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[Rumor] Nintendo & Disney?! Nintendo & Amazon?! It may happen!

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Berordn

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Richie said:
The Pixar shorts of late would have two faced batteries falling in love with each other before the Pikmin take them away. Sorrow ensues until they reunite at Olimar's ship. Cue prefabricated awws.

(Their movies are still top notch but damn they need more creative premises for their shorts).
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hey, we had the inanimate objects sing this time around. what more do you want!?
 
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NMFried

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A Mario/Mickey game sounds amazing.

Almost as much as a Mickey platformer developed by Nintendo.

Also, I'm all in on Disney Infinity. Just started playing 2.0 with Marvel and its rad. Very LEGO-like.
 
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SuperSah

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BeforeU said:
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This.
 
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Servbot24

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Disney wants Mario in Disney product, Nintendo considering. I would be shocked if this rumor wasn't true to be honest, or if it hasn't been true for years.
 
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Terrell

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If this means getting Nintendo-developed Disney games that bring us back to the well-designed Disney games of the 16-bit era when Capcom was doing them, I can be all for this.

I also wonder if Nintendo is doing all of these deals with US entertainment corporations to scout the soon to be government-mandated foreign interest for their executive board.
 
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DeuceGamer

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NimbusD said:
I love that Nintendo is going to partner with people but dammit you gotta pick your partners right.

Amazon App store? What does this do for Nintendo? Nothing that I can see unless the next gen of Amazon Firephones make waves (which will never happen).

Gotta approach Apple or google for that stuff. With Amazon, like, maybe if you want them to get you into original programming.
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If the info posted is correct, it doesn't mean they are exclusive to Amazon. They will still be in the iOS and Android stores. Just that they will also be available in the Amazon app store and that games in the Amazon app store will be emulated on Nintendo hardware. Nintendo needs more games on their machines and this would give them that. Would be especially good for their mobile.

Not a bad thing, as far as I can tell. Though, I'm not sure I buy any of it at this point.
 
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RawmeatCowboy

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Hey guys, just wanted to give you some info on the original rumor. The details were emailed to me straight from Sergio Figueroa at Revogamers. On top of that, he included English translations with the email. Didn't want you all to think I was trying to piece things together on my own, or that I was using Google translate to extract details.
 
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James Scott

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I'm sure a lot of you have noticed that Disney's console/portable efforts have been poor ranging to nonexistent. I've seen a few threads asking "where is Guardians of the Galaxy/avengers movie tie in game?"
Outside of the new Star Wars licensing efforts, they have nothing more to show.
Nintendo's talent/video game know how could help Disney make its pressance known more in the industry. At least they could make games on Disney's classic IPs.
In turn, Disney can help Nintendo get into the Movie/TV industry. Two giants helping each other by doing what they do best. They'd both benefit immensely, I'd think.
I also need Mario Galaxy x Frozen: a tale of two Elsas for reasons
 
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Terrell

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GDGF said:
This I haven't heard of. Please elaborate!
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I actually mis-interpreted. The changes in Japan's Corporate Governance Code actually only specify that 2 individuals from outside of the company be named to the executive board. Many Japanese companies have been interpreting that as bringing in foreigners to their board of directors, especially global companies. Japan's Prime Minister, however, had hoped that it would bring better diversity in general, including women who do not normally become part of the top executive levels of corporate Japan.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07f6ea62-0767-11e5-9579-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz3e1we68Mr

Companies, shareholders and the Japanese government are girding themselves for clashes over a new corporate governance code coming into effect on Monday — which looks set to usher in a new era of increased investor scrutiny.
The new guidelines are primarily intended to repopulate the Japanese stock market with leaner, more transparent, growth-focused companies, force managements to sweat assets, and then share the spoils with shareholders.

Many companies have pre-empted the rules by taking steps such as adding outside board members or promising to improve shareholder returns.

