Fun Fact: Sufami Turbo For the Japanese SNES

The Sufami Turbo was an add on device for the Japanese Super Nintendo. It was approved by Nintendo but completely operated by Bandai. The company wanted to produce SNES games cheaper and not have to rely on Nintendo to make cartridges. It was mostly a failure as only a small amount of games actually released.

Fun Fact: Religion in the Video Game Harvest Moon

When Harvest Moon was localized for America, they tried to put the Christian religion in the game such as adding a cross. But what they didn’t remove was talking about things in the terms of Shinto religion and also referring to multiple gods.

Fun Fact: The Nintendo Power Flash Cartridge?

While Nintendo Power was also a popular video game magazine, it was also as the name for the Nintendo Power flash cartridge ROM system, which only was available in Japan. It was intended to make SNES games cheaper to publish.