19-Year Tenure Spanned from Game Boy to Nintendo 3DS
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 1, 2011 – Nintendo of America Inc. announced that after 19 years of exemplary service, including more than 12 years as its general counsel, Senior Vice President Richard “Rick” Flamm will retire in the spring.
Initially hired to lead Nintendo’s Litigation team, Rick was soon tapped to also manage the Anti-Piracy team, and was promoted to general counsel in 1999. He grew Nintendo’s Legal department into a modern, dynamic and robust team. His tenure began in the days of the iconic Game Boy™ system and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System™, and carried through the Nintendo DS™, Wii™ and Nintendo 3DS™ eras.

Nintendo Week (12/1)

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On this week’s episode: Mario Kart 7, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D Land.

Photos of the Club Nintendo Platinum Pin collection

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The Club Nintendo pin set is shipping now to Platinum members. 2012 calenders are being shipped out to Gold members as well.

Thanks to Raymond W for the tip!

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Nintendo’s Jump Festa 2012 lineup is pretty barren

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As far as I can tell, Nintendo is bringing just two games to Jump Festa 2012. The company’s Jump Festa page shows that consumers can get their hands on both Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 in a couple of weeks. Both of these titles will have already been released by the time the show kicks off.

There isn’t any mention about a Pokemon “surprise” that has been rumored for the show. However, that doesn’t mean a new video game reveal is out of the question. We may get a better idea about the Pokemon Company’s plans if they open up a special Jump Festa site of their own.

Jump Festa 2012 takes place on December 17 and 18 at the Makuhari Messe.

Nintendo to support EU initiative on making the Internet a safer place for kids

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1st December, 2011 – Nintendo is proud to announce that it is supporting a forward-looking initiative by the European Commission to help make the Internet a safer place for kids. Details of the proposals are being announced today by Neelie Kroes, vice-president of the European Commission.
Nintendo has agreed to be a founder member of a coalition of leading communications, technology, media and entertainment companies, which will help implement a series of measures that will promote safe access to the Internet for children.
For further information about the initiative, visit the European Commission website here.

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Nintendo Power December 2011 scans – Zelda, Resident Evil, Rhythm Heaven, Tekken

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Nintendo Power has released a public preview of this month’s magazine. Titles featured include Zelda: Skyward Sword, Resident Evil: Revelations, Rhythm Heaven Paradise, and Tekken 3D: Prime Edition. The issue arrives on newsstands on December 6 and is available now for subscribers.

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Reggie: 3DS beats out original DS sales, different Wii U pricing/games, DS still in the picture, more

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Reggie Fils-Aime commented on a wide array of topics in a new interview with Techland. The Nintendo of America president briefly talked about the Wii U, how the DS remains important to the company, and more.

Fils-Aime also mentioned that the 3DS has surpassed sales of the original DS, and in a shorter timespan. The DS hit 2.37 million units in its first year while the 3DS already beat out that number in just eight months.

For more news from Reggie, head past the break.

Hayashida: Kuribo’s Shoe proposal rejected for Super Mario Galaxy, Mario 3D Land talk, more

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IGN has published a series of interviews with Super Mario 3D Land director Koichi Hayashida. For the most part, Hayashida responses pertained to Mario’s latest outing.

However, he did share a noteworthy piece of information about Super Mario Galaxy. Hayashida mentioned that he came up with an idea of bringing back Kuribo’s Shoe for the project, but Yoshiaki Koizumi – the director of that title – rejected his proposal.

All of Hayashida’s comments can be found after the break.

Club Nintendo Elite status rewards being shipped out now

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Nintendo’s shipping preparations for the 2011 Elite Club Nintendo rewards are complete. The prizes should now start making their way out to Gold/Platinum members. If your reward hasn’t been shipped yet, it will within a week or so.

We wanted to let you know that your reward order has been shipped.
Your reward order was shipped via US Mail and will take 4-10 business days for delivery.
Please visit http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/statuscheck.jsp to track the status of your order.
You may also visit http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/club/en/faq.jsp to view answers to reward order questions.
We hope you enjoy your Club Nintendo reward!

Thanks to chris for the tip!

Reggie answers a few Mario Kart-related questions

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Reggie discusses his first Mario Kart experience, his favorite tracks from Mario Kart 7, and more.