X-Nico

33 unusual facts about Nintendo


27th century

Most of the F-Zero series, one of Nintendo's video game franchises, take place during the early 27th century.

Bad Münstereifel

The unofficial Nintendo fan convention, NCON, was held in the town's St. Angela Gymnasium in the early years of the 21st century

Bergsala

Bergsala AB, from Kungsbacka, Sweden, has operated as the Nordic and Baltic agent and distributor of Nintendo products since 1981.

Boxing Fever

IGN's Craig Harris spoke positively of the game's graphical design and frantic pace; he awarded the game an IGN Editor's Choice Award and compared the game to the Punch-Out!! series by Nintendo.

Built by Snow

The video, Directed by Andy Garibay, was designed by Built By Snow guitarist Matt Murray who created a virtual 8-bit Nintendo video game world as the setting.

Chengdu Goldenport Circuit

A1 Team Australia's driver John Martin said driving on the track was like "old Mario Kart on Nintendo" because the bumps on the circuit made his car jump.

Cheryl Marie Cordeiro

As a little girl, Cheryl Marie was already modelling for Singapore Metro, McDonald's and Nintendo.

Dengeki Nintendo

The magazine mainly covers information pertaining Nintendo games and consoles.

Electronic Entertainment Expo

Sega also pulled out of attending at the last minute, leaving Nintendo as the only one of the 'big three' to appear.

Electronika

Model names for Electronika-branded Nintendo Game & Watch clones start with IM (ИМ — Игра Микропроцессорная, Russian acronym for "microprocessor game").

Epicenter Studios

Epicenter Studios recently released its first title Critter Round-Up (Animal Panic in Japan) at the Japanese Nintendo WiiWare launch on March 25, 2008.

Four Swords

Four Swords can refer to one of a number of video games in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series.

Game testing

For example, Sony publishes a Technical Requirements Checklist (TRC), Microsoft publishes Technical Certification Requirements (TCR), and Nintendo publishes a set of "guidelines" (Lotcheck).

GBAtemp

GBAtemp is an international video gaming community centered around a discussion forum focusing on Nintendo and other handheld devices and consoles, such as the Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and Wii.

Generation NEX

The console takes both the Japanese Famicom 60-pin and North American/European NES 72-pin cartridges used by Nintendo.

Giovanni Amighetti

In 2009 worked with Adel Salameh and Naziha Azzouz for "Dardasha" and with Nintendo for the Wii Music Live gigs

InPhase Technologies

In February 2008, InPhase Technologies was granted a joint patent with video game company Nintendo for a flexure-based scanner for angle-based multiplexing in a holographic storage system.

Intel MCS-48

Another variant, the ROM-less 8035, was used in Nintendo's arcade game Donkey Kong.

Katie Amess

She has appeared in a host of TV commercials including Nintendo, Just Dance 3 & 4, Wen Haircare, Premier Inn and News of the World.

Kikizo

Video Games Daily is home to over 300 interviews with high profile video game industry executives; as of July 2011 it remains the only consumer gaming site in the world to have interviewed all three console platforms' top-level bosses: Satoru Iwata - President of Nintendo Co., Ltd, Kaz Hirai - President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc and Robbie Bach - Chief Xbox Officer, Microsoft.

Komeda

Simultaneously, the song "Out From the Rain" from the same album was used in a Nintendo commercial, for "Kirby Canvas Curse."

Lizard Lick, North Carolina

In March 1998 the small town received publicity when Nintendo first released the Nintendo 64 game, "Yoshi's Story" there, with the name of the host town reflecting the Nintendo character Yoshi's ability to extend his tongue over a long distance.

Minus Story

Later drummer Nick Christus was added in thanks to his Nintendo.

Oldsmobile Expression

Among other features showcased were: rain-sensing windshield wipers, in-car vacuum cleaner, TV/VCR with a Nintendo system, and unique four-wheel steering.

Paul Mignot

His career has seen him work with such prestigious brands as Nintendo, Salvatore Ferragamo, the Bolloré group and Emporio Armani ... as well as collaborate with Nicole Kidman, Alexandra Lamy, Line Renaud, Michèle Laroque and Didier Drogba, amongst others...

