Nintendo understands the importance of making Switch Online attractive, will continue to make its content appealing
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa commented on the Switch Online service at the company’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. An investor asked about how it will be enhanced given how a subscription is “inexpensive”, but “the content of the service still feels rather weak.”
Furukawa highlighted that Nintendo Switch Online has surpassed 10 million accounts, and the number of subscribers “has increased steadily since the service was launched last September”. He would later say that Nintendo understands “that making the Nintendo Switch Online service attractive to users is extremely important, and will continue to make the content of the service even more appealing going forward.”
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Nintendo on how it approaches collaborations and partnerships
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During Nintendo’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, an investor brought up the fact that “major corporations have announced new developments in the video game business this year” and how “Nintendo will be facing off as a rival with these types of corporations”. This person wanted to know about any Nintendo policies or guidelines regarding competition or collaboration with other companies.
President Shuntaro Furukawa fielded the response here. The basic idea is that Nintendo interested too interested in “large-scale collaborations.” But the company will “actively consider partnerships that would increase the value of Nintendo IP, such as our game characters and worlds.” Working with Line and DeNA on Dr. Mario World and Mario Kart Tour respectively are examples of this.
Nintendo says it doesn’t have anti-takeover measures, but has systems in place against it
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What would happen if another company attempted to initiate a hostile takeover of Nintendo because they were after the company’s IPs. Would the Big N be able to protect itself? That’s something an investor wanted to know at Nintendo’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders a few days ago.
President Shuntaro Furukawa commented on the situation. He explained that Nintendo hasn’t adopted anti-takeover measures, but has systems in place “to take all legal and appropriate steps against it”.
Nintendo is “striving to create a controller that can be used with ease, and that will become the standard for the next generation”
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During Nintendo’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, one investor brought up how E3 featured the same sort of things we’ve been seeing from games over the past three decades in the sense that players look at the screen and play with a controller in their hand. This person wanted to know how developers feel about this and whether or not it will continue. That led to some very interesting comments from Nintendo.
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Shinya Takahashi, and Ko Shiota all commented here. Takahashi mentioned how Nintendo is always looking to innovate and pointed to 1-2 Switch and Labo VR. Miyamoto would add that Nintendo was the first to create the d-pad and additional buttons, as well as the analog stick which “is the clear winner.”
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Nintendo’s Hyper Japan 2019 lineup
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Nintendo today announced its lineup for Hyper Japan Festival 2019. A number of Switch games will be making their playable debuts in the UK, including Zelda: Link’s Awakening.
Here’s the full lineup:
Marvelous publishing Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town in Europe and Australia
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Rounding out today’s news about Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is an update for PAL regions. Marvelous will publish the game directly in Europe and Australia, the company has announced.
Here’s an overview of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town:
Splatoon 2 – Final Fest art featuring Crusty Sean & Bisk
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Nintendo has shared the latest piece of Splatoon 2 art in celebration of the final Splatfest. This time around, Crusty Sean & Bisk get the focus.
Nintendo says the following about the two characters representing Team Order:
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Donkey Kong Country Returns out now on NVIDIA Shield in China, footage
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This week, the lineup of Wii games from Nintendo on China’s NVIDIA Shield expanded once again. Donkey Kong Country Returns, which was previously confirmed for the device, is now available.
Here’s some footage:
Donkey Kong Country Returns takes up 3.9GB on NVIDIA Shield.
Konami’s Gamescom 2019 lineup
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Konami today announced its lineup for Gamescom 2019. As far as Nintendo titles go, Conta Rogue Corps and Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution will be present. eFootball PES 2020, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game rounds out the lineup.
Gamescom 2019 runs between August 20 and August 24.
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Dr. Mario World – “Virus Vid” for July 5
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Nintendo is back with another “Virus Vid” for Dr. Mario World. Have a look at the short clip promoting the new mobile game below.
