A new job posting from Nintendo of America indicates that the company is now looking for a digital archivist. The person hired for the role will "design and implement a structured framework for organizing technical records, engineering documentation, source materials, and institutional knowledge related to legacy systems and platforms." Nintendo says the archivist will help ensure the company's historical records are "preserved for future generations." The position will be on a 12-month contract.

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[–] 29 points 22 hours ago

One thing we know through the Gigaleaks a while back is that Nintendo has been holding onto extensive archives of practically everything, and those leaks were just a fraction of their treasure trove. I've heard stories of other publishers that throw everything out and wipe disks to reclaim space once a game is shipped, only to eventually regret it when classic games can't be ported because they lost the source code.

I do hope that someday Satellaview stuff sees the light of day. We know they definitely have it.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    I'm assuming this is so they have something to point to in court when they go after emulation next time

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  • [–] 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (5 children)

    Can you explain why you assume that?

    I would guess that they want to build a museum as a gift shop and shrine to their corporate greatness.

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  • [–] 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

    LoL. When have corps ever done nice things

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  • [–] 4 points 5 hours ago

    This is about preserving corporate documentation. This means nothing to gamers.

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  • [–] 3 points 12 hours ago

    Byuu would have been so happy with this. RIP

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago

    Omg it’s the perfect job for me!

    That I’m not technically qualified for, naturally.

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