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Make Buddies With Nintendo Execs In Friend Connection
siliconera.com - 11/12/2008
Make Buddies With Nintendo Execs In Friend Connection
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. October 2, 2008 . 12:29am tomo Nintendo has a handful of DS games they brought to Japan’s press event too and the strangest looking one is Tomodachi Connection literally translated as Friend Connection. There aren’t any concreted details about the game. All we know is Nintendo President, ...
Inside the Nintendo DSi
bunniestudios.com - 11/8/2008
Inside the Nintendo DSi
— bunniestudios.com — While I was on the Yamanote line last week, I saw an advertisement for the Japanese launch... of the Nintendo DSi (Nintendo site / Wikipedia site). The DSi just went for sale on November 1st in Japan only, and it looks like the North American launch for ... (more) Inside the Nintendo DSi

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forbes.com - 11/19/2008
Nintendo's Community Roots
— forbes.com — The latest battleground in the console wars, to hear Microsoft and Sony tell it, is community. Both... companies are making major pushes this year to get players to interact beyond the game. While Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) readies "Home," ... (more) Nintendo's Community Roots

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Nintendo Trademarks DSi and DS… Well Everything
siliconera.com - 11/12/2008
Nintendo Trademarks DSi and DS… Well Everything
— siliconera.com — Nintendo Trademarks DSi and DS… Well Everything By Spencer . November 12, 2008 . 5:00am dsarc Right... before the press conference where Nintendo announced the DSi, Nintendo of Japan trademarked a barrage of terms related to the DS. The huge list was ... (more) Nintendo Trademarks DSi and DS… Well Everything

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Joystiq [Nintendo]:  Nintendo goes trademark crazy, Picross 3D and others heading west?

Kotaku:  Nintendo Goes DS/DSi Trademark Crazy! [Japan]

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Nintendo goes trademark crazy, Picross 3D and others heading west?
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... Siliconera dug all of these up from the Japanese trademark database, along with a couple of other interesting tidbits, including potential English names for Tomodachi Connection (in which players get to be friends with Mii versions of Miyamoto, Reggie, and Iwata!) and Ritai Picross ( ...

Nintendo Goes DS/DSi Trademark Crazy! [Japan]
Kotaku — ... DSLife DSLive DSLibrary DSmobile DSMap DSNavi DSNet DSPhone DSPlus DSPoint DSSchool DSSpeak DSShop DSShopping DSTrainer DSTime DSWalk DSZone MyDS CatchDS ShotDS There's a couple obvious monikers Nintendo missed: DSTravel/DSiTravel, DSFood/DSiFood (or "Gourmet") and DSFit/DSiFit not to mention the long overdue DSPrintsMoney. Those are freebies, trademark squatters! Other filings include an application for "Friends Collection" (possibly the English name for Tomodachi Connection ). There's also 3DPicross listed as well as this mysterious logo, pictured: ...

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