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Reggie Fils-Aimé And Satoru Iwata’s Great Nintendo Friendship
It started with an unheard-of request. Reggie Fils-Aimé wasn’t yet president of Nintendo of America. Heck, he wasn’t even an employee — but rather, interviewing for a job. Yet he wanted to speak with Satoru Iwata.
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Report: Banjo-Kazooie Was Named After Former Nintendo President’s Family
Veteran games writer Andy Robinson, who before resuming a career in journalism spent a few years at Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic, has a very cool story about how Banjo-Kazooie got its name.
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Report: Nintendo Didn’t Make The Famicom Red Because It Was Cheap
Ever wonder why the Famicom (née Family Computer) was red, gold and white? It was glorious colour scheme, but the story goes that cheap plastics were responsible for the console’s iconic hue. That story, says one of the console’s main designers, is wrong.
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Nintendo’s Former President Just Lost Half A Billion Dollars
A disastrous last quarter in terms of sales has sent Nintendo’s share prices through the floor. If you own Nintendo shares, sorry! But hey, even if you do, it could be worse; spare a thought for former president Hiroshi Yamauchi. He just lost $US500,000,000 in one day.