First look at Hallmark’s 2020 Nintendo ornaments
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We’ve grown accustomed to seeing new Nintendo ornaments from Hallmark around this time each year. The tradition continues, as we have an early look at some different designs planned for 2020.
This year seems to be all about the classics. 8-bit designs are on the way for Mario, Luigi, and Donkey Kong. Photos for each of these ornaments can be found below.
LEGO Super Mario – Monty Mole & Super Mushroom Expansion Set revealed, more photos
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New details regarding LEGO Super Mario have continued to roll out this week. We now know that things will begin to launch on August 1, and a few different sets will be available. You can find additional information in our post yesterday here.
In other news, pre-orders have started to open on the official LEGO site. It’s revealed an additional product: the Monty Mole & Super Mushroom Expansion Set, which is free when you pre-order the LEGO Super Mario Starter Course.
We have more photos of LEGO Super Mario below, including a first look at the Monty Mole & Super Mushroom Expansion Set.
ESA confirms it will not host an online event in place of E3 2020
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After the ESA pulled the plug on E3 2020 due to the coronavirus, the show’s organizers said they were exploring an “online experience”. Now, however, it’s been confirmed that this won’t be happening.
In a statement to PC Gamer, a representative said:
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Video: New look at LEGO Super Mario with lead designer Jonathan Bennink
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In a new video shared today, LEGO Group’s lead designer Jonathan Bennink shows off the new LEGO Super Mario sets. Bowser and Koopa Troopa also join the adventure in two new expansion sets: Piranha Plant Power Slide, and Bowser’s Castle Boss Battle.
Here’s the full video:
LEGO Super Mario Adventures launches in August, new details and pricing revealed
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The LEGO Group has revealed new details on LEGO Super Mario Adventures, its take on Mario LEGO sets.
The Mario Starter Course gets things started in August. Described as an “entry point”, the product “is needed to unlock expansion sets and features seven action bricks for different interactions with the LEGO Mario figure that are only included in this set.” There will also be LEGO Super Mario Expansion Sets, “which each unlock unique challenges and characters to play with and against friends.” The Piranha Plant Power Slide Expansion Set and the Bowser’s Castle Boss Battle Expansion Set will be released first.
Super Mario-kun manga getting an English release as “Super Mario Bros. Manga Mania”
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Update (4/6): This is now up for pre-order on Amazon Canada. Meanwhile, for whatever reason, it’s now unavailable on Amazon US – we’ll let you know if that changes.
Original (3/31): The Super Mario-kun manga has been ongoing in Japan since 1991. While the series has never been localized into English previously, that’ll be changing this year.
Viz Media has announced that it will offer an English version under the name “Super Mario Bros. Manga Mania”. Rather than releasing individual volumes, it sounds like we’ll instead be receiving a highlights compilation.
Here’s an official description:
Super Mario 64 fans discover smoke effect is glitched after more than two decades, fixed with a single line of code
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Super Mario 64 has been around since 1996. Yet it wasn’t until today that a new discovery was made, and it has nothing to do with a speedrun or anything along those lines. Rather, it turns out that the game has a piece of buggy code, resulting in some incorrect animation relating to Mario.
The glitch comes down to the smoke Mario emits when he’s touched fire. Tucked away inside the game’s files is a better looking smoke particle. Just one line of code was updated to access it – “G_IM_FMT_RGBA” was changed to “G_IM_FMT_IA”, and then everything displays as it should.
Here’s a comparison between the two versions (original vs. fixed):
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Producer Keisuke Kikuchi talks Fatal Frame again, comments on the possibility of Switch remasters
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With the lack of Fatal Frame games in recent years, fans have been very much anticipating a new entry. We asked series producer Keisuke Kikuchi about the possibility of the franchise appearing on Switch a few months ago, and while he seemed potentially interested, no promises were made.
We saw the strong fan reaction after we published our article and decided to give things another go by asking Kikuchi about Fatal Frame once again. We also brought up the possibility of remasters since we know that’s something some of our readers expressed interest in.
Here’s our full exchange with Kikuchi:
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North American My Nintendo rewards update – April 4, 2020
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My Nintendo has updated with its usual round of rewards. Members can spend their points on the latest discounts, 3DS themes, and wallpapers.
Here’s the full lineup:
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E3 2021 dated
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E3 2020 isn’t happening, and as such, the ESA is turning its attention to next year’s show. E3 2021 will run between June 15 and June 17, the organization announced.
The ESA intends to hold a “reimagined” event next year. Naturally there isn’t much in the way of more significant information as we’re over a year out.
Previously, the ESA said it was “exploring options with our members to coordinate an online experience to showcase industry announcements and news in June 2020.” There have been no updates on that front, however.
