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[watershed]

StreamWare, available on the Stream e-shop, is way too similar to Steam. I guess Valve wouldn't be pleased with this choice.

Unless its Steam powered.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

did a quick search on gaf and didnt see this yet..

for the wii2 - who do you think nintendo's alliance is with ?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/nintendo-idUSL3E7FQ06Z20110426

lol he says:

"I now regret that we didn't tie up with someone outside the company to market the Wii. If we had done that, the fate of the Wii might have been different,"

as if the wii was a huge flop

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

did a quick search on gaf and didnt see this yet..

for the wii2 - who do you think nintendo's alliance is with ?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/nintendo-idUSL3E7FQ06Z20110426

Good find. As to your question I have no idea.

"Now I am aware that we should not rely too much on ourselves. You will see what I mean by this when we market the 3DS and the Wii in the future."

That's very interesting. I thought the Wii's advertising was done extremely well. But then maybe they were diverting too many resources that way? Who knows.

 

[mj1108]

did a quick search on gaf and didnt see this yet..

for the wii2 - who do you think nintendo's alliance is with ?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/nintendo-idUSL3E7FQ06Z20110426

Sounds like they're willing to break open the bank for some exclusives.

 

[Krowley]

alliances = exclusives?

probably moneyhats, buying companies, and mergers

Very interesting news.

 

[JCRedeems]

Uh, Nintendo already 'has' this series. They'll put it on anything, it's almost guaranteed.

Except Modern Warfare 2.

 

[GDGF]

Valve

I could see this happening. Maybe Valve is handling nintendo's online presence. Maybe their new E store. I guess we would find out about that in May.

 

[Game-Biz]

did a quick search on gaf and didnt see this yet..

for the wii2 - who do you think nintendo's alliance is with ?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/nintendo-idUSL3E7FQ06Z20110426

Jeez, he's makes it sound like Wii was a fucking failure. Cheer up, sad Iwata.

 

[Hugh Buelow]

did a quick search on gaf and didnt see this yet..

for the wii2 - who do you think nintendo's alliance is with ?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/nintendo-idUSL3E7FQ06Z20110426

Like the 360 and Mountain Dew?

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

This. This.

I mean Cubetoons, man. What the fuck. Who the hell greenlit that shit. Been bugging me for years.

Cubetoons was awesome man. I think they're still all archived online

Relevant: http://www.cubetoons.com/images/stories/cubetoons/cubetoons96.jpg

 

[neptunes]

did a quick search on gaf and didnt see this yet..

for the wii2 - who do you think nintendo's alliance is with ?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/nintendo-idUSL3E7FQ06Z20110426

A new and tendy marketing company?

What conpany was in charge of nintendo's advertsing during the GC era?the one that coined the phrase "is it in you"?

 

[Ecliptor]

It's about 3 hours until the Nintendo Investor Conference.

Links to live stream?

So it will be 4 a.m. for me, should I stay awake?

 

[watershed]

Is there no full nintendo provided english translation of the briefing where these quotes are coming from?

 

[lordfroakie]

did a quick search on gaf and didnt see this yet..

for the wii2 - who do you think nintendo's alliance is with ?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/nintendo-idUSL3E7FQ06Z20110426

MS for 3DS and Wii?

 

[mj1108]

A new and tendy marketing company?

What conpany was in charge of nintendo's advertsing during the GC era?the one that coined the phrase "is in you"?

The US advertising was done by Golin Harris, if I'm not mistaken. I don't know if they're still doing it now, though.

 

[Instro]

Is it an actual live stream or are they just uploading the video after the meeting?

 

[Peasant Princess-King]

Are we expecting new info tonight?

 

[Game-Biz]

If they have Valve in anyway involved with their online system for Project Cafe I would blackout. No way that's going to happen. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little hard thinking about it.

 

[watershed]

Sounds like they're willing to break open the bank for some exclusives.

Yes, Nintendo is still sitting on mountains of money, they should start putting it to good use moving into the online space, getting 3rd party support, and maybe even advancing their multimedia capabilities. Or he just means more Beyonce and Pheebie commercials...

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

I could see this happening. Maybe Valve is handling nintendo's online presence. Maybe their new E store. I guess we would find out about that in May.

That would be too good to be true.

TF3 for the Coffee machine?

 

[Krowley]

lol he says:

as if the wii was a huge flop

I like this though, because it shows they know the lack of third party support is one of the main things hurting the system at the moment. And, more importantly, it suggests they're really bothered by it, and intend to make sure it doesn't plague them the same way in the future.

 

[Grampa Simpson]

I could see this happening. Maybe Valve is handling nintendo's online presence. Maybe their new E store. I guess we would find out about that in May.

That is my very thought. Run it on steam servers with steam backend, but maintain a different user database, and maybe a Valve developed thin-client on the front end/in the OS.

Money would have to change hands at start-up, but it would be win-win for both Nintendo and Valve.

 

[bgassassin]

That used to be my home board waaaaaaaaay back in the revolution days. IGN was still good and the boards weren't shit. Good times.

Same for me as well. When I read the article giving the IGN editors early impressions on the rumors, I knew I hadn't read an article in awhile there when the only name I recognized was Hilary's and he was still the "new guy" back then. I also didn't know Matt, Bozon, and Craig were gone until it was mentioned in the previous megathread.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

did a quick search on gaf and didnt see this yet..

for the wii2 - who do you think nintendo's alliance is with ?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/26/nintendo-idUSL3E7FQ06Z20110426

Interesting that he's acknowledging that the Wii petered out.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Are we expecting new info tonight?

