So far I have used to translate all my posts from Google.Boney said:"You will not soon realize it!"
Google translation hilarity ensues.
English>Japanese>English for "From now on I'm using Google Translate for all of my posts."
So far I have used to translate all my posts from Google.Boney said:"You will not soon realize it!"
Google translation hilarity ensues.
Obviously he is manipulating events from afar. I'm tempted to think this 01net business is more of his evil trickery. But to what end?Mpl90 said:Yamauchi... now I know the source!
But the last 6 months have been bad! Who cares about the last 6 years?Mama Robotnik said:Iwata is on the "ejection seat"?
He's demonstrated tremendous leadership, took Nintendo to new heights, earned them an absolute insane amount of money, dominated the handheld and home console marketplaces, and caused their competitors to play a continuous game of catch-up, climbing over themselves to copy motion controls. Nintendo went from also-ran to defining a generation (Wii Sports) with his guidance.
Following this high there has been a period of understandable decline and some uncertainties as Nintendo plans its next strategy. There has been a shift from profits for the present, as one console winds down and a new handheld tries to find its success.
For this blip, despite the fact that Nintendo is clearly thriving, his "ejection" is imminent?
Forgive me 01.net, but I'm going to need more than that.
It reads like a political drama or a novel about corporate espionage.Thoraxes said:Yeah. This all just sounds like someone's fanfic they wrote about Nintendo.
JWong said:They may be true!!!???
GhaleonQ said:I so want it to be true, though. I want an industry where Wada runs a major company and Iwata The Failure spends his days staring at a turned-off 3DS on his coffee table.
I think Mario is due for a "roadside accident"...hardcastle_mccormick said:The source moved across the room, shifting his weight slowly across one leg to another. I looked at my partner, my eyes communicating my true feelings. This half weight? My partner nodded his head in silent agreement, and I trusted him. He had been on this magazine board for months, and I had to trust him.
I lit a cigarette and offered the source one as well. He didn't accept. He didn't speak. His face was covered, and his long trenchcoat only offering a momentary glance of fatter legs in jeans.
"So, my friend, what kind of information are you coming to us with?" I said scornfully, my best bad cop routine since I was actually on the force. I slicked back my hair in a moment of inspiration. "What on earth could you know about Nintendo?"
The source grabbed the notepad on the table and started writing. I looked at my partner again, but he was watching.
The notepad slid across the desk. "Iwata" was the only word. It was crossed out.
"Iwata's being ejected..." I said, looking down at the simple symbol. It meant nothing, and it meant everything. What else could this source possibly know? The implications were wide and consumed my mind.
But my only true thought was...why trust this source at all? I stood up and walked around the table.
"Who are you," I said. "How do we know we can trust what you say?"
"Because," said the source in an unmistakable voice, as he lowered his trenchcoat flaps slowly. "It's a me, Mario."
I turned to my partner.
"Jim, we've got a headline."
Yeah, they had better hurry before someone else reports this "news"ShockingAlberto said:It reads like a political drama or a novel about corporate espionage.
Which is not to say there's absolutely no way this could be happening at Nintendo - I do wonder if it's likely there's someone on the BoD who wants Iwata's head so he can make a play for his position. But this article especially doesn't add up.
In the full article - which I didn't post because the way google translate copy+pastes is fucked up - it vaguely kind of implies that Yamauchi is behind the plan to oust Iwata. But maybe it was just rushed reporting, not drawing a proper line between two thoughts.
You have no idea how hilarious I found this article.The_Technomancer said:Wow, did not expect this to be a ShockingAlberto thread.
GDGF said:I can't wait to find out who the 'informant' was.
Guevara said:Just stop.
hardcastle_mccormick said:The source moved across the room, shifting his weight slowly across one leg to another. I looked at my partner, my eyes communicating my true feelings. This half weight? My partner nodded his head in silent agreement, and I trusted him. He had been on this magazine board for months, and I had to trust him.
I lit a cigarette and offered the source one as well. He didn't accept. He didn't speak. His face was covered, and his long trenchcoat only offering a momentary glance of fatter legs in jeans.
"So, my friend, what kind of information are you coming to us with?" I said scornfully, my best bad cop routine since I was actually on the force. I slicked back my hair in a moment of inspiration. "What on earth could you know about Nintendo?"
The source grabbed the notepad on the table and started writing with a gloved hand, sloppily. I looked at my partner again, but he was watching the pen rotate across the paper.
The notepad slid across the desk. "Iwata" was the only word. It was crossed out.
"Iwata's being ejected..." I said, looking down at the simple symbol. It meant nothing, and it meant everything. What else could this source possibly know? The implications were wide and consumed my mind.
But my only true thought was...why trust this source at all? I stood up and walked around the table.
"Who are you?" I said, my voice laced with force and power. "How do we know we can trust what you say?"
"Because," said the source in an unmistakable voice, as he lowered his trenchcoat flaps slowly. "It's a me, Mario."
I turned to my partner.
"Jim, we've got a headline."
Shalashaska161 said:Maybe next 01.net can start writing Sonic fanfics.
Why would you need Sonic Teamvectorman06 said:Nope. Next rumor is about Nintendo buying Team Sonic and Sonic franchise
Am I reading this correctly? ... So then why did you post this ?ShockingAlberto said:It does seem kind of unlikely that, say, an engineer would know if there's internal pressure among the board to take Iwata down.
And it seems pretty unlikely that someone higher up would be leaking to a French website under the idealistic terms of "I want to bring this information to the people!"
Well there are these guys:GDGF said:Question :When was the last time Nintendo's board of directors ousted a standing President?
Answer :Never.
This shit is fan fiction.
