Nintendo to replace Mario and Pokemon as the company’s headliners!
May 29th, 2003 (12:00am) - Nintendo’s President, Satoru Iwata, has been determined to change the direction of Nintendo ever since he went into power more than a year ago. Every so often, Iwata-san clarifies on a few important topics and lately he spoke of Nintendo’s Online gaming views, the GameCube & Game Boy Advance’s “next generation” successor, and the future of the company as a whole. On the topic of Online gaming, Iwata-san has said that he does not want gamers to pay additional fees to those when initially purchasing a game to play online. Iwata-san also revealed some interesting tidbits about the successors of both Nintendo’s current home and handheld platforms. Nintendo is currently investing a large portion of the company’s 6 billion dollars on these “next-gen” platforms, and most shockingly of all, Nintendo is hard at work with characters that will replace Mario and Pokemon as the company’s headliners for these “next-gen” products. In similar news, GameSpy tunnel has confirmed that you will be able to play LAN compatible GameCube games for free on their servers.
Reported by Elias Dounis on May 29th, 2003 (12:00am)
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