Seacroft Hospital

The hospital has been noted for its unique and positive use of the Nintendo video game Wii Fit to assist patients with prosthetic limb in learning how to use them effectively.

Super PLAY

Despite its independence, it initially only covered Nintendo games, but the coverage was extended to all major consoles in 1995.

Tilt.tv

At times the show has gathered mixed feelings amongst gaming fans and there have been grumblings about the program being biased (Tilt.tv has at various times been sponsored by both Sony, Nintendo and Electronic Arts; currently it is sponsored by EA) and having hosts that generally have no gaming background.

Washington State Route 520

A new interchange was built at NE 40th Street to accommodate expansion of the Microsoft and Nintendo of America corporate campuses.

We Punk Einheit!

All of the music composed for Nintendo Teenage Robots was produced using only a Nintendo Game Boy.

Yoshida Brothers

The commercials for the Nintendo's Wii video game console that began airing in North America in November 2006 featured the Yoshida Brothers song "Kodo (Inside the Sun Remix)".

Zero-point energy

In Nintendo's Star Fox series, there are mentions of a 'G-Diffusion' system.

Zeta Ceti

:Baten Kaitos is also the name of a role-playing game for the Nintendo Gamecube


A Teenager in Love

It is also featured as a playable song in the Nintendo Wii Game Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.

Ambassador Magma

Ambassador Magma makes a cameo appearance in the 2004 Astro Boy: Omega Factor game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, along with a number of other characters created by Osamu Tezuka.

Anna Molly

The song is included in the music rhythm game Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS, and is also included on the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii edition of Shaun White Snowboarding.

Avatar Reality

Minoru Arakawa, former CEO of Nintendo of America, is an advisor to the company.

Boutique

For example, before the release of the Wii, a Time Magazine article suggested that Nintendo could become a "boutique video-game company", producing games for niche audiences, rather than trying to compete directly with Microsoft and Sony.

Braiger

Braiger also appeared in Super Robot Wars NEO for the Nintendo Wii, although it had no actual plot.

Chromelodeon

The following year, their first full length album was released, In the Year 20XX, which opens with a cover of "Wily's Castle" from the Nintendo game Mega Man 3, and is followed by 3 originals; the last track, "Eloquence is Dead," spans 13+ minutes.

Club Nintendo

Club Nintendo in Australia was launched on April 24, 2008 to coincide with the release of Mario Kart Wii, with the website, catalogue and product registration going live on March 11, 2009 using the same system offered by Nintendo of Europe.

Code Breakers

Code Breaker, a video game cheat devices for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2

Deadly Arts

G.A.S.P!! Fighters' NEXTream, a 1998 fighting game for the Nintendo 64, released in North America as Deadly Arts

Dolby Pro Logic

Pro Logic II system also features a mode designed specifically for video gaming, and it is frequently used in game titles for Sony's PlayStation 2, Nintendo's GameCube and Wii as an alternative to digital surround formats such as Dolby Digital, or DTS.

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 DS

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 DS (ドラえもん のび太の恐竜 2006 DS) is the card battle game for the Nintendo DS system.

Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters

It recounts the development and rise of Tetris as one of the most-played video games of all-time, the role it has played in shaping the lives of the gamers it chronicles, the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of former Nintendo World Champion Thor Aackerlund, and the conception & execution of the first ever Classic Tetris World Championship by gaming enthusiast Robin Mihara.

Final Fantasy Gaiden

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, a 2009 Nintendo DS game released in Japan as Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden

Fusajiro Yamauchi

Yamauchi lived in Kyoto, Japan and had a daughter, Tei Yamauchi (who later married future Nintendo president and Fusajiro Yamauchi's successor, Sekiryo Kaneda).

GameShark

The Nintendo 64 GameShark was the most popular cheating device available for the system, becoming popular after well-known titles such as GoldenEye 007 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time were released.

Gamestyle

Their reviews were considered highly enough to be included alongside IGN and Electronic Gaming Monthly on Nintendo's UK marketing print campaign for Metroid Prime.

