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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Retailers are gearing up for the NES Classic Edition’s restock on June 29. GameStop has come forward with a few details on how it will be handling things.

GameStop will have “at least 10 units per store,” with some locations possibly having a larger stock. Quantities will be limited and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

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The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia finally arrived in the west this week. Previously, the book was only available in Japan.

Fans are picking up on some interesting tidbits from the book, including the fact that the first Zelda takes place entirely on Death Mountain from A Link to the Past. Here’s a comparison:

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A new @NintendoUKVS Live: London event has been announced, which is taking place on July 28 and July 29 at the Royal Horticultural Halls. Along with tournaments, hands-on opportunities with Switch games will be available. It will also play host to the first official qualifier for the Splatoon 2 UK Championship 2018 series, as well as the first chance for folks in the UK and Ireland to go hands-on with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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GungHo Online Entertainment has announced a “GungHo New Title Presentation” for next week. The event will be live streamed on YouTube as well as Twitter.

Here’s an overview of the presentation:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments

At every E3 – or any major Nintendo event for that matter – many fans hope to see the announcement of games like Animal Crossing for Switch or the western release of Mother 3. There still wasn’t news on either of these last week, but Nintendo is definitely aware of the interest.

IGN spoke with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime at E3. As a blanket statement regarding announcements for the company’s franchises, Reggie reiterated that information will be shared “close to its launch date versus teasing people for years on end.”

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Twitter has shared some official information and statistics about its social media platform during E3 last week.

According to Twitter, there was a 94% increase in overall gaming conversation during E3 compared to the previous week. There were close to 15 million #E3 related tweets last week as well. The United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Spain, and France were the countries that tweeted the most about the expo.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

The NES Classic Edition will finally be restocked on June 29. Ahead of that, Walmart has started taking pre-orders. You can reserve a unit here.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Wondering when you’ll next be able to hear about Nintendo’s financial results? This week, the company penciled in July 31 as the day for its Three Months Earnings Release.

By the way, Nintendo does not intend to meet with investors on the following day. That’s no surprise though as that tends to be the case with Q1.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments

The Verge has published a new wave of comments from Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi. Takahashi spoke about the company merging its developer divisions a few years ago, sticking to release date, the current role of 3DS, and more.

We’ve rounded up these comments below. You can read the full article on The Verge here.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Joshua in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Today, Nintendo reached one million followers on its Japanese account. It released a piece of art, which you can see in either the post below or the featured image above.