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Executive smackdown: Peter Vesterbacka vs. Satoru Iwata
Image: Rovio. Rovio’s “Mighty Eagle” Peter Vesterbacka has not taken the harsh words of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata lying down like some kind of sleepy green pig. Instead, the man running the show...
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Nintendo investor briefing summary, sort of
Image: Adapted from GDC 2011 - 3/2 (Day 3) by Official GDC under a CC-BY license. Nintendo finally held their April 26 investors briefing at which the world had initially expected the announcement of...
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Iwata likes tablets, still hooked on buttons
Image: Public domain. In his Q&A from the financial results briefing Nintendo held a few days ago, Iwata expressed interest in the use of a tablet as a controller, saying “I think it is an...
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Iwata wants Wii successor to be more attractive to third parties
Image: Call of Duty Black Ops box art. Activision. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has admitted third party developers didn’t latch on to the Wii the way they so successfully did with the DS. In part,...
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Iwata admits Nintendo needs outside help for online development
Image: Nintendo. During a recent Q&A with investors, Nintendo President Iwata admitted that his company was unable to keep pace with changes in the industry during development of the Wii’s online...
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How Nintendo fights back: where the 3DS goes from here
Image: Nintendo. As Nintendo’s Q1 financials have borne out, the 3DS is not performing up to expectations. The company isn’t taking the situation lying down, however. Nintendo has announced that the...
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01net Nintendo rumour fest of insanity thankfully ends
Image: Nintendo. The five day festival of crazy published by French site 01net has come to its close. Information supposedly coming from a Nintendo insider “revealed” earlier in the week that a 3DS...
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Nintendo executives have lost their minds, 3DS circle pad attachment real
Image: Why have you forsaken us, Nintendo? A couple weeks ago, the sane game enthusiasts of the internet (or perhaps that is the insane game enthusiasts who still believed Nintendo’s staff were in...
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Iwata Asks on Kirby’s Return to Dream Land explains the 11 year wait
Image: Kirby's Return to Dream Land. Nintendo. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata runs “Iwata Asks” chat session with his company’s developers on a regular basis, and the results are always a combination...
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HYPE: Nintendo prepping to blow the lid off something
Image: Nintendo's Facebook page. Nintendo’s got another one of its “Nintendo Direct” broadcasts scheduled for tomorrow morning, and the internet is doing what it does best: getting irrationally hyped....
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Nintendo Direct explains “Miiverse” and GamePad functionality, Wii U Pro...
Image: Nintendo Nintendo’s pre-E3 Nintendo Direct broadcast just aired internet wide, and while precious little was said about actual games or the guts of the Wii U by host Satoru Iwata, the new...
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Radio Splode Episode 62: Iwata’s gotta go and LucasArts takes a bow
Imagine the possibilities. Listen via iTunes – Download Directly It’s yet another depressing news round-up this week with me, your old pal Newbs! In this episode, I dig into Emily Rogers’ thorough...
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Radio Splode Episode 64: Nintendo Directs and Microsoft Deflects
Imagine the possibilities. Listen via iTunes – Download Directly On this episode of Radio Splode, I Newbs stand alone in a sea of chaos to battle the latest influx of gaming news. This week, I cover...
View ArticleRadio Splode Episode 74: Mattrick’d Out and Iwata Still In
Listen via iTunes – Download Directly Newbs, Weskimo, and MerrGe return to marvel, aghast, at the latest in game industry news. Have a watch to share in our bemusement at Don Mattrick going to Zynga,...
View ArticleFire Iwata, Nintendo Must Start Over – Radio Splode 89
Listen via iTunes – Download Directly Following December’s NPD numbers, Nintendo finally revised their Wii U sales numbers for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 2014. They were saying they would sell...
View ArticleSatoru Iwata’s Legacy
Satoru Iwata will be remembered for his innovative push into the “blue ocean” with the Wii and DS, as well as his great public presence in Nintendo Directs and Iwata Asks. Much of his legacy has yet...
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