Nintendo Minute – “Nintendo Switch Surprise”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s episode, Kit and Krysta surprise a few friends with Switch. Watch the full video below.
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Yacht Club Games on next project, Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack exceeds expectations
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Yacht Club Games is committed to starting work on something entirely new this year. The studio will finally be moving on from the original Shovel Knight, which released way back in June 2014.
Shovel Knight could still be in Yacht Club Games’ future though. Yacht Club Games programmer David D’Angelo informed GamesIndustry that the team is trying to decide between creating something new within the Shovel Knight franchise and a new IP.
D’Angelo explained:
“We’ve talked about wanting to extend the Shovel Knight franchise. How about we make Shovel Knight 2, or Super Shovel Knight, or Shovel Knight 64? Maybe we could take Shovel Knight through the ages, that is something that is very appealing to us. But also, we are all very burned out on Shovel Knight for sure, so we thought: ‘What if we made a new IP? What would that look like?’
“The true reason we made Shovel Knight a 1980s-style game is because we wanted to cram as much fun gameplay into it as possible. And to us, if we could limit the burden on the art style, then we could iterate and really put in loads of enemies, objects, bosses, and everything you can imagine. I think that idea will remain pretty central to our studio, no matter what. You won’t see us making The Last of Us anytime soon.”
Also worth noting, we have an update on the performance of the Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack that Yacht Club Games published in North America. Although it apparently wasn’t as successful as the company had hoped, the firm’s distributors as well as GameStop say it exceeded expectations.
Video: Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda tries to name as many Pokemon as he can in 20 seconds
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Pokemon Bank was finally updated this week to include functionality for Pokemon Sun/Moon. To celebrate, Nintendo of Europe presented a challenge to Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda to name as many Pokemon as he can in 20 seconds. See how he did below.
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Standalone Wolf Link amiibo pre-orders open at Best Buy
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Just like GameStop, Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for the standalone Wolf Link amiibo. You can reserve it here. Wolf Link comes out next Friday in North America.
Aonuma on what makes Nintendo games recognizable, how the industry has changed
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Aside from asking Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma about his thoughts on VR, French site Gameblog posed two more questions that were more about Nintendo in general.
First, Aonuma was asked about what makes Nintendo games recognizable. He (roughly) said the following:
“I do not know if it fits perfectly, but I will say that … it’s difficult to answer, because I never created video games other than Nintendo. On the other hand, I play a lot of other games, other than Nintendo. The specificity (essence) of Nintendo, although it is not valid for 100% of our games, but compared to other games, we go directly into the heart of the matter … It is true that our games do not take long to start, not full of cinematic intros, explanations that drag on and that we are told ‘well, we play when?’ And which give us rather want to turn off the console.”
Aonuma next commented on the gaming industry and how it’s changed. He (roughly) shared the following on that subject:
Aonuma doesn’t think VR is well-suited for Zelda
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Gameblog was recently given the opportunity to interview Eiji Aonuma, the producer of Zelda. At one point, Aonuma was asked about his thoughts regarding Zelda and virtual reality.
At least for the time being, the two aren’t a match. VR allows the player to see the world from their own point of view. With Zelda, however, the purpose is to watch Link grow.
Aonuma’s words are roughly translated as follows.
“You know, one of the interests of the Zelda games is to evolve Link and therefore see him grow. In VR, you would no longer see Link, you would see the world from your personal point of view, so I think it would not be very ‘Zelda'”.
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Zelda 30th anniversary 3DS theme, music videos live on My Nintendo Europe
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My Nintendo began offering a few new Zelda-based rewards at the very start of December. For those in Europe, these same items are now available.
First, a 30th anniversary Zelda 3DS theme can be had for 300 Platinum Points. Three different 3DS videos are also live for 100 Platinum Points each. After you’ve downloaded them, you can watch orchestrated performances of Zelda music.
All of these rewards are accessible on My Nintendo here.
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Zelda: Art & Artifacts Limited Edition up on Target
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The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts Limited Edition may have sold out on Amazon, but Target is now taking pre-orders. Secure yours here. Just like Amazon, it may not last long.
GameStop restocks NES Classic Edition on its website in bundle form
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GameStop has restocked the NES Classic Edition on its website, though you’ll need to purchase it in a bundle. Three options are available at $80, $125, and $130.
The full set can be found here. Note that they will all be restocked on February 1.
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Nintendo sponsoring 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards
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Nintendo will be joining the lineup of sponsors for the 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards. It’s unclear what exactly that role entails, but the show does at least have backing from the big N.
You may have forgotten, but there was a neat little Nintendo segment at the Kids’ Choice Awards last year. Mario and Luigi showed up to present once of the winners, and a live-action Mario sequence was created.
