Sony has officially announced its acquisition of a Japanese factory operated by Renesas Electronics, the plant which produces Wii U’s embedded DRAM. Going forward, the factory will be known as the Yamagata Technology Center under Sony Semiconductor Corp.
Renesas will need to transfer its Tsuruoka assets to Sony by March 31. Sony Semiconductor Corp. will still produce some semiconductors (which may include Wii U’s eDRAM chip) “for a certain period of time,” but will eventually move manufacturing to its Naka plant or completely cease production.
Nikkei has published another interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, this time in English. Iwata spoke about Nintendo’s poor financial performance as of late, those who are concerned about the company’s business operations going forward, and more.
Iwata also mentioned the need to “abandon old assumptions about our businesses”. This includes M&As (mergers and acquisitions), he said.
Head past the break for Iwata’s comments in full.
New details have come in for Klon’s Island Days. Check out the latest information about the game below.
– Makoto Ito is back from School Days
– He’s stuck on a deserted island in this game
– Two goals in Island Days: find a way off the island and start a relationship with one of the girls there
– Decide if Makoto should spend time with one of the heroines to raise their affection for Makoto or forage for food and weapons
– Pick up weapons and food to be used in battle
– Battles are tower defense-based
– Protect your rations
– Place heroines on the map and equip them with weapons like an ax, knife, spear, bow and other items – Food you save carries over to the next battle
– If your food supply is low you’ll have a disadvantage in the next battle
– Building relationships has its perks since the affection level heroines have for Makoto powers heroines up
– Heroines you choose for the battle part are more likely to show up the next day
– Out on May 1
Along with the above screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following messages via Miiverse:
Pic of the day. The heroic Aura Pokémon, Lucario, joins the battle!! We’ve increased the influence of Aura this time, so a damaged Lucario is truly a force to be reckoned with.
Lucario joined the battle for the first time in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which was released six years ago. The production staff of Brawl worked really hard to expand the character roster–without their efforts, Lucario probably never would have joined the battle.
