The Tokyo Game Show is to Japan what E3 is to the United
States. With that in mind, it may be surprising to learn that Nintendo, who calls Japan home, has never shown
products at the TGS, opting instead to host its own expo, Space World (which generally takes place in August in years
that Nintendo feels like doing it). With that said, one may find
it even more odd that Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, will for the second time give a keynote address at TGS
2005. Don't bother trying to make sense of this, likely it's just that Nintendo is refusing to break tradition
(how odd for them…*cough* cartridges). Then again, maybe Iwata will make his entire keynote address about the
Revolution controller - after which, he will hop onto a magical flying pig and soar off into the sunset with
Jigglypuff at his side.
My guess is his speech will probably center around oft-used theme that video games should be made to appeal to
everyone. And while the hardcore gamer may laugh at this notion, it has
worked well for the Big N.
[via GameSpot]
Iwata to give keynote speech at TGS, but show no Nintendo products
by Ross Miller @ on Jul 27th 2005 7:00PM
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