DS Online in March!

[Crash]

Nintendo Co., Ltd. president, Satoru Iwata, will address the thousands of game professionals attending the 19th annual Game Developers Conference (GDC). GDC, the world's largest event exclusively devoted to the art of game creation, will take place Monday through Friday, March 7-11 in San Francisco.

In the Nintendo keynote, entitled "The Heart of a Gamer," Iwata will assess where the games business stands today, predict how it will develop over the next several years, and the manner in which it will help decide future Nintendo hardware and software development.


Iwata will also discuss the strategic thinking behind the development of the wildly popular Nintendo DS -- touching on how designing games based on understanding gamers' emotional reactions to interactive gameplay will play a major role in Nintendo's future plans.


"Satoru Iwata is a global icon in the game industry and we are honored to have him share his knowledge and experience with the entire game community," said Jamil Moledina, director, Game Developers Conference. "The GDC strives to deliver the best the industry has to offer and Mr. Iwata certainly brings us to that level."


Iwata is a unique executive within the games business. His background is not finance, law, or marketing, but rather videogame creation. His game credits include the classic character Kirby, as well as the globally popular Earthbound and Super Smash Brothers series. In addition to heading one of the world's best-known entertainment companies, Iwata maintains a daily role in overseeing the development of games created by Nintendo and its creative partners.


The Heart of a Gamer keynote is scheduled for Thursday, March 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of Moscone West. The keynote is central to GDC's new Vision Track, which is designed to empower developers to anticipate the future of interactive entertainment.


The GDC will feature more than 300 lectures, panels, tutorials and roundtable discussions across seven content tracks. For a complete list of GDC 2005 event information visit www.gdconf.com.

Here comes the DS ONLINE announcement baby!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CamFu]

Originally Posted by Crash

Here comes the DS ONLINE announcement baby!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or Nintendo giving some off the wall announcement that nobody really cares about.

[Crash]

Originally Posted by CamFu

Or Nintendo giving some off the wall announcement that nobody really cares about.

like the baseball announcement pennant race...LOL

[CamFu]

Originally Posted by Crash

like the baseball announcement pennant race...LOL

Exactly... It's just not Nintendo that does this either. Who was it that did something like this too. Jan 27 was supposed to be a big announcement, turned out to be something like TMNT Melee.

I foresee the announcement, Nintendo release Pennant for the DS... w00t!

I do hope that it's an online announcement. Either that, or that cool little gadget that Panasonic has made so you can bring Music and Movies to your DS.

[GameMaster]

That device looks mysterious. I cannot say for sure that it is real.

[Crash]

From the ds ign mailbag

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When exactly will a game come out that uses DS's online capabilities? Seriously, it would be so awesome. I also hope that it will be used for Animal Crossing DS. (Trading furniture all over the country without leaving your house!!!)

Craig's response

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Say, isn't this week the Game Developers Conference? And hey, isn't Iwata going to be speaking in one of the Keynote addresses? Wow, he sure is. That'll be a lot of fun to watch.

[Jonbo298]

Damn Craig, I want GDC now!