@Carck With all due respect, the amount of NES sold Sweden was as many as both Master System and NES in Spain, with Spain having a population five times as big.
Nintendo Game & Watch sold much more in Sweden than in Germany even (according to Swedish distributor Bergsala, Scandinavia was the biggest G&W market after Japan), meaning those devices are still very common here on flea markets and such places.
@Polvasti Exactly, it's wild to think that Sweden was a bastion of Nintendo games even during the G&W period, and that the relationship with Nintendo and the local distribution company Bergsala was so close that Sweden almost received an official release of the Famicom there, but in the last minute Nintendo changed their mind and redesigned the console for the North American launch, but still granted Bergsala the first launch of the NES in Europe, meaning Sweden was the first European country to receive the NES.
Everyone in Sweden had an NES back then, but from what I gather it was not as dominant elsewhere in Europe.
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@Carck With all due respect, the amount of NES sold Sweden was as many as both Master System and NES in Spain, with Spain having a population five times as big.
Nintendo Game & Watch sold much more in Sweden than in Germany even (according to Swedish distributor Bergsala, Scandinavia was the biggest G&W market after Japan), meaning those devices are still very common here on flea markets and such places.
Re: Random: "That's Wild" - The Fact That Two French Devs Didn't Play Nintendo As Kids Appears To Have Upset Some People
@Polvasti Exactly, it's wild to think that Sweden was a bastion of Nintendo games even during the G&W period, and that the relationship with Nintendo and the local distribution company Bergsala was so close that Sweden almost received an official release of the Famicom there, but in the last minute Nintendo changed their mind and redesigned the console for the North American launch, but still granted Bergsala the first launch of the NES in Europe, meaning Sweden was the first European country to receive the NES.
Everyone in Sweden had an NES back then, but from what I gather it was not as dominant elsewhere in Europe.