Concept art shows cancelled Epic Disney Racers
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
Within the past week, we heard about the scrapped Epic Donald, which would have been the third entry in the overall Epic Mickey series. Aside from that, Disney was also tossing around the idea of a spin-off project called “Epic Disney Racers” at some point.
The game was to include characters from the main Disney animated canon as well as ones from Epic Mickey. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, The Mad Doctor, Scrooge McDuck & Huey, Dewey and Louie, and Cruella De Vil have been shown in concept art.
Aside from that, there’s not too much else to go on. Co-op appears to have been considered, and the ability to attack other racers with a character exclusive weapon, such as Mickey’s brush, Oswald’s remote, and Dewey/Louie’s exploding money bags. You’d also be able to see damage on the vehicles.
Concept art of Epic Disney Racers can be found below. It’s thought that the project ended early in development.
Nintendo on the demographic for NX, stronger relationship between teams
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 250 Comments
On Friday, Nikkei Trendy published a new interview with Shinya Takahashi, General Manager of Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development. There’s admittedly not a whole lot in the discussion that’s new. However, it does offer some additional perspective on some topics, including NX.
At one point, the interviewer brings up how when Wii was being released, he heard that a part of the plan to get the system next to a television in living rooms was to make a game console that moms wouldn’t hate. That prompted Nikkei Trendy to ask if there plans like this for NX.
Takahashi said in response:
“I can’t talk about this in detail yet, but we are aiming so that neither people who like games nor moms dislike it. I think that I want to release a game device that both customers who have much experience in gaming and customers who haven’t played much can enjoy greatly.”
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Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1 cover and back
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Amazon has given us a look at the cover for The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2. What we have above is the cover. The second image below shows off the back.
The first Legendary Edition for The Legend of Zelda comes out in November. It includes two volumes of the Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa.
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Nintendo considered Fire Emblem and Pokemon crossover before moving on to Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 21 Comments
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE certainly had an interesting development cycle. At one point, it was considered for 3DS. The team also thought about various genres. But in the end, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE was made for Wii U as a mostly unique RPG that borrows some elements from Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei.
Going back well before development started, the game’s origins also have some ties to Pokemon, strangely enough. Nintendo director Hitoshi Yamagami revealed in a Nintendo Dream companion booklet at the end of last year that the company’s Kaori Ando “proposed a plan” that would have featured Pokemon and Fire Emblem. However, since a different proposal was floating around at the same time which would eventually become Pokemon Conquest, the idea was abandoned.
Here’s what Yamagami and Ando had to say about the situation, as translated by kantopia:
Nintendo Minute – “Back to School Survival Tips + Giveaway”
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 1 Comment
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta share some survival tips for going back to school. The two also give away a few Nintendo goodies. Check out the full episode below.
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Nintendo’s sale of Seattle Mariners finalized
Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Nintendo’s sale of the Seattle Mariners, a baseball team in which Nintendo has owned shares in for some time now, has officially been finalized by the MLB. Nintendo is to retain a 10% share in the team, with the remainder of its holdings to be sold off.
As part of the sale and transistion, current CEO Howard Lincoln has retired from his daily duties and been replaced by John Stanton as the chairman and CEO, who will also act as a Major League Baseball Control Person for the franchise. Lincoln will continue to represent Nintendo’s ownership interests for the team, acting as a member of the FAE Board of Directors. The financial impact of the sale to Nintendo will be incorporated into the company’s next quarterly financial report.
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Creators on the new Mega Man animated series – more optimistic character, art style, airing on Disney XD
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments
Nerdist posted a new interview yesterday with some of the creators behind the new Mega Man animated series. Steven T. Seagle, Duncan Rouleau, Joe Kelly, and Joe Casey from Man of Action all participated in the discussion. Aside from talk about Mega Man as a character (focusing on optimism), the art style, and other topics, Nerdist also says that the show will air on Disney XD next year.
Per usual, we’ve rounded up some of the comments below. You can read the full interview on Nerdist here.
Gamescom 2017 dated
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Gamescom 2016 is still underway, but next year’s expo has already been dated. The show will take place between August 22, 2017 and August 26, 2017.
Next year’s Gamescom will be a tad different. For the first time, it will take place between Tuesday and Saturday (first day is for trade visitors and the media like usual). In other words, everything is bumped up a day early in 2017. It’s also in place from here on out to have Gamescom staged during the last full week of August.
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Doug Bowser is now Nintendo of America’s VP of sales and marketing
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments
Nintendo of America brought on Doug Bowser as its new VP of sales last May. Over a year later, he’s now received a promotion.
Bowser has become the company’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. His new role will help cover the position held by Scott Moffitt, who left Nintendo of America about a month ago.
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Best Buy: Save up to 70% on toys-to-life figures and more
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Best Buy is now 50 years old. To celebrate, the retailer is holding a 50-hour sale, and there are a few Nintendo-related deals.
You can find the official page here. The main highlight is 70 percent off select gaming figures including amiibo, LEGO Dimensions, and Skylanders, but there are also select discounts on a couple of games like Rodea: The Sky Soldier and Guitar Hero Live.
