Things You Didn’t Know About Nintendo

The Nintendo Wii is the best selling console of all time.  That’s a really weird fact since Nintendo started developing its next-generation console (the Wii-U) ahead of its competitors.  Console manufacturers only start a new product cycle when sales start to fall.

Nintendo officially does not do public tours of their campus.  If you do get a private invite, then you can purchase some sweet things at their corporate store in the main building.

There are porn games for Nintendo systems.

Nintendo makes 1.2 million dollars per employee.

Donkey Kong was originally called “Monkey Kong” but was mistranslated.

Nintendo does not publicly trade on the New York Stock Exchange.  If you want a share of Nintendo stock, then you must buy a sponsored share in Japan, which is worth 1/8th the cost of a normal share.

Adjusted for inflation, the original NES would cost $420 today.  The SNES would be a steal in comparison, costing just over $300.

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