Nintendo About To Drop Its 'Bomb' On GDC regarding Revolution

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Air Raid - 23 Mar 2006 06:35 GMT

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata is supposed to drop his big "bomb" of
a revelation regarding the Revolution system at GDC tomorrow, in his
keynote called "Disrupting Development"
on Thursday, March 23, 10:30 - 11:30am Pacific

other time zones:

Eastern: Thu 1:30 PM

London: Thu 6:30 PM

Tokyo: Fri 3:30AM

we'll see if Iwata's announcement is really a 'bomb' or just a dud.

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Air Raid - 23 Mar 2006 20:00 GMT

Iwata's keynote has begun (a little late)

first updates:

10:45: The keynote begins. GDC conference director takes the stage and
introduces Iwata.

10:48: Talks about Nintendo's positioning in the market. Mentions how
Pepsi is #1 in soft drinks worldwide by executing a disruptive
strategy. Every developer understands that the three basic foodgroups
are Cheetos, Dorritos and Fritos. (laughter)

10:50: The game industry is ready for disruption. Talks about the power
of the DS and how it disrupted the market.

10:55: Talks about Brain Training. Introduces the concept of the title:
using software to stimulate brain activity.

10:58: Tells story about how the prototype was demoed, they were
measure the impact with a brain scanning device.

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