Posted on 14 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

This comes from a recent issue of Iwata Aska:

“I thought it was a tradition for working on a Zelda title for it to turn into a kind of exercise in suffering.” – Satoru Iwata

“I remember it was fun working on it (Link’s Awakening), and when it was over, I remember us talking to each other about how fun it was.” – Takashi Tezuka

“I’m certain it was a breakthrough element in the series. If we had proceeded from A Link to the Past straight to Ocarina of Time without Link’s Awakening in between, Ocarina would have been different.” – Eiji Aonuma

Well, that’s interesting to hear! I actually haven’t had the privilege of playing Link’s Awakening, but I’d definitely draw some major similarities between Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past! Maybe it’s about time I grabbed a copy…

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Namco Bandai seems to have trademarked another Narikiri related item today, possibly hinting at another “Tales of” series spin off. Recall that the GB spin off to the series, Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon, was followed by two more “Narikiri” titles, so this very well may be yet another entry to the series, or even a new spin-off series altogether!

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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!

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Thanks to Allen for the news tip!

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“Iwata-San only ever invests in something he can guarantee will work for a Nintendo audience. 3DV showed off a camera that detected motion in 3D, and had voice recognition – but Iwata-San was unconvinced he could sell it at a Nintendo price point. He also had some worries around latency during gameplay.” – a top insider at Nintendo’s Japan HQ

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Nintendo turning down Natal-like features. Last year, Iwata told FT.com that a camera was considered for the Wii, but Nintendo ultimately decided against using such technology.

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

This information comes from Geoff Keighley’s Twitter…

“This week on GTTV — global announcement of next title from Platinum Games inside the show!…And yes, you’ll get an exclusive trailer for the Platinum Games title.”

Unfortunately, with these types of teasers, it is never clear if it’ll be Nintendo related. Anything that Platinum Games creates is worth checking out, though!

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While scrolling through the Wii News Channel this morning, I stumbled upon a news article that is one of many that continuously have me baffled. Apparently, 30-year-old Michael Ray Ekes was arrested for grand theft auto this past Thursday. Ironically, when deputies went in his house, they found Ekes playing the video game Grand Theft Auto (it didn’t say which). What bothers me about this is that the press continuously tries to connect the playing of video games to committing crimes, which is definitely a false connection! Does anyone else get annoyed when critics of video games do this?

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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!

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Nintendo of America has filed a new trademark for Luigi’s Masnion, which does not have any connection to the title for the GameCube. It’s possible that Nintendo will be releasing a New Play Control! version of the game. Or, if we’re lucky, perhaps Nintendo Dream will unveil in their next issue. A man can dream, can’t he?!

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