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SpokenTruth said:
Conina said:

Never? http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_Seal_of_Quality

Yes, never.  It was largely a functionality check just like the UL is for everything electronics in the US today.

Taken from that page itself:
"Basically this meant that the cartridge works in the named hardware, it had nothing to do with the written quality of the software."

That is the revised description of the later seals... probably suggested by their lawyers because of shovelware.

Nintendo introduced the Seal of Quality to show gamers that the games had met quality control standards in terms of basic programming and that the games would be suitable for the entire family and thus free of objectionable content.

"This seal is your assurance that NINTENDO has approved and guaranteed the quality of this product." The quality of a product includes more than merely that it works.