Not entirely, and that's what is weird.  They have their good moments.  Bayo2, MK8, Hyrule Warriors all had good commercials.  And the Directs are a genius marketing move.  But then they will go and do something incredibly stupid.  It feels like it is the higher-ranking guys in their marketing division that keep screwing the pooch, the ones who call the shots.

When do you think that Splat Zones would be unlocked?

If what they need is having enough gamers at level 10, I think that is gonna happen very soon after launch, I would say that we can have Splat Zones unlocked on 5 days, it all depends on the success of the game, and I think is gonna have a decent fw with tons of enthusiastic players getting level 10 in their first 2 days or so.

Yeah I'd say within the games first week after launch, I know I'll be doing my part!

Also, closest finish EVER right here!

I noticed that too. 

Anything good come out of the investor meeting?

Wow, a lot of stuff.

Someone start doing math, this is a white knight gold mine.

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-talks-new-membership-service-will-show-past-purchases-and-gameplay-records/
http://nintendoeverything.com/iwata-on-maximizing-nintendos-ip-mobile-plans/
http://nintendoeverything.com/iwata-on-nintendos-download-sales/
http://nintendoeverything.com/iwatas-full-comments-on-amiibo-sales-shortages/
http://nintendoeverything.com/partial-look-at-wii-us-upcoming-lineup-of-titles/
http://nintendoeverything.com/iwata-wii-u-maintaining-momentum-to-begin-2015-importance-of-keeping-evergreen-games-fresh/
http://nintendoeverything.com/iwata-on-3ds-software-evergreen-sales-more/
http://nintendoeverything.com/iwata-on-3ds-hardware-sales-planning-titles-that-can-appeal-to-women/
http://nintendoeverything.com/iwata-again-says-amiibo-are-being-restocked-unsure-when-the-stock-situation-will-be-resolved/
http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-has-more-wii-u-games-to-announce-for-this-fiscal-year/
http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-looking-to-release-5-mobile-titles-by-march-2017-first-one-reconfirmed-for-this-year/
http://nintendoeverything.com/amiibo-shipments-up-to-10-5-million-worldwide/
http://nintendoeverything.com/latest-update-on-how-much-nintendo-has-in-the-bank/

Just got Mario Party 10, pleasantly surprised. It's not what I want from a Mario Party game but it's very easy to get into so good to play with people who very rarely play video games. Revising my Mario Party Ranking!

2>6>3>5>1>10>8>7>4>9

I may have to go back and take another look at 9 I may like it better than at least 4 now. My main issue with mp10 is that the boards are far too short, there should be an option to loop round the board twice.

So Nintendo is only going to do 5 mobile games on 2 years... LOL at all that people thinking that they were going to focus too much on the mobile side xD

The low number of mobile titles was a surprise, but Iwata also promised that they would focus on each title for a long time. Which means, extra content.
That decision might come from the success of Nintendo's DLC strategy, i guess.

No word on QoL?! Now that was a surprise!

According to David Gibson (analyst on twitter), there seems to be a change in Nintendo region lock stance. He pointed to the Q&A for info on the subject.

Iwata also mentioned that more games for the fiscal year are to be announced (most likely at E3).
No surprise there as there are no games announced for the 4Q, only for this year.

I'll wait for E3 and be happy with whatever we get. I'm going in with low expectations as in I'm only going to expect games that I already know about :)

BestBuy is going to stream a Google+ hangout video on Splatoon at May 12 at 8 - 9 PM PT. Will also include popular youtube star like JWittz.

Here's the link and their description:https://plus.google.com/events/ccrc6hgpteeuoddava7jimq5bo8

Join us to hear from the +Nintendo  team behind the highly anticipated Wii U game, #Splatoon. We’ll also be joined by JWittz and other influential gaming personalities along with a Best Buy Blueshirt to give a first-hand account of the game. #SplatoonHangout