Multiplayer: I’ve heard. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime promised us a September surprise [on the Wii],and I never saw a September surprise.

Kaplan: I don’t know that he indicated which year.

Multiplayer: Oh, September 2008, I’ll look for the surprise then. Another thing about the announcements in Japan was the WiiWare program, which are going to be these smaller downloadable games. That had been announced earlier this calendar year and then Mr. Iwata had talked about 100 projects being pitched. I looked down the list of what was announced and I only saw products being announced that were being developed any Japanese developers. I can’t tell if any of the very many American developers who would love to make a game on a Nintendo platform are involved…

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