really? M&A projects are usually not done or triggered by production managers. usually they are either triggered through strategic decisions of the upper management level or in cases were good opportunities arise (bancruptcy of companies in the same field for example). in many cases only the CEO and CFO and a few people are aware of such intention to keep the purchasing price down too. i dont think miyamoto ever was in a position to trigger M&A projects.
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Nintendos Q4 2012 Report : About WiiU
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really? M&A projects are usually not done or triggered by production managers. usually they are either triggered through strategic decisions of the upper management level or in cases were good opportunities arise (bancruptcy of companies in the same field for example). in many cases only the CEO and CFO and a few people are aware of such intention to keep the purchasing price down too. i dont think miyamoto ever was in a position to trigger M&A projects.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Smash Bros.
I don't think this is off-topic, but I just want to know any possible reasons why they decided to release GBA games on the Wii U VC? I thought maybe all 3 Mother games are on the GBA, so they are going to put them on VC.
Smash Bros. isn't like Skylanders though. I doubt they would do something like Skylanders with Nintendo characters.
Smash Bros. isn't like Skylanders though. I doubt they would do something like Skylanders with Nintendo characters.
well they will have mother 2 with miiverse but i guess that will be based on the snes version.
+ a cards game with real NFC cards, from Miyamoto. My bet.
Well does anyone know how Mario Kat 7 does it for local play? I know online is points based, and thankfully not in teams.
It's good that Nintendo are aware that a lot of people know and are vocal about the hardwares power and Nintendo still feel that the public are underestimating it. Makes me feel that Nintendo didn't just shove any old CPU in there but made sure the system is balanced, and when used right can show good results.
fabricated backlash
Member
NFC could potentially eliminate the braindead Age restriction in the European E-shop. Sell certified 18+ NFC tokens at Gamestop with age control by the store, and use these tokens to access 18+ content. Either through a one time unlock or through a case by case basis.
Battle mode being shit is almost certain at this point. What makes you think that suddenly they would go back to the N64 rulesets.
If they at least offered those rules, that would be enough.
Azure Dream
Member
Make a whole ton of Assist Trophies, and then unlock them the first time with actual statues you buy.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Neither is Disney Infinity.
No, just no.
Then why did you state Smash Bros.? Did you mean they already have a character crossover?
Herb Alpert
Banned
So Iwata going all-in for this year confirmed?
The man has nothing to lose, he's going to give everything to get your money. Either he wins gloriously or he loses and is fired and go work as a hair model.
Beware Sony and Microsoft and behold the fury of a man that fights until his last strengths
The man has nothing to lose, he's going to give everything to get your money. Either he wins gloriously or he loses and is fired and go work as a hair model.
Beware Sony and Microsoft and behold the fury of a man that fights until his last strengths
Jaded Alyx
Member
Basically. It's a game featuring many Nintendo characters in it, like the poster mentioned. Disney Infinity has many Disney characters in it, and uses the Skylanders method of scanning characters, but it's not a similar game to Skylanders.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I knew that Nintendo will have trouble developing HD games. It´s very dumb of them not to have prepared for this since 2009-2010. Recruiting people now and in the past year, is a bit late to get as many games out out by this year or the next.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
You can do NFC payment using a credit card.
(not my photo)
That's how I buy most things, much faster than using chip and pin.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I don't think it has to do with being rushed but yeah, Battle Mode has been an after afterthought for some time in the series and it's a shame(it's my favorite mode or used to be).
However, with the controller, I think it could spur some interesting ideas for it and while that's not what you seem to be hoping for, maybe it also leads to more options or customization.
7's Battle Mode at least wasn't that team-only nonsense but it still isn't quite there though it was ok.
They need to realize that some swore by the Battle Mode from the N64 game.
crazy monkey
Banned
You can do NFC payment using a credit card.
(not my photo)
That's how I buy most things, much faster than using chip and pin.
that seem so insecure for short term if your card gets stolen or lost.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
it's a credit card, you have 0 liability, and generally they don't approve nfc transactions for large purchases.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Sounds good to me, bring it! They really should consider using the nfc for a Pokelanders U, kids would go crazy
they could mean fiscal year 2013 which would mean for nintendo until march 2014. but that wouldnt be that bad either imho
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
I bet Nintendo's NFC game will be card game,
Nintendo (Making cards since 1800s)!
Nintendo (Making cards since 1800s)!
They actually started this quite some time ago.
Still way better than I expected!
to be honest its not enough. they should have aggresively bought HD developers&publishers with experience. its not like there werent enough options. unlike most of the publishers nintendo has no problem with IP and brands. what they lack is people with HD development experience
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Hope that the new 3D Mario and Retro Studios game come out this year. It will have been three years since DKCR at the end of this year. Those two and Yoshi's Epic Yarn will be great enough for Holiday 2013 from Nintendo I think.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
For people trying to lay out Nintendo's schedule, here's what's official for the west:
LEGO City: Undercover (March 2013)
Wii U Panorama View (Spring 2013) eShop only
Game & Wario (Spring/Summer 2013) *March in Japan
Wii Fit U (Spring/Summer 2013)
Pikmin 3 (Spring/Summer 2013)
The Wonderful 101 (Spring/Summer 2013)
Wii Party U (Summer 2013)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Fall 2013)
Everything else is tba:
Yarn Yoshi
Super Mario
Mario Kart
X
Bayonetta 2
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
Super Smash Bros.
