In this free GDC Vault video from GDC 2006, Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata explains how and why Nintendo took advantage of disruptive development practices to find success in the game industry. He also shares the story behind the popular Nintendo DS Brain Age games and hints at "The Revolution" (the codename for what would become the Wii), with its motion controller concept and Virtual Console platform, during his "Disrupting Development" presentation.

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