Nintendo is one of the more secretive video game companies. While it has been a treasure to gamers around the world for decades, it certainly seems to hold its cards close to the chest. In fact, Nintendo likes to even control its own messaging with its Nintendo Direct programming, which it trailblazed with many other companies having followed suit with similar online streams. Nintendo’s secrecy is very interesting considering a 30-year-old video that surfaced on YouTube a few days ago.
YouTuber btm0815ma uploads old programming like an airing of The Hunter/Brinkly Report from 1969, or an episode of CNN’s coverage of the Gulf War from 1991. In the case of something that just was uploaded a few days ago, the YouTuber put forth raw footage of Nintendo of America headquarters from 1990.
The video starts out with a man explaining that he is at the “World of Nintendo Headquarters” in Redmond Washington, where it is possible to still get internships this coming summer for Nintendo. The man then talks about having a world map for a game called “Final Frontier,” when in reality he was referring to (and corrected himself) Final Fantasy.
The video shows that the location is one where NES consoles and NES games are being assembled and distributed all around the country. Footage shows close up imagery of team members putting together consoles. Today, people like Phil Spencer talk about the Xbox Series X continually being assembled and distributed daily, it is extremely intriguing to see the NES being made back in 1990.
At one point in the video, an engineer was interviewed and asked about working for Nintendo. He was specifically asked about working on the NES Hands-Free Controller. While accessibility controller options in gaming are more available today, Nintendo was thinking outside the box even then. According to the video, a parent from Oklahoma called Nintendo asking if her daughter could still play Nintendo, after having tragically just been in a car accident in which she was paralyzed from the neck down. So Nintendo and the engineer went to work and created the NES Hands-Free Controller for this girl, who had a huge NES games collection. The Hands-Free Controller was never on sale publicly but could be purchased by calling Nintendo customer support.
The final portion of the video seemed to be product testers, Q&A testers, and more as the team played some of the best NES games of memory. Getting a behind the scenes look at Nintendo of America is extremely rare, whether that is today or three decades ago. Whatever this raw footage turned into is not yet known, but simply seeing NES consoles being put together or getting the thoughts of an engineer is very special.
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