News from 03/13/2001

Former Sega CEO Irimajiri to work under X-Box Distributor
 
Happinet Co., has announced that former Sega President, Shuuichirou Irimajiri will join their company as an executive staff starting June. Having acquaintance with Happinet president Yow Kawai, Irimajiri has already been working under the company as a special consultant prior to the announcement. Irimajiri -recognized as the former vice president of Honda, later became the President of Sega until his resignation due to the failure in restructuring the company. Happinet- a market distributor, handles toys, baby supplies, game related items, arcade supplies, and will be the distributor of Microsoft's X-box for Japan in partnership with Softbank.
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Impress Corp: Nintendo to display unannounced GBA titles at TGS
 
(Impress corporation)- Nintendo will be presenting unannounced titles for the Game Boy Advance in the upcoming Tokyo Game Show, scheduled for 3/30 - 4/1. A number of titles by third parties as well as Nintendo, will be displayed at the show; no announcements have been made of the titles. All titles will be on display at the "portable game zone" in hall 7, of the Makuhari Messe convention center.
[ Link: Impress ]
Seaman for Windows- SEAMAIL announced
 
Vivarium and ISAO.net has announced SEAMAIL, the windows version of SeaMan. SEAMAIL is a windows accessory in which SeaMan hatches on the desktop, and grows by eating mail. In addition, SeaMan will study the human relation of the Windows user by checking their e-mails, and reply in place of the user at times. SEAMAIL is currently only available for ISAO.net users; no announcements have been made for users outside of the ISAO.net ISP.
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