At today's general shareholder's meeting in Kyoto, Japan, Nintendo revealed that they will be opening a new office in Seoul, South Korea. This office, which is set to open on July 7th, is focused on the booming gaming populace of Korea, which has quickly become one of the largest gaming markets in a short time. The starting capitol for this office is close to £12,500,000 (or a little under 23 million US monies). This is a first for the company, who used third-party Daiwon to supply their games to the territory before.
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6-29-2006 @ 6:38PM
Wii Hate Mii said...
This is news is a sleeper, much like sleeper-hit movies, games, etc. (e.g. Metal Arms Glitch in the System). This is a gigantic move by Nintendo I can see Nintendo of Korea rivaling the Japanese HQ. NOK will be bigger than N of Europe by next year and even NOA over the lifespan of the Wii u heard it here first.
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6-29-2006 @ 7:36PM
Marc said...
HA! If they opened up in North Korea they'd have to re-name "New Super Mario Bros." to "Mario the Commie".
http://www.funnyheck.com/flash_cartoon/the-peoples-mario.html
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6-29-2006 @ 8:30PM
Hoomamooma said...
Ha ha! Nintendo's got Seoul!
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