Nintendo now principal owner of Seattle Mariners

[TheKnicks23]

Friday, November 26, 2004 at 07:26 JST
OSAKA - Videogame manufacturer Nintendo Co has become the majority owner of Major League Baseball franchise the Seattle Mariners, company officials said Thursday.

Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi, who led the $125 million buyout of the team in 1992, sold his privately held shares for $67 million to the U.S. subsidiary of Nintendo in August, boosting Nintendo's ownership to more than 50 percent, the officials said. (Kyodo News)

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=6&id=320121

And just 2 days ago Nintendo announced Mario Baseball for Gamecube (http://media.cube.ign.com/media/716/716495/imgs_1.html). Coincidence? I think NOT.

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[ChickenHawk]

Oh coolOh cool... Another poor financial decision by Nintendo. How much longer before they burn themselves alive?

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[TheKnicks23]

I'd say about the time the new Zelda is released. Or when DS completely dominates PSP. Possibly when Revolution is revealed.

Pick your death.

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[GodsFavoriteMan]

Wish they'd spend that money on reforming their image. It's completely disregarded by mainstream adult gamers.

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[Doctor Manhattan]

The DS is pretty cool, but I'm not so sure about that double screen thing. (The bottom screen can be used as a touch pad control for the top screen game play, I think people would prefer real buttons for games which is does have as well.)

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