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ENGADGET: Nintendo Revolution to include backwards compatibility and WiFi
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata introduced the device himself, explaining that it came with a tuner to receive digital broadcasts, which for now will only be picked up in Japan.
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently talked about how the Wii U's second screen was nearly scrapped due to cost concerns, so it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to once again hear him talk about the importance of pricing.
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata took to the internets to deliver an encouraging batch of news directly to fans, starting with a promised update to overall system speed of the Wii U, a welcome improvement to all those gamers who are short on patience -- which, really, is all of them.
Stepping in as Nintendo of America CEO is Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata.
Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo's president for North America, said that's what differentiates the Nintendo 3DS from all other media.
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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says Wii U sales crested 400K units in its first week, according to internal sales data.
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These efforts could be seen as a threat to the Wii U, but Nintendo Executive Cice President of Sales and Marketing Scott Moffitt seemed almost amused by Smart Glass.
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Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime will be on hand to count down the launch and sell a new Wii U to the first consumer in line.
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What really impressed Sasaki was that when he visited Seattle, he was chauffeured to a dinner in a Mercedes personally driven by Minoru Arakawa, Nintendo of America president and Yamauchi's son-in-law.
"The wait is almost over - in just 66 days, Wii U will arrive with the strongest lineup of launch software in Nintendo history, " said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime.
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said that more than 50 games would be available from the launch to the end of March but didn't say specifically which titles would be available at launch.
Reggie Fils-Aime, the President of Nintendo of America, claims that this is the result the company wanted.
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"Wii U continues to grow and evolve with new features that make it a better experience for everyone, " said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's president and COO.
"We're making sure that Wii U owners will have great games to play from the moment they open the box, and that a steady stream of fun new games is always on the way, " said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's president and COO.
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But while Sony's and Microsoft's boxes will eventually offer expensive high-definition disc players and complex processors, Nintendo's new machine will take a different tack, says Perrin Kaplan , vice president of marketing and corporate affairs for Nintendo of America.
Reggie Fils-Aime will continue as president and COO of Nintendo of America under Iwata.
"There are games in the Wii library for every type of player, " said Ron Bertram, Nintendo of Canada's vice president and general manager.
"We are very excited to be working with Turtle Beach to launch the N11 and NLa for the new Wii U, " said Steve Singer, Vice President of Licensing, Nintendo of America Inc.
Reggie Fils-Aime is president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, a division of the Japanese company.
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