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Producer Kosuke Yabuki, art director Masaaki Ishikawa, and design director Shintaro Jikumaru shared some comments about ARMS as well. Between the three, they talked a bit about the game’s origins, making it balanced (including a special tool used), trying to have it be accessible yet also deep, and other topics as well.

We’ve posted a number of comments from Yabuki, Ishikawa, and Jikumaru below. You can pick up this month’s EDGE for the full feature.

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EDGE #306 review scores

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 11 Comments

This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:

Yooka-Laylee – 6
Mass Effect: Andromeda – 7
Little Nightmares – 8
Snake Pass – 7
The Sexy Brutale – 8
Outlast 2 – 5
LEGO Worlds – 6
Everything – 7
Korix – 7

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Fire Emblem Heroes downloads less than a tenth of Super Mario Run, but seeing more revenue

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 9 Comments

Super Mario Run has been downloaded nearly 150 million times. Fire Emblem Heroes’ downloads are less than a tenth of that, but the two games have an inverse relationship with revenue. According to Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima, Fire Emblem Heroes is earning more revenue than Super Mario Run.

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Kimishima has nothing to say about a SNES Mini right now

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Speculation about Nintendo bringing out a SNES Mini emerged last week. The Wall Street Journal reporter Takashi Mochizuki was able to ask president Tatsumi Kimishima about the rumor at the company’s financial results briefing today, though unsurprisingly, he didn’t say much. Kimishima simply said that he has nothing to talk about now.

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Super Mario Run nearly at 150 million downloads

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Super Mario Run has been downloaded almost 150 million times, Nintendo has confirmed. That number applies to downloads across iOS and Android.

Super Mario Run accumulated 78 million downloads by the end of January. The game launched on Android last month, so that likely gave it a shot in the arm.

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Genyo Takeda retiring from Nintendo

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments

Genyo Takeda has been working at Nintendo since the early 1970s. Sadly, his time with the company is coming to an end. A document included with Nintendo’s latest financial results confirms that he’s retiring.

Takeda was most recently assigned the role of Representative Director and “Technology Fellow” in 2015. He has largely worked on the hardware side of things at Nintendo, but was the director and producer of several titles such as Punch-Out!! and Pilotwings 64.

Ko Shiota should be taking over Takeda’s role. This should all be made official following the 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 29.

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Nintendo 2016 fiscal year earnings results

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 35 Comments

Nintendo’s latest financial results for the 2016 fiscal year are in. We’ll be rounding up all of the important pieces of information below.

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Nintendo million sellers – April 2017

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 20 Comments

Nintendo published a new listing of million-seller titles in conjunction with its latest financial results. Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the big highlight with nearly four million copies sold across Switch and Wii U. For the full results, continue on below.