2019 Game Developers Choice Awards nominees announced
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GDC will have one of the first major award shows of the year. Organizers announced the nominees for the 2019 edition today, of which the winners will be announced on March 20 at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET.
The full lineup is as follows:
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New Totaka’s Song Easter egg found in Pikmin 2
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Totaka’s Song has been hiding in Nintendo games for nearly three decades. One example is in Pikmin 2, in which the melody can be heard on the Treasures Salvaged screen once you’ve cleared a cave after close to four minutes.
Speaking of Pikmin 2, Totaka’s Song has again been found in that title, but in a different place. If you sit on the cave sublevel memory card warning screen, after around three minutes, the tune will start playing.
Here it is in action:
A look at how much Nintendo’s mobile games earned in 2018
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
Nintendo now has a few different mobiles games available. How did they do in 2018? Sensor Tower provides a closer look in its analysis today.
According to Sensor Tower, Nintendo’s mobile offerings generated almost $117 million worldwide in Q4 2018. That’s a 47% rise compared to the same period the year prior. On the whole, Nintendo collected $348 million in 2018, which is an increase of 15% year-over-year.
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe site open, Nintendo technically makes Bowsette non-canon
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo has opened the official North American website for New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. You can access it here.
Related to the site’s opening, it seems that hopes and dreams of Bowsette becoming a reality are dashed. The site indicates that only Toadette can wear the Super Crown, so Nintendo hasn’t approved imaginings of other characters wearing it.
Danmaku Unlimited 3 physical pre-orders open
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Limited Run Games has opened pre-orders for the physical version of Danmaku Unlimited 3. You can reserve a copy here.
Note that this time around, Limited Run isn’t offering any collector’s editions. The standard release will have an open pre-order until January 18.
RPG Maker MV delayed in the west
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RPG Maker MV was initially scheduled to launch in the west next month. Unfortunately, that’ll no longer be happening.
NIS America announced today that RPG Maker MV has been delayed to later in 2019 in North America and Europe. The company cited “ongoing issues with development”.
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Gunman Clive HD Collection Switch trailer
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Ahead of its release this month, Gunman Clive HD Collection has received a trailer for its Switch launch. Check it out below.
Destiny Connect details and screenshots – characters, Gear and Form Change systems
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Nippon Ichi sent out a new batch of details and screenshots for Destiny Connect today. Today’s update primarily covers three new characters and Isaac’s Gear and Form Change systems. We’ve rounded up everything below, courtesy of Gematsu.
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Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes – “Golden Dragon GP” trailer
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Grasshopper Manufacture issued the latest video for Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes today. Watch the “Golden Dragon GP” trailer below.
Zelda’s version of the Minus World discovered
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Super Mario Bros. is known for having a “Minus World”. It’s essentially a glitch that lets players access a depository intended for data that exists outside of the main path.
Decades after its original release, one fan has discovered something similar in The Legend of Zelda. After spending a few hours with the game’s code to remove a particular barrier originally designed to keep players in bounds, YouTuber SKELUX was able to get into the bottom half of the world without the game restarting.
