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Fearing that several Yakuza groups planned to hijack the Super Famicom shipment, to sell on at artificially inflated prices, Nintendo commenced "Operation Midnight Shipping" in which the entire batch of 300,000 machines were hauled across Japan in the very early hours of the day of launch.

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Nintendo produced the Famicom (NES) and Super Famicom(SNES) systems until 2003.

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1. Video Games could be downloaded onto a console in 1995 when for the Super Famicom, Nintendo released Satellaview a modem where users could then download gaming news and specially designed games, which were frequently either remakes or sequels to older Famicom titles

2. There is a game called "Hong Kong 97" for Super Famicom, about Chin, a relative of Bruce Lee, hired by the Hong Kong government to wipe out all 1.2 billion people in China.

3. In 1988 Nintendo and Sony teamed up to create an add-on for the upcoming Super Famicom that took use of the new CD-ROM format, as well as a Sony console that played both SNES and SNES-CD games. Sony's SNES-CD console was known as the "Play Station"

4. There are 2 commercially unreleased Zelda games on the Super Famicom that were broadcast through it's Satellaview subsystem complete with CD quality music and voice acting. One is a complete 16-bit remake of the original Legend of Zelda

5. There is a remake of Super Mario Bros on the Famicom Disk System released exclusively in Japan called "All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros." Essentially, the game is exactly the same, except the sprites of the Toads and various enemies are replaced with Japanese celebrities.

6. Nintendo's smash hit, Super Mario Bros was supposed to be a final farewell to their original cartridge system as they introduce their Famicom Disc System. However, it's 40+ million copies sold places it as one of the greatest AND best selling games of all time, spawning many future Mario titles!

7. After deeming Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels too hard for western audiences, Nintendo repackaged their Famicom Disk System game Doki Doki Panic into what we all know as Super Mario Bros. 2 on NES

8. In 1986 Nintendo released a game for the Famicom system called "I Am a Teacher: Super Mario Sweater" where you could design a sweater that you wanted and then have it made for $24.