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gamespite.net - 7/20/2009
Toastyfrog.com: Compendium of Useless Information : Games - Issue 14 Virtual Boy browse
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| Nintendo Virtual Boy ? Article by Jeremy Parish | July 20, 2009 It shouldn't have happened like this. Gumpei Yokoi was one of Nintendo's most respected creators -- a pillar of the company, in fact. His inventions were cornerstones of Nintendo's success, creative contributions that were ...
Compendium of Useless Information : Games - Issue 14 Swan Song browse
toastyfrog.com - 7/28/2009
Compendium of Useless Information : Games - Issue 14 Swan Song browse
— toastyfrog.com — GameSpite Quarterly #1 | Chapter 5 Article by Jeremy Parish | Posted July 28, 2009 People often... wag their finger at Sega's confusing hardware strategy from the mid-'90s, and with good reason. At the time of the Saturn's debut, the company was ... (more) Compendium of Useless Information : Games - Issue 14 ...
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kotaku.com - 7/14/2009
How Nintendo Has Described Itself From '87 To '09 [Self-referential]
— kotaku.com — Over the years, Nintendo, like most companies, has had to explain what in the world it is... at the bottom of the press releases it issues. That description has changed. A lot. 1987 Nintendo financial earnings report... Nintendo of America Inc. is ... (more) How Nintendo Has Described Itself From '87 To '09 ...

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Nintendo WiiWare 7/20
thenintendo.com - 7/20/2009
Nintendo WiiWare 7/20
— thenintendo.com — The Nintendo Wii WiiWare downloads for Monday July 20th 2009. FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as... a Darklord Publisher: SQUARE ENIX Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes Price: 1,000 Wii Points™ Description: Step into the ... (more) Nintendo WiiWare 7/20

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GameSpite Quarterly #1, part 9
GoNintendo — Time for another round of the wonderful GameSpite Quarterly roundup! See if there’s anything that tickles your fancy in this grouping. The Quiet Years: Game Boy Toils in Obscurity A look at the Virtual Boy Street Fighter II…on Game Boy An homage to Mario’s Picross

Gumpei Yokoi Deserved Better
Press The Buttons — ... Nintendo's brilliant innovators, Yokoi's creations did for the company's hardware what producer Shigeru Miyamoto did for its software, but one brutal misstep cost him his career.  The man who brought us the Game & Watch, the modern control pad, and the Game Boy juggernaut was done in by what was poised to be his greatest creation.  Crashing down in the marketplace in late 1995, Yokoi's Virtual Boy dealt Nintendo its only true game console failure to date.  Jeremy Parish at GameSpite recalls the sad tale. By all rights, Yokoi ...

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