- Title: VARIOUS: NINTENDO UNVEILS PROTOTYPES OF NEW CONSOLE AND PORTABLE GAMING DEVICE
- Date: 19th May 2005
- Summary: (BN02) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 17, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SATURO IWATA, PRESIDENT OF NINTENDO, HOLDING ALOFTA NINTENDO GAMING CONSOLE, SAYING: "This is a Nintendo Revolution prototype we have with us for meetings this week in Los Angeles. Clearly, Revolution is by far the smallest we've ever manufactured." 0.17 2. GRAPHIC POSTER OF THE NINTENDO REVOLUTION 0.21 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SATURO IWATA, PRESIDENT OF NINTENDO SAYING: "In this next generation, development costs will commonly move well into eight figures, developers will become more endangered. For them we offer a solution to help maximize creative freedom while controlling development investments. This is a console where the big idea can prevail over big budgets." 0.56 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) REGGIE FILS-AIME, NINTENDO AMERICA'S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND MARKETING SAYING: "Game Boy Micro, just a hair bigger and about two thirds the weight of an Ipod mini." 1.11 5. PERSON OPERATING THE GAME BOY MICRO 1.19 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) REGGIE FILS-AIME, NINTENDO AMERICA'S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND MARKETING SAYING: "What Game Boy Micro represents is a line extension for Game Boy Advance. It's a product for those who are a little bit more image conscious and want something a little bit more stylish. It has removable face plates and we believe it's just another way to bring new innovation into the marketplace for Game Boy Advance." 1.37 (BN02) UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE) (NINTENDO VNR) 7. VARIOUS OF NINTENDO DS IN USE 8. CLIP FROM ELECTRONIC GAME THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 2.00 (BN02) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 17, 2005) (REUTERS) 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) REGGIE FILS-AIME, NINTENDO AMERICA'S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND MARKETING SAYING: "The Zelda game is absolutely beautiful. We have it playable on the show floor, we showed just a little taste and a preview today, we had people crying in the aisles. It is really a masterpiece, and I think more than anything, that's what differentiates Nintendo from our competition. We create stunning gaming masterpieces, that's what drives our hardware sales and that's what meets the needs of our fans." 2.23 (BN02) UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION (FILE) (NINTENDO VNR) 10. CLIP FROM ELECTRONIC GAME FROM THE SUPER MARIO SERIES 2.32 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Story Text: Nintendo unveils prototypes of new console and portable gaming
device.
Nintendo revealed a prototype on Tuesday (May 17, 2005) of its next
generation game console. Nintendo also showed off its new portable game
player, the Game Boy Micro.
The next generation game console code-named the 'Revolution', will be for
sale sometime in 2006 and will be about the size of 3 DVD cases put together.
The Revolution is key for Nintendo, as the company's most recent console,
the Game Cube has come in third place in the console wars behind Sony's Play
Station and Microsoft's XBox.
"In this next generation, development costs will commonly move well into 8
figures, developers will become more endangered," Nintendo president Saturo
Iwata told the crowd at the unveiling. "For them we offer a solution to help
maximize creative freedom while controlling development investments. This is a
console where the big idea can prevail over big budgets."
Nintendo also unveiled the new Game Boy Micro, a portable gaming device.
The new player, which will be out this Fall is also critical for Nintendo.
"What Game Boy Micro represents is a line extension for Game Boy Advance,"
said Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo America's executive vice president of sales and
marketing. "It's a product for those who are a little bit more image conscious
and want something a little bit more stylish. It has removable face plates and
we believe it's just another way to bring new innovation into the marketplace
for Game Boy Advance."
Sony's Play Station Portable handheld gaming device has outsold Nintendo's
DS portable gaming device (in the United States) since the PSP came to market 2
months ago.
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