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[Herr K]

Sony isn't that expensive bro.

Sony, bananas and clips.

 

[Professor Lich]

Soon, every Wii U will sell with one of those Elysium heal all tubes. That should help boost sales.

 

[Kade]

Nothing can improve the quality of my life.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

They bought From Software from Kadokawa and Atlus from Sega.

They're making Donkey Kong Country Returns 3.

I chortled.

This is kind of curious, hopefully it won't be complete shit like some kind of fitbit doodad.

 

[3bdelilah]

an escape pod for Iwata.

lolll

A gif would be hilarious

 

[mantidor]

They bought From Software from Kadokawa and Atlus from Sega.

They're making Donkey Kong Country Returns 3.

I would love to see this just for the reactions.

 

[diaspora]

They bought Nike Fuel Bands tech.

Since Nike shut it down themselves, that would be pretty interesting.

 

[Loco4Coco]

Holograms

Tupac Holograms.

 

[theangrypirate]

I don't like the sound of this. I am terrified Nintendo will further isolate their fans with this QoL crap. I hope I'm wrong and Nintendo just concentrates on building better hardware but it really seems like there is huge change coming to Nintendo. One that is pulling them in another direction than video games. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[CriterionDog]

Disney. Super Mario x Mickey Mouse x Avengers x Star Wars game go.

 

[Andrin]

Quantity of Lice. It's a scanner to check your family's hair for hair lice. It plays metroid music during the scan.

Day one! I'll buy two if you get powerbomb sounds when you deploy the anti-lice shampoo with it.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

They bought Platinum Games.
They bought Konami.
They bought Capcom.
They bought Square Enix.

All titles will now be released exclusively for Wii U.
All those publishers subsequently will go bankrupt.

Reggie says: "If they die, they die".

 

[Linkhero1]

What's QoL?

Remember that device you put on your finger that Nintendo brushed under the carpet? Well, it's coming back with revengeance.

 

[disappeared]

They bought back Rare. About goddamned time.

 

[Majmun]

Disney. Super Mario x Mickey Mouse x Avengers x Star Wars game go.

Lol, Disney is more worth than Nintendo.

 

[PAULINK]

That seems like a lot of money for a coffin.

Spoiler

please don't ban me

 

[Protagonist Jake]

They bought Platinum Games.
They bought Konami.
They bought Capcom.

They bought something tech related

 

[Graphics Horse]

Lol, Disney is more worth than Nintendo.

Sony then.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

A stack of 360p LCD screens. Gotta plan for the future.

Now hold on, their VR headset won't be that low res.

640x480 screens or bust.

 

[popeutlal]

Whatever it is, I hope it's hilarious.

 

[Cbajd5]

Nothing can improve the quality of my life.

Not even a really cool hat?

 

[StoopKid]

That seems like a lot of money for a coffin.

Spoiler

please don't ban me

Lmao

 

[carlos]

for much less than that they could have had all of thq's properties, and probably made that money back allready on sales of saints row, south park and metro (while getting a wider demographic for their console

always feel like companies always overpay for tech, so best of luck to them.

 

[Nirolak]

Is there any source on this besides a tweet? Like, the original text of the report or whatever from their financials? God I hate the twittersphere.

He's an analyst, so presumably he's seeing something in their financial report.

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Remember that device you put on your finger that Nintendo brushed under the carpet? Well, it's coming back with revengeance.

Can it fit on a penis now?

I hope it fits on a penis.

 

[Nugg]

A fraction of Destiny, obviously.

 

[Ansatz]

I don't like the sound of this. I am terrified Nintendo will further isolate their fans with this QoL crap. I hope I'm wrong and Nintendo just concentrate on better hardware but it really seems like there is huge change coming to Nintendo. One that is pulling them in another direction in video games. I hope I'm wrong.

Fans of Nintendo IPs have nothing to worry about. There will be a system that gets bombarded with mascot games alongside QoL which is the successor to touch generations and the Wii ___ titles.

 

[Protagonist Jake]

Sony then.

Sony's not worth that much I believe

Also it was tech, not a company sadly.

... They bought the PS4

 

[jcm]

Where is he seeing this? It's not in any of the docs on the English IR site.

 

[Tenck]

Sony, bananas and clips.

Now we're talking.

 

[Shadowlink]

We'll probably find out who they purchased tonight during their Investor Meeting.

Where is he seeing this? It's not in any of the docs on the English IR site.

He's an investor.

 

[Sakura]

I want to hope it is something cool and interesting, but I imagine it's just QoL related.
Looking forward to their E3 Nintendo Direct though.

 

[javac]

How large is 100mill in terms of acquisitions? Is that some big time stuff? I wonder what that could get you?

 

[W1SSY]

The Vitality Sensor is making a comeback.

 

[Raist]

Vitality Sensor +

edit:

 

[udivision]

Fans of Nintendo IPs have nothing to worry about. There will be a system that gets bombarded with mascot games alongside QoL which is the successor to touch generations and the Wii ___ titles.

That begs the question, does this free up Nintendo to make a system that competes directly with Sony/MS?

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

I wonder what the hell Nintendo is up to. They did mention they're seeking a non wearable platform.

 

[NandN3DS]

Wow, that would be a big part of their loss!

 

[Coolwhip]

Im already tired of the Quality of Life term.

 

[illmatic22]

I had no idea that Sega was only worth 100 mil

 

[Lowmelody]

nintendo and sega merger guaranteed.

Wow. This was a welcomed blast from the past. I was utterly gobsmacked by this when I was a wee lad. I will never forget blowing probably more than half my allotted money at Worlds of Fun on this game and regretting nothing. I was obsessed with understanding how it worked and no one took me seriously or knew enough to help. =\

Wistful anecdotes aside, on the subject of Nintendo, I'm pretty keen to see their QoL stuff, if this indeed an acquisition to that end. For the most part though just want more of their games, regardless of their forays into this or that.

 

[KojiKnight]

That begs the question, does this free up Nintendo to make a system that competes directly with Sony/MS?

Why would they want to?

 

[vagabondarts]

Quantity of Lice. It's a scanner to check your family's hair for hair lice. It plays metroid music during the scan.

$100,000,000 ON BANANAS

They bought From Software from Kadokawa and Atlus from Sega.

They're making Donkey Kong Country Returns 3.

an escape pod for Iwata.

Next year is 2015 so... hoverboards?

An eject seat.

A stack of 360p LCD screens. Gotta plan for the future.

You have all outdone yourselves. *wipemouthslowclap.gif*

 

[jcm]

We'll probably find out who they purchased tonight during their Investor Meeting.

He's an investor.

Yes, but that doesn't answer my question, unless it's on the Japanese site and they haven't translated it yet.

 

[StoopKid]

Why would they want to?

To get some 3rd party support.

 

[Salih]

What's QoL?

 

[Graphics Horse]

That begs the question, does this free up Nintendo to make a system that competes directly with Sony/MS?

No, their current console doesn't have any of the stuff like face training or brain training. It has wii fit and sports but both rely on peripherals. Their next system might be more like Amazon's than Sony's.

 

[InsanerBrainer]

They bought the internet.

 

[thefro]

Is there any source on this besides a tweet? Like, the original text of the report or whatever from their financials? God I hate the twittersphere.

He's legit... he live-tweets the Nintendo investor briefings. Think he's an investment research guy in the gaming space like Pachter, except Gibson lives in Tokyo.