News Famicom 40th Anniversary Official Website opens

[MondoMega]

As announced in last month's Nintendo Direct, the Famicom 40th Anniversary celebration begins today with the opening of the official celebration site! Pretty abnormal to see Nintendo active on the weekend, but clearly they wanted this to drop on the anniversary date no matter what:

ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

「ファミリーコンピュータ（ファミコン）」の発売から今年で40年。当時の思い出を振り返る、ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイトです。

www.nintendo.com

The site will be updated frequently over the next year; with a video series featuring toy store managers discussing the Famicom, user surveys and quizes, additional years on the History page, pages for each individual first-party Famicom title, and more. The first installment of the video series can be viewed below:



An official Twitter acocunt has also opened alongside the site:

 

[BlackthornOrion]

Would I be crazy to hope they put out something like an NES Remix port at some point this year to tie in to the anniversary?

 

[Gabev]

I think we see an announcement of something Famicom related soon or in the (hopefully) September Direct.

 

[Mandos]

Would I be crazy to hope they put out something like an NES Remix port at some point this year to tie in to the anniversary?

Would love that or a new updated version. Would be a great NSO tie in

 

[MondoMega]

This season's installment of the official Nintendo Magazine has an article on Famicom! There's some other nice pages in there but for this thread i'm posting that section:

Nintendo Magazine 2023 summer | Nintendo

Nintendo Magazine 2023 summer - Dive into Summer

www.nintendo.co.jp

 

[Aurc]

Wtf. Did they steal part of the Famiboards name, or is it just an unfortunate coincidence?

 

[SmolSam]

This season's installment of the official Nintendo Magazine has an article on Famicom! There's some other nice pages in there but for this thread i'm posting that section:

Nintendo Magazine 2023 summer | Nintendo

Nintendo Magazine 2023 summer - Dive into Summer

www.nintendo.co.jp

Why was Link/Zelda completely omitted here?

 

[Brock Reiher]

will we finally get urban champion and Mach rider on nso

 

[SeafoamGaming]

oh my hecking god they acknowledged Time Twist on that website

i never thought i'd see the day

 

[MondoMega]

oh my hecking god they acknowledged Time Twist on that website

i never thought i'd see the day

I’m morbidly curious about what they’ll put on the game’s individual page. Seems like it’ll be awhile away given they’ve only started at 1983.

Speaking of, people should check out the currently available pages! Way more in-depth than I expected them to cover each game.

マリオブラザーズ | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

敵をひっくり返して、けり落とす。マリオシリーズの第1作。ファミリーコンピュータ『マリオブラザーズ』のページです。

www.nintendo.com

ドンキーコング | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

障害物を跳び越え、ドンキーコングからレディを救う。ファミリーコンピュータ『ドンキーコング』のページです。

www.nintendo.com

五目ならべ 連珠 | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

5つの石を並べれば勝ち！本格的な対戦を楽しもう！ファミリーコンピュータ『五目ならべ 連珠』のページです。

www.nintendo.com

 

[SeafoamGaming]

I’m morbidly curious about what they’ll put on the game’s individual page. Seems like it’ll be awhile away given they’ve only started at 1983.

Speaking of, people should check out the currently available pages! Way more in-depth than I expected them to cover each game.

マリオブラザーズ | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

敵をひっくり返して、けり落とす。マリオシリーズの第1作。ファミリーコンピュータ『マリオブラザーズ』のページです。

www.nintendo.com

ドンキーコング | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

障害物を跳び越え、ドンキーコングからレディを救う。ファミリーコンピュータ『ドンキーコング』のページです。

www.nintendo.com

五目ならべ 連珠 | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

5つの石を並べれば勝ち！本格的な対戦を楽しもう！ファミリーコンピュータ『五目ならべ 連珠』のページです。

www.nintendo.com

like looking at this F-1 Race and some Tetris games are there despite external licenses, but popeye is fully MIA. it's just wild what they acknowledged and didn't. I swore time twist would be the first to be excluded, next to Popeye

 

[Mr Doggo]

i particularly feel some kind of schadenfreude that they showed Samus, not Link.

 

[Mandos]

Wonder if Glory of Herakles will show up with the history of the series and Nintendo’s bond with Paon

 

[MondoMega]

Wonder if Glory of Herakles will show up with the history of the series and Nintendo’s bond with Paon

It’s not in the first-party software section (naturally, not a first-party game), but maybe the first one will show up on the general history page with the other third party games when they get to 1987.

