Miyamoto was speaking about the company’s approach to movies and other videos. In order to enter that space, Nintendo began “considering what we could do together with people creating videos around the world.” Rather than simply growing so that it does everything internally, the company decided to partner with others – such as Illumination on The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the upcoming film based on Super Mario Galaxy.

Miyamoto said the following during an investor Q&A today:

Shigeru Miyamoto comments on whether a different Nintendo game could outsell Mario Kart on Switch 2

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Could a game other than Mario Kart take the crown as the best-selling game on a Nintendo platform? Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and The Legend of Zelda, has weighed in.

On Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is by far the best seller at almost 70 million – Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the next closest at nearly 50 million. It now looks like we could see something similar with Mario Kart World as it has sold over 9.5 million copies with Nintendo Switch 2 itself at an install base of just over 10 million.

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Nintendo says it will still ship games for Switch 1, talks about balance with game releases

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Although Nintendo is prioritizing games for Switch 2 and making games for that platforms, it will continue to support Switch 1.

We already heard that Nintendo Switch hardware will continue to be produced. As for actual games though, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has confirmed that the system will continue to receive games.

Furukawa said the following during the Q&A session of a financial results briefing today:

Nintendo Store App released for iOS and Android

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Nintendo has just released an official Nintendo Store App. iOS and Android users should be seeing the app in their respective app stores.

The application allows users to browse and purchase Nintendo products from the Nintendo eShop and the Official Nintendo website, synced through your Nintendo Account. On top of that, you can review your play activity in specifics, redeem platinum points for My Nintendo rewards, and check in at Nintendo stores and events for platinum points.

Here’s a full description of what you can do on the app:

Nintendo teases more movies to come

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie was Nintendo’s big return to the big screen, and it doesn’t sound like the company has any plans of slowing down.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie released in 2023. Next year, we’ll be seeing The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. There’s also a live-action movie based on The Legend of Zelda slated for 2027.

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Nintendo wants relationships with consumers to start when they’re kids, all the way through becoming grandparents

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Nintendo has spoken about one of its major principles, which is “fostering long-term relationships with consumers”.

During a financial results briefing today, president Shuntaro Furukawa shared spoke a bit about what this means. Ultimately it comes down to having “a connection with our consumers throughout the various stages of their lives, so that their experiences with Nintendo entertainment resonate with them and become cherished memories.” The “ideal cycle” is to make a connection when a player is a child, playing games with their kids as an adult, and spending time with grandchildren with Nintendo products.

Furukawa noted the following:

Nintendo’s summoning characters to have them battle patent hit with potential roadblock

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A couple of months ago, we heard about a new patent in the U.S. in which Nintendo involving summoning characters to have them battle. However, the filing has now been hit with a potential roadblock.

According to a new report, USPTO Director John A. Squires has ordered a reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 12,403,397. Squires believes it’s necessary given two previous patents – one from Konami in 2002 and another actually coming from Nintendo in 2019 (published in 2020). Those prior art references “teaches a player being allowed to perform a battle in a manual mode and in a simpler, automatic mode.” Squires says it was “determined that substantial new questions of patentability have arisen”.

DHS comments on why it’s using Pokemon and other big games to promote its activities

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The Department of Homeland Security has issued a public statement as to why it’s been using popular gaming franchises such as Pokemon to promote its activities.

Last month, the DHS put up a video which included the theme song from the Pokemon anime as well as some interstitial cuts from the show and mock-ups of trading cards for some ICE arrests. That prompted a response, in which The Pokemon Company said it wasn’t involved at all.

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Bayonetta creator insisted on keeping glasses despite publisher removal requests

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Bayonetta’s glasses are an iconic part of the character’s look, but if things had gone in a different direction, they could have been removed.

That information comes from series creator Hideki Kamiya. Kamiya was responding to one fan asking about an older interview quote that stated “Bayonetta’s glasses are just like her underwear”. He confirmed that someone else said that – specifically animation director Yuji Shimomura. However, Kamiya also did say that there were publisher requests to have Bayonetta’s glasses removed.

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Nintendo wins lawsuit against EveryGameGuru, who streamed pirated Switch games and taunted the company

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Nearly a year after the case first started, a verdict has been reached in Nintendo’s lawsuit against EveryGameGuru, who previously streamed pirated and emulated Switch games.

The case against EveryGameGuru (Jesse Keighin) received quite a bit of attention given how defiant he was against the company. Although his channels were shut down, that didn’t deter things at all. Keighin informed his audience about how to pirate games and wasn’t taking things seriously. Nintendo mentioned in its initial lawsuit that “he sent Nintendo a letter boasting that he has ‘a thousand burner channels’ to stream from and [he] ‘can do this all day.'”