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Her lack of knowledge, however, was exactly what Nintendo was looking for. Kaplan knew nothing of the video game industry before working for Nintendo, and even admitted that when she first began the process of becoming part of the company, she thought she was going to interviewed by someone named Mario.

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Rights to the book have been purchased by Sony's film division, which is planned to be made into a movie by Seth Rogen and writing/directing partner Evan Goldberg. That meeting is what ultimately led to Super Mario Bros. He was told by his bosses to not settle for anything less than $100,000.

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He said he went to Universal Studios with the intention of selling the Mario license for use in a film. White also recalled the process of making sure Super Mario Bros. "Atari screwed Atari," White said of the collapse of Atari, and Nintendo was determined not to make the same mistakes. White recalled how Nintendo was on a mission to revive the thought-dead video game industry. It was Kalinske who made the decision to lower the price of the Genesis and package it with Sonic the Hedgehog, which was instrumental to the console's huge success. Kalinske, worked for a number of different companies and brands including Mattel, Flintstone vitamins, He-Man, and Barbie before making his way to Sega. Nilsen said he went with the lesser of two evils. The other was a hedgehog with a rock band and a human girlfriend. One, Nilsen described, was an egg-shaped creature that looked like a pre-school toy. Sega was trying out a few mascots to represent its brand. Nilsen told a story about his first experience with Sonic. The book tells the story of how Sega was able to push against Nintendo, which had a 95% share of the video game market during the 16-bit era, until Sega intervened. Representing Nintendo of America was former director of marketing Bill White, and former vice president of marketing and corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan.

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Harris, former Sega of America president Tom Kalinske, and former director of marketing Al Nilsen. On the panel was the author of Console Wars, Blake J. A new book, Console Wars, recently released detailing the intense competition between Sega and Nintendo during the 16-bit era and a Comic Con panel of the same name discussed the rivalry and book.












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