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|logo=St_GIGA_logo.png
|founded=April 12, 1990
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|firstgame=''[[Satella-Q|Waiwai de Q Dai-1-wa]]''
|founded=April 2, 1990
|lastgame=''[[Satella-Q|Satella-Q Shin Q Omedetou Pikapika no Q Ninsei]]''
|defunct=March 31, 2003
|director=[[Hiroshi Yokoi]]
|first_release=''[[Satella-Q|Waiwai de Q Dai-1-wa]]''
|latest_release=''[[Satella-Q|Satella-Q Shin Q Omedetou Pikapika no Q Ninsei]]''
|president=Director Hiroshi Yokoi (deceased)
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'''{{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 games of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] for the service.


'''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==
 
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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.
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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.
 
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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Latest revision as of 08:46, June 7, 2024

It has been requested that this article be rewritten and expanded to include more information. Reason: involvement with Super Mario games

St.GIGA
St GIGA logo.png
Founded April 2, 1990[?]
Defunct March 31, 2003[?]
First Super Mario game Waiwai de Q Dai-1-wa
Latest Super Mario game Satella-Q Shin Q Omedetou Pikapika no Q Ninsei
Current president Director Hiroshi Yokoi (deceased)

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 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 games of the Super Mario franchise for the service.

Names in other languages[edit]

St.GIGA coverage on other NIWA wikis:
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese セント・ギガ[?]
Sento Giga 		St.GIGA
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