Author Topic: GDC Iwataton Speech Thread (Read 59141 times)

Mario · « **Reply #100 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:33:26 AM »

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People are filing into the auditorium for the keynote, with plenty of Nintendo DS systems in hand and the line going all the way around the corner. PACKED. A fanboy is walking around wearing a sign "Iwata dropped the bomb!", and on the back it said "Revolution is the only solution!". Inside, three screens are on hand for the presentation, one big one in the middle and two on each side, all with the Nintendo logo. There are four tables present, each with Nintendo DS development kits on them.

That guy is awesome.

TMW · « **Reply #101 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:34:41 AM »

WHY IS NO ONE STREAMING THE SPEECH?

Pale · « **Reply #102 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:35:56 AM »

I vote we all use PlanetChat to discuss stuff!!! Go there now!

Mario · « **Reply #103 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:36:40 AM »

No live streams because the GDC folks don't allow it, I heard something like that mentioned during the Sony one.

Mario · « **Reply #104 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:40:11 AM »

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10:31 AM PDT- A slide is shown by accident showing the Nintendo DS, a Doritos logo, a Pepsi logo, and Brain Training.

How odd.... nevertheless, IT HAS BEGUN!

Zach · « **Reply #105 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:40:40 AM »

damn, nice site mario, but Im having a lot of trouble getting it up, must be a lot of traffic

Pale · « **Reply #106 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:41:15 AM »

Mario get in planetchat! =P

And get the rest of the pietriots... i know you are probably all using msn or something.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #107 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:44:36 AM »

I want a stream. ;_;

Mario · « **Reply #108 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:48:30 AM »

Ahaha wow.... this seems to be the only forum / site that hasn't exploded from traffic. Gamedaily is officially down.

KirbySStar · « **Reply #109 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:49:39 AM »

Well there goes live news. See you guys in 2 hours when everyone else "has the scoop".

Pale · « **Reply #110 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:51:05 AM »

# 10:30 - Keynote has not yet begun. Confirmed: first aspect of the address will heavily emphasize Brain Age, and Brain Training Academy for the Nintendo DS. Nintendo is focusing a lot of attention of the early aspect of the show on the DS.
# 10:32 - Address delayed some ten minutes. Nintendo representatives had previously accidently closed their powerpoint window revealing the DS emphasis planned.

(From GAF, not sure how true it is)

also, come to PlanetChat everyone!
=P

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #111 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:54:05 AM »

PlanetChat won't work for me, my computer's retarded

KirbySStar · « **Reply #112 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:58:12 AM »

Yeah it won't work for me either and my computer isn't retarded. Java chat is totally lame. Why don't you guys use irc?

Caliban · « **Reply #113 on:** March 23, 2006, 07:58:12 AM »

http://www.revolutionreport.com/articles/read/354 has also a live update feature.

Edit: I'm trying to get into planetchat on IRC but all I get is a "Unable to resolve server".

thame^ · « **Reply #114 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:00:43 AM »

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Originally posted by: KirbySStar
Yeah it won't work for me either and my computer isn't retarded. Java chat is totally lame. Why don't you guys use irc?

It is IRC. irc.opa-ages.com, #planetchat

KirbySStar · « **Reply #115 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:01:11 AM »

Oh really now? What's the server and channel for irc, Caliban?

Okay irc.opa-ages.com isn't working. Unable to connect to server and all that jazz. Are Hostile and I in the minority or something?

Requiem · « **Reply #116 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:02:19 AM »

Kotaku.com

He is doing a wonderful job updating his site....

Check it out

Mario · « **Reply #117 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:02:52 AM »

MOre sites with live updates

http://revolutionreport.com/articles/read/354

http://www.clubskill.com/Game_News/2986/Nintendo%20Keynote:%20Live%20Coverage%20+%20Live%20Radio%20Show

http://gamefront.de/

Not much yet, he's tlaking about Brain Age and Pepsi.

Caliban · « **Reply #118 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:05:26 AM »

What I have is:

Channel: #planetchat
Networks: DorksNet

Edit: I got it working now. Cool!

thame^ · « **Reply #119 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:05:34 AM »

/links gives me:

irc.opa-ages.com
whitewinged-angel.com
irc.gamecubecafe.com

Louieturkey · « **Reply #120 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:15:34 AM »

Can someone put updates here, that website is blocked for me.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #121 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:17:30 AM »

11:01: Introduces Bill Trinen (NOA).

11:02: Showing a DS playing Brain Age. Not really a game -- more an interactive training program. He shows off "Quick Play." DS is turned sideways (as IGN readers know from our coverage of the game). Bill shows off the main mode, including the different mental exercises which appear in random sequence. Exercises include counting, math, ability to read text out loud, etc. The content of the exercises is randomly generated so that users can't remember sequences and have to adjust on the fly. Shows off graphs tracking improvement. Stresses importance of the DS's unique features, such as recognition of hand writing and voice recognition.

11:06: Bill invites people up on stage: the director of the GDC, Geoff Keighley (G4's Attack of the Show host), and developer Will Wright. The three try out Brain Age and compete in an arithmetic challenge.

Requiem · « **Reply #122 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:29:11 AM »

Update 3:

Once the book, Train Your Brain, hit the radar, Nintendo decided to look into translating into a game.

Iwata decided to meet with Dr. Ryuta Kawashima on the launch day of the DS in Japan.

The three-hour meeting enthused the doctor and he and Iwata started talking how to do it.

Kawashima slapped a device on a Nintendo team member’s head to see how playing games could “work out” different parts of the brain.

Iwata met with the development team and told them they should finish the first game in 90 days.

Initial orders for the game, Iwara said, weren’t very good. To get around their fears of the unknown, the Nintendo sales people got the buyers to play the game in their meetings.

Iwata just called up a localization team member for the Brain Age game to the stage.

It looks like a demo is on hand.

Update 4
The U.S. version, as we’ve reported, will include a fairly robust Sudoku program. (I’ve played the heck out of it and love it.)

Nintendo just got Will Wright to get on stage to play Brain Age. Awesome. There’s also a G4 guy and the director of GDC up there. They’re about to have a brain off.

The Nintendo guy won hands down, but Wright did amazingly well for having never seen the game. He actually dropped his age sizably (a good thing) by the second game. (I’ll br posting up a video of the brain off later).

Requiem · « **Reply #123 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:30:12 AM »

11:14 A.M. PST - Brain Training has sold more than 5 million copies for Japan. Originally, retailers had orders for 70,000 games, but a month later placed orders for about 800,000.

11:16 A.M. PST - As a gift, all people in attendance of the keynote received a copy of Brain Age to try for themselves. Nintendo gave copies to employees to take home and how family and friends that don't normally play games.

11:17 A.M. PST - Iwata begins discussing online network.

11:19 A.M. PST - Iwata wanted to give an opportunity to people who normally wouldn't be willing to play online by making it simple to use on DS. This, in turn, expands the market, according to Iwata.

11:21 A.M. PST - Nintendo Wi-Fi network has had over 29 million gaming session with over 1 million users. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection reached 1 million users five times as fast as Xbox Live.

11:23 A.M. PST - Bill Trinen returns to the stage with a demonstration of Metroid Prime: Hunters on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Mario · « **Reply #124 on:** March 23, 2006, 08:32:03 AM »

This is all about DS so far... seems I started this topic in the wrong section.

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Author Topic: GDC Iwataton Speech Thread (Read 59141 times)