Remember Nintendo was never this succesful before so I'm sure some people bought stock when the DS was a hit and saw it rise when the Wii became succesful. After that it started to tank and they were dissapointed.Smartphones are the new battlefield for the gaming industry, said Ohki, a fund manager at Tokyo-based Stats Investment Management Co. Nintendo should try to either buy its way into this platform or develop something totally new.
He declined to identify his holdings or to name any companies that Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo should consider as acquisition targets. Yasuhiro Minagawa, a spokesman at Nintendo, declined to comment beyond statements made previously by Iwata.
Someone has to make the coffee.ShockingAlberto said:Why would you need Sonic Team
The_Technomancer said:Also yeah, usually people in power get the boot when they've actually screwed up, not when it looks like they might
Shiggy's title from yesterday was better though.ShockingAlberto said:You have no idea how hilarious I found this article.
The last four had been posted and I found it funny.FTH said:Am I reading this correctly? ... So then why did you post this ?
Some things are left untranslated for a reason.
ShockingAlberto said:Why would you need Sonic Team
ShockingAlberto said:Aonuma does actually read message boards.
I think he stopped in recent years, though.
BocoDragon said:I think Mario is due for a "roadside accident"...
oh yes, for precious lols on yellow websites. continue.ShockingAlberto said:The last four had been posted and I found it funny.
And noir detective music has been running through my head since I saw it.
Oh no, precious internet space.
Oh wow, that name brings back memories.White Man said:so this is where Johnny Nightrain went?
Boney said:"You will not soon realize it!"
Google translation hilarity ensues.
SovanJedi said:Good grief, this is just ridiculous now.
Good luck keeping a valid reputation now, 01Net!
I knew it was no mere photoshoot!StevieP said:The secret source:
For the most part, I don't think they made anything up. A lot of things they have posted in this series of articles has made sense or corroborates what we already know.abstract alien said:Can we ban this damn place yet? StopNintendo should be allowed if this is what we can actually post...
hardcastle_mccormick said:Iwata slammed his fists onto the table in visible fury, his body quivering with rage. Miyamoto watched in sedentary boredom.
"How did they find out!" he screamed ruthlessly, shaking his fist at some unknown god or demon. "How the hell did they know?"
The room was silent. The cold steel walls were no solace from the cruel fate that had begotten him. Life, he considered, was just a series of ill-begotten moments that were quickly falling to a wayside.
"We can still find out who talked," said Miyamoto. "The source had to come from inside Nintendo. There's no other way."
"The source will be watching our every move," said Iwata, approaching Miyamoto, his finger quivering. "They have more secrets than we could ever dream of withholding. How could we possibly find out who did it without setting off the press?"
Itoi, who had been in the back of the room the entire time, stepped forward.
"Don't you worry, boss," he said, his voice a menacing growl. "I'll find out who done it."
Iwata relaxed immediately. Get a writer on the writers' case. Perfect. He turned away from them and looked over the Tokyo city scape. Things could work out in the end.
Fixed to fit how Nintendo has been looked upon these past few years.MisterHero said:Oh I finally get it
Random Internet troll/games writer thinks he knows more than Iwata
The one analog stick is the reason? REALLY? Not the more glaring problems such as:Out a portable machine dedicated to the game but equipped with one analog stick in 2011 was a mistake. The fact that we have recognized, and we do what is necessary to remedy this, let me suggest that 3DS has before it many years of success.
GDGF said:This shit is fan fiction.
If we are to believe our sources, then Iwata is no longer the same man he once was, indeed he may not be human any more at all. Our source under the most stricted confidence, told us of Nintendo's euphoria at their success, and then Iwata's obsession in beating the Wii. He would spend his every waking moment in his private hardware laboratory, and if our source is correct, sleeping under his desk.
Our source told us that after months of reclusive, eccentric behavior and communicating only with his staff by email, the unwashed and bearded Iwata burst into a board meeting with his successor to the Wii, the Wii 2, shimmering with a bright white light. Activating the console in the board room The Wii 2 became self aware and expanded its consciousness into all of the humans present. They were remade into extensions of the consoles will and now work for the creature's sinister agenda
We asked our source if he could evidence this, and he pulled out some sketches on creased paper, of a box spreading an aura into what looks like zombies around it. We've been studying this at the 01.net office and have agreed not to upload it to protect our source.
Our source closes by telling us "I've said too much. The Wii 2 had absorbed many of my friends and colleagues into its hivemind, and I'm convinced that The 3DS and the Wii U are purposely being manipulated into selling only small amounts at a time, to gradually increase the possession field of the Wii 2. If they all sold at once, the creature would wither and die." We ask our source what he would have our readers do: "We need to support the other developers to make an intelligence as powerful as Wii 2, but benevolent. This is the only way of saving the planet"". The source suggested that Google could buy Sony, and Apple could buy Microsoft, and then Goosgony and Applesoft could merge into Goosapoft, the one company capable of making a console to defeat this evil power.
"Metroid Dread..." our source began to say, before dying on the table. Check out tommorow's 01.net exclusive in which we have another exclusive discussing his autopsy results.
Yeah. I'm sure what they've said have had inklings of truth in them, but the over-dramaticization kinda sounds like pandering at times, so it's harder to distinguish fact from fiction.ShockingAlberto said:It reads like a political drama or a novel about corporate espionage.
Which is not to say there's absolutely no way this could be happening at Nintendo - I do wonder if it's likely there's someone on the BoD who wants Iwata's head so he can make a play for his position. But this article especially doesn't add up.
In the full article - which I didn't post because the way google translate copy+pastes is fucked up - it vaguely kind of implies that Yamauchi is behind the plan to oust Iwata. But maybe it was just rushed reporting, not drawing a proper line between two thoughts.