Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is a gaming console which was produced by Nintendo in 1985. In the bigger part of Asia including Japan NES was sold under the name Family Computer. In South Korea license was entrusted to Hyundai Electronics, who sold NES as Comboy.
This was the best-selling gaming console of all time in Asia and North America. Nintendo claimed that it sold over 60 million consoles all over the world. The introduction of this console helped in the recovery of American gaming industry, after its call in 1983. NES set the standards for the following consoles in everything, starting with the design of games and the look of the controller. So, for example, game Super Mario introduced elements which will be copied in many similar games, and the likeability of D-pad controller which was used on NES, and for which they received Technology & Engineering Emmy Award, will be used all subsequent better known consoles. About other fascinating information regarding Nintendo you will find out in this attachment.
10FACT No 10
Nintendo were collaborating with Sony for a CD-ROM games console in 1989. Nintendo backed out, leading to the creation of the Play-station.
09FACT No 9
The company name is made of three kanji characters: NIN, TEN and DO. It means either “Leave luck to heaven”, or “Work hard, but in the end it is in heaven´s hands”.
08FACT No 8
Nintendo began in 1889, under Fusajiro Yamauchi. They sold playing cards called Hanafuda – the name translates as “flower cards” and they were used for gambling.
07FACT No 7
Mario was originally called Mr. Video and subsequently Jump-man. Portrayed as a carpenter, he was eventually named Mario after Nintendo´s irate landlord.
06FACT No 6
A survey in the early 90´s showed that American children found Mario more recognizable than Mickey Mouse.
05FACT No 5
A rare NES game, Stadium Events, has been valued at 41.300 dollar with only 10 to 20 complete copies in existence. The box alone sells at 10.000 dollar.
04FACT No 4
In the 1960´s Nintendo opened a chain of “Love Hotels”. These often windowless room were a discreet way for couples to enjoy each other´s company.
03FACT No 3
The Japanese version of Super Mario Bros Two wasn´t sold in the West as it was considered too hard. An easier game, “Dream Factory: Heart Pounding Panic”, was hurriedly re-skinned and sold as a Mario sequel.
02FACT No 2
Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners Baseball team. They were bought for 76 million dollar in 1989.
01FACT No 1
As of September 2012, 97.2 million Wii units have been sold. Stacked end to end they´d be 13.000 miles high – over 2.000 times higher than Mont Everest
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