The richest Mario in the world

Mario is rich. Rich to the tune of 10,000,000,000,000¥

In the last 12 months Nintendo have become valuable again. Valuable to the sound of 10 trillion Yen. That's TEN TRILLION. It makes Nintendo one of the most valuable companies in Japan and has them rubbing shoulders with huge car manufacturers Toyota and Nissan. Considering Nintendo's relative size this is nothing short of phenomenal. To save you the effort of Googling for a currency converter the amount coverts to a cool £41.7 billion.

This is a massive step for Nintendo and can only bolster their re-established position as number one videogame company in the world, ever.

In other gaming news, Shigeru Miyamoto has apparently been banned from his favourite Tokyo restaurant this week for waving 10,000¥ notes under the nose of Kaz Hirai while he was enjoying his lunchtime sushi. It is alleged that Mr Miyamoto was annoying Mr Hirai by repeatedly asking if he wanted to "borrow a tenner??!"

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