Nintendo Cult: No. 1 - No. 10

Special Christoph Kraus Maik Koch

Nintendo is cult! In our Nintendo Cult-Special we present you 50 nerdy Nintendo-Fan-Facts.

Nintendo Cult: No. 1 - No. 10

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No. 1
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata developed the NES-Game Golf.

No. 2
The Courses on it were rebuilt for Wii Sports.

No. 3
Despite a lot of rumors, Mario and Peach never married.

No. 4
When the Super Nintendo was released in Japan, some stores had to be closed due too many buyers and the danger of a panic.

No. 5
The cartridge-based Atari VCS 2600 was the role model for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

No. 6
In 1983, Nintendo opened up a Chuck E. Cheese Restaurant with Arcade-Machines. It turned out as a flop.

No. 7
The instant rice, which was sold as an early try-out by former Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi was equally unsuccessful.

No. 8
The syllable “nin” in the company's name means “responsibility, task, duty”.

No. 9
“ten” stands for heaven.

No. 10
“do” means “temple, hall”. Figuratively relating to the company itself.

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