Post by PharaohManXe54 on Jul 6, 2005 0:14:12 GMT -5
That's right. As many of you may know, I took a trip to the North West of America (I'm actually on it now as this is getting posted) and one of our major stops was Seattle. Another thing you may know is that Nintendo of America Head Quarters is located in the town of Redmond, just a couple of miles away from Seattle.
Well, seeing as we were so close, we decided to take a trip there. From what I have read in Nintendo Power, there aren't any tours or anything for visitors. I thought I could snap a couple of pictures of the building and be on my merry way. Oh how wrong they were. This one employee came outside when he saw my family and me and asked what we wanted. I said we've been driving for 3 days, and we wanted to know if we could take a tour or if there was a gift shop or a museum or something. What we got was all three. Our guide, head of marketing in Latin America, started by taking us the lobby of NOA. There, we saw several figures of Nintendo characters all over a big wooden reception desk with a big steel Nintendo logo behind it. The lady at the desk printed each one of us a visitor name tag, which I still have ;D. From there, we went up the stairs to the most beautiful site in the world: a Nintendo museum. There was an exhibit for each system-- even the Virtual Boy-- with a little time line for each one and some games. In the center was an aisle with each on of the main Nintendo characters etched onto glass panels along the side. And to the right were several games set up to show retailers how to properly display there products. But just when I thought it was over, he took us to the Nintendo employee store. There they had shirts and toys and souvenir type stuff. But that wasn't the best of it. They had Nintendo games. At severely reduced prices, might I add. I bought three of them: Wario World for $8, Mario Party 6 at $32, and Kirby and the Amazing Mirror for $18. I also got this helicopter toy thingie with Nintendo of America on it, a bouncy light up ball with the Gamecube symbol on it, a soft, collapsible Frisbee with a Gamecube symbol on it (the last three being a dollar each), and two shirts: one with "Nintendo of America" and a sunset on it and one with "Mushroom Boy" with a Toad sprite on it (each was $7). I seriously wish I had bought more
. It was so awesome. Then we took a quick spin through Cafe Mario where the Nintendo employees buy there lunch, and then we headed down the stairs back to the entrance. It so ruled. And I got lots of pictures, but there isn't an SD card slot on this computer so you'll have to wait a little till I get back to my computer. I'll also take a picture of each piece of swag. Man, I can't wait to work there....
Well, seeing as we were so close, we decided to take a trip there. From what I have read in Nintendo Power, there aren't any tours or anything for visitors. I thought I could snap a couple of pictures of the building and be on my merry way. Oh how wrong they were. This one employee came outside when he saw my family and me and asked what we wanted. I said we've been driving for 3 days, and we wanted to know if we could take a tour or if there was a gift shop or a museum or something. What we got was all three. Our guide, head of marketing in Latin America, started by taking us the lobby of NOA. There, we saw several figures of Nintendo characters all over a big wooden reception desk with a big steel Nintendo logo behind it. The lady at the desk printed each one of us a visitor name tag, which I still have ;D. From there, we went up the stairs to the most beautiful site in the world: a Nintendo museum. There was an exhibit for each system-- even the Virtual Boy-- with a little time line for each one and some games. In the center was an aisle with each on of the main Nintendo characters etched onto glass panels along the side. And to the right were several games set up to show retailers how to properly display there products. But just when I thought it was over, he took us to the Nintendo employee store. There they had shirts and toys and souvenir type stuff. But that wasn't the best of it. They had Nintendo games. At severely reduced prices, might I add. I bought three of them: Wario World for $8, Mario Party 6 at $32, and Kirby and the Amazing Mirror for $18. I also got this helicopter toy thingie with Nintendo of America on it, a bouncy light up ball with the Gamecube symbol on it, a soft, collapsible Frisbee with a Gamecube symbol on it (the last three being a dollar each), and two shirts: one with "Nintendo of America" and a sunset on it and one with "Mushroom Boy" with a Toad sprite on it (each was $7). I seriously wish I had bought more
. It was so awesome. Then we took a quick spin through Cafe Mario where the Nintendo employees buy there lunch, and then we headed down the stairs back to the entrance. It so ruled. And I got lots of pictures, but there isn't an SD card slot on this computer so you'll have to wait a little till I get back to my computer. I'll also take a picture of each piece of swag. Man, I can't wait to work there....
XD
My six Nintendo Power Posters look so lonely...
