Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Siliconera is reporting that Konami has trademarked Harmony of Despair in Europe. Now, just what is this game you ask? Nothing is certain yet, but it’s possible that it’s a new Castlevania title. After all, Harmony of Despair follows the name format of previous Castlevania games. I’d be up for a new entry in the series on the DS – What about you guys?

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 1 Comment

Miyamoto on whether he believes that his honor is decades overdue/deserved due to Donkey Kong/Mario or more recent creations…

“I don’t really know… I think that my best work is yet to come, actually. I mean, in the past five years I’ve been working on such unusual game titles, like Wii Fit Plus or Wii Sports Resort. And, probably, ten years ago I could never have been able to imagine that I would be making games like that. I’ve really enjoyed making unusual titles like those, that can remind me that in the next ten years or so I’ll be able to have unexpected joy in creating some very different genres from what I can imagine today. That’s why I can say that the best is yet to come to me.”

Miyamoto on retirement…

“Well, I am one of the company workers and the company has to retire me some time. So from that perspective, yes I may have to retire from Nintendo some day. But when I look around and see how aged cartoonists continue to work on their manga and how movie directors create new movies all the time, I understand that they would never retire. And by the same token, I guess I will still be making games somehow. The only question is whether the younger people will be willing to work with me at that far point in the future.”

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

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– Concept art has a girl standing at the top of a tower, looking over at a destroyed city, has buildings/streets in ruins
– Director Jiro Ishii: “It has the theme of the calamity that has become a trauma within me.”
– Developed by Level-5’s Tokyo studio
– “time travel” theme is the “ultimate ingredient” for Ishii
– Ishii: “I’ve been thinking about this forever now. Something like Back to the Future and Toki wo Kakeru Shojo, that’s loved forever. I have ideas for a time travel story that no one has done before, not even in movies or novels.”
– Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino “It looks like it will become a large scale title. I’m also looking forward to it. I expect it to become a title that can be a popular series for Level-5.”
– Hino: “[The game is] centered on hardware that’s not yet in this world, it will expand to other hardware.”

Sounds like this could very well end up on the 3DS. The system is “not yet in this world” as far as I know, but will be in the next year or so!

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Even though two Kingdom Hearts games were released in Japan within a few months of each other, fans are still very interested in seeing additional entries in the series. One would think that Tetsuya Nomura, creator of the franchise, will eventually begin working on Kingdom Hearts 3. According to Nomura, though, there are “several titles being planned”, as he explained in a recent fan interview.

“I can’t really give many details, but we do have several titles being planned and some in preparation for development, so I hope you’ll look forward to those in the future.”

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

Nintendo has struggled with returning to the top spot in the industry. Well, at least somewhat. Nintendo branches were forced to adjust to the success of the Wii/DS and the company’s new involvement with online technology, according to Gamebusiness.jp. Meanwhile, software developers were unable to focus on creating new franchises because their time was committed to established I.P.

So, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata amassed a list of all problems facing the company. Believe it or not, it ended up with roughly 700 items. Third-party relations and “unexpected accidents in communication between branches” involving management were on the list.

Things have started getting better, though. For instance, to rectify management issues, Iwata put external developers in charge of handling “low-priority” software. The original report from Gamebusiness.jp notes that Nintendo has a newfound, perhaps brighter future thanks to the changes Iwata has implemented.

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 7 Comments

This information comes from a GamesTM interview…

“In the past five years I’ve been working on such unusual titles like Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort. Ten years ago I could never have been able to imagine that I would be making games like that. That’s why I can say that the best is yet to come to me.” – Shigeru Miyamoto

“Technology is always evolving and Nintendo, just like other companies, is going to integrate those technologies into our new products as they develop. Whether that be a Wii HD, Wii 2 or an entirely new console, I am not in a position to say at the moment. I think that in the next generation of hardware, the challenge is how unique and different a product Nintendo is able to make.”

GamesTM mentioned that they’d love to see a new Star Fox title on Wii and Miyamoto said in response that he would as well. So, come on Miyamoto, make it happen!

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 12 Comments

Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino posted on his Twitter account recently that Famitsu will unveil the company’s new game next week. Not too long ago, Hino stated that the project “will become an extremely anticipated” after it is announced. It’s possible that the announcement will be a new Professor Layton game, or perhaps Sengoku Baseball Team, which was trademarked last month. Guesses aside, we’ll find out what the hype is about in just a few days.

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

It’s pretty clear that the device pictured above looks extremely similar to the DS. But I’m wondering if Nintendo will save this idea for the 3DS 0r if it’s nothing more than a random patent. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about rumble technology for a Nintendo handheld. We know about the Rumble Pak that was compatible with a few DS titles and there has been gossip about the 3DS using some sort of vibration. I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see if anything becomes of this internal rumble patent.

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