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Nintendojo is one of the oldest and most reputed Nintendo fan sites on the Internet. The site was founded by Peer Schneider, currently Managing Editor of IGN.com, in September 1996. What started out as a one-man operation hosted on AOL.com blossomed over the years into what you have before you -- a thriving and strong web presence with a large reader base but still a non-profit, voluntary labor of love meant to celebrate the video game culture and Nintendo.

Nintendojo (pronounced "Nin'-ten-do'-jo," not "nintendo-joe") was so named to avoid being just about Nintendo 64, as well as reflect a focus on Japanese news -- particularly since Peer had spent four years in Japan, and he felt other for-profit news sites weren't providing adequate overseas coverage. Unfortunately, the Nintendo 64 wasn't a great success or news generator in Japan, so Peer turned Nintendojo's focus to highlight U.S. and European game titles and news.

Nintendojo (ND) truly started to catch fire at that point, and ND's first staff was built. Peer and the staff's efforts did not go unnoticed -- businesspeople and representatives from major game companies such as Konami-Japan and Acclaim-Texas took notice of and appreciated ND's promotional pieces and editorials, and said representatives even went so far as to contact and communicate directly with ND. For instance, an editorial of Peer's about the damage U.S. game localization causes Japanese culture-based games spurred a gentleman from Konami to write Peer and reassure that further U.S.-released Goemon titles would not be so altered.