Eurogamer's live feed. Haven't looked at it yet, but the briefest glimpse suggests service announcements.
Miyamoto's GDC Keynote
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Don't expect to hear much of anything new out of him or any other Nintendo rep at GDC.
They're under gag because the Bank of Japan is selling its shares. The BOJ bought 2 million shares of Nintendo back in 2002 in order to keep the share price from collapsing, along with purchasing shares of Honda and several other companies.
Now that the TSE is at a 15 year high or something like that, the BOJ is divesting during the March 6-8th period. So because of that, Nintendo is forbidden from talking much at GDC. Once the moratorium has passed, I think 1-2 weeks, you'll hear stuff.
They're under gag because the Bank of Japan is selling its shares. The BOJ bought 2 million shares of Nintendo back in 2002 in order to keep the share price from collapsing, along with purchasing shares of Honda and several other companies.
Now that the TSE is at a 15 year high or something like that, the BOJ is divesting during the March 6-8th period. So because of that, Nintendo is forbidden from talking much at GDC. Once the moratorium has passed, I think 1-2 weeks, you'll hear stuff.
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Wonderful observation. The offering ends tomorrow...I think. Shutting up (for now) is a good strategy for NIN but the reason there doing it leaves alot to be desired.
Mario Galaxy
Absolutely awesome Mario Galaxy trailer... I can't wait for this one !
I read the keynote but I failed to spot anything new. Did I miss something? Myiamoto just talked about his wife, gaming interests, showed mario galaxy and thats it?
Read Natoma's post. It seems they are being extremely careful not to reveal anything that could affect the stock price.
Do you have a link, please ?
Thanks Wazoo.
Can't wait ... but this is coming this year.
I doubt that Nintendo would of collapsed, but it would made (and is now) a lot of investors thinner in the pockets. It was a step to protect investors and the market and not Nintendo. Shares of a lot of companies were bought by Banks Shareholdings Purchase Corporation through the Bank of Japan in 2002 to prevent whole sale liquidation as banks were forced to end the practice of cross shareholding with clients.
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Wouldnt it be better if they announce something that might increase the price? Or atleast investor expectations?
Not the company. The stock. Sorry for the confusion.
The stock was around $8 (ADR price), and falling fast, when the BOJ stepped in.
Iron Tiger
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Apparently, this (and maybe only this) is what Iwata-san was thinking of when he said the Wii's graphics will make you say "Wow!"
Here's an overview at DailyTech: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6407
Pretty interesting. We have Miyamoto's wife to thank for the DS and Wii "market broadening" focus.
Pretty interesting. We have Miyamoto's wife to thank for the DS and Wii "market broadening" focus.
Here are pics: http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?p=944000#post944000
I watched the high res vid from IGN. The vid link in this thread is blurry in comparison, though still good.
Yes, but it does not look like anything beyond 2 gamecubes. I say we will see much better graphics out of the wii yet. But this does look absolutely fantastic for 1st gen software.
edit: I guess this is 2nd gen software.
I don't think I'd classify it as 2nd gen software. It's been in the works since well before the Wii was debuted. I think 2nd gen software is software that is started after the console is launched. That's usually when devs have a greater opportunity to use lessons learned in the development of a game.
SMG is probably near completion right now since it's supposed to launch in the fall.
SMG is probably near completion right now since it's supposed to launch in the fall.
