Current Events > Nintendo shareholder asks company execs "where the FUCK IS F-ZERO?!"

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Jagr_68
06/30/22 3:58:25 PM
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https://www.businessinsider.com/nintendo-fan-bought-stock-to-ask-about-f-zero-game-2022-6

A gamer said he spent over 5.6 million Japanese yen, or over $40,000 if translated to US dollars, on Nintendo stock, and used his opportunity to ask a question during the Japanese gaming giant's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday about a fan-favorite series he wants to see revived.
The fan asked Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa if it has considered relaunching some fan-favorite game franchises, specifically "F-Zero," which was a racing-game series that hasn't had a new entry released since 2004.
The fan, who is based in Japan and used an online translator to communicate, told Insider over Twitter direct messages that he bought 100 shares at 56,430 yen per share (or over $400 per share in today's dollars) in February after selling his stock in another company.
He wished to remain anonymous for privacy, but his Twitter handle translates to Momiji. He told Insider that he is a "diehard Nintendo fan."

He was granted the opportunity to attend the shareholder meeting after buying one unit of stock (100 shares), but said it wasn't guaranteed that he would be able to ask a question. That was just a "bonus." (A Nintendo spokesperson confirmed that 100 or more shares of stock is needed to gain access to the shareholder meeting).
"I have been playing Nintendo games since I was a child," Momiji told Insider. "Among them, I can't get enough of that sense of speed of 'F-Zero.'"
The gaming news site VGC translated Furukawa's response, which Momiji said was an accurate interpretation: "It is realistically difficult to develop new titles and remakes, including sequels, for every Nintendo game that people request, but we are very grateful and appreciate the expectations our fans have for our games."

Shinnya Takahashi, the company's managing executive officer, gave a more optimistic answer.
We are always considering how to develop rehashes and remakes that can be enjoyed by many losers," he said, according to VGC.

In May, Nintendo announced that a 10-for-1 stock split would take effect on October 1, which would split each share into 10 shares and potentially make the company more appealing for investors.

Soooooo the answer is basically "lol fuck you idiot"

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HylianFox
06/30/22 3:59:06 PM
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Farukon PAAAAAAAAAWWWWWNNNNCH!!!

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TomClark
06/30/22 4:00:47 PM
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I mean, the man's not wrong.

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Smashingpmkns
06/30/22 4:02:52 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
Shinnya Takahashi, the company's managing executive officer, gave a more optimistic answer.
We are always considering how to develop rehashes and remakes that can be enjoyed by many losers," he said, according to VGC.
Lmao did he really say this

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HylianFox
06/30/22 4:03:31 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Lmao did he really say this

We can only hope

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OmegaShinkai
06/30/22 4:05:21 PM
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IIRC their last excuse was that they couldn't think of any gimmicks to put in a new F-Zero and so it wasn't worth making because it wouldn't be unique
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YellowSUV
06/30/22 4:08:07 PM
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OmegaShinkai posted...
IIRC their last excuse was that they couldn't think of any gimmicks to put in a new F-Zero and so it wasn't worth making because it wouldn't be unique

This excuse always amazes me because since Nintendo trotted out the "New" Super Mario Bros. series in the late 00s. That series was basically generic Mario games.

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HylianFox
06/30/22 4:10:42 PM
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I love Nintendo but it is irritating that they keep sleeping on (or mishandling) beloved franchises like Star Fox and F-Zero

F-Zero in particular would make an excellent "edgy" counterpart to Mario Kart...

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NeonOctopus
06/30/22 4:11:32 PM
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lmao

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Smashingpmkns
06/30/22 4:11:42 PM
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OmegaShinkai posted...
IIRC their last excuse was that they couldn't think of any gimmicks to put in a new F-Zero and so it wasn't worth making because it wouldn't be unique
I think these excuses are bs. They release additions to series all the time without any notable gimmicks.

I think F-Zero just doesn't sell as well as most of their other games. Iirc the SNES F-Zero game is the best selling game in the franchise and every game after has done a lot worse than the last.

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YellowSUV
06/30/22 4:16:47 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...


I think F-Zero just doesn't sell as well as most of their other games. Iirc the SNES F-Zero game is the best selling game in the franchise and every game after has done a lot worse than the last.

This isn't too surprising. F-Zero on the SNES was a launch or near launch title on a console that sold way more than the N64 or Gamecube.

The only other F-Zero games were some mediocre Gameboy Advance games, some of which where only released in Japan.


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Tyranthraxus
06/30/22 4:19:48 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Lmao did he really say this
Based as fuck if he did

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Smashingpmkns
06/30/22 4:20:15 PM
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YellowSUV posted...
This isn't too surprising. F-Zero on the SNES was a launch or near launch title on a console that sold way more than the N64 or Gamecube.

The only other F-Zero games were some mediocre Gameboy Advance games, some of which where only released in Japan.
I think F-Zero GCN really underperformed compared to other first party games though. I really wouldn't blame them for being kinda hesitant when the game considered best in the series is selling like a 3rd of what the worst Star Fox game sold lol

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NeonOctopus
06/30/22 4:24:44 PM
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Hold up, Nintendo is splitting their stock 10:1? Fuck, I should get on that >_>

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Tom_Joad
06/30/22 4:30:37 PM
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Where is another ActRaiser, dammit!!!

