"Nintendo Didn't Celebrate Its 100th Birthday"
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 3:24 pm
"Nintendo Didn't Celebrate Its 100th Birthday" (article)
During the tenure of the late Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo went from being a playing card manufacturer to one of the most recognisable companies in the world—yet, despite this amazing evolution, Yamauchi ensured that his firm never allowed its newfound fame to change the way it approached business.
Speaking to Japanese outlet 4Gamer (and translated by The Gamer), Takaya Imamura—one of the key creatives behind the likes of F-Zero and Star Fox—revealed that Nintendo was such a level-headed organisation under Yamauchi's command that it didn't even make a fuss when it turned 100: