That time Nintendo made a game about Googling

That time Nintendo made a game about Googling

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United Kingdom Thomas Game Docs
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Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X2j8etsgzc


Game:
And-Kensaku (2010)
Duration: 8:37
551,930 views
16,205

Nintendo have developed some pretty weird games before - Splatoon, Kid Icarus Uprising, Nintendogs - but one of the weirdest is And-Kensaku for the Wii, a game all about Googling. Players had to guess which search terms were more popular out of a list, build a staircase with search results, and even stop a bomb from exploding using search results. So, join me for a brief look at how this unique and bizarre game came to be!

NOTE: Parts of this story may have been dramatised/expanded upon for narrative effect. This video is not a substitute for original research.

Sources
- https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/43300/iwata-asks-in-commemoration-part-9-and-kensaku-and-kensaku-part-1-since-there-were-wii-fans
- https://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/nintendos-and-kensaku-turns-google-searching-into-a-game/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c27VQkGVjs8 (This video helped me understand what the heck was going on!)



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Tags:
Nintendo
And-Kensaku
Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto
Google
Satoru Iwata
Super Mario
RPG


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At present, Thomas Game Docs has 551,930 views spread across 1 video for And-Kensaku, with his channel publishing less than an hour of And-Kensaku content. This makes up less than 0.92% of the total overall content on Thomas Game Docs's YouTube channel.