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Mario Kart Convinced Nintendo’s President To Join The Company In The ’90s

“I didn’t really play many Nintendo games”.

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa has revealed that Super Mario Kart played a huge role in getting him to join the company earlier in his life.

Speaking to Nikkei, Furukawa spoke about his history with Nintendo and how he came to work for the Kyoto firm. He admits that, although he had a Super Famicom in the early ’90s, he was more attracted to third-party titles rather than Nintendo’s own – until a friend recommended a certain Mode 7 racing game:

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