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Microsoft's Phil Spencer is eyeing the possibility of acquiring Nintendo for the company. Microsoft hasn't given up on acquiring Nintendo. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in its efforts to stop Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, recently unredacted an email revealing that the tech giant is still hoping to acquire the Japan-based game developer.

Microsoft's unique proposal made sense in certain ways. Nintendo was a long way behind Sony in terms of hardware at the time. So Microsoft reasoned that it could handle hardware manufacture while Nintendo concentrated on software.

Duane 'The Rock' Johnson, when he was still a professional wrestler, appeared on stage at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show alongside Microsoft

In 1999, when Microsoft execs approached Nintendo about buying the company, Nintendo reportedly "just laughed their asses off" before saying no.

A burgeoning video game rival once approached Mario-maker Nintendo with a lucrative offer. The bosses didn’t think much of it.

A burgeoning video game rival once approached Mario-maker Nintendo with a lucrative offer. The bosses didn’t think much of it.

The original Xbox looked a bit like a VCR and had a huge controller but it was powerful. At the time Microsoft was mainly known as a boring software company that made Office and Windows and was coming off the back of a bruising antitrust investigation. The company was looking to get into video games and was looking for a developer to acquire who could make games for its new console. Then Xbox head of business development Bob McBreen told Bloomberg theyd originally tried to buy out Electro...

A burgeoning video game rival once approached Mario-maker Nintendo with a lucrative offer. The bosses didn’t think much of it.

The original Xbox looked a bit like a VCR and had a huge controller but it was powerful. At the time Microsoft was mainly known as a boring software company that made Office and Windows and was coming off the back of a bruising antitrust investigation. The company was looking to get into video games and was looking for a developer to acquire who could make games for its new console. Then Xbox head of business development Bob McBreen told Bloomberg theyd originally tried to buy out Electro...

A burgeoning video game rival once approached Mario-maker Nintendo with a lucrative offer. The bosses didn’t think much of it.