Things You Didn’t Know About Nintendo

Mario was originally created because his Italian features (big nose and cartoonish mustache) would show up using the small number of large pixels in Donkey Kong.

There are two public walk-in repair facilities in the Untied States.  If you live near Cupertino, CA or Syracuse, NY then you’re in luck and can get it repaired the next day.  Everyone else has to mail their systems in, and it will take 2-3 weeks.  The turnaround time in Canada can take 4-6 weeks or longer.

Games and apps downloaded from Nintendo’s online store are tied to that console’s serial number.  If you  buy a replacement or sell your old one, then you lose all the downloaded games with it.  Nintendo is changing this policy beginning with the 3DS and Wii, as you will be able to transfer your Wii content to the Wii-U and you can transfer DSi content to the 3DS.

Most of your money goes to Japan.  Nearly all research and development takes place in Kyoto, Japan.  Nintendo of America mostly does marketing, testing, and distribution.

The lunchroom in the Nintendo corporate building is called Café Mario.

Instead of classic Men and Women symbols for bathrooms, Nintendo of America’s bathrooms feature the profiles of Luigi and Princess Peach.

Nintendo’s corporate office has D-pad shaped couches. 

The roof of the main corporate building is transformed into a Japanese garden, and even has wooden decks leading out to them.  The rest of the penthouse area houses very lavish and open conference rooms.

Worldwide, Mario is more recognizable to the average person than Mickey Mouse.