GDC: Nintendo will "disrupt consoles" soon - Iwata

Vikingod · Mar 24, 2006, 01:49 PM

Satoru Iwata confounded expectations during his GDC keynote comments - but not necessarily in the way some commentators expected.

Instead of revealing substantial new information on Nintendo's next-generation console Revolution, Iwata discussed how Nintendo is "disrupting development" on a number of fronts, and promised attendees that they would see how Nintendo plans to "disrupt console gaming" in a few weeks' time - presumably a reference to the E3 trade show in May.

Pre-event speculation focused on a new name for the Revolution - still a codeword for the console - but instead the Nintendo president limited news to the announcement that SEGA Mega Drive and Hudson/NEC TurboGrafx games would be made available through the system's "Virtual Console" library of downloadable content.
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Mar 24, 2006, 01:49 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	GDC: Nintendo will "disrupt consoles" soon - Iwata Satoru Iwata confounded expectations during his GDC keynote comments - but not necessarily in the way some commentators expected. Instead of revealing substantial new information on Nintendo's next-generation console Revolution, Iwata discussed how Nintendo is "disrupting development" on a number of fronts, and promised attendees that they would see how Nintendo plans to "disrupt console gaming" in a few weeks' time - presumably a reference to the E3 trade show in May. Pre-event speculation focused on a new name for the Revolution - still a codeword for the console - but instead the Nintendo president limited news to the announcement that SEGA Mega Drive and Hudson/NEC TurboGrafx games would be made available through the system's "Virtual Console" library of downloadable content. ___________ Read More / Source: GamesIndustry