Nintendo’s new NERD division, founded from the basis of Mobiclip, will act as more of a technology investigator. Whereas the teams at Nintendo’s headquarters need to be focus on creating software, NERD plans to look into aspects such as GPGPU powered cloud computing.
NERD CTO Alexandre Delattre said during the most-recent Nintendo Direct:
“The developers at Nintendo headquarters need to spend their time developing the actual platform, so I think we’d like to explore areas that they don’t have time for. For example the possibilities which are opened up by the combination of cloud technologies and new software paradigms like general purpose GPU programming.”
One interesting point: NERD has been hiring researchers in the field of cloud technology, heterogenous computing, and GPGPU development.
Nintendo Download (5/30/13, Europe)
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U VC
Ghosts’n Goblins – €4.99, €2.49 through June 6 if Super Ghouls’n Ghosts is already purchased
Wii U eShop sale
Toki Tori 2 – €11.24, down from €14.99 – ends June 6
Wii U eShop price drop
Chasing Aurora – €6.49, down from €11.99
3DS retail
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games – €39.99
3DS VC
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages – €4.99 – save €1 through June 20
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – €4.99 – save €1 through June 20
3DS download
The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves – €9.99
SpeedX 3D: Hyper Edition – €1.99
Wii VC
The King of Fighters ’98 – 900 points
Source: Nintendo PR

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