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" 20th December 2002 - Megaton Announcement Revealed!
Today Shigeru Miyamoto, Executive Producer of Nintendo, has finally unveiled the Megaton Announcement; that he is forming a Country and Western band.
Over the past few years Miyamoto's role at Nintendo HQ has been changing significantly. From his dedicated work on the Ocarina of Time (N64) he has become more and more of a 'supervisor' over the months since then and with all his spare time the cheeky Banjoist has been forming his band, 'Sujekantisu Ma Go!! Go!!' with his brother and two Graphics designers from Nintendo that are currently working on a secret project.
The name, which roughly translates into English as 'Go!! Go!! Super Hamster Banjo' was chosen by Miyamoto after he was playing on a Tamagotchi-style game on the Game Boy Advance, where the player cares and nurtures baby hamsters into drug-addled rock stars. When asked about the matter, Shigeru quoted, "When making a new videogame, I always ask myself what I like to do in real life and then see if that will translate well into game. Here, it was the other way around. I enjoyed playing as a rockstar in my videogame so much that I decided to form a band in real life."
The three other members of the band, Tanaki Miyamoto (Bass), Iroshi Sanatuwa (Percussion), and Yugi Ouadigo (Rythm Guitar) all refused to comment on their roles in the band. Iroshi and Yugi currently are bound to silence by the Nintendo code of Confidence. This is because some of 'Sujekantisu Ma Go!! Go!!'s tracks use samples from a few of Nintendo's up-and-coming games. Obviously work is currently going on so that Iroshi and Yugi can legally speak, as they provide vital backing vocals in some songs.
"It's always something I've dreamed of doing and now we're really pushing for a Christmas number one in Japan this year," says Miyamoto, or 'Shigsy' when he is wearing his yellow slippers. When asked about the other 'Megaton' rumours, he replied, "In fact in a way, some of these rumours have some truth to them. We have recently been in deep discussion with many Third-Party developers such as Capcom and Sega. But in fact we were only looking for a vocalist. Unfortunately we couldn't get hold of one so I'm singing on our current tracks. We're still looking for someone else to fill the part though."
Their first single, 'Katekana Kanju'(Sushi makes hamsters ill) has just been released in Japan and is selling like hot-cakes. In a clever marketing move, a picture of the band's album is on the back of the single. The album is due in Q2 next year, only expect slippages. There are currently no plans for 'Sujekantisu Ma Go!! Go!!' to release any material outside Japan.
More news as it breaks.'
" 20th December 2002 - Megaton Announcement Revealed!
Today Shigeru Miyamoto, Executive Producer of Nintendo, has finally unveiled the Megaton Announcement; that he is forming a Country and Western band.
Over the past few years Miyamoto's role at Nintendo HQ has been changing significantly. From his dedicated work on the Ocarina of Time (N64) he has become more and more of a 'supervisor' over the months since then and with all his spare time the cheeky Banjoist has been forming his band, 'Sujekantisu Ma Go!! Go!!' with his brother and two Graphics designers from Nintendo that are currently working on a secret project.
The name, which roughly translates into English as 'Go!! Go!! Super Hamster Banjo' was chosen by Miyamoto after he was playing on a Tamagotchi-style game on the Game Boy Advance, where the player cares and nurtures baby hamsters into drug-addled rock stars. When asked about the matter, Shigeru quoted, "When making a new videogame, I always ask myself what I like to do in real life and then see if that will translate well into game. Here, it was the other way around. I enjoyed playing as a rockstar in my videogame so much that I decided to form a band in real life."
The three other members of the band, Tanaki Miyamoto (Bass), Iroshi Sanatuwa (Percussion), and Yugi Ouadigo (Rythm Guitar) all refused to comment on their roles in the band. Iroshi and Yugi currently are bound to silence by the Nintendo code of Confidence. This is because some of 'Sujekantisu Ma Go!! Go!!'s tracks use samples from a few of Nintendo's up-and-coming games. Obviously work is currently going on so that Iroshi and Yugi can legally speak, as they provide vital backing vocals in some songs.
"It's always something I've dreamed of doing and now we're really pushing for a Christmas number one in Japan this year," says Miyamoto, or 'Shigsy' when he is wearing his yellow slippers. When asked about the other 'Megaton' rumours, he replied, "In fact in a way, some of these rumours have some truth to them. We have recently been in deep discussion with many Third-Party developers such as Capcom and Sega. But in fact we were only looking for a vocalist. Unfortunately we couldn't get hold of one so I'm singing on our current tracks. We're still looking for someone else to fill the part though."
Their first single, 'Katekana Kanju'(Sushi makes hamsters ill) has just been released in Japan and is selling like hot-cakes. In a clever marketing move, a picture of the band's album is on the back of the single. The album is due in Q2 next year, only expect slippages. There are currently no plans for 'Sujekantisu Ma Go!! Go!!' to release any material outside Japan.
More news as it breaks.'
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you guys have no idea what a great feeling it is to see your post in Gold. Well, you do if you've won GAD, but thats not the point :P
*falls asleep at acceptance speech*
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Excellent.
Well done.
Well done.
Parr wrote:
> Aren't there some idiots. It is all rumours and idiots like you make
> up those rumours and mislead the world!
I hate those idiots! I'm very easily misled.
> Aren't there some idiots. It is all rumours and idiots like you make
> up those rumours and mislead the world!
I hate those idiots! I'm very easily misled.
Well obviously it was a joke.
its a joke, people. It's just that everyone's getting so worked up about this 'Megaton' announcement that I tried to ease the mood. Hope you enjoyed my post! :)
Parr wrote:
> Aren't there some idiots. It is all rumours and idiots like you make
> up those rumours and mislead the world!
Errrrrrr it's a joke mate.
I don't think for a minute the author thought he'd trick people into thinking that Megaton was a game about breeding hamsters.
> Aren't there some idiots. It is all rumours and idiots like you make
> up those rumours and mislead the world!
Errrrrrr it's a joke mate.
I don't think for a minute the author thought he'd trick people into thinking that Megaton was a game about breeding hamsters.
I bet it's all crap, all crap.
*Breaks down and throws bottle of beer at wall*
*Breaks down and throws bottle of beer at wall*
No.
This is much cooler the suing Sony or buying out Sega and Capcom!
Is this one actually genuine? :-D
Is this one actually genuine? :-D
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