The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived. Satoru Iwata gave his keynote address.
Key points
- DS online service is coming.
- DS online service will be free.
- Mario Kart DS supports 8-players, no details whether it will be online.
- Animal Crossing DS is online.
- 4 million DS units have shipped, with ~6 million at Euro launch
- Revolution is backwards compatible with GC games.
- Revolution will support wi-fi out of the box.
- IBM is developing "Broadway" CPU for Revolution.
- ATI is developing "Hollywood" GPU for Revolution.
There's also a new high quality Zelda trailer.
Now the wait until E3...
"This is Nintendo's plan: make our existing game world better. For us, this is a passion. This is a mission of adventure." - Satoru Iwata
Edited by - MEGAߥTE on 3/10/2005 12:57:17 PM
Iwata keynote transcript - Planet GameCube
Iwata keynote videos - GamesAreFun
New Iwata Interview - BusinessWeek
Edited by - MEGAߥTE on 3/14/2005 8:20:14 AM