Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

A few days ago, news began to circulate about Pokemon fans in Hong Kong setting up petitions and putting on protests related to the series. One of the stronger points players were upset about concerned a name change relating to Pikachu. You can read up on what’s been going on here.

Nintendo’s Hong Kong division, in conjunction with The Pokemon Company, issued a statement within the past week regarding the situation. This was distributed by Lonely Media, one of the organizers of the protest.

Nintendo cited that the new name for Pikachu in Cantonese can, and should be pronounce as Pikachu, not “Pei-kaa-jau”. Additionally, Nintendo never intended to restrict the name’s pronunciation. Instead, they just want a uniform translation for the Chinese sphere, so that it can be communicated across language barriers.

Reader VZ Blade went to the trouble of translating Nintendo’s statement in full. We’ve posted it below.

To ‘Petition to Keep Regional Chinese Translations of Pokémon’:

Thank you very much for your support.

After the announcement of Pokémon Sun/Moon being release globally this winter, the news of the Pokémon Sun/Moon’s inclusion of the Chinese language caused many reactions. At the same time, we received many opinions, which included the worry and the unfamiliarity to the new game title ??????* (Pokémon)?and the new names for the Pokémon that appeared in past games.

Following the announcement of Pokémon Sun/Moon info in May 10th, the new names of the 151 Pokémon appeared in Pokémon Red/Green was also announced. However, the suggestions in the petition was not reflected in the info announcement. At the same time, we did not give detailed explanations, causing severe negative reactions. We sincerely apologize for causing this inconvenience.

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A couple of months ago, we posted some Xenoblade Chronicles X images from the art book that released in Japan at the end of last year. What we put up at the time wasn’t the entire set though. We’re finishing that off today with the last batch of images and translations.

First, the last round of concept art:

And now the translations for the various pages:

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Amazon has posted the North American boxart for Disney Magical World. You can get a look at it above.

To compare, here’s the Japanese version:

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Splatoon’s next Splatfest has been announced for Europe. Starting on June 11, players can participate in an event which asks if their dream trip would be a world tour or a space adventure.

As of now, the 15th Splatfest has not been announced for North America or Japan. We’ll let you know if that changes.

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Four more Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Wii U videos with brief gameplay have hit the net. We’ve posted them all below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

505 Games posted an update on the official Terraria forums about the upcoming Wii U release as well as the already-released 3DS edition.

On Wii U, as we already know, the disc version is planned for June 28 in North America and June 26 in Europe. It’ll apparently be up on the eShop June 16 – a week later than was has been shown on the European store. There will be a day one patch that comes in at about 50MB.

505 Games also had this to say about having Wii U in line with the other console versions:

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Bandai Namco has updated the Dragon Ball: Fusions website with a look at some of the characters in the game. New screenshots and art show Broly, Gohan, Goku (young), Goten, Gotenks, Great Saiyaman, Krigohan (EX-Fusion between Gohan (young) and Krillin), Majin Buu, Mr. Satan, Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Goku, and Trunks (young). View the images below.

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Etrian Odyssey V was featured during the latest episode of SEGA Raw a few days ago. During the stream, menu navigation and character customization were shown. Check out a recording of the footage below.

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This week’s issue of Famitsu contains a four-page article on Story of Seasons: Good Friends of Three Villages. Much of the information was previously-known, but there are a few new details.

The big thing we see in the coverage is that the player’s actual family is shown. You have a dad named Darius, a mom named Marina, and your younger sister Lynne. Initially, your father was against you being a farmer while your mother was supportive of the move. Lynne on the other hand said she would miss you.

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IGN’s posted a few minutes of Mighty No. 9 footage to highlight the game’s opening stage. Check it out below.

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