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It's a wild week in the world of Nintendo's upper management in marketing ... we think. Recently, Nintendo's marketing department was told they'd need to ship off to either New York or San Francisco from their current homes in Redmond. According to Game Informer, as astounding 90% decided to remain in the area and take severance pay. What's even more shocking are that Beth Llewelyn (senior director of public relations), Perrin Kaplan (vice president of marketing and corporate affairs) and George Harrison (senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications) are among the dearly departed. From Nintendo, we mean.

Those are some big names dropping from Nintendo's ivory towers, and we've got to sad we're sad to see them go. George was always a nice, candid fellow, and who can forget drunk Perrin (pictured above)? Now that was a classic. We would like to reiterate that Game Informer's claim has not yet been corroborated, so we'll post an update with confirmation or denial when we get it.

[Thanks, Jensonb!]

We all thought Nintendo was going to pack up and move on out of Redmond, Washington. Then we found out it was only a handful of divisions that would be relocating. Now, word comes that the small plot of land (27 acres) is up for auction and one of Nintendo's biggest rivals, Microsoft, is trying to move in to the space. Of course, such a move makes sense for Microsoft, what with them being all over Redmond.

Remember that rumor last week about Nintendo of America deciding to leave Redmond, Washington for that of sunny San Francisco or New York? Turns out, the company is not moving after all, instead deciding to have some of its divisions relocate. NoA's sales, marketing and ads divisions are all leaving the mother nest, like birds of age, flying off to that of New York or San Francisco. Nintendo was reluctant to reveal which city would be the lucky recipient of these divisions, which are comprised of roughly 80 people.

Place your bets! San Francisco or New York city?