Nintendo Opens New Job Role to Preserve and Organize its Old GamesThe lucky employee would be a librarian of sorts.
Updated
: Nov 10, 2026 10:10pm UTC
Nintendo of America has opened up a new job position to help preserve and archive the older games in its vast library.
Nintendo has released around 11,000 games in its lifetime. Now, it’s looking to organize those games — at least, the older ones — with a specialized role at its Redmond, WA location.
As per the official job description, Nintendo of America’s future Digital Archivist, Historical Systems will support the “preservation, organization, and accessibility of historical hardware and software information” by designing and implementing a “structured framework for organizing technical records, engineering documentation, source materials, and institutional knowledge related to legacy systems and platforms.”
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Essentially, the digital archivist is a librarian of sorts, whose job is to create a means of organizing and documenting all of Nintendo’s older games, systems, and platforms, as well as any documentation or materials related to them. It definitely sounds like a fun role for video game history buffs,
