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Re: Feature: The Famicom Failure That Almost Bankrupted HAL, But Shaped Nintendo's Future

Mario500

"Typically, visual novels of the time played the same ‘da-da-da-da’ noise as dialogue appeared on the screen. 'I think most game developers simply accepted that was the way it was, and fans didn’t mind, but I always thought it was strange,' Yoshimiru commented. So he modulated the pitch to make each character sound unique. 'When the male and female characters’ speech makes different sounds it ends up sounding like a conversation, right?' Not only that, he changed the speed of the text and sound to reflect characters talking slowly or quickly."

(note: an example of another game with unique dialogue sounds: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!)

Re: Nintendo On Inappropriate Use Of Its IP And Games: "Action Must Be Taken"

Mario500

@alexw

(suggestion #1: "Nintendo of Europe AG Attn.: Legal Department, Goldsteinstrasse 235, 60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany or via email: [email protected]")

(suggestion #2: To report illegal use of Nintendo trademarks, or for any other legal inquiry or concern, please email us at [email protected]" (Nintendo of America))

(suggestion #3: Nintendo of America Inc. c/o Legal Department, Intellectual Property Policy, 4600 150th Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 ("dmca[@]noa.nintendo.com"))

(suggestion #4: "Nintendo Co., Ltd., 11-1, Attn.: Data Protection Officer, Hokotate-cho, Kamitoba, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 601-8501, Japan, [email protected]")

Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Addresses Concerns About His Age And Role At Nintendo

Mario500

"Rather unexpectedly, however, one question raised concerns regarding Shigeru Miyamoto's age and role at Nintendo, with the attendee noting their wish that creators 'take care of their bodies'."

(suggestion for this article (and any future article similar to this one): text of "his or her [or her or his]" instead of text of singular "their")

Re: Talking Point: What We Expect From The Upcoming June Nintendo Direct

Mario500

"In a rather unusual move for Nintendo, company president Shuntaro Furukawa himself took to Twitter"

(note: quotation of a certain other article of this site directly below this note)

"Nintendo has announced it's discontinuing support for the social media platform 'X' (formerly known as Twitter)." - https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/05/nintendo-discontinuing-x-integration-on-switch-next-month

Re: Nintendo Switch "Successor" Announcement Is Coming "This Fiscal Year"

Mario500

(note: DeepL English-language translation of Japanese-language text of this article)

"My name is Furukawa, President, and for the first time in 9 years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch in March 2015, we will make an announcement regarding the successor model of Switch during this term. We will also hold a Nintendo Direct in June to announce the Switch software lineup for the second half of 2024, but we will not discuss the successor model there. We ask for your understanding."