also where major franchises such as Super Mario and Final Fantasy started- both of which are still around to this day. With the advent of Virtual Console , the NES/Famicom lives on. ﻿ The cross-shaped D-pad on controllers was originally introduced by Nintendo   ﻿ ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿ That's all for now, and always remember- the