Masato Kuwahara, the leader of the project group responsible for the DSi’s development, gave his presentation at GDC and shared with the audience some pictures and stories of Nintendo handhelds that were never meant to be.
You can read two articles about them at either Kotaku or Joystiq.
Posts Tagged ‘GDC ‘09’
27 Mar
Prototype Versions of DSi and GBA
25 Mar
New DS Zelda, Spirit Tracks! (HQ Trailer Inside)
A successor to the popular DS Zelda game, Phantom Hourglass, which itself was a sequel to the GameCube’s Wind Waker, is coming later this year! Named Spirit Tracks, you can now take control of a railroad train instead of a boat. Instead of setting a course and sailing to your destination, you must now build [...]
25 Mar
Nice Quote From Satoru’s GDC Keynote
“After he upends the tea table, Miyamoto helps gather the dishes he has scattered, even suggesting where they should be placed.” – Satoru Iwata on Shigeru Miyamoto’s tendency to “upend the tea table” during game development. GDC ‘09, 3/25/09.
25 Mar
Read Joystiq’s Live Blog of Nintendo’s GDC 2009 Keynote
Joystiq is over at this year’s GDC, Game Developers Conference, and is liveblogging the Nintendo keynote given by Satoru Iwata right now. Today is the first anniversary of the Japanese WiiWare launch, so both the Japanese and American Wii Shop Channels are closed for “maintenance”. The Japanese shop should re-open at the conclusion of Iwata’s [...]
23 Feb
GDC ‘09 Lecture for “Inspiration Behind DSi”
Masato Kuwahara, the project leader of the Nintendo DSi Hardware group (the people responsible for the DSi) will be giving a 60-minute lecture called “The Inspiration Behind Nintendo DSi Development” at GDC ‘09. At this point in time, when exactly he’ll give it is unknown. Check back at https://www.cmpevents.com/GD09/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=643608 for updates.
From the GDC website:
In this session [...]
