Nintendo Quarterly investors conference call

[gtmtnbiker]

Over at neogaf forums, someone posted a thread sharing some info on Nintendo's quarterly investors conference call. I thought the info was interesting enough to repost here:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428497

There seems to be a bit of confusion about when Nintendo’s last conference took place and what information was shared at the event. While the news below looks very legitimation, take the details with a grain of salt for now. Only one source has provided details from the conference so far, so it’s difficult to confirm that everything is completely accurate.

- No Kid Icarus: Uprising until after summer
- Nintendo interesting is adding more platforms to the eShop in addition to Game Boy/Game Boy Color
- Excitebike (3D Classic) apparently will be offered in Japan for free
- Nintendo still working on Wii Vitality Sensor
- Challenge with the sensor is that its easy to make it work for 80% of people, but difficult to make to make it work for 99%
- Nintendo needs other companies to succeed on the 3DS
- Nintendo still planning their own titles around third-party games
- Made decision on Wii successor announcement because of logistics for getting people to E3
- Nintendo still wants a surprise at E3 with their new console
- Iwata admitted that Nintendo has relied to much on its own, won’t do everything on their own from here on out
- Expect to see something about the above at E3
- Iwata: 3DS not meeting expectations following second week of sales
- Iwata believes the earthquake in Japan had an impact on sales, but isn’t the only factor
- European/US sales lower than expected
- Nintendo “need to make efforts” to improve sales
- Pokemon Black/White has sold more than previous versions globally in the same time frame
- More talk of Nintendo saying that Project Cafe is a new concept/structure for a console
- Nintendo will still be pushing the Wii
- Nintendo releasing one Wii title every month to push the console’s performance
- Nintendo realizes they must provide incentive for people to use StreetPass/system updates
- Because of this, free content such as classic games will be offered
- Nintendo feels that gaming is better with buttons, so you won’t see a machine without them
- Nintendo will accommodate social networking services in games, but won’t see Nintendo games on non-Nintendo hardware

If you decide to create an account in the neogaf forums, it can be awhile before it is approved. I think it took mine 6 months. Not sure why.

[BoringSupreez]

I hope this stuff is true. Most of it would be good news if it was. I especially like the part about no gaming without buttons.

[Xeogred]

- Nintendo interesting is adding more platforms to the eShop in addition to Game Boy/Game Boy Color

Nice.

[YoshiEgg25]

- No Kid Icarus: Uprising until after summer

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

- Nintendo realizes they must provide incentive for people to use StreetPass/system updates
- Because of this, free content such as classic games will be offered

That would be awesome.

- Nintendo will accommodate social networking services in games, but won’t see Nintendo games on non-Nintendo hardware

If this is like Xbox Live, where everything's set up fairly nicely, and PC gaming, which isn't full of mini-teen dickheads, this could be really awesome.

[BRIK]

- Nintendo feels that gaming is better with buttons, so you won’t see a machine without them

This makes me very happy. I've never seen the Wii as anything more than an over exaggerated gimmick. Lets hope its true.

[benderx]

There next console will use flashcarts 16gb sd cards. No DvD drive. Just realized they never used cd.

[BRIK]

There next console will use flashcarts 16gb sd cards. No DvD drive. Just realized they never used cd.

Where did you get that info from? I can't imagine it being very cost effective.

[Xeogred]

If that's true the mockup designs kind of make sense. But yeah, a source on that would be nice.

Plus... when has Nintendo ever catered to normal formats... lol. Although I can see them kicking themselves in the ass about it if they're really trying to gain more 3rd party support again, using yet another more obscure format for games is just gonna be another hassle for developers in the long run I'd think. If all the next gen consoles are still going to use physical media everyone should just jump on board with Blu-ray.

[benderx]

can't you take a joke.

[BRIK]

can't you take a joke.