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Nintendo to invade Korea; teams up with MMORPG dev photo

Nintendo's been doing great since the release of the Wii and it seems their ambitions are still growing exponentially by the day. In a recent press conference with the Korean media, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced plans to localize Nintendo's systems in the country. A localized version of the DS Lite is scheduled to hit Korean retailers on January 18 next year, and Nintendo also plans to release the Wii in the Asian peninsula sometime in late 2007.

The most interesting topic discussed, however, was that Nintendo would be starting a partnership with NEXON, publishers of the popular MMO Maple Story.

“We plan to actively support Korean game software developers who have great expertise in developing online games and support their advances into foreign markets, Nintendo has started a game development partnership with NEXON, creator of the online racing game Crazyracing Kartrider and Korean publisher of the popular MMORPG MapleStory.”

A DS version of Maple Story is currently in development and is scheduled for an early 2007 release in Korea. Now, this is awesome news for Ninty fans in my opinion. An entire MMO on the DS sounds awesome. The big question is, will they fix their botched-up online service before this game hits retailers?

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Rosbif at 12/26/2006 14:32
It's gonna be like in order to trade or talk together you must trade friend codes or something dumb like that.

Bah, I don't even like maple story, not really looking forward to this.
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Touch at 12/26/2006 14:42
Is the online servicereally THAT bad? The Friend Code thing isn't nearly so bad thanks to those hardworking internets tubes - I play MarioKart and Animal Crossing online all the time, works ok for me!
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Vyruz at 12/26/2006 14:53
ooh maplestory.
i was totaly hooked on that game 2 years back on a summer holiday. I had totaly nothing to do until my friend dicovered that game, after that i got up early and went to bed late just to play that game.'
but now, i get connection problems with the maplestory server making it imposible to play it annymore.
i like it that they are making a DS verzion.
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Cruds at 12/26/2006 14:54
yeah good news, somehow I always thought Animal Crossing would be the first MMO but Maple Story is pretty decent.
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fromagex at 12/26/2006 15:57
fuck maple story. it ruined my relationship
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precise2282 at 12/26/2006 17:34
"fuck maple story. it ruined my relationship"

hahahaha same shit with me. I introduced my girlfriend to the game and we almost broke up because all she did was play that damn game.
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fromagex at 12/26/2006 17:55
yeah, well the girl i dated for a year left me for a dude she met on there that lives 700 miles away from her. she "can see a future w/ him" she says. pretty disappointing. she posted on destructoid once.
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Ishaan at 12/26/2006 18:15
Hey well, if it makes you guys feel any better, one of my best friends lost a girlfriend to Ultima Online...that's way more insulting than Maple.
Rosbif's Avatar
Rosbif at 12/26/2006 23:24
Pff, Ultima Online kicks maple story's weeaboo ass.
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Rosseh at 12/27/2006 07:22
Maple story is one of the worst games I ever played in my entie meager life. It's a god damn flash game, and a bad one at that. I guess people liked it cause it was free.
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skeletor at 12/28/2006 00:12
Rosseh: Skeletor used to play maple story, it was pretty good sais skeletor, but maybe a little too much grinding
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