The Legend of Zelda
LEGO City: Undercover (March 2013)
Wii U Panorama View (Spring 2013) eShop only
Game & Wario (Spring/Summer 2013) *March in Japan
Wii Fit U (Spring/Summer 2013)
Pikmin 3 (Spring/Summer 2013)
The Wonderful 101 (Spring/Summer 2013)
Wii Party U (Summer 2013)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Fall 2013)
Everything else is tba:
Yarn Yoshi
Super Mario
Mario Kart
X
Bayonetta 2
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
Super Smash Bros.
The Legend of Zelda
Retro shooter and Monster racer and DOA5 port with Samus and DQX localization. And probably lots of eShop stuff.This happies me.
ColdBlooder
Banned
I wonder if they seperate Wii U and the 3DS conference like last year. And hopefully have 3DS content. Or at least make a longer conference if you don't have enough time with 1 hour so its not too cramped with taking and taking and... well... taking!
When i've been offered cards with NFC they've been limited to say £20 purchases.
Meesh
Member
Nintendogeddon come E3. Hyyyyyyype.Miyamoto: We are doing crazy shit, but we can't tell you about it.
Iwata
for the games from mid year to end of year, I'll believe it when they are shipped. Right now it's still a lot of talk and nothing confirmed.
LOOK! Tim Horton! ^^
You can do NFC payment using a credit card.
(not my photo)
That's how I buy most things, much faster than using chip and pin.
LOOK! Tim Horton! ^^
Well if they go the same way as last year I hope they'll have something worthwhile to show this time around. 3DS conference last year wasn't exactly the most interesting thing in the world.
Smiles and Cries
Member
"For High End graphics there is a hurdle, since we have to reeducate our people. The development itself hasnt changed but we are recruiting specialists that can become core members in each specialized area. "
this had been my worry for a while... I wondered after generations of SD was the jump to HD a greater challenge for them than others?
Reeducation sounds like it takes time to get that Nintendo Quality up to the desired levels
this had been my worry for a while... I wondered after generations of SD was the jump to HD a greater challenge for them than others?
Reeducation sounds like it takes time to get that Nintendo Quality up to the desired levels
Yeah, I use my phone (which has NFC) to buy stuff at vending machines sometimes. It's pretty convenient. It'd be a nice solution to be able to easily buy stuff on the eShop without Nintendo having to store your credit card information on their servers long term.
test_account
XP-39C²
I can see the advantage of that, but are cards like that used a lot? Especially the pre-paid cards.
I thought it was some general rule that stopped this (accessing 18+ content outside of a certain time frame). But if it would work, then it is something positive indeed.
ColdBlooder
Banned
"Buying" an FSK18 NFC key wich you can only get through age check in stores would be awesome. You click on ZombiU on the eShop and it asks you for your nfc key. One swipe later you can access it and purchase it any time. I would be cool with that. Great idea you had there.
Could also enable FSK18 gametrailers on the eShop with that technique!
Right, and when you finally express that understanding, maybe I'll reconsider buying one. I'm not in the habit of dropping $350 and then waiting for something to prove its "charm." I doubt many people are.
Stop trying to sell this thing with promises, and just make some flipping games.
Spieler Eins
Member
The last game from Sakurai had trading cards.
comedy bomb
Banned
Would be amazing if everything announced at the last direct managed to release somewhere this year.
This is Nintendo though, I expect that to not happen.
This is Nintendo though, I expect that to not happen.
Projectjustice
Banned
Awesome news for Wii U owners. The hardware isn't as weak as a lot of peiple think it is. 2nd wave games are going to have that wow factor. I cant wait.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Holy shit, how do they still have unannounced tittles?
And also, it's going to be
This year:
3D Mario and Mario Kart
Next year:
Smash Bros 4 and Retro's game
?
And also, it's going to be
This year:
3D Mario and Mario Kart
Next year:
Smash Bros 4 and Retro's game
?
I'm cautiously optimistic, seems everything i've been saying they have been doing in one form or another. Still think they should bring in someone from the outside to shake things up a bit, help modernize them and their tactics some though.
And this holding back announcements until some arbitrary time needs to stop. It's obvious they do it now, so who knows what the hell they have coming out for the system. At this point any guess would be valid.
And this holding back announcements until some arbitrary time needs to stop. It's obvious they do it now, so who knows what the hell they have coming out for the system. At this point any guess would be valid.
Baconsammy
Banned
I'm not sure exactly what he's referring to there, but it's a terrible answer. All I know is that the more I played games that went from the TV to the screen to the TV to the screen, I wanted to shut off the device. There was nothing charming about it.