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What Countries Made Nintendo’s Rampant Piracy List This Year?
Every year, Nintendo documents the worst countries in the world in terms of rampant Nintendo game piracy, issuing a report to the U.S. Trade Representative requesting help. What countries made the list this year? Nintendo issues the annual report to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as part of the Special 301 process, which…
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DSi Creator Talks DSi Creation At GDC
In another newly-revealed event scheduled for the 2009 Game Developers Conference next month, Nintendo DSi hardware group project leader Masato Kuwahara discusses the genesis of the next-generation DS. In a 60 minute lecture titled, “The Inspiration Behind Nintendo DSi Development”, Kuwahara will discuss how the company came to design the DSi, how it evolved from…
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Nintendo Explains What the “i” in “DSi” Means
There is no “i” in team. There is one in your new Nintendo handheld. (There’s two in “Wii”, but I digress.) GoNintendo asked Ninty straight up what’s with the I, and got an answer. Nintendo insists it’s not-follow-the-leader of Apple branding “i” on any must-haveable small gadget that exudes 2.0 coolness. Rather: • The “i”…
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Get Clean With Donkey Kong Junior
Having seen this, I wonder why I haven’t seen it more. Colombian artists Andres Barragan and Miss Vynilos tiled up a shower to match scenes from Donkey Kong Jr. While this would be an awesome bath to have, I can easily imagine going to work with the damn Donkey Kong Jr. chiptone stuck in my…
By Owen Good