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News - Nintendo of Japan Marketing Report Pictures

Posted by Ian Pueschel at 07:06:00 AM EST on 2.10.2006.

We have a special treat here today, courtesy of some anonymous fellow with a digital camera in Japan and Gek54 of the Gaming-Age Forums. This book is apparently the Nintendo of Japan Marketing Report, and as you can tell, it is quite spiffy with pictures of prototype Revolution controller designs, prototype Revolution cases, concept pixel sketches of the original Mario, and a bevy of other interesting things to delight Nintendo fans and fans of graphic design in general.

The booklet is speculated to be distributed to Nintendo shareholders or internal staff only, so how you might just get one of your very own is uncertain.

Enjoy.

Source: Thanks again to Gek54

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verbal 2.13.2006 at 12:45:55 PM

"So apparently the inspiration for the Rev controller was...an electric razor?"

"An electric razor wasn't exactly my first thought..."

hahaha, looks a cross between a power dildo and an electric razor

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wellness 2.11.2006 at 01:53:37 PM

Dang, so Nintendo only once thought of having more than two reachable buttons. I mean is having like at least four on the face of the thing such a crime?

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sean 2.11.2006 at 10:59:51 AM

I'm disappointed that the guy isn't naked in the reflected pictures. Hasn't Ebay taught us anything worthwhile?

Buyer beware!

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stormfeather 2.11.2006 at 04:37:11 AM

"So apparently the inspiration for the Rev controller was...an electric razor?"

An electric razor wasn't exactly my first thought...

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ifrit 2.11.2006 at 04:15:25 AM

haha this book is awesome

i'd really love to have one

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rsquared 2.11.2006 at 12:23:29 AM

So apparently the inspiration for the Rev controller was...an electric razor?

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gonmon 2.10.2006 at 09:13:58 PM

Pic 23 looks like they were annalyzing brain waves and stuff to how someone reacted to the Brain Training games.

I doubt it's hooking up the guy's head to the DS, even though that would be wicked cool.

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hailthed 2.10.2006 at 07:43:22 PM

What is up with pic 23? Is that what i think it is, or is it just a mock up?

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jekku 2.10.2006 at 07:14:42 PM

blkstarr-

Because Nintendo has been spilling beans as of late.

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ld50 2.10.2006 at 05:41:07 PM

That is so HOT. I wan't the Rev controller next to the blue one, the one that looks like it got burned in a fire.

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mikey 2.10.2006 at 04:53:40 PM

Pictures 2 and 26 make especially nice desktop backgrounds.

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blkstarr 2.10.2006 at 04:25:47 PM

I knew Nintendo wouldn't let us queers down... look at the logo! ha

Anyway, this is suprisingly cool. But like all other suprisingly cool things, it's just beyond my reach.

Also, what's with the high quantity of Nintendo related newsbits these days?

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ghaleonone 2.10.2006 at 04:24:01 PM

"but it looks like there's a Hammer Brother on that lineup of characters!"

You should check out Mario Superstar Strikers (or whatever the exact name is for the Mario soccer title that came out last year). You can pick Hammer Bros. to be on your team.

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jekku 2.10.2006 at 04:15:09 PM

Whoa. >__> I kinda want those pictures for desktop backgrounds.

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joesteele 2.10.2006 at 03:39:12 PM

"I'm curious as to what happened on 9-23-1889 is that when Nintendo was founded?"

Yes. They started out selling trading cards (in fact, is this the earliest anyone's been selling trading? I can't imagine it going on for much earlier).

I'm more interested in everything that happened before 1980....it looks like MOST of that page happened before the NES, I want to know what breakthroughs happened then.

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ninx 2.10.2006 at 03:15:33 PM

That mag seems very cool. I would buy it.

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monksabin 2.10.2006 at 03:08:52 PM

I'm curious as to what happened on 9-23-1889 is that when Nintendo was founded? Curse my pathetic JPN skills.

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gonmon 2.10.2006 at 01:34:17 PM

Wow.

If one of these popped up on eBay, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Just such an interesting lookthrough with all that art and stuff.

Just think how much a compilation of Miyamoto's sketches would rock... oh man...

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mikey 2.10.2006 at 01:09:25 PM

Sorry for the double-post, but does anyone else wish that Petey Pirahna would wither up and die?

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mikey 2.10.2006 at 01:07:16 PM

Holy CRAP! Not only is it Dixie Kong(!) but it looks like there's a Hammer Brother on that lineup of characters! Haven't seen THEM in a while.

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evangeli0n 2.10.2006 at 01:04:02 PM

woohoo just realised summat cool - the delfino freaks aren't on that pic! thank god.

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famicomfanboy 2.10.2006 at 11:23:15 AM

Definatly background material.

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sgt. baker 2.10.2006 at 10:37:14 AM

Snickers, the Babies are both in Double Dash.

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joesteele 2.10.2006 at 10:27:19 AM

"Come on, I wanna see whatever video is on that disc :)"

I think that's Iwata's keynote at TGS 2005, as noted on the front of the CD. There should be a translated (dubbed in English) version floating around the net somewhere.

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snickers 2.10.2006 at 10:24:40 AM

Maybe I'm blind, but where are the pics of the prototype Revo cases?
And I think it's interesting how we have 3D models of Mario characters that we haven't seen in actual 3D games yet. Unless I'm mistaken and Baby Luigi is in Mario Party 7 or something.

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silver26 2.10.2006 at 09:11:10 AM

The "jelly controllers" are most likely prototypes.

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joesteele 2.10.2006 at 08:55:51 AM

you know what be awesome? being able to READ this damn thing...

Oh well. What's up with those jelly controllers?

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bignfanboy 2.10.2006 at 08:40:57 AM

That's ill.

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pook 2.10.2006 at 07:59:39 AM

darn i guess i shoulda bought some stock at some point. what an awesome book!