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 Here's something for Nintendo fans hoping for more good news before the end of the year. A new FF title for the Wii? We'll...get back to you on that. Nintendo announced that it's formed a partnership with Korean game publisher Nexon for the Wii.
As Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said in a recently held press conference:
We plan to actively support Korean game software developers who have
great expertise in developing online games and support their advances
into foreign markets, Nintendo has started a game development
partnership with NEXON, creator of the online racing game Crazyracing
Kartrider and Korean publisher of the popular MMORPG Maple Story.
The speech was made in front of Korean media, as an announcement of Nintendo's subsidiary plans in the area. Iwata also discussed plans for a Korean language version DS Lite for January 18, with a planned Asian Wii launch late in the year, after language localization is completed.
For one, we're happy that given the normally tense post-war sentiments felt between Japan and Korea, that this event ends on a happier note. And in other news, Kim Jong Il spotted near the Wii kiosks, after failing to acquire a PS3...
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