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Nintendo at GDC = crickets photo

In case you were wondering why we didn't mention anything about Nintendo in our news about next week's Game Developer's Conference, well Chris Kohler over at Wired has a bit of information as to why. Check it out:

Due to a pending major stock trade, Nintendo executives and developers will not be able to discuss any "forward-looking" information at next week's Game Developers Conference, Wired News learned today.

Nintendo developers Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, and Koji Kondo will be speaking to the press during GDC, but have been given specific instructions to not talk about anything that would constitute new information. For example, Aonuma can discuss past games in the Zelda series, but will not be able to answer any questions about upcoming games like Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

The same gag order will apply to Nintendo executives Reggie Fils-Aime and Perrin Kaplan.

Gag orders are fun for everyone, huh kids? 


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ghnvt's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 21:21
ghnvt
Thats BS and I was really looking forward to any type of announcement of more info. I want to here news DAMMIT!!! Hopefully something will slip out of GDC about the Wii
phinehas's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 21:27
phinehas
Oh crap, NINTENDO IS DOOMED
Hipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 21:30
Hipple
Are those crickets having sex?
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 21:42
GuitarAtomik
Is it just me or has Nintendo become extremely hard to interview. No one's been able to ask them any real questions lately like "Why do you still use friend codes?" or "What happened to that no drought thing?".

Think about it. How many interviews have you seen with Reggie compared to Phil Harrison and Peter Moore? Odd.
BFeld13's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 21:46
BFeld13
Crap. My preorder of Phantom Hourglass has been sitting on my desk in front of me for 8 fuckin' months. Why is Nintendo so shitty when it comes to public relations?
SuperDave's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 21:46
SuperDave
Don't worry guys, Perrin will get drunk and let something slip. She'll be wrong and NoE will contradict her the next day but still.
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 21:48
World Famous
Guitar:

As long as I've been a games journalist, Nintendo has always been very closed off from the media. It's really nothing new.
scrap's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 22:36
scrap
C'mon Dtoid! We all know you have the info. Pull a Crecente and let some "rumors" slip!!
streetmunster's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 22:36
streetmunster
Excitement for GDC went from 8.5 to 1.2
Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2007 22:51
Milofo
Doesn't Nintendo not really participate in GDC to begin with? The best you can get is some 3rd party talking about their game on the Wii or DS. Thats how TGS was except they would show the game and let hot girls play the games while you watch.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 00:00
Mxyzptlk
Typical for Nintendo, they're inscrutable as usual.
DrRockso's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 01:23
DrRockso
I wasnt expecting anything from them.

Just think about everything the same way you think about TGS, and like is all sunshine and lollipops.
Ha-Puken's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 03:59
Ha-Puken
Brass balls Summa, brass balls...
perri's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 09:35
perri
So, because of a 'major stoke trade' they aren't allowed to speak about the future of their product? I'm starting to think most of those stocks went to crazy ol' Ken Kutaragi. What kind of stock holder wants their PR team to sit on their hands? Nintendo needs to get their fanbase excited again, the Wii launch went very well and now is the time to assure everybody that their purchases were not wasted. Sure we know whats comming, but we need a reminder, maybe a peak into the development of Mario Galaxy or Metroid 3. If Aonuma speaks of the Zelda timeline then perhaps at least something will be noteworthy, but I was really looking foreward to some Z:PH info, as well as Mario.This is balls, I hope it isn't true...
subwayslasher's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 10:51
subwayslasher
I would have been perfectly happy if I had lived my life without seeing crickets copulate.
Nick Chester's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 12:51
Nick Chester
Cancel all of your Nntendo meetings; get drunk instead.

That's my advice, Summa.
winter123x's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 00:17
winter123x
Perrin Kaplan CANT keep secrets... whether they are true or not. I think we'll get a megaton from her... You press guys just need to ask the right questions!!
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