#July2015

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has passed away at age 55

Satoru Iwata

Bummer, serious bummer.

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Uh. Nintendo is eyeing the HEALTH MARKET for new platform.

Get your fucking health on!

Despite what this site and many others (we’re stupid together!) reported a couple of days ago, Nintendo  emphatically denied taking their software to other consoles. Sort of. I mean when Nintendo president Iwata says the company  “will use smart devices to attract customers to its hardware”, it feels like we’re delving into Obi-Wan speak. How are you going to use phones to entice customers? Demos, perhaps? Who knows. Vagaries like a fucking whirlwind. What do we know about the company? Well, it appears that their next move is…into the health market?

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After crap console sales, Nintendo “thinking about a new business structure.”

Confused Miyamoto is confused.

I want Nintendo to succeed because Nintendo is woven into the very fabric of who I am. Their games sculpted this rotting psycho-carcass that is lodged in my cranium. That said, I have’t bought a Wii U. I even want one, but I haven’t been able to get myself there. Already got too many consoles. Only so many HDMI ports. Spoiled geek problems.

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‘WII U’ Tablet Was Almost Scrapped Over Price Concerns; What About Praticality?

The Wii U was almost scrapped because of price concerns over the insipid tablet-as-controller. It would have been a total shame. Pseudo-innovation is where it’s (not) at.

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Nintendo Posts First Annual Lost In 30 Years; IS THE COLOSSAL.

The Nintendo Destructo-Machine is beginning to grind to a halt. After years of bludgeoning their enemies, they’re about to post a serious loss. Even crazier, the first loss in 30 years.

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