Video: “Do You Know Mario?”
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Nintendo has put out a new video about all things Mario to promote Super Mario Run. It shows the various types of games he’s appeared in, characters from the franchise, and more. Check out the video below.
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First look at the upcoming female Corrin figma
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We first heard about plans for a figma of Corrin from Fire Emblem Fates at WonderCon Festival a few months ago. Seemingly from some sort of scan, the first image is attached above.
Corrin’s figma has not yet been dated. Max Factory will presumably have it ready sometime in mid to late 2017.
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The Art of Splatoon coming to North America and Europe in June
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 14 Comments
Update (12/22): The Art of Splatoon is also coming to Europe. Amazon UK is listing the book here for June 13.
Original (12/19): Dark Horse Comics has announced The Art of Splatoon, a new book filled with artwork from the Wii U game. It will come packed with 2D and 3D illustrations of characters, maps, concept art, weapon and gear design, storyboards, sketches, hand-drawn comics, and more. Behind the scenes notes will be included as well.
The Art of Splatoon launches in North America on June 23. It’s already up for pre-order on Amazon here. You can also nab it on Amazon Canada here.
Pokemon Sun & Moon anime: upcoming events preview trailer
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments
The Pokemon Sun & Moon anime has been running for a couple of weeks now, and its reception on the internet has been fairly positive. Alongside the anime’s 8th episode, which aired today, broadcaster TV Tokyo released a short preview video which shows a couple things that will happen over the next weeks and months in the anime. Take a look if you don’t mind spoilers:
New Ace Attorney novel slated for February in Japan
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An Ace Attorney novel, Turnabout Idol, arrived in Japan this past summer. A new one now appears to be in the works.
Amazon Japan is listing Turnabout Airport as a sequel to the previous novel. In it, Apollo is arrested for the murder of a politician.
Mie Takase is returning as the book’s writer. Takase also has experience working on novelizations of games like Kirby and Fire Emblem.
Ace Attorney – Turnabout Airport is currently scheduled for February 15 in Japan.
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Nintendo sees huge boost in search traffic
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Data collected by internet-data firm SimilarWeb reveals that Nintendo-related terms grew to triple the size of PlayStation/Xbox-related searches. Pokemon GO helped contribute to the growth during the summer, but the biggest spike resulted from Switch’s announcement in October. The NES Classic Edition and Super Mario Run then added further to Nintendo’s buzz.
GamesBeat shares the following statements from SimilarWeb:
“The growth in Nintendo’s search traffic over 2016 is so big that when comparing its search traffic in November 2016 to January 2016, it multiplied its search traffic by [a factor of] 60.”
“In January 2016, we were able to identify a total of 39 keywords generating traffic for these brands. Nintendo had 6, Xbox had 16, and PlayStation had 17. While in November 2016, we were able to identify 183 of such keywords. [And now], Nintendo had 101, Xbox had 30, and PlayStation had 52.”
SimilarWeb’s report is limited to search items related to console products from the big three console manufacturers, so terms such as “Pikachu” don’t count. However, it seems that online users are searching for more Nintendo-related terms compared to the competition.
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Miyamoto on what sticks out to him about Iwata
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In an interview conducted by The New Yorker, Shigeru Miyamoto was asked about the piece of advise late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata gave to him which he cherishes the most.
Miyamoto thought about the question for a bit, and then went on to mention that Iwata “had this unique ability to rally people around a vision.” Iwata was able “to take something, give it shape and then to motivate people.”
Miyamoto also spoke about how unique Iwata was from the standpoint of a programmer. Although such developers may tell designers why something would be impossible, Iwata was the opposite, and “would say he was going to figure out how to make it work.”
You can listen to Miyamoto’s full comments on Iwata below.
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Nintendo introducing new Pokemon Playing Cards in Japan this month
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Later this month, Nintendo will be releasing new Pokemon Playing Cards in Japan. Fans will be able to choose between two versions based on Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon. The two packs cost 540 yen each.
Each pack will have some different Pokemon. But as for the Joker cards, there are two kinds which are available in both.
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Nintendo shows off Zelda’s original design documents
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Update: More documents from Nintendo. First, the skull room and secret passage area designed by Takashi Tezuka:
And drawings of maps from Shigeru Miyamoto:
Original: In the spirit of Zelda’s 30th anniversary, Nintendo has posted a brief video that shows the original game map for the first game. We have it below.
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GameStop has received another limited supply of NES Classic Edition in-store
Posted on 7 years ago by Fernando in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
It seems that GameStop is ready to give another chance to those who want a NES Classic Edition but can’t find it anywhere. They are expecting a limited supply of units to be in stores today and tomorrow, but it will only be available for purchase in stores and not online.
Here’s the full excerpt of the notice as reported by Polygon:
“GameStop has again received another limited shipment of Nintendo NES Classics today through Thursday. Only available in store, not online. GameStop recommends that customers call their local stores to determine local quantities.”
