Austin, Author at Nintendo Everything

“A jury awarded $30.2 million in damages to Tomita Technologies in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Tomita against Nintendo. The Tomita patent did not relate to the 3D games playable on the Nintendo 3DS. The trial was held in U.S. District Court in New York before Judge Jed Rakoff.

Nintendo is confident that the result will be set aside. The jury’s verdict will not impact Nintendo’s continued sales in the United States of its highly acclaimed line of video game hardware, software and accessories, including the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo has a long history of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others.”

– Nintendo Statement

As expected, Nintendo will be appealing the decision and trying to get it reversed. None of us are law professors or lawyers (probably– maybe one of you will surprise me), so it would be hard for us to comment on exactly whether this is a fair decision or not. If they are guilty, it’ll be the first time in quite a while that Nintendo will have lost a lawsuit!

Via IGN

EA senior producer says he “heard” that Assassin’s Creed IV is being made by “nearly 1000 people”

Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

It is true that seven studios are contributing to the development of Black Flag, but as far as the number of specific people is concerned, Ubisoft won’t say. They’re staying silent on the issue (as they say they always have), which does poes the interesting question of how much the game will have to sell to turn a profit for Ubisoft.

Via Gamespot

The Little Battlers Wars details

Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

The Little Battlers Wars, after initially leaking out of CoroCoro, has since seen a heaping of details. Find all of the information from the magazine below.

– Exclusive to 3DS
– New game in the series with a new protagonist
– Protagonist’s name is Arata Sena, she’s from the country of “Genoque”
– Set in a “prestigious school”
– Sena uses an LBX named ‘Dot Phazer’
– Her roomate at the school is a boy named Hikaru Hoshihara
– Hoshihara uses an LBX named ‘Bal Sparros’
– He and Sera are part of a “First Squad”, which is commanded by a character named Haruki Izumo
– Izumo uses an LBX called ‘Orvain’
– Other characters: Fifth Squad commander Kite Fuujin, Fourth Squad commander Catherine Ruth, Third Squad commander Rikuya Togo, and Second Squad commander Gendou Isoya
– “Russius Alliance” is another country, made up of a union of several others
– A character named Muraku Houjou is from there and uses an LBX called ‘Gaunta Yzerfar’
– Houjou is a rival to Sena and her friends
– Houjou’s squadmates include Mikhail Luke, Vanessa Gara and the Muraku Squad mechanic Kageto Kiba

Via Siliconera

Former Gamestop VP sentenced to 51 months in prison for defrauding the company of $1.7m

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Frank Olivera used to be the VP of corporate communications and public affairs for Gamestop, but recently it was found that he had been stealing money from the company and transferring it to a fake company he had created (“Cloud Communications LLC”) before transferring it to his personal bank account. The total amount stolen added up to over $1.7 million dollars, which is, according to the courts, enough for him to be sentenced to 51 months (just over four years) in prison.

On top of that, he must return the stolen funds and an extra $134,651 in additional costs.

Via Eurogamer

ESRB changes marketing requirements, details

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“This policy addresses cross-marketing of games, not bundling products together. The fundamental goal is to ensure that the cross-promotion of products is appropriately targeted. In doing so we may consider a variety of factors including the nature of the product, audience composition of the media vehicle being used, the intended audience of the game, whether registered users are of a certain age, whether an age-gate is employed, etc.”

– ESRB Statement

– Publishers and developers can now create “General Audience” trailers for M-rated games that won’t require an age gate to watch
– If one of these is made, it must begin with a four-second statement reading “The content of this trailer has been approved for a general audience.” with a green background, similar to what you see in a movie theatre before previews
– M-rated games can now be marketed alongside lower-rated games, if the two games appeal to the same audience (ie. you can put a God of War pamphlet inside of the Uncharted game box)

Via GameInformer

MapleStory (3DS) coming out in Korea this April

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Despite never making it stateside on DS, MapleStory‘s 3DS iteration will be heading to Korea in April, with a pretty decent boxart to boot! No word on whether this 3DS version of the popular MMO will be coming out of Asia and into the west, but we’ll keep you posted if we hear anything.

Via TinyCartridge

Retro City Rampage dev says he’s keen to work with Nintendo again, despite issues getting his game released

Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii | 0 comments

“Nintendo’s been great to work with, everyone there. Dan Adelman’s a champ and works incredibly hard to help Indies and deserves a lot of recognition, and on the European side, Christian, Oliver and Pepe were just as supportive, to name a few. The pleasant experience working with them on a personal level is the primary reason why I’ll continue to make games for Nintendo platforms.”

– Vblank’s Brian Provinciano

Gah, the more I hear about this game’s development process the more I feel like I want to pick it up just to support what this guy’s all about. It doesn’t seem like a bad game either– the problem is that it’s only on WiiWare, so eShop points cards won’t apply to it! If the game comes out on Wii U or 3DS I’d be sure to pick it up– as I think a lot of you new Wii U owners would as well!

Via NintendoLife

Spin the Bottle targeted for May

Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

KnapNok plans to release Spin the Bottle on the Wii U eShop in May. No specific date, unfortunately, but it’ll be available in just a couple of months.

A new teaser for Spin the Bottle was released earlier today. Watch it here.

Source

Amazon: Save $12.50 on Walking Dead: Survival Instinct pre-order

Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Those who are interested in The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct can pre-order at Amazon for a fairly significant discount. The retailer has slashed the game’s price to just $37.50 – savings of $12.50, or 25%.

Place an order for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct here. The game launches on March 19.

[Video Feature] Eggbusters – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Videos | 0 comments

Finally, I’ve taken on a couple of the numerous glitches in Ocarina of Time! Nothing too crazy going on this week, but we’ve got a couple of neat party tricks you can definitely show off to your friends.

Direct transcript of the directions after the break! Artwork courtesy of Andrew Nixon. :]