 

[Bayonutter]

THE BIG 3 - Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid

You heard it straight from Nintendo

 

[Yamanoi]

Wtf. Did they steal part of the Famiboards name, or is it just an unfortunate coincidence?

 

[Aurc]

Glad to see you back. Your absence was felt.

See you in the Famiboards threads.

 

[Yamanoi]

Glad to see you back. Your absence was felt.

See you in the Famiboards threads.

Had to come back for the big launch of the month.

 

[Evil Lucario]

Where's Mysterious Murasame Castle? You can't have a Famicom celebration without that. Also, Disc-kun? Where did he go?

 

[jamesRainbowBoy]

Could they be focusing on the Disk Drive expansion later? Could also explain Zelda since wasn't that also released that way in Japan?

 

[TLZ]

I hope they mention Captain Tsubasa later.

 

[Mandos]

I hope they mention Captain Tsubasa later.

Wonder if the Kinnikuman game will pop up in the third party stuff

 

[9-Volt]

I want an updated version of Famicom/NES mini in honor of this milestone anniversary. Put 50 games in it, price it whatever you like.

 

[LuigiBlood]

Could be cooler if they could put all of the first party games listed on FC NSO and NES NSO as some are definitely missing.

 

[Mandos]

Could be cooler if they could put all of the first party games listed on FC NSO and NES NSO as some are definitely missing.

Inb4 we get the month of famicom/nes drops

 

[Orbit]

I'm surprised that they're doing this over the next year. Thought they would have opened the site, make some behind the scenes and call it day. But no, seems like they're actually taking this seriously

 

[Mekanos]

I'm surprised that they're doing this over the next year. Thought they would have opened the site, make some behind the scenes and call it day. But no, seems like they're actually taking this seriously

Anniversaries are a big deal to these companies. More chances to advertise your IPs!

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Would I be crazy to hope they put out something like an NES Remix port at some point this year to tie in to the anniversary?

That game was so cool.

 

[Tye]

Could be cooler if they could put all of the first party games listed on FC NSO and NES NSO as some are definitely missing.

Yeah, I’m shocked that we still don’t have games like Urban Champion, Mach Rider, and The Mysterious Murasame Castle…

 

[Supreme Overlord]

Would I be crazy to hope they put out something like an NES Remix port at some point this year to tie in to the anniversary?

All the NES Remix content -- and then some! -- in one package to celebrate the famicom's anniversary.

 

[MondoMega]

There’s been a few other changes to the site since the last time the thread was bumped, but most recently, the History page has been completed up to the final year of new Famicom software.

ファミコン年表 | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

ファミコン発売から40年。発売された主なハードやソフトをそれぞれの年の出来事などと共に振り返ります。

www.nintendo.com

 

[MondoMega]

Checking in about a month later; newest update are dedicated paged for the remaining 1984 titles!



There's also been two monthly quizes on the site thus far! I'm not doing the greatest overall (the language barrier doesn't help, but there's been a lot of featured games i've never played, lol) but they've been fun! I've at least done well enough to recieve the title The Expert of Nintendo.

Sometime down the road i'm considering translating the questions and making the Ultimate Famiquiz; that'll be a lengthy process though so no promises!

 

[lemonfresh]

Cant wait for the famiboards 40th anniversary

 

[Gingerbread Man]

1989 has been covered: The Girl Who Stands Behind, Mother, and Yuyuki. Great websites with high-quality artwork.

任天堂ソフト一覧 | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

任天堂から発売したファミリーコンピュータ／ディスクシステムのソフト一覧です。

www.nintendo.com

Two years left before 1991, when we will see how and if Nintendo acknowledges Time Twist.

 

[Dekuman]

Cant wait for the famiboards 40th anniversary

The realization you may not be alive for it brings home the nature of human mortality

 

[Gingerbread Man]

1990 games have been added. Great artworks for Fire Emblem

任天堂ソフト一覧 | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

任天堂から発売したファミリーコンピュータ／ディスクシステムのソフト一覧です。

www.nintendo.com

 

[Mer.Saloon]

So uhh... will Time Twist get a page? We're approaching 91'.

Edit: Yup its there, just hasnt been unlocked yet.

 

[Felony]

The year of an Adventure of Link remake. Mark it

That website is really slick.