
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