Creator Yuji Horii was one of the first game designers Nintendo president Satoru Iwata approached with the prototype Revolution controller.
When the Nintendo DSi was announced, it was decided by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata that the company would work with Hatena, as the latter had recently shifted its R&D department to Kyoto, where Nintendo Corporate Labs is located.
The game was first announced in a 2002 Nintendo press conference in Tokyo, with the announcements made by Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata.
Osawa brought this offer to the attention of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and others who approved of the idea.
Sugiyama contributed graphic design to several games and worked with several talented Nintendo staff like Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenji Miki, Yoichi Yamada, and Satoru Iwata.
Satoru Iwata felt that having both versions would satisfy users in the end, even though they would have to wait for the finished product.
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