Nintendo opens up one of its secret storage rooms

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mjk45 on 13 October 2016

RolStoppable said:

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I knda forgot they had that Disk System in Japan. I'm assuming the disks had a higher storage capacity.

Indeed, the disks had a higher storage capacity, but the capacities of cartridges grew at such a fast rate that the Disk System was rendered obsolete before it could be brought to the West. It was no problem to ship The Legend of Zelda on a cartridge in America and Europe.

So where they going to bring it to the West or just considering it. I wonder why , unlike here, in Japan it is common to see lots of products you normaly don't associate with vending machines or kiosks sold in that format.

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RolStoppable said:

COKTOE said:
I knda forgot they had that Disk System in Japan. I'm assuming the disks had a higher storage capacity.

Indeed, the disks had a higher storage capacity, but the capacities of cartridges grew at such a fast rate that the Disk System was rendered obsolete before it could be brought to the West. It was no problem to ship The Legend of Zelda on a cartridge in America and Europe.

I see. Thanks for the reply. :)

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numberwang said:

If you didn't knew, the Japanese Famicon supported add-in chips in the cartridge, the EUSA NES did not. One example is the enhanced music in Akumajou Densetsu (Famicom) vs. Castlevania III (NES).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh-vkpjyMTw

That's pretty cool.

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