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Nintendo Reportedly Unifying Its Handheld And Home Console Divisions

January 16, 20133DS, Nintendo, Wii Uhardware, ign, japan, nikkei, Nintendo, report, rumoralba

According to Nikkei.com, in an effort to see more interaction and cooperation between the two, Nintendo is planning to unify its handheld and home console divisions. The move, if proven to be true, will see employees from both hardware-making divisions merging and moving into a new development building, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year and is near Nintendo’s headquarters in Kyoto. Nintendo allegedly hopes the move will encourage more connectivity between its handheld and home console platforms.

Thanks to IGN, here is a translation of Nikkei.com‘s report:

“Game system development projects are becoming larger and taking longer to complete as the machines become more advanced. Nintendo apparently has its sights set on speeding up these projects by sharing development processes for consoles and handheld devices where possible and by reassigning personnel depending on the situation. It sees interactions between engineers as a potential hotbed of new ideas.”

“In an effort to create more innovative and attractive products, Nintendo Co. will combine the development segments for its home video game consoles and handheld game devices,”

“The decision comes on the heels of recent releases of the Nintendo 3DS portable system in February 2011 and the Wii U home console last month. With more people using their smartphones and tablets for entertainment via the Internet, including games and videos, Nintendo aims to come up with next-generation game systems that will turn heads.”

“The two teams will eventually be integrated and the segment will be organized by function, such as circuits, mechanisms and design,” quotes the report.

“Game system development projects are becoming larger and taking longer to complete as the machines become more advanced. Nintendo apparently has its sights set on speeding up these projects by sharing development processes for consoles and handheld devices where possible and by reassigning personnel depending on the situation. It sees interactions between engineers as a potential hotbed of new ideas.”

“Such functions are already available with the Wii U, but Nintendo likely hopes to better streamline its products by tapping into such online services as Twitter and video sites.”

Nintendo Denies Nintendo 3DS E3 Revamp

June 5, 2012Nintendo3ds revamp, e3, nikkei, Nintendo, nintendo 3dssickr

Earlier today Japanese publication The Nikkei stated that Nintendo were preparing to show off a larger revamped version of the Nintendo 3DS at tomorrows E3 event. Nintendo has just now issued a press statement saying that these rumours aren’t true, and are entirely speculation. Of course they would say this, we shall see for certain tomorrow.

Nintendo Wii: Nintendo Carefully Considering 3D For The Wii’s Successor

June 18, 2010Nintendo, Wii3d, 3d tv, nikkei, satoru iwata, Wiisickr

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has informed Japanese business publication Nikkei that he’s closely monitoring the 3D TV market, and depending on consumer uptake, 3D could well be a prolific feature of the Wii’s successor.

“If you display a 3D image, the image quality becomes extremely bad, so we’d probably do it with the next system”, he said. “We’re thinking that the timing should be once the 3D television adoption rates crosses the 30% mark. We’re looking at the adoption trends.”

- Satoru Iwata

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Nintendo Wii: Wii Fit Plus Details Revealed Ahead Of E3

May 31, 2009Nintendo, Wiibalance board, nikkei, wii fit, wii fit plussickr

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Nintendo is set to launch a new ultra precise version of the Wii Fit Balance Board alongside an updated and newly refined Wii Fit.

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper has leaked details of a newly revised Wii Fit and Balance Board ahead of Nintendo’s planned announcement at E3 this week. Wii Fit Plus will include additional exercises for gamers to participate in and will include a more accurate balance board.