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Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo President Says 3G Nintendo 3DS Is Unlikely

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told investors that it’s unlikely that Nintendo will release a 3G ready version of the Nintendo 3DS mainly because Nintendo doesn’t want to have to charge users for the service.

“As I have been constantly saying, the need to ask our consumers to shoulder monthly payments is not a great match for the entertainment that we are dealing with.”

“Of course, there are people who are willing to pay monthly fees in order to enjoy certain functions. However, Nintendo is a company who wants as many consumers as possible to enjoy our proposals.”

“Accordingly, as long as we need to ask our consumers to pay additional costs every month, it is unlikely to become one of our viable options.”

- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata

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Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo President Says 3DS Pre-Installed Games Could Be As Big As Wii Sports

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has high hopes for the pre-installed software on the Nintendo 3DS which he believes will be as popular as Wii Sports was on the Nintendo Wii.

“Although it may look as though Nintendo will be offering just one (first-party Nintendo 3DS) software title at its new hardware’s launch, we have pre-installed something that could establish such a background to some extent,” Iwata told investors.

“More specifically, as long as you have Nintendo 3DS hardware, even without purchasing any software, although we do want people to purchase additional software, you will be able to enjoy new experiences to some degree. We are hopeful that Nintendo 3DS users will communicate that new joy to people surrounding them.

“The inclusion of such preinstalled software, the attraction of which can be readily realised by those people even without prior interest in Nintendo 3DS, will hopefully be able to work in a similar way that the bundling of Wii Sports worked for Wii in the US and in Europe. This is the reason why we allocated our (development) resources in this fashion for this time.”

- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata

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Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo 3DS eShop Will Launch In May

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told investors that the highly anticipated Nintendo 3DS eShop won’t be accessible to consumers until May via a firmware update.

“The update will occur around the world and will add the following functionality: eShop, internet browser, and the ability to transfer currently owned DSiWare games to the 3DS.”

“”The first system update is scheduled for late May, at almost the same time around the world.”

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Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo Is Hiding Its Best Nintendo 3DS Games

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told gaming press that the company wants to let third party developers have more 3DS launch attention.

According to Iwata there are several first party 3DS titles that were finished before Nintendogs and Cats but the company is refraining from releasing them at the 3DS launch as they would rather let third party games get more attention.

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Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo President Downplays Smartphone Gaming Threat

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told the Nikkei that he refuses to believe that the emergence of smartphone gaming and social networking titles are slowly taking away Nintendo’s market share in the hand-held department.

“I haven’t seen data that supports that claim.”

- Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president

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Nintendo 3DS: 3D Video Recording Could Come To The Nintendo 3DS With A Firmware Update

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During the latest episode of Iwata Asks Nintendo president Satoru Iwata openly discussed the possibility of recording 3D video footage with the Nintendo 3DS.

“Until now even if you have taken 3D photos, you wouldn’t have many ways to show them off, but if everyone has one and is taking 3D photos and showing them to each other, then that changes the value… Perhaps [the 3DS] is going to be the first time when something like this can spread far and wide rather rapidly… I think it will be fun if we’re able to include video recording capabilities with future updates.”

- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata

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Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo Want To Avoid Nintendo 3DS Game Drought

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told the Nihon Keizai Shimbun that the company wishes to avoid the same software droughts that have plagued the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS.

“It’s important that you be able to supply software with no pause. With the DS and Wii, following the titles that were released at launch, the momentum dropped when there was a gap in software releases. We’re making plans so that this type of thing won’t happen.”

- Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president

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Nintendo 3DS: Nintendo Expects To Ship 4 Million 3DS Consoles Globally By End Of March

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has stated that he expects the company to ship around 4 million 3DS console worldwide by the end of March.

Satoru Iwata also told the Nikkei business daily that he expects the company to ship 1.5 million units alone in Japan to help avoid any shortages.

“The company will work on preventing the shortages of products that happened earlier when DS versions were first released. It’s important that we ensure a continuous supply,”

- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata

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Nintendo: Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack Is On Nintendo Presidents iPod

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During a recent edition of Iwata Asks Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that he has the classic soundtrack to the original Donkey Kong Country on his iPod.

“I remember telling you during the first meeting to treat the music with care. The music for Donkey Kong Country is in my iPod and I often listen to it even today. I don’t often do that, but Donkey Kong Country had so many memorable tracks that I bought the soundtrack CD.

I think one reason so many people loved the Super NES version is that the music – in addition to the amazing graphics and fun gameplay – really spoke to them.”

Tom Ivey, Senior Designer for Donkey Kong Country Returns, agreed. “I think it’s great music,” he said. “Donkey Kong Country was such a unique game, and when people talk about the game, many of them mention the music.

“But I think it must have been hard work for Yamamoto-san, who did the music [for Donkey Kong Country Returns]. Nintendo did the basic background music and Retro Studios did the sound effects. Yamamoto-san remade the old sound and also had to make new music appropriate to the atmosphere of this particular game.”

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