"My Uncle Works at Nintendo": The True Stories
Channel: Video Game Story Time
Date: 2020-02-28

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"My uncle works at Nintendo!" is the playground tall tale we love to mock. It's not always Nintendo, and it's not always an uncle. Kids will often claim a family member works for whatever games company best suits their needs in whatever story they're making up.

But, is it always a lie? Logically, people who work at Nintendo (or Microsoft, or Sony, or Apple, or whatever) must have families, so there must be kids who really do have uncles (or other family members) working at these companies.

Here, we present three true stories of times someone managed to leak sensitive game or hardware development information because their uncle, or father, worked for Nintendo (or Microsoft, or Apple).

We also present proof that there really were kids in the '90s who had enormous NES collections because their uncles working at Nintendo got a special discount.

Now seemed like the right time to talk about this, considering how seriously Nintendo is cracking down on leaks. Apparently they're really not impressed with how easily people are learning what's coming in future Nintendo Directs!

If you like this video, let us know if you'd like to see another. We've got at least one more example we'd love to talk about.

Thanks very much for watching,
Lots of love,
BretonStripes and Kotor

Sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41801704
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-video-games-are-released-on-tuesdays-2014-11?r=US&IR=T
https://nintendosoup.com/no-nintendo-employees-never-got-games-free/#jp-carousel-18796
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-360-falls-into-wrong-hands/1100-6129378/
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=647
https://www.wired.com/story/nintendo-leaks-crack-down-animal-crossing-e3/