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Sunday Comics: Dead Island That downpour of Wii Ware news? Good news for Wii owners. Japanese ones at least, since they were the only ones that got details and a launch timeframe. No such luck for the US, while Europe and Australia… oh don’t make me laugh. But while North America didn’t get a firm date, Perrin Kaplan did tell Game|Life that they’re at least looking/hoping for a similar launch window: I think we’ll be looking at a somewhat similar time frame [to Japan] , but we haven’t announced anything yet.
She also goes on to say that while some of the Wii Ware titles announced at Nintendo’s Fall Conference were obviously Japan-only, many of them are “global” projects that should show up in the West.
Interview: Perrin Kaplan On Smash, Wii Ware, And Leaving Nintendo [Game|Life]
As reported yesterday, America’s hottest VP of marketing Perrin Kaplan is leaving Nintendo, which is very sad for me because I never got a chance to flirt with her shamelessly in the course of an interview – one of the reasons I took this gig in the first place. That lucky bastard Dean Takahashi of The Mercury News conducted an exit interview of sorts with Kaplan, reflecting on her 15 years at Nintendo. Together they touch on the company’s success, her respect for Miyamoto, mud wrestling, and each other. She noted how she used to try to give me hugs over the years and I would always be stiff about that. (I have always thought it awkward to hug the people I write about). But Perrin gave me a hug as I walked out and I pretended to be stiff.
Pretended? Dean totally faked it!
Exit interview: Nintendo’s Perrin Kaplan to bow out at year end: That’s All Folks [The Mercury News A+E Interactive]
George Harrison quit. Beth Llewelyn quit. It was inevitable, today Reuters reports that the last of the three Nintendo execs on the verge of ditching NOA over a force move has left the building.
Veep of marketing Perrin Kaplan said today that she plans to leave Nintendo by the end of the year, ending her 15-year career with the company.
“I finally will be leaving Nintendo at the end of the year. Until then, I am focused on getting a great transition team in place and handling all of my normal responsibilities as well,” Kaplan said in an e-mail to Reuters.
And that’s about it. Looks like Nintendo just saved themselves three salaries.
A Minneapolis hospital has become the latest unwitting Nintendo viral marketer with its new rehabilitation plan. The Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Minneapolis’ Abbott Northwestern Hospital aims to aid patients who have suffered from strokes by giving them access to the popular Wii pack-in, Wii Sports, and a Wii-mote, putting the fun back in motor function recovery.
Today’s Star Tribune profiles former real-life tennis player and stroke victim Jerry Pope as he strives to make his way back to the court by playing Wii Sports Tennis. His therapist, Matthew White, began experimenting with the Wii after reading reports of those suffering from strokes using them at home.
Nintendo’s own Perrin Kaplan is summarised in the piece, noting that while the company isn’t officially/actively pursuing Wii Rehab development, “anything is possible.” C’mon, Wii Fit has gotta be at least somewhat applicable here.
Stroke victims find ‘Wiihab’ [Star Tribune, thanks Ted!]
