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MikeWolfskin
02-20-2006, 05:24 PM
http://gonintendo.com/
^ You can read the whole thing there. How real is this?

Reggie has REALLY been making the rounds lately hasn’t he! Check out a few snippets from an Engadget interview with the Regginator. Thanks to GaGa, Husky217 and Doug for the info! Click the link below to read the full interview.

Engadget - Now how do you respond to some of the criticisms of the service (Wi-fi connection), like the lack of persistent friends?

Reggie - Well, a couple of things. First the number of concerns or questions that have been raised by consumers who use the service are extremely modest. I mean we are talking hundredths of a percent of actual connections in terms of any consumers who are saying something negative about the service or the approach.

And the second point, in terms of having to have new friend codes for every game, quite frankly, what that does is put control in the hands of the gamer. So there are some people that I want to let into my house with Animal Crossing and others that I don’t, and that friend code set up allows me to manage that title by title. We think that’s the appropriate way to go.

Engadget - (Speaking of new franchises on Revolution) Something that will be as big as a Nintendogs or a Zelda?

Reggie - That is certainly the goal, but you’ll have to tell me when you see it at E3. We will be showing a lot of information about Revolution at E3. You know we’ve said publicly that this year’s E3 will be Revolution’s coming out party. Now, we’ve also been quite clear that there are innovations inherent in Revolution that we will be sharing ongoing. That it is simply not a one time event for us to share information about Revolution and all of its innovation. I have seen blog entries on your site and other sites that criticize us for that, but quite frankly, it’s just good business. In terms of letting the consumer know what’s involved and sharing that information all the way up until launch.

I'mSuperAwesome!
02-20-2006, 05:37 PM
sounds like something he would say

Z.E.I.D.A.N
02-20-2006, 05:40 PM
^I call it Reggiejargon.

John35
02-20-2006, 08:41 PM
He's like a broken record, that guy.

Z.E.I.D.A.N
02-20-2006, 08:44 PM
^Yeah, but you gotta love him. He keeps saying the same thing, but he looks so cool saying it.

John35
02-20-2006, 08:46 PM
I'm tellin' you the guy is the real life Donkey Kong (look at his hair and nostrils for proof). Give him a bunch of bannanas and let em' speak.

SpaceOddity
02-20-2006, 09:20 PM
you better mind your tounge hotlink or you wont be called that for very long, infact you wont be called anything after he kicks your ass and takes your name.

but yeah it was a good interview and for those of you saying he just says the same thing, what do you expect him to say? He isnt allowed to say anything new about Revolution and 8 million little game websites all want to interview him and all ask him the same questions. I hope he opens the preE3 conference again this year.

John35
02-20-2006, 09:33 PM
^I know, I like to give Reggie a hard time though.:)

MikeWolfskin
02-20-2006, 09:49 PM
^ Which what you say about 1 of 3 gaming God legends of Earth Reggie dear buddy he will kick your ass and take your name!!! :]

cubeenigma
02-20-2006, 09:59 PM
No one is going to stop him from saying the same thing over and over again!

Seems like mike found gonnitendo quite useful to making new threads..HAHAH!

MikeWolfskin
02-20-2006, 10:02 PM
^ :] LOL i know but you what better then Talking about DS Light and Flame of Zelda TP after all.

cubeenigma
02-20-2006, 10:07 PM
^yeah.....but reggie has been up to a lot lately..good publicity! :D

Z.E.I.D.A.N
02-21-2006, 08:01 AM
^ Which what you say about 1 of 3 gaming God legends of Earth Reggie dear buddy he will kick your ass and take your name!!! :]

Oh Paleeeze, Reggie is NOT a gaming God. He's just an executive... I'd call Shigeru Miyamoto and Ralph Baer gaming Gods, but I'd have to think of the third one.

John35
02-21-2006, 08:15 AM
^Hironobu Sakaguchi (FF creator) would likely come in 3rd place followed by Tomonobu Itagaki (DOA) taking the 4th spot.

Tailzo
02-21-2006, 08:38 AM
Off topic: He knows how to speak, but yes, he is no gaming god. Yu Suzuki on the other hand...

Anyway. Yeah, I've heard this before...

enigma7
02-21-2006, 04:34 PM
That's strange. He outright lied about the Nintendo ON video. Read what he said to Engadget below, then watch
this Gamespot interview from last E3: (paste into address bar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyRdFJ7ZVbE

If you'll indulge me, I wanted to ask you something that I also asked Miyamoto when I sat down with him a few months ago, and that's about that Nintendo ON video that was circulating around E3 last year . It's the one where all the game play is done wearing a sort of virtual reality helmet. Have you seen it?

I have not seen that one.

You haven’t seen, but are you aware of it?

I am aware that it was done, but I have not seen it.

It sparked a lot of speculation and enthusiasm from the Nintendo community. Why do you that something like this resonated so powerfully with your fan base?

Well, a number of things. First, Nintendo is blessed with the best, most dynamic, most vocal community of players and fans of any brand in this space. And quite frankly, I am always in awe of what our fans come up with and share. It really is compelling and it really highlights the love that they have for this brand. And it’s a situation that most companies would, they certainly envy our position. Second, in terms of an innovation like a virtual reality helmet, I think that the industry, our fans – and even our competitors -- expect that type of innovation from us. They expect that we will be the ones pushing the industry and pushing the envelope with brand new ideas. And I think that’s another reason why that video resonated out in the marketplace. That’s my reaction.

So it wasn't passed around the office there?

I didn’t get a chance to see it but who’s to say if either Perrin [Kaplan] or some of my other executives didn’t get a chance to see it.

Link
02-22-2006, 09:35 PM
Well, according to Gamecube Advanced, he also shot down the rumor that Twilight Princess would use the Revolution controller's functionality.