Not really.

Maybe the odd general tidbit but no specifics, the press-release was ss completely vague that they obviously want a proper demo and public hands-on as the way to announce it.

Even Nikkei don't have anything to add so far.

 

[Grampa Simpson]

Interesting that he's acknowledging that the Wii petered out.

He no longer has to gloss over that and focus on the positives. Cat's out of the bag.

 

[SlipperySlope]

Valve

Oh PLEASE let Valve do the online. Please!

 

[Black-Wind]

Have we heard anything new about what Retro is supposed to be doing on Wii 2?

And is he only talking about Ads or games?

 

[shadyspace]

Uh.... I thought the investor meeting already happened, which is where we got the official announcement from.

 

[neptunes]

The US advertising was done by Golin Harris, if I'm not mistaken. I don't know if they're still doing it now, though.

Are you sure it was just Golin Harris? I remember them having a different name, bah w/e all I remember was that name also being a user pass combination for nintendo's e3 press site.

Edit: Valve and nintendo? Come on guys that article was pretty easy to understand.

 

[methodman]

Uh.... I thought the investor meeting already happened, which is where we got the official announcement from.

Nah bro. 12am pst, 3 am est

 

[M74]

You guys, Iwata is clearly talking about MARKETING, not 3rd party developments. Unless that's just a bad translation by Reuters.

Edit: And that's not a positive sign. He thinks the Wii's puttering out and not reaching its fullest potential was due to advertising? It's called "software", Mr. Iwata; first and third party titles must learn to coexist.

 

[Branduil]

Interesting that he's acknowledging that the Wii petered out.

Well he'd be crazy if he didn't at least privately recognize that.

 

[JABEE]

I think a lot of the time you judge a product based on its growth and meeting its highest potential. I think that Iwata thinks the Wii could have been even bigger with more reliance on outside firms.

 

[AniHawk]

There'll be nothing of note.

...probably.

last year they just talked about 3ds being at e3, certain things about smg2, and revealed wii party.

i don't think they did anything except talk about the third party situation at the one two years ago.

the revolution/wii casing wasn't shown off until right before e3 2005. so maybe we aren't going to see the system itself. i think the wii's name was revealed at the investor meeting in 2006 though, so who knows.

 

[watershed]

I like this though, because it shows they know the lack of third party support is one of the main things hurting the system at the moment. And, more importantly, it suggests they're really bothered by it, and intend to make sure it doesn't plague them the same way in the future.

yeah what I noticed in those comments was a hint of future proofing maybe not in terms of tech but at least in relationships.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Uh.... I thought the investor meeting already happened, which is where we got the official announcement from.

The report was released yesterday in Japan, with some comments from Iwata about it, but the actual meeting is in just under 3 hours.

 

[shadyspace]

The report was released yesterday in Japan, with some comments from Iwata about it, but the actual meeting is in just under 3 hours.

Oh, cool. Got something to look forward to tonight then.

 

[civilstrife]

Guys. Valve is not doing the online for this thing.

Reign them expectations in, people.

Reign 'em in.

 

[MisterHero]

Nintendo partnered with iTunes

the world coming to an end

 

[Polari]

I'm gonna throw magazine racks over if we can't transfer our VC and WiiWare games.

I imagine Nintendo will offer a free download on Wiiware which will sync the contents of your Wii with your Stream/Cafe/whatever user account. You'll only be able to tie the contents of the Wii to one user account though of course.

 

[antonz]

You guys, Iwata is clearly talking about MARKETING, not 3rd party developments. Unless that's just a bad translation by Reuters.

I think something getting lost in translation is the likely thing. Marketing for the Wii was very successful there is no way to say it was bad. The failure of the Wii was Nintendo being unable to get 3rd party support

 

[JABEE]

Where will the video stream be found?

 

[Father_Brain]

Uh.... I thought the investor meeting already happened, which is where we got the official announcement from.

That was a different, smaller conference, timed to coincide with the release of the annual results. The full Iwata presentation and Q&A is in under three hours, as is (I believe) the full annual report itself.

But I wouldn't expect any substantive Cafe news from there. What news there is will be about Wii and 3DS, most likely with a focus on the eShop launch.

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

You guys, Iwata is clearly talking about MARKETING, not 3rd party developments. Unless that's just a bad translation by Reuters.

Nah, I just think people are projecting their desires on that article.

 

[methodman]

Guys. Valve is not doing the online for this thing.

Reign them expectations in, people.

Reign 'em in.

Valve is doing the online and half life 3 is the pack in game with every console. Fuck a wii sports

 

[civilstrife]

last year they just talked about 3ds being at e3, certain things about smg2, and revealed wii party.

i don't think they did anything except talk about the third party situation at the one two years ago.

the revolution/wii casing wasn't shown off until right before e3 2005. so maybe we aren't going to see the system itself. i think the wii's name was revealed at the investor meeting in 2006 though, so who knows.

But they literally just announced this console today.

If they wanted to tell us the name, or anything substantial, they'd have done it already.

 

[Cipherr]

Guys. Valve is not doing the online for this thing.

Reign them expectations in, people.

Reign 'em in.

Seriously. I lol'd at even the mention. People are crazy.

 

[Hiltz]

Why would Valve handle Nintendo's online service or have any part in it ?

I remember when Valve showed interest in wanting to make a Wii title but never did.

 

[Kandinsky]

I was sure nothing was going to happen this year regarding WiiHD, let alone this month/E3, I'm SHOCKED, wow.

PSO2, 4Swords2 and especially FFCC2 please!