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Japan’s business leaders, who have long lived with docile shareholders, are realising that their jobs are on the line if they undershoot return-on-equity targets, that their huge portfolios of property and stocks must be explained or ditched, and that significant chunks of their businesses should not exist at all.
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The last bolded portion is very very interesting, because it casts a lot of doubt on things remaining "business as usual" for any Japanese company, video game publishers included. If assets aren't being utilized or drastically under-perform, pressure will be on to jettison those assets. *stares at Konami and Sega*

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-14/corporate-japan-answers-to-nobody

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has certainly tried to improve Japan's corporate governance. Last year, Tokyo introduced a stewardship code encouraging investors to pressure underperforming CEOs, and launched an index of 400 domestic companies that regulators believe use their cash stockpiles well. Next month it will release a national code of conduct for executives: Companies will be asked to include at least two outside directors on their boards or explain why they shouldn't have to. Abe is also asking companies to invite more women into the executive suite. Diversity in the boardroom, the government hopes, will enhance oversight.

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Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Gregory Elders tackled the first question in a May 12 report titled "Toshiba May Awaken Olympus Accounting Concerns in Insider Japan." As Elders points out, Toshiba's board has a number of so-called insider directors who have worked for the company for an average of 38 years. Toshiba's poor accounting, he argues, "highlights how insider boards may struggle to challenge management." Rather than asking companies to bring on more outsiders, as Abe has done, Tokyo should mandate they do so, with penalties to ensure enforcement.
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Nintendo's shareholder meeting on the 26th will likely address these governance changes that the prime minister is pushing for. During this year's general meeting, where they will discuss their year-end financials, Naoki Mizutani, an Auditor for the board, will end his term on the Board of Directors, with other auditors ending their term on the board in the following year. So an appointment of at least one or two new board members is expected to be on the table for this coming year.
 
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SmithnCo

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That all sounds reasonable, most of the Disney stuff is just like what they did with Skylanders. I'll believe a movie/game when I see it though, unless it's for WiR2 (crying face).
 
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SpacePirate Ridley

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Talking about the e3 muppets... Could have that bean alreay a tip that they are going to work together? The muppets are disney property and I thought the purple muppet at the control room was really out of place, like if They were trying to send the message, yep this is done by the jim henson company so basically disney.

billy beane said:
This is why Nintendo signing with Universal Studios was shocking to me. Nintendo at Disneyland seems like the perfect match.
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If the agreement would have appeared in the 80's-90's, no doubt that one of the things on it would have been rides on disney parks. The problem is, they are not doing a whole lot with theme parks right now and have the plate more than full with avatar land and shangai disneyland. Tey also work as slow as snails.

Universal on the other hand, just like the did with jk rowling when they got harry potter, are probably some juicy and huge plans for nintendo lands and rides, and probably coming on 2017-2018.
 
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Lazaro

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Rich! said:
I dunno man, Yamauchi told Bill Gates to suck his balls.

No, I'm not joking.
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That wasn't real from what I've heard, it came from a joke on Wired? GAF clairified this years ago. see here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30949

"Nintendo confirmed that the interview was indeed a hoax. In fact, Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s head of public relations, Yasuhiro Minagawa says that no such negotiations between Yamauchi and Ballmer took place. "Everybody in the industry was talking about that [interview] and laughing about it," Minagawa said."

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Still funny :p
 
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DrForester

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billy beane said:
This is why Nintendo signing with Universal Studios was shocking to me. Nintendo at Disneyland seems like the perfect match.
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Does Disney have any licensed stuff at their parks? I thought it was strictly stuff they owned. Nintendo making that deal with Universal, yet still making other deals with Disney doesn't seem too far fetched.
 
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Sulik2

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If you thought amiibos were hard to find now, wait until you can use them in Infinity.

I'd kill for a Mickey/Paper Mario Thousand Year Door sequel.
 
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Retromelon

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Sulik2 said:
If you thought amiibos were hard to find now, wait until you can use them in Infinity.

I'd kill for a Mickey/Paper Mario Thousand Year Door sequel.
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That does not sound bad but maybe its just the thousand year door sequel thats holding up the premise by itself
 
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SmithnCo

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Sulik2 said:
If you thought amiibos were hard to find now, wait until you can use them in Infinity.

I'd kill for a Mickey/Paper Mario Thousand Year Door sequel.
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If Disney's making them they'll have good stock probably. I'd like to see Infinity-styled figures for Mario, etc.
 
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Pizza

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Valen said:
This is the funniest thread I've seen on GAF all year so far

I hope they both turn out to be true though. Seeing Mario in a Disney game, or Disney in a Mario game, would be like a childhood dream come true for me.
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That'd be so rad.

Kingdom hearts 3 final mix comes to NX as a platform exclusive, has a Mario world. I'd be down.
 
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