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BakonBitz
06/30/22 4:48:36 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Lmao did he really say this
No he didn't. TC changed that himself.

Pretty cool that investors let Nintendo know there's still demand for some of their other IPs, though with their response basically being "it's too difficult to develop games for every single IP that fans suggest"...uh...that's what outsourcing is for. You know, like what you did with Metroid Dread and the Metroid Prime series? Hell, some devs have actively proposed ideas for F-Zero to you and you denied them outright.

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Umbreon
06/30/22 4:51:09 PM
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Look, Nintendo.

Just give me a GX port on the Switch and I will buy that shit, okay?

Poets are easy! You don't have to be creative! You like easy money don't you?

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s0nicfan
06/30/22 4:51:56 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/0/3/AABJX0AADZmn.jpg

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Scarecrow17
06/30/22 5:00:16 PM
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If I die before a successor to GX is made, Im going to be pissed off. My favorite game ever. Just give us a port or something ffs Nintendo

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Darkprince21
06/30/22 5:02:55 PM
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You can do this???? Bro, Im about to buy Konami stock and start a fist fight lmao
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kelemvor
06/30/22 5:14:51 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
I think F-Zero GCN really underperformed compared to other first party games though. I really wouldn't blame them for being kinda hesitant when the game considered best in the series is selling like a 3rd of what the worst Star Fox game sold lol

Wasn't F Zero GCN a players choice title? It had to sell ok. I mean, if it came out on Wii it would of sold much better because there are something like 5 Wiis for every 1 GameCube.

Nintendo could just port the GX game to the Switch eShop with added online abilities, charge $20-30, and print money.
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Smashingpmkns
06/30/22 5:32:29 PM
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kelemvor posted...
Wasn't F Zero GCN a players choice title? It had to sell ok. I mean, if it came out on Wii it would of sold much better because there are something like 5 Wiis for every 1 GameCube.

Nintendo could just port the GX game to the Switch eShop with added online abilities, charge $20-30, and print money.
All I can find online is that GX sold under 700k while Star Fox Adventures sold around 1.8 mil. Games like Donkey Konga, Pikmin 1&2, Mario Baseball/Strikers/Golf etc. all outsold it by quite a lot.

The game did really poorly and I think Nintendo has been burned way too many times by "listening" to fans on what games they want lol listening in quotes because they also fuck up everytime they release a long awaited game from a dormant franchise.

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apocalyptic_4
06/30/22 6:30:38 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
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Lmao

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Punished_Blinx
06/30/22 6:33:37 PM
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YellowSUV posted...
This excuse always amazes me because since Nintendo trotted out the "New" Super Mario Bros. series in the late 00s. That series was basically generic Mario games.

New Super Mario Bros sold over 30 million copies. So that's not in the same situation as F-Zero.

We're also now coming up to 10 years since a traditional 2D Mario game regardless.

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Lordgold666
06/30/22 7:23:59 PM
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Lol

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MrDrMan
06/30/22 7:34:59 PM
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YellowSUV posted...
This excuse always amazes me because since Nintendo trotted out the "New" Super Mario Bros. series in the late 00s. That series was basically generic Mario games.

In Nintendos defense Mario has a much bigger audience than F-Zero. Even when I was a pretty hardcore gamer I never played F-Zero.

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PowerOats
06/30/22 7:37:47 PM
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So if I put down 40k, I can stroll on in and have a say on things at Nintendo?
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Kitt
06/30/22 7:37:56 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/0/3/AABJX0AADZmn.jpg
lol

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SomeLikeItHoth
07/01/22 4:56:46 AM
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Jagr_68 posted...
A gamer said he spent over 5.6 million Japanese yen, or over $40,000 if translated to US dollars, on Nintendo stock, and used his opportunity to ask a question during the Japanese gaming giant's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday about a fan-favorite series he wants to see revived.
This man is a hero.

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The_Korey
07/01/22 5:22:02 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/0/3/AABJX0AADZmn.jpg

I liked the idea of all the regions in one game, back when I was into the series, but who the fuck asked for that but with only gen 1s? Was that an individual request or the result of kombining different ones? No shit Frankensteining different konflicting ideas from people not working together results in a monstrosity. Without better examples, this is not a gatcha to be proud of.

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DespondentDeity
07/01/22 6:02:07 AM
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s0nicfan posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/0/3/AABJX0AADZmn.jpg

Hes outta line, but hes right

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Unknown5uspect
07/03/22 8:36:01 PM
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Question: Why did he buy at $400 a share? Has Nintendo's stock ever even been worth that much?

EDIT: looked into a bit and it's valuation in the Japanese market is much higher than the American market.

Can someone help me make sense of this?

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divot1338
07/03/22 8:39:28 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
Lmao did he really say this
It probably lost something in the translation.

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