Corporate Management Policy Briefing / Semi-Annual Financial Results Briefing for the 76th Fiscal Term Ending March 2016

Corporate Management Policy Briefing /
Semi-Annual Financial Results Briefing
for the 76th Fiscal Term Ending March 2016

Outline | Presentation by the President | Q & A

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7	Is Miitomo, announced earlier today, one of the five smart device game applications scheduled to be released by the end of March 2017 in cooperation with DeNA?
7	Kimishima: 　When speaking about smart device applications, we have been saying that we would offer an application using Mii. Miitomo is one of the approximately five titles we said we would release by the end of March 2017 and it is the first smart device application we will offer. In addition, Miitomo is linked with My Nintendo and Nintendo Account.

Is Miitomo, announced earlier today, one of the five smart device game applications scheduled to be released by the end of March 2017 in cooperation with DeNA?

Kimishima:

　When speaking about smart device applications, we have been saying that we would offer an application using Mii. Miitomo is one of the approximately five titles we said we would release by the end of March 2017 and it is the first smart device application we will offer. In addition, Miitomo is linked with My Nintendo and Nintendo Account.

8	In the Corporate Governance Report that you intend to announce within this year, I would like to know, to the extent you can disclose now, what kind of content it will include regarding the issues and activities of Nintendo’s management from now on?
8	Kimishima: 　Regarding Nintendo’s corporate governance system, we are currently carrying out reviews in terms of both the corporate governance system that is required externally and the business framework needed to deploy our business in the future. In addition to complying with demands from outside Nintendo, we are continuously discussing how we can have young, talented people play active roles in our organization, and also our internal execution system in terms of speeding up the process of decision-making and business execution. We are planning to announce what course of action we will be taking in the Corporate Governance Report before the end of this year.

In the Corporate Governance Report that you intend to announce within this year, I would like to know, to the extent you can disclose now, what kind of content it will include regarding the issues and activities of Nintendo’s management from now on?

Kimishima:

　Regarding Nintendo’s corporate governance system, we are currently carrying out reviews in terms of both the corporate governance system that is required externally and the business framework needed to deploy our business in the future. In addition to complying with demands from outside Nintendo, we are continuously discussing how we can have young, talented people play active roles in our organization, and also our internal execution system in terms of speeding up the process of decision-making and business execution. We are planning to announce what course of action we will be taking in the Corporate Governance Report before the end of this year.

9	Regarding the Nintendo Account that you introduced today, I would like to know whether you mentioned communication services such as Facebook and Twitter just to introduce how easy it will be to create a Nintendo Account, or do you plan on a more extensive coordination with and use of services such as Facebook and Twitter?
9	Kimishima: 　By encouraging Facebook and Twitter users to make a Nintendo Account, we will be able to provide messages and various services that we introduced today directly to them. If they become attracted to our character IP through these communications, our content will be made available for purchase on smart devices, so we are expecting this will lead to them purchasing our games. Like such, having consumers create a Nintendo Account has many diverse possibilities. Takahashi: 　By making it possible for consumers to use the Facebook and Twitter accounts that they already have, in addition to making it easier for them to create a Nintendo Account, we are expecting Nintendo topics to be spread more (by coordinating with services such as Facebook and Twitter). We do plan to keep coordinating with Facebook and Twitter.

Regarding the Nintendo Account that you introduced today, I would like to know whether you mentioned communication services such as Facebook and Twitter just to introduce how easy it will be to create a Nintendo Account, or do you plan on a more extensive coordination with and use of services such as Facebook and Twitter?

Kimishima:

　By encouraging Facebook and Twitter users to make a Nintendo Account, we will be able to provide messages and various services that we introduced today directly to them. If they become attracted to our character IP through these communications, our content will be made available for purchase on smart devices, so we are expecting this will lead to them purchasing our games. Like such, having consumers create a Nintendo Account has many diverse possibilities.

Takahashi:

　By making it possible for consumers to use the Facebook and Twitter accounts that they already have, in addition to making it easier for them to create a Nintendo Account, we are expecting Nintendo topics to be spread more (by coordinating with services such as Facebook and Twitter). We do plan to keep coordinating with Facebook and Twitter.

Outline | Presentation by the President | Q & A

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