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1 year ago
PEOPLE: - Howard Lincoln, age 53. Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Nintendo of America. - Minoru Arakawa, age 46. Founder & President of Nintendo of America. QUOTE: "Lincoln: The NES is the one piece of electronic gear that’s in darn near every household, or at least the largest number if households around. It’s kind if what the PCs wanted to be but didn’t get to be. Arakawa: It seemed that we might as well take advantage of our position in the homes of America [to create the Nintendo Network]."

PEOPLE: - Howard Lincoln, age 53. Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Nintendo of America. - Minoru Arakawa, age 46. Founder & President of Nintendo of America. QUOTE: "Lincoln: The NES is the one piece of electronic gear that’s in darn near every household, or at least the largest number if households around. It’s kind if what the PCs wanted to be but didn’t get to be. Arakawa: It seemed that we might as well take advantage of our position in the homes of America [to create the Nintendo Network]."

Lincoln & Arakawa on the unique position of the NES, 1993.

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1 year ago
PEOPLE: Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Designer on the first wave of Famicom games like Baseball, Tennis, Wild Gunman, and Duck Hunt. Creator of Mario & Zelda.Genyo Takeda, age 60. General manager of Nintendo R&D3, Director of Punch-Out!! and StarTropics.Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 81. President of Nintendo from 1949-2002. QUOTE: "Miyamoto: I was working on the arcade project when work started on the [Famicom]—Takeda and I both were. But then Yamauchi said ‘No more arcade machines’ and shifted the entire arcade team to the [Famicom] project. It was like he just closed up the company. I remember thinking at the time, ‘Is that really a good idea?’"

PEOPLE: Shigeru Miyamoto, age 56. Designer on the first wave of Famicom games like Baseball, Tennis, Wild Gunman, and Duck Hunt. Creator of Mario & Zelda.Genyo Takeda, age 60. General manager of Nintendo R&D3, Director of Punch-Out!! and StarTropics.Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 81. President of Nintendo from 1949-2002. QUOTE: "Miyamoto: I was working on the arcade project when work started on the [Famicom]—Takeda and I both were. But then Yamauchi said ‘No more arcade machines’ and shifted the entire arcade team to the [Famicom] project. It was like he just closed up the company. I remember thinking at the time, ‘Is that really a good idea?’"

Miyamoto on being moved from arcades to Famicom (Inoue, 2009)

Source: Nintendo Magic

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Hyrule Interviews
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2 years ago
PEOPLE: - Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 65. President of Nintendo from 1949-2002. QUOTE: "Yamauchi: The most important thing we looked for in a supplier [of Famicom components] was the brain to cope with us. Unfortunately, we found that most companies are not flexible. Most companies move too slowly. That was not acceptable. "

PEOPLE: - Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 65. President of Nintendo from 1949-2002. QUOTE: "Yamauchi: The most important thing we looked for in a supplier [of Famicom components] was the brain to cope with us. Unfortunately, we found that most companies are not flexible. Most companies move too slowly. That was not acceptable. "

Yamauchi on what Nintendo looked for in a Famicom component supplier, 1993.

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2 years ago
PEOPLE: - Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 65. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002. QUOTE: "Yamauchi: The [Famicom Network System] shows how the Famicom has outgrown it’s single purpose as an amusement system. It is our important business target this year. … The Famicom and NES will be the computer system that will popularize networks."

PEOPLE: - Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 65. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002. QUOTE: "Yamauchi: The [Famicom Network System] shows how the Famicom has outgrown it’s single purpose as an amusement system. It is our important business target this year. … The Famicom and NES will be the computer system that will popularize networks."

Yamauchi on how the Famicom has outgrown it’s single purpose, 1993.

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