Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 10 Comments

This past weekend, there were 462 GameStop stores that were either a PokeStop or Gym. According to CEO Paul Raines, sales were up 100 percent at these locations. Raines added that merchandise sales are up “significantly across the board.”

Here’s the full interview:

Source

More: GameStop, interview, Niantic, Paul Raines, Pokemon GO, sales

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 6 Comments

Pokemon GO has boosted Nintendo stock once again. Bloomberg reports that, on Friday, Nintendo became the most traded Japanese stock this century. Tokyo Electric, SoftBank, and Nippon Steel are just some of the big names Nintendo surpassed.

On July 11, the largest volume of Nintendo stock ever was traded on the market. Friday’s milestone pertains to the highest value of stock traded, coming in at 476 billion yen (roughly $4.5 billion).

Here’s a look at Nintendo’s stock value and volume over the past ten years – notice the big spike at the end:

Source 1, Source 2

More: Pokemon GO

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 1 Comment

This week’s Nintendo Minute is now up on Nintendo’s YouTube page. In today’s episode, Kit and Krysta get ready for Evo 2016 by catching up with Smash Bros. players Nairo and VoiD as well as D1 from Twitch. Watch the full video below.

More: Nintendo Minute

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Evo 2016 day two is about to begin. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Smash Bros. Melee, and Pokken Tournament will all be represented at the tournament. Head past the break to watch today’s matches as they happen.

Read More

More: Evo 2016

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

My Nintendo Europe has added two new rewards. For 20 Gold Points, you can earn a 40 percent discount on EarthBound Beginnings. For 180 Platinum Coins, Nintendo will provide a 30 percent discount on Hana Samurai: Art of the Sword. Both expire on October 1.

Both of these rewards can be found on My Nintendo here.

More: Europe, My Nintendo

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

Pokemon: The Movie – Volcanion and The Ingenious Magearna debuted in Japan earlier today. At the end of the film, viewers were able to see a teaser for next year’s release. The three starters from Pokemon Sun/Moon (Rowlet, Litten and Popplio) were shown in the brief clip. It was also emphasized that this will be the 20th Pokemon movie.

Pokemon movies have been produced yearly starting in 1998. It’s no surprise to see that tradition continuing!

Source

More: movie, Pokemon

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

A special Nindies panel was held at BitSummit in Japan last week. Takuya Aizu from Inti Creates (Azure Striker Gunvolt), Ian Flood from Yacht Club Games (Shovel Knight), and Rhodri Broadbent from Dakko Dakko (Scram Kitty) were in attendance. We have a full recording of the event below.

More: indie

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 3 Comments

Amazon has offered up a few more photos of the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition. We’ve posted them below.

Speaking of Amazon, for those on the lookout for pre-orders, keep track of the placeholder page here. We’ll also keep track of it and will let everyone know when it’s live.

More: nes

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, Random, Videos | 33 Comments

Update: If that wasn’t enough, here’s a video from earlier in the week when people were going nuts in Washington’s Downtown Park (Bellevue) after a Squirtle appeared:

Continuing the insanity that is Pokemon GO, a stampede formed in New York’s Central Park last night when players came across Vaporeon. This isn’t the easiest creature to catch, so when it was detected at around 11 PM, the crowd went into a frenzy.

Again, we’re not going to be posting too many off-beat news posts stemming from Pokemon GO, but things like this are tough to resist. It’s just crazy seeing the types of things happening!

Source

More: Niantic, Pokemon GO

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Six amiibo based on Monster Hunter Stories are slated for Japan by the end of the year. Three are coming on October 8, while another three will follow on December 8.

Play-Asia is now accepting pre-orders for all of the Monster Hunter Stories amiibo. Links to each are below.

October 8

One-eyed Rathalos & Rider Girl
One-eyed Rathalos & Rider Boy
Nabiru

December 8

Barioth & Ayuria
Rathian & Cheval
Qurupeco & Dan

More: Play-Asia, pre-order