Pikmin 3 video series – “Introduction”
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Iwata on supporting third-parties with 3DS’ 3D effect – official comments
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One more excerpt from Nintendo’s investor briefing Q&A – supporting third-parties with the 3DS’ 3D effect. Read on below for Satoru Iwata’s official comments.
Iwata on misleading media reports – official comments
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As we mentioned last week, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata recently discussed misleading reports by the media. We now have the official translation. For Iwata’s full comments, head past the break.
Short Pikmin 3 gameplay trailer
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Nintendo not looking into any new undertakings
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Nintendo’s bread and butter is video games. But one investor, who attended the company’s latest investor meeting, wanted to know if the Big N has any interest in exploring other undertakings.
The answer is no. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explained, “we should not spread ourselves thin by diversifying our business because, by doing so, we might lose a strong presence which we currently have in the area of entertainment.”
Iwata talks Nintendo’s network policy
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Satoru Iwata addressed Nintendo’s network policy during the company’s investor meeting last week. This is another topic that we covered fairly heavily last week, but the official translation has now arrived. You can find it below.
Iwata discusses Nintendo Web Framework
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One investor asked Nintendo president Satoru Iwata to explain the Nintendo Web Framework during the company’s investor meeting last week.
He did just that, responding:
Iwata: Wii Vitality Sensor launch “pending”, difficulty in timing announcements
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The launch of the Wii Vitality Sensor is “pending”, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said.
Nintendo has been developing the accessory for a number of years, which was first announced during its E3 2009 press conference. Unfortunately, the Wii Vitality Sensor hasn’t performed up to expectations. It may work for 90 percent of consumers, but that’s simply not good enough.
Thus, Nintendo hasn’t “been able to launch it as a commercial product because we could not get it to work as we expected and it was of narrower application than we had originally thought.” In order for it to release, Iwata said: “We would like to launch it into the market if technology advancements enable 999 of 1,000 people to use it without any problems, not only 90 out of 100 people. I actually think that it must be 1,000 of 1,000 people, but (since we use the living body signal with individual differences) it is a little bit of a stretch to make it applicable to every single person.”
Iwata’s full statements from Nintendo’s investor briefing Q&A held last week:
Iwata on Wii U third-party support, “more key titles to be announced by them”
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Third-party support for Wii U was one topic discussed by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata during the company’s latest investor briefing Q&A.
Iwata noted that even though some overseas developers may not be creating titles for Wii U, “other big publishers have made all of their main titles available for the platform.”
In order to regain third-party support, Iwata reiterated the need to improve Wii U momentum with first-party releases. Second, Nintendo would like to see a third-party title break out on the console. Although there were quite a few third-party games to choose from at the Wii U launch, “most of them were converted from other platforms and therefore could not enjoy brisk sales. As a result, some software developers have become pessimistic about Wii U.”
Iwata also restated something that we’ve been hearing over the past month or so. Regarding third-parties, Iwata said there are “more key titles to be announced by them”.
Iwata on StreetPass Mii Plaza DLC, downloads of new games surpass 200,000
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A series of new games hit the StreetPass Mii Plaza – in Europe and Japan – as downloadable content last month. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently said that these new mini-games came out because the company felt 3DS users would be itching for new content inside the app.
Iwata also drew comparisons to Wii Play: Motion. Much like that title, the StreetPass Mii Plaza games were created by individual developers. Also, had the model been in place and digital distribution saw a rise in popularity, Wii Play: Motion could have been considered as a DLC-type package.
Iwata additionally confirmed a fairly impressive stat: sales of the new StreetPass Mii Plaza games have already exceeded 200,000 digital copies.
