Video: Team Sonic Racing – making of the music – part 2
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SEGA has released a second behind-the-scenes look at the creators behind Team Sonic Racing’s soundtrack. Three pieces of music are showcased:
– Mother’s Canyon: Composed by Jun Senoue and performed by Sonic Adventure Music Experience
– Wisp Circuit: Composed by Jun Senoue and performed by Sonic Adventure Music Experience
– Haunted Castle: Composed by Tee Lopes and performed by Sonic Adventure Music Experience featuring Tei Sena on violin
We’ve included the making of video for Team Sonic Racing’s music below.
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2 hours of Yo-kai Watch 4 footage
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Level-5’s virtual YouTuber Dennouji Reto has shared a ton of footage from Yo-kai Watch 4. Have a look at two hours of gameplay in the videos below.
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Nintendo Tokyo to open in late November
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Earlier this year, the new Nintendo Tokyo store was announced. At the time, we heard that it would be opening sometime this fall. Parco now says that Shibuya Parco, which will house the store, is set to open late November.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa previously said that Nintendo Tokyo “will be a new point of contact between consumers and Nintendo that a wide range of people, regardless of age, gender, or experience with games can enjoy. In addition to selling products such as video game systems, software and character-based merchandise, we plan to host events and offer opportunities to play games, and are preparing to make this shop a new base for communicating Nintendo information in Japan.”
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Dr. Mario World – “Virus Vids”
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Nintendo has issued a trio of offbeat “Virus Vids” for its new mobile game Dr. Mario World. We have the full set below.
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Monster Hunter movie’s first trailer leaks online
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The Shanghai International Film Festival hosted the very first trailer for the upcoming Monster Hunter movie. While it hasn’t been shared online officially, the video was recorded and posted online.
Here’s the trailer:
In Asia, Toho and Tencent will be bringing the movie to movie theaters.
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Dr. Mario World launches July 10, first details and trailer
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Dr. Mario World has reemerged with Nintendo confirming the game’s release date. The mobile title will hit iOS and Android on July 10 worldwide, the company announced.
Here are the first details from the new website:
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Tetris 99 4th Maximus Cup announced
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Nintendo has announced a new Maximus Cup for Tetris 99. The fourth event goes live on June 21 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET.
Here’s what players can expect:
Switch update out now (version 8.1.0)
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The latest system update has just gone live for Switch. Starting today, Nintendo is offering version 8.1.0.
Like the previous firmware change, this one doesn’t appear to be overly exciting on the surface level. Nintendo says the following of the update: “General system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.”
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Astral Chain was originally a fantasy game with magic, influenced by Ghost in the Shell and more
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PlatinumGames has revealed some rather interesting origins for Astral Chain. According to director Takahisa Taura, the original plan was to make a fantasy game where players would use magic.
Taura told Polygon at E3 2019 last week:
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E3 analysis shows significant rise in Nintendo media coverage since 2016 and more
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ICO Partners has published a new report on E3 media coverage after its technology monitored everything that took place last week. Aside from insight into this year’s show, there’s interesting analysis for Nintendo and more on the whole.
The first chart above shows the amount of attention that Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox have received since 2014. Nintendo was at one of its lowest points in 2016, but started to rebound after that. This E3 was one of the best for the Big N, which can be attributed to Switch’s success.
