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| {{company-infobox | | {{rewrite-expand|involvement with ''Super Mario'' games}} |
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| |logo=St_GIGA_logo.png | | |logo=St_GIGA_logo.png |
| |width=220px | | |width=220px |
| |founded=April 12, 1990 | | |founded=April 2, 1990 |
| |firstgame=''[[Satella-Q|Waiwai de Q Dai-1-wa]]'' | | |defunct=March 31, 2003 |
| |lastgame=''[[Satella-Q|Satella-Q Shin Q Omedetou Pikapika no Q Ninsei]]'' | | |first_release=''[[Satella-Q|Waiwai de Q Dai-1-wa]]'' |
| |president=Director [[Hiroshi Yokoi]] (deceased) | | |latest_release=''[[Satella-Q|Satella-Q Shin Q Omedetou Pikapika no Q Ninsei]]'' |
| | |president=Director Hiroshi Yokoi (deceased) |
| }} | | }} |
| | '''{{wp|St.GIGA|Satellite Digital Audio Broadcast Co., Ltd.}}''', better known and traded as '''St.GIGA''', was a Japanese satellite radio company that was heavily involved in the [[Satellaview]], an add-on for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]]. Prior to its involvement with [[Nintendo]], St.GIGA was perhaps most known for its satellite radio station that played new age and ambient music to a cult fanbase. ''St.GIGA'' made several ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games for the service. |
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| '''St.GIGA'''(''セント・ギガ''|'Sento.GIGA'} is the name of the now-defunct satellite radio company that was heavily involved in the [[Satellaview]], an add-on for the [[SNES|Super Famicom]].
| | ==Names in other languages== |
| | | {{NIWA|NWiki=1|ZeldaWiki=St. GIGA}} |
| Prior to their involvement with [[Nintendo]], St.GIGA was known for it's Satellite Radio station playing new-age and ambient music to a cult fanbase.
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| In 1993, Nintendo bought some stock in their company.<ref>[http://stgiga.jp/history.htm St.GIGA history]</ref>
| | |Jap=セント・ギガ |
| In Febuary 1995, Nintendo released the Satellaview, and St.GIGA dropped much of it's original content in order to maintain the service, providing downloads for users and more videogame and pop-culture oriented audio broadcasts.
| | |JapR=Sento Giga |
| | | |JapM=St.GIGA |
| In 1998, Nintendo planned to abandon the Satellaview. St.GIGA, wanting to prolong the service further, kept it up for 2 more years. However, since they could no longer have new Nintendo content, it was not long before they were ran out of material and popularity.
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| St.GIGA pulled the plug on the Satellaview on June 20, 2000. None of their work before or afterward was tied to video games.
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| St.GIGA eventually went out of business. Recent attempts to re-broadcast their old content have been revoked by the Japanese Minister of Internal Affairs.
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