Nintendo Direct Channel Arrives on YouTube

In Japanese, of course

by Thomas Whitehead Thu 19th Jul 2012

Nintendo Direct has been a regular event in 2012, with game reveals and major announcements served up at regular intervals. It's a strategy that Nintendo is taking seriously, even unveiling 3DS XL in one of the broadcasts, and after the first presentation in February we even argued that it was all part of Nintendo joining the modern age.

When it comes to hosting videos, YouTube is the master of the internet, and Nintendo Japan has created a channel to host its broadcasts. It's gone as far back as the pre-E3 presentation, and the most recent is a short 12 minute video that focuses exclusively on Onitore, a 3DS title in the Brain Training series set to arrive in Japan later this year; a worldwide release is also confirmed. The video is below if you happen to speak Japanese, and even if you don't you can enjoy the sight of Dr Kawashima and Satoru Iwata's polygon heads holding a conversation.

[source youtube.com]

Tom has been involved in the games industry for over a decade, mostly writing about it or struggling to sell Indie games. Loves reading, writing, hunting Capcom’s fiercest monsters and watching baseball.

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WiiLovePeace
Thu 19th Jul 2012

Thanks NL, I totally forgot this was happening, it'll be a funny watch I imagine even if I don't understand any of it

Edit: Ok, not knowing what they're saying makes what I've seen so far quite boring...

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levisuale
Thu 19th Jul 2012

Oh wow, this game is going to be intense.

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Mahe
Thu 19th Jul 2012

What does the "LL" in the Japanese names of the 3DS LL and DSi LL mean?

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Tsuchinoko
Thu 19th Jul 2012

@Mahe Its the Japanese equivalent of "XL". Its like saying "Double Large"

EDIT: I'm on summer break and kinda bored. If anyone wants any part of this or other things translated, ask me! Its good practice for me

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Banker-Style
Thu 19th Jul 2012

Dat Iwata polygon head was so cute :3

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NintendoGirl
Thu 19th Jul 2012

To Do List:
Learn Japanese.
I feel like what they're saying is important...but I can't understand any of it!

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Cakes
Thu 19th Jul 2012

I don't understand a lick of Japanese. And that. Was. Awesome.

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Banjogeek
Thu 19th Jul 2012

they changed the japesne logo for Nintendo direct as well it seems

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Hokori
Thu 19th Jul 2012

I new they'd give us either a new stationary or a new puzzle because of this, I was right, just expecting NSMB2

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k8sMum
Thu 19th Jul 2012

does this mean we'll be able to access youtube on our nintendo devices??

no, i thought not...

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Tsuchinoko
Fri 20th Jul 2012

@Banjogeek Are you talking about "ちょっとニンテンドダイレクト”？ちょっとＮｉｎｔｅｎｄｏ　Ｄｉｒｅｃｔ

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HADAA
Fri 20th Jul 2012

I know Japanese so here's the main gist for everyone - Onitore (Demon Training) is designed to broaden your working memory (short-term memory) capacity while the previous Brian Ages/Trainings put more emphasis on accelerating your working memory process speed. They mentioned it's like the difference between CPU speed and RAM capacity in computers. Brain Age works better on elder people because your working memory speed falls with age, while young adults are more likely to benefit from Onitore because regardless of age, working memory capacity can be expanded. But Brain Age sections do exist in this game.

Research also shows that too much of brain training will lower your brain function, particularly in your social communication skills, so they will only allow you to play 40 minutes per day (5 minutes per 8 sections) in Onitore.

And Iwata did mention this new series of "A Little Bit of Nintendo Direct" will be periodically released.