A Beautiful Little Story About Nintendo

If you have had a bad week/weekend, please allow this story of a childhood Nintendo dream—and its decades-in-the-making conclusion— into your heart.

This is Cabel Sasser, co-founder of Panic Inc, the publisher responsible for stuff like Firewatch and the upcoming Asshole Goose Game.

Nintendo was everything to me as a kid. Their games changed the way I looked at the world — they’re why I open every door and press every button and spot every detail. I couldn’t eat without having a Nintendo magazine to read while eating. And…… heck yes I was a Fun Club member pic.twitter.com/c2UxmRov7z

— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) September 7, 2018

But when we got there, and the whole family walked into the customer service/repair depot…

Well, of course they didn't give tours. "It's Insurance risk," they said. "Sorry." pic.twitter.com/hLPXxj3Mqb

— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) September 7, 2018

Two weeks ago, cleaning out the basement, I discovered something long forgotten: I was do devastated, apparently, that I wrote Nintendo a letter.

And, of course, Nintendo wrote back. pic.twitter.com/4cymXfhn1U

— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) September 7, 2018

(Page two starts with this incredible sentence: "Your speculation on the relationship between Tengen and Atari was correct.") pic.twitter.com/wdANJXvHvC

— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) September 7, 2018

Cut to 2018. My company is publishing Untitled Goose Game, and after a lot of discussions with a lot of nice people, we decided to debut the game on the Nintendo Switch. And when they showed our trailer in the Nindies Direct, and our logo followed theirs… it hit me hard. pic.twitter.com/AZD4lJL7ze

— Cabel Sasser (@cabel) September 7, 2018