Takaya Imamura, the designer for Tingle, has now retired from Nintendo
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Takaya Imamura spent 32 years at Nintendo. Imamura ended up working on some of the company’s biggest games and franchises, including Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Smash Bros., Star Fox, and F-Zero. One of his noteworthy contributions was designing Tingle, who would go on to star in a couple of his own games after being an NPC in Majora’s Mask.
Imamura shared a selfie taken outside Nintendo’s Kyoto headquarters and wrote on his Facebook page:
Loot Hero DX footage
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 0 comments
Loot Hero DX, a retro-inspired RPG, lands on the Switch eShop later this week. View some early footage in the video below.
Expect to see Loot Hero DX on January 21. For more information and a trailer, head on over here.
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Ninjala gets new Japanese commercials
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GungHo has come out with a pair of new Japanese commercials for Ninjala. Both adverts can be viewed below.
Ninjala is currently available exclusively on Switch.
Jack Jeanne trailers introduce the game’s classes
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Broccoli has shared a few different trailers for Jack Jeanne that introduces the game’s various classes. We’ve rounded up the videos below, which include Quartz, Onyx, Rhodonite, and Amber.
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Smash Bros. Ultimate to host tournament featuring the fastest characters
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be hosting its latest tournament in just a few days. This time around, the fastest characters will be featured. Players will only be able to choose from the top 16 speediest fighters on the roster.
The latest Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament kicks off on January 22. It’ll last for a total of three days.
Video: Former Rare artist Kev Bayliss shows off original Donkey Kong Country sketches
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During his days at Rare, Kev Bayliss worked on a number of different projects, including Donkey Kong Country. Bayliss helped determine the direction of the game’s character art.
In a YouTube video today, Bayliss offered up a look at some of his original sketches for Donkey Kong Country. Aside from Donkey Kong himself, we also get a look at Rambi, the Kremlings, and more.
Here’s the video intro from Bayliss:
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Pokemon GO kicking off Johto event next week, details
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Pokemon GO has been featuring various regions in events over the past few weeks. Johto is next on the list.
The Johto-based event will be held in Pokemon GO between January 26 and January 31. All of the pertinent details are included below.
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Upcoming Japanese eShop releases – January 28, 2021
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Nintendo has updated the Japanese release schedule on its platforms for the week of January 28, 2021. Here’s a look at the upcoming digital download schedule:
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Zelda: Ocarina of Time early 1997 build emerges with pre-release assets, showcases changes from the final game
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One of our earliest looks at The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time came in 1997. It was fully playable at the trade show, which was a full year before launch. We’ve learned over the years that the build on display there offered up some significant changes from the final version.
Now more than twenty years later, assets from that early version of Zelda: Ocarina of Time have popped up online. Forest of Illusion obtained a prototype N64 cartridge for F-Zero X from a former Nintendo employee, which amazingly enough, has the unfinished build.
Here’s a roundup of notable findings:
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove details upcoming “Still in the Groove” update
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ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is getting a pretty big patch on Switch in the future. Known as “Still in the Groove”, the update features new bigger Fixed World maps, changes to Earthlings behavior, Power Hats hidden on the map, and more.
Below are the full patch notes:
