Nintendo is cult! In our Nintendo Cult-Special we present you 50 nerdy Nintendo-Fan-Facts.
Nintendo Cult: No. 11 - No. 20
No. 11
The meaning of the word “Nintendo” is therefore: “Temple of heavenly duty”.
No. 12
In 2007, Yojiro Ogawa, producer of “Sonic and the secret Rings”, took part at the Settlers of Catan- World Championship and made it to the 47th place in the preliminary round.
No. 13
The appalling DS Racing Game “Ducati Moto” was developed by the same Team, which ported Banjo-Kazooie from the N64 to Xbox-Live Arcade.
No. 14
The Chrono Trigger protagonist's name is Crono – spelled without an H.
No. 15
In contrast to the first two Donkey Kong Country ports for the GBA, the complete musical score and every jingle of Donkey Kong Country 3 was replaced.
No. 16
Banjo-Kazooie Witch Gruntilda's favorite sports are Magic Book Tossing.
No. 17
Nintendo of Japan headquarters are located at “kamitoba hokotate-cho” in the Kyoto district of “minami-ku”.
No. 18
On release-date of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Nintendo sponsored a short-film contest titled “Insanity or Reality”.
No. 19
To promote Pikmin, Nintendo was selling a flower in collaboration with Japanese manufacturer of seeds Syngenta, which looked strikingly similar to the ones in the game.
No. 20
Former German Club Nintendo editor in chief Claude Moyse admitted once he doesn't like Kirby inventor Masahiro Sakurai.