@satellawalker I checked and Nintendo had a 20% share of St.GIGA from 1994 to 1999. Additionally, they seem to still own the rights to the actual IPs still, since the Satellaview mascots feature in the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto. I think the main rights issue revolves around the broadcast tapes.
@independentnet_ Didn't they stop charging for broadcasts near the start of 2005? I feel like that's part of the reason they shut down soon after. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Picture a Super Famicom game with a start time, like a TV show.
That was the Satellaview, an add-on Nintendo built with the satellite radio company St.GIGA. It launched in Japan in 1995. Players tuned in at set broadcast hours to download exclusive games, and some of those games could only be played while they were on the air.
Today we'd call that a limited-time event. Nintendo was beaming them down from a satellite three decades ago, and that still amazes me.