Changes: Nintendo of Philippines

Latest revision as of 10:13, 20 October 2020

1986-2020

in 1986, Nintendo of Philippines was launched shortly after EDSA Revolution, with launch of Family Computer (Philippine release) and Famicom Disk System (Philippine release) and 75 games (including Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Excitebike, Mario Bros. and Pac-Man) (Philippine releases), it was backed by Nintendo and Manila Broadcasting Company, it was best known for selling Japanese version of consoles in Philippine release, rather than American version (like Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System), and also broadcasts Japanese Nintendo commercials (and American Nintendo commercials with edits (like SNES logo changed into Super Famicom logo)) in Philippine TV.

in 1992, ABS-CBN signed deal with Nintendo to own 10% stake in Nintendo of Philippines and announced that portable gaming system (not Gameboy) that plays home cartridge games is coming.

in 1993, Nintendo of Philippines released its portable hardware, which plays Super Famicom games, Radio and TV (Antenna and Cable) in one gadget, which is called "Super Portacom", which was extremely popular in the Philippines during 1993-1996 (due to the fact the box included at least 1 good quality game (including Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, SimCity 2000 and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past) and antenna that receives strove reception among radio and TV and also has built-in Super Gameboy), in 1997, Nintendo of Philippines released its successor, named "Portabox", which has everything in Super Portacom, but also plays Nintendo 64 games and upgraded radio interface, it was popular in the Philippines and in 2008, Nintendo of Philippines released its last portable hardware (not including Nintendo DS family), named as "Portacube", which has all the same features from Portabox, and also plays GameCube games (due to its cubey design and has GC-compatible disk drive) and Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance games (hench remove built-in Super Gameboy in favor or GBA cartridge slot) and features DVB-T receiver (ISDB-T in later models), despite absorbation, MBC continues to sell Portabox, due to MBC has license with Nintendo since 2016.

in 2016, after Nintendo Switch was announced, Nintendo announced to absorb Nintendo of Philippines into its American division, Nintendo of America, laying off 750 jobs and transfers 250 jobs to FBN Games, later that day, MBC sold Nintendo of Philippines while ABS-CBN continued to owns 10% stake of Nintendo of Philippines but in May 10, 2020, 5 days after NTC issued cease and desist notice to ABS-CBN, NTC forced ABS-CBN to immediately sell 10% of Nintendo of Philippines to just Nintendo, it was absorbed in 2020, after Nintendo 3DS was discontinued.

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 ==1986-2020==
 in 1986, Nintendo of Philippines was launched shortly after EDSA Revolution, with launch of Family Computer (Philippine release) and Famicom Disk System (Philippine release) and 75 games (including Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Excitebike, Mario Bros. and Pac-Man) (Philippine releases), it was backed by Nintendo and Manila Broadcasting Company, it was best known for selling Japanese version of consoles in Philippine release, rather than American version (like Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System), and also broadcasts Japanese Nintendo commercials (and American Nintendo commercials with edits (like SNES logo changed into Super Famicom logo)) in Philippine TV.
+in 1992, ABS-CBN signed deal with Nintendo to own 10% stake in Nintendo of Philippines and announced that portable gaming system (not Gameboy) that plays home cartridge games is coming.
 in 1993, Nintendo of Philippines released its portable hardware, which plays Super Famicom games, Radio and TV (Antenna and Cable) in one gadget, which is called "Super Portacom", which was extremely popular in the Philippines during 1993-1996 (due to the fact the box included at least 1 good quality game (including Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, SimCity 2000 and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past) and antenna that receives strove reception among radio and TV and also has built-in Super Gameboy), in 1997, Nintendo of Philippines released its successor, named "Portabox", which has everything in Super Portacom, but also plays Nintendo 64 games and upgraded radio interface, it was popular in the Philippines and in 2008, Nintendo of Philippines released its last portable hardware (not including Nintendo DS family), named as "Portacube", which has all the same features from Portabox, and also plays GameCube games (due to its cubey design and has GC-compatible disk drive) and Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance games (hench remove built-in Super Gameboy in favor or GBA cartridge slot) and features DVB-T receiver (ISDB-T in later models), despite absorbation, MBC continues to sell Portabox, due to MBC has license with Nintendo since 2016.
-in 2016, after Nintendo Switch was announced, Nintendo announced to absorb Nintendo of Philippines into its American division, Nintendo of America, laying off 750 jobs and transfers 250 jobs to FBN Games, later that day, MBC sold Nintendo of Philippines, it was absorbed in 2020, after Nintendo 3DS was discontinued.
+in 2016, after Nintendo Switch was announced, Nintendo announced to absorb Nintendo of Philippines into its American division, Nintendo of America, laying off 750 jobs and transfers 250 jobs to FBN Games, later that day, MBC sold Nintendo of Philippines while ABS-CBN continued to owns 10% stake of Nintendo of Philippines but in May 10, 2020, 5 days after NTC issued cease and desist notice to ABS-CBN, NTC forced ABS-CBN to immediately sell 10% of Nintendo of Philippines to just Nintendo, it was absorbed in 2020, after Nintendo 3DS was discontinued.