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Alex Wolfers

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Nintendo considering mergers (Holy Moly!)

31 January 2014 - 07:07 PM

 

Mergers and Acquisitions Being Considered by Nintendo, Says Iwata

PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 31, 2014, BY JOEL PALERMO 20POSTED IN NEWS,NINTENDO

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It has been a rather eventful news week for Nintendo, with talk of licensing its characters to outside partners and discussion of revamping Nintendo Network IDs in the form of a unified account system. Still, the question remains – what are Nintendo’s plans for the future? President Satoru Iwata may have the answer.

In lieu of facing a major pay cut due to this past year’s financial struggles, Iwata has informed Japanese Outlet The Nikkei that Nintendo is not ruling out the possibility of aligning with another company, stating “We should abandon old assumptions about our businesses. We are considering M&As as an option. For this reason, we’ll step up share buybacks.”

Nintendo recently made a $1.2 billion stock buyback, causing shares to rise by 8.2 percent.

When asked about Nintendo’s listing on the stock index, Iwata claimed that a quarterly system does not work well for Nintendo, stating “We don’t know in advance how much of a hit a product can be.” Still, he did admit that the stock market has been responsible for allowing Nintendo to reach its current state.

But it is thanks to the stock market that Nintendo has grown to what it is today. I don’t want to turn to a management buyout just because we are inconvenienced now.

 

Merge with Sega already :)

source:  http://www.gengame.n...ndo-says-iwata/


Game Informer trash talks Wii U in trollbait aricle (Rant)

20 January 2014 - 04:08 PM

This issue of Lame Informer published an article listing the top gaming disapointments and put Wii U numero uno which is pure unicorn tongue. With games like Zelda U and X coming around the corner they will be kissing Nintendo's ass. Just watch. Sales don't measure how good a console is by no means. Should have expected it from a magazine owned by a conglomerate


Why Nintendo will be just fine (Short editorial)

18 January 2014 - 05:39 PM

I saw too many doom articles so here is the facts people.

The Wii U sold about 4 million units in 1 year and if it continues at this rate which is unlikely considering some of the games lined up in 5 more years it will sale this much....

  4 units per year. 

X 5 more years

+ 4 from the last year

= 25 million which almost ties with the Gamecube and we know the Gamecube still kept Nintendo afloat although being sold a s a loss.

 

Now thats not considering the fact that the libraries appeal will grow with heavy hitters. The heavy hitters planned are....

-Zelda U

-SSB4

-Bayonetta

-Monolith's X

-Shin Megami X Fire Emblem

-Mario Kart 8

 

And not to mention any new IPs that get announced this year. 

All these games will add to sales.

The main reason 3rd party devs skip Nintendo is that it's currently not profitable. Even Bethesda will confirm this.

How does it get profitable? Games. I think I'm repeating myself

 

Also please look at the 3DS sales. Nintendo is doing just fine. Don't believe maintream media like Kotaku,IGN, and Gamespot. Go to indie sites.

Discuss....

 


Dark Souls Themed Cafe opens up in Tokyo

12 January 2014 - 03:12 PM

Dark Souls-themed cafe opened in Tokyo, Japan on Jan. 6 and allows customers to step into the world of Dark Souls – the cuisine at least.

The cafe is a collaboration between Australian-themed OZ cafe and Dark Souls developer From Software and features a menu inspired by the game. Customers can order Estus(beer), roasted mushroom people(sauteed king oyster mushrooms) and ring of stone(onion rings).

Food isn't the only part of the Dark Souls experience at the cafe. Check out Kotaku's photo gallery to see the cafe's atmosphere.

Dark Souls released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in September, 2011 in Japan and October, 2011 in North America. Dark Souls II releases for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 11 in North America and on March 13 in Japan.

 

When folks say "Japan has everything" they really aren't messing around. Hopefully getting a table won't be as hard as beating the game LOL

source: http://www.screwatta...afe-opens-tokyo

 


Retro might work on future Miyamoto game

12 January 2014 - 03:07 PM

 

This is from the latest issue of Official Nintendo Magazine.

http://nintendoevery....o/#more-147200

http://www.officialn...magazine.co.uk/

 


We consider Retro as part of the Nintendo family and a very capable game development studio. As a Nintendo development team, they will keep working not only with SPD, but also with the teams in Kyoto. They might even work on a title that Miyamoto-san leads directly in the future.

“However, the SPD team assigned to Retro is working together with them as a single team and I hope that will continue this way- on Mario Kart 7, for example, SPD staff were involved as co-ordinators. I am saying this because a very interesting and stimulating chemical reaction occurs when the two parties from different languages and cultures are united under Nintendo’s game production philosophy, and that chemical reaction results in extraordinary ideas.”

“Tanabe-san and his team at SPD are our primary contacts at Nintendo. Please let me be clear: games developed at Retro Studios are a collaboration between members from Retro Studios, SPD and other entities throughout the Nintendo family. It’s a symbiotic relationship that consists of members from all over the world; we are very honoured to be working with such a talented team.

When we worked on Mario Kart 7, we were working on Tropical Freeze at the same time. Part of the team was working on creating assets for Hideki Konno’s group, the Mario Kart team, and part of our team continued making progress on Tropical Freeze in conjunction with Tanabe-san and SPD.

I'm rooting for Star Fox

Source:http://www.neogaf.co...ad.php?t=750425

 

 


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