Iwata on creating specific hardware for new markets
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We now have complete, direct quotes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata about plans to create specific hardware for new and emerging markets. You can find his lengthy statements below.
Iwata on the need for new business platforms
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Over the past few months, we’ve heard Nintendo discuss plans to expand its business platforms. The company intends to branch out into other areas outside of video games – like health.
President Satoru Iwata explained why this is necessary during a financial results briefing last week. If its console or handheld platforms were to falter, “our business would become mediocre”. And if both faltered, “it would very negatively affect our business.”
“We have decided to establish new business platforms not for being pessimistic about the future of the video game business, but to prepare for a challenging situation,” Iwata explained. “Without other pillars, the faltering of the video gaming business would directly have a negative influence on our financial results and the market would respond with harsh criticism.”
Read on below for Iwata’s full comments.
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Iwata on Nintendo’s “Integrated Research & Development Division”, “Business Development Department”
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata discussed two of the company’s new divisions during an investor briefing Q&A last week.
The first, as we’ve heard about previously, is the “Integrated Research & Development Division”. This was designed so that Nintendo’s console and handheld divisions could be tied closer together.
Nintendo also established the “Business Development Department” in March, which allows the company to “create a new business structure and execute a variety of new endeavors” like the use of character IP.
You can find full comments from Iwata about both of these two divisions below.
Iwata: Nintendo has “a clear idea to some extent about the direction our next hardware is going to take”
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As always, Nintendo is working on the next round of hardware. Just don’t expect to see a new system anytime soon.
“Once we launch a new platform, we naturally start to prepare for the next one,” Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explained to attendees during an investor briefing last week. He continued, “the most difficult question for us to answer in public in concrete terms is when we are going to launch our new hardware and what kind of hardware we are going to launch, and I am afraid that I cannot talk about this in more detail. However, I can certainly assure you that we are not at a dead end of any kind in which we are out of ideas for developing new hardware.”
Iwata went on to caution that launching new hardware could prove dangerous “unless we first make sure that those who have already purchased our platforms are satisfied.” Nintendo will strive “to work hard to ensure that consumers who already own our platforms are satisfied, and make sure that people will continue to see great value in our software”.
Iwata did end with one notable tease, stating “we already have a clear idea to some extent about the direction our next hardware is going to take.”
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Iwata on returning to “Nintendo-like profits”
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Satoru Iwata expects Nintendo to be able to experience “Nintendo-like profits from around the following fiscal year.” Iwata told investors during a briefing last week, “I would ask you to give us a bit more time and see how we do in the following two years.”
Head past the break for Iwata’s full comments, in which he mentions Nintendo’s character IP and Quality of Life plans.
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Iwata talks Nintendo’s Wii U forecast, GamePad-focused titles, character figurines
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During the Q&A portion of Nintendo’s investor briefing last week, president Satoru Iwata was questioned about the company’s Wii U forecast of 3.60 million units for the fiscal year ending in March 2015. He was also asked if Nintendo still maintains the idea that software drives hardware sales.
Iwata responded by saying that its forecast is based on the minimum target Nintendo should reach based on the release of Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros., “the pillars of our entire marketing strategy for this year.”
Iwata went on to discuss the GamePad-focused titles in development (heard about previously, now with direct quotes), and Nintendo’s NFP plans.
You can find all of Iwata’s comments below.
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Small update available for Wii Street U
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A small update has arrived for Wii Street U. The patch “improves security for more enjoyable gameplay” and “fixes a number of issues to enhance the user’s experience and enjoyment”. Nothing too major, but it’s an update nonetheless!
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Swords & Soldiers HD launching next week
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Swords & Soldiers HD will be hitting the Wii U eShop next week, Two Tribes has confirmed. The game will be available on May 22nd in both North America and Europe. Pricing is set at $2.99 / €2.99
You can count on the following features from Swords & Soldiers HD:
The classic Swords & Soldiers experience.
Playable with custom touch scheme on Gamepad.
Playable with Wii remote on TV.
Multiplayer mode combining GamePad and TV.
High res HD graphics compared to SD Wii release.
Next CoroCoro to have a scoop on Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire’s legendary Pokemon
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Recently, we learned that Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire will be featured in the next issue of CoroCoro. A tiny bit of information has now emerged on what the magazine intends to share.
When the next edition of CoroCoro lands, you can expect some sort of scoop about legendary Pokemon in the Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. I wonder what that might be about…
