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Famicom documentary translated into English, includes Hideo Kojima, Keiji Inafune, and more A look back in time, from back in time We’ve covered Shmuplationsmanytimes before, but for the uninitiated it’s easily one of the best sources on the whole internet for translated interviews about video game development. Most recently, translator Alex Highsmith has translated an entire 26-minute Japanese documentary from 2003 about the history of the Famicom (the Japanese name for NES), and it includes interviews with Hideo Kojima, Keiji Inafune, Koichi Nakamura, Toshihiro Nagoshi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Takahashi Meijin, and Tetsuya Mizuguchi. It’s a pretty entertaining and insightful watch even if you’re already familiar with the console’s success, since this is a strictly Japanese viewpoint on the rise of Nintendo and Famicom. ....