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During an event from Dwango for announcing a new gaming event, Nintendo is revealed to be a special sponsor and Iwata appears through a video.

Iwata announces that Nintendo now officially gives it's permission for anyone to use their properties for derivative works, even showcasing videos of famous Let's Plays, music covers, fanarts.

Iwata also announced a "Creative Endorsement Program" where Nintendo will reward money to creators with well-received work. This program is only applicable to Nicovideo.jp, which is under Dwango.

About Tokaigi:

Dwango organises Tokaigi "Game Party Japan" 2015, taking place for 2 days from January 31 to February 1st 2015.

Centered around the idea of playing games together, the event will feature all kinds of games, from analog to retro to smartphones, handhelds, consoles.
A part of it's presentation shows how gamers no longer play with each other thanks to the internet, and wants to revive the old way of gathering around to play multiplayer games.

Sponsors :
Gungho (Puzzle and Dragons)
Coropla (White Cat Project)
Mixi (Monster Strike)
Line
Square Enix
Bandai Namco Games
Sega
Playstation

Special Sponsor :
Nintendo

http://tokaigi.jp



    

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so nintendo is paying you for using their ips
cool

edit: so it looks like they are completely reversing what they did in 2013 XD

cool

edit: it says nintendos ips can be used for fan made projects

YES! pokemon generations can come back

and mother 4 wont get cancelled!



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OfficerRaichu15 said:

so nintendo is paying you for using their ips
cool

edit: so it looks like they are completely reversing what they did in 2013 XD

cool

edit: it says nintendos ips can be used for fan made projects

YES! pokemon generations can come back

and mother 4 wont get cancelled!

Yeah its the opposite of what they said last year. 



    

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Really good to hear that.



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so first nintendo does preloading now this
nintendo is growing up!



Bets:

(Won)Bet with TechoHobbit: He(Techno) says 10 million by January 1,2014 I say 9 million by then. Winner gets 2 weeks of sig control.

(Lost)Bet with kinisking: I say Ps4 will win April NPD while he says Xbox One will win it; winner gets 1 week of avatar control.

Raichu's First Series:

First RPG?

First Fighter?

First Racer?

First Shooter?

First MMO?

First Horror?

Official Ni No Kuni Fanboy:

Familiars Captured:37

Game Beaten: 2 times almost

Times I got teary during some scenes: 3

That's a great move, it seems that they have listened, hopefully more follow suit if they haven't already.