Get Free

The song can be heard in several video games including the introduction video for Topspin, the Nintendo DS version of Band Hero and as playable track for Rock Band 3 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

John R. Montgomery

Montgomery worked at Burnett for 33 years, where he served as Executive Vice President, Executive Creative Director and handled accounts including McDonald’s (domestic and global), Minute Maid (Coca-Cola), Nintendo, Kellogg, Procter & Gamble, Allstate, 7-Up, Keebler, Green Giant, Miller Beers, United Airlines, Kraft Foods, Nestle and Samsonite.

Ken Griffey, Jr.'s Slugfest

It is a sequel to Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr., released for the Nintendo 64, which itself was a sequel to Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball and Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run.

Kevin Carvell

Then in 1989, in another chance happening, a video segment that Carvell and some of his friends produced while playing Nintendo's Double Dragon made the cut in the release of the tips and tricks video Score More Points Nintendo Blue.

Mr. Nintendo

Mario, Popular video game character and the mascot of Nintendo

NHLPA

NHLPA Hockey '93 is a video game released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword

Ninja Gaiden series director Tomonobu Itagaki has stated that he decided to make the game for the Nintendo DS because of the originality that the platform allows, which he feels is the most important aspect of a handheld platform, and also to create a challenge for himself.

Nintendo 64 accessories

This device was used for final matches at the Pokémon League Summer Training Tour '99. It was not a consumer product as only developers and magazines could purchase one from Nintendo at a cost of $1400 USD a piece. The Canadian children's game show Video & Arcade Top 10 used Wide-Boy 64 adapters so contestants could play Game Boy titles on some later episodes.

Nintendo DS launch

At launch there was one pack-in demo, in addition to the built-in PictoChat program: Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt (published by Nintendo and is a demo for Metroid Prime Hunters, a game released in March 2006).

Nintendo optical discs

Each Nintendo optical disc contains a burst cutting area (BCA) mark, a type of barcode that is written to the disc with a YAG laser.

Operation Rainfall

Speaking Operation Rainfall and its successors in 2013, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said "We certainly look at it, and we’re certainly aware of it, but it doesn’t necessarily affect what we do", and that Nintendo was already in the process of deciding Xenoblade's localization "while Operation Rainfall was happening".

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In 2008 Morgan Creek Productions filed a lawsuit against Nintendo alleging that they illegally used the song "You're So Cool" from the film True Romance in an advertisement for the game.

Perrin Kaplan

Before leaving Nintendo, Perrin Kaplan oversaw public relations, government affairs, investor relations and internal communications for the Western Hemisphere and played a key role in global coordination inside the Nintendo corporation.

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

In March 2005, Nintendo of America executive Reggie Fils-Aimé said that Pokémon XD would be a new GameCube game, but not a sequel to Colosseum.

Red and Blue

Pokémon Red and Blue, role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy

Robotech: Crystal Dreams

Unfinished Nintendo 64 ROM images are available to download via the Crystal Dreams developers website.

Sega Meganet

Sega's 16-bit console, the Sega Genesis (known as Mega Drive in most areas outside of North America) was released in Japan on October 29, 1988, though the launch was overshadowed by Nintendo's release of Super Mario Bros. 3 a week earlier.

Similarity heuristic

For example, when Nintendo wished to launch its Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the United States, it did so in the middle of a video game depression; Atari had managed to make video games one of the least popular American pastimes.

Spore Creatures

The Nintendo DS version of the Sporepedia resembles and functions more like Pokémon's Pokédex than that used in the main version of Spore.

Super R.C. Pro-Am

It was released in North America in June 1991 and in Europe on April 23, 1992; it was re-released in 1998 as part of Nintendo's Player's Choice series, which included all Game Boy titles which sold over one million copies.

Uwe Kreisel

In 2006, he was a winner of Nintendo of America's "Pokémon Mystery Dungeon" art contest with a tongue-in-cheek cartoon on Franz Kafka's 1915 The Metamorphosis.

Virtual Console

When asked if Virtual Boy games were going to be available for download on the Virtual Console for the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku that he couldn't answer, as he was unfamiliar with the platform.

Voice chat

Also, Nintendo released a Nintendo DS headset for voice chat alongside the release of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.