Conditions set upon taking over the position of Nintendo president

Sekiryo Yamauchi, the second president of Marufuku Co., Ltd. (formerly Imcheondanggolpae), died, and a third president had to be elected. Originally, Yamauchi Hiroshi’s father should have become the president, but his father

I cheated and jumped out

Hiroshi, then 22 years old, had to step down as president. At this time, Hiroshi puts forward one condition.

Instead of me becoming the president, kick all my relatives out of the company.

Despite such an unconventional proposal, Marufuku Co., Ltd. appoints Hiroshi as president.

And when the real Hiroshi became the president, he kicked out his relatives who were employees of the company at the time and started all kinds of octopus business instead of the existing Hwatu and Pae business. Due to this trial and error, Imcheondang Co., Ltd. had a deficit so severe that it went bankrupt, and they tried not to hire new employees.

(Gunpei Yokoi. Father of Game Boy, first developer of cross keypad)

President Hiroshi allows those two people to join the company despite opposition from those around them.