You need to become a "Licensee" before you can buy a Nintendo Dev-Kit.

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Become a Licensee

Thank you for your interest in becoming an authorized Nintendo licensee for development of Nintendo video game system software.

Here are summaries of our Licensing Program which detail the requirements, terms and conditions of our license agreements.

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If, after a review of the appropriate summary, you remain interested in becoming a Nintendo licensee, please forward the following non-proprietary information to Nintendo:

1) A detailed description of your company, including a summary of your software development experience, financial resources and stability and your industry leadership. This information should be in the form of a prospectus, business plan or summary statement;

2) A detailed introduction to your key personnel and developers setting forth any technical, managerial or sales experience that may be relevant;

3) A marketing plan for your proposed products, including targeted distribution channels, advertising commitments, consumer service resources, merchandising, etc.;

4) Any market study information on consumer demand for your proposed product which you may be relying on;

5) A written description of your proposed software product;

6) A complete summary and at least three samples of software programs you have previously developed and upon which you rely for establishing your technical know-how.

Nintendo will then undertake to make a determination if your qualifications would support your selection as an authorized licensee. Because Nintendo licensees are provided with highly proprietary information and because our licensees must be able to successfully market and support high quality product to a broad base of Nintendo product users throughout the United States, Canada and South America, Nintendo exercises a high level of care in its appointment of its licensees. If we elect to proceed, we will prepare a formal license agreement which will be forwarded to you for your review. After the mutual execution of an Agreement, Nintendo will provide you with software development specifications, and support.

To obtain information regarding product submission to Nintendo's Mario Club and Lot Check department, please refer to our engineering website at: www.warioworld.com.

Again, thank you for your interest. We look forward to hearing from you.

Very truly yours,

NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC.

Juana Tingdale
Vice President, Licensing