Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

SEGA acquired Atlus back in 2013. That process is still ongoing, but is now starting to wrap up. Going forward, SEGA will be publishing all Atlus USA games as a means to streamline its business operations.

The good news is that this news will have little impact on consumers. SEGA isn’t ditching the Atlus brand, and Atlus will still act independently.

SEGA provided Game Informer with the following comment regarding how the Atlus acquisition has benefited the company:

“Since Atlus U.S.A.—renowned for the award-winning Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, and Etrian Odyssey franchises—integrated with SEGA of America, the ATLUS expertise has allowed SEGA to localize and publish popular Japanese titles in the west, including the Yakuza series, Project DIVA series, and more.”

In other news, Ivo Gerscovich has been named as the new head of the Sonic brand and its related businesses in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. He’ll serve as the Sonic chief brand officer and senior vice president of SEGA of America.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 32 Comments

Nintendo is sending out a new email to customers in North America about Miitomo, My Nintendo, and the new web shop. If you were a former Club Nintendo member in North America, you may find a little bonus inside.

In the section about My Nintendo, you should see a code to redeem My Nintendo Platinum Points as someone who used the old rewards program. This will net you 200 bonus points. Just make sure to redeem the code here by May 31 at 11:59 PM PT / June 1 at 2:59 AM ET.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 11 Comments

IGN recently had the opportunity to speak with Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about Miitomo, Nintendo’s future on mobile, and My Nintendo.

First, here’s what Trinen had to say about Miitomo and keeping the app updated going forward:

“Our development team is looking at it very much as just the initial release. They do have plans to continue to update. They’ll probably start by looking at how people are playing with Miitomo and how they’re interacting with it. But I think they’re looking at a couple of different ways that Miitomo will grow over time.”

“Certainly some of the updates are the addition of new outfits or new versions of the Miitomo drop mini-game, which you play using game tickets. You can even see, on the simpler side, updates to the questions you’re asked. But I also think they’re going to be looking longer term at the opportunity to do bigger updates that might add in new features and expand the experience.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 7 Comments

Nintendo’s North American website is now updated to show the new interface for its game store. Access it here.

It’s now easier than ever to buy a game from Nintendo’s website and have it download to your system. Even better, your eShop balance can be used during the purchase process. Things are much more intuitive than they used to be!

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Natsume has published the second portion of its winter Q&A with fans. You can see what the company had to say in part 1 here.

In response to a fan wondering if there’s any news about Medabots, Natsume shared the following:

Nothing new to report on the Medabots front. We’re sadface too. We’re happy we were able to launch all four GBA games (Medabots and Medabots AX, both Rokusho and Metabee editions) on the Wii U Virtual Console. And we are definitely hopeful we’ll get a chance to localize another game in the future.

Natsume also weighed in on how it chooses games for localization:

We have a few guidelines for choosing titles. The first is that the game needs to fit into our company model. That is to say, it is a unique and niche title that has the ability to grow its respective market. Second, we don’t release games that would be rated M. We like to keep everything family friendly. We love taking chances of quirky and special games that might not ever make it to the western market, such as Chulip, A-Train, or Afrika. There are a lot of other factors as well, but those are the basics.

You can find a couple more questions and answers on the Tumblr page here.

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In the United States, the only way consumers have been able to purchase the Falco amiibo is by shopping at Best Buy. This is now starting to change, however. Amazon is taking orders for the figure here.

Note that Amazon is listing Falco as temporarily out of stock, and consumers will be notified when it will begin to ship. Orders can still be placed regardless.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Nintendo of Europe has now added functionality to its website that makes it possible to purchase eShop titles. You can visit the main hub here.

Buying a title is simple. Just sign in with your Nintendo Account and visit a game page. You’ll see how much it costs, along with how many My Nintendo points you can earn.

Thanks to Karuko for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 17 Comments

My Nintendo has a variety of ways to earn Platinum Points – playing Miitomo especially can earn you some points pretty quickly. Still, there’s a way to get 10 Platinum Points on the website itself – scroll down to the bottom of the site and click on the block in the bottom right corner. Then just keep clicking on your Mii to earn 10 Platinum Points! It’s pretty much just a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things, but it’s a cute little easter egg nonetheless.

Credit goes to NeoGAF user Gaspard for finding this out.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Update: And here’s the full list for North America:

My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 1000 Platinum Points
Miitomo – Mario Suit – 250 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 1 game ticket – 85 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 5 game tickets – 420 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 10 game tickets – 250 Platinum Points (1 time only)
15% discount on Zelda: Wind Waker HD – 750 Platinum Points
15% discount on Yoshi’s Woolly World – 750 Platinum Points
15% discount on Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 600 Platinum Points
15% discount on Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 450 Platinum Points
15% discount on Super Mario 3D Land – 450 Platinum Points
30% discount on Splatoon – 140 Gold Points
30% discount on Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 100 Gold Points
30% discount on Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – 100 Gold Points
30% discount on Ultimate NES Remix – 70 Gold Points
30% discount on Punch-Out!! – 50 Gold Points
Super Mario 64 (Wii U) – 90 Gold Points
New Super Mario Bros. U DLC: New Super Luigi U – 170 Gold Points
Pikmin 3 Mission Mode DLC: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – 20 Gold Points
WarioWare: Touched! (3DS) – 1000 Platinum Points
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS) – 35 Gold Points
Donkey Kong Country Returns – 230 Gold Points
Metroid Fusion (Wii U) – 60 Gold Points
Super Punch-Out!! (Wii U) – 70 Gold Points
My Nintendo Theme 1: Mario – 200 Platinum Points
My Nintendo Theme 2: Donkey Kong – 200 Platinum Points

My Nintendo just went live in Europe – here’s a list of the rewards (and their price) which are currently available:

• My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 1000 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – Mario Suit – 250 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 1 game ticket – 85 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 5 game tickets – 420 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 10 game tickets – 250 Platinum Points (1 time only)
• 20% discount on Yoshi’s Woolly World – 600 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on Pullblox World – 150 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on Mario Kart 7 – 700 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 300 Platinum Points
• 40% discount on Splatoon – 100 Gold Points
• 40% discount on The Wonderful 101 – 120 Gold Points
• 50% discount on Metroid: Other M – 60 Gold Points
• 40% discount on Super Mario 3D Land – 110 Gold Points
• 40% discount on Tomodachi Life – 100 Gold Points
• 50% discount on Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move – 30 Gold Points
• Super Mario 64 (Wii U) – 90 Gold Points
• New Super Mario Bros. U Add-On Content: New Super Luigi U – 90 Gold Points
• Pikmin 3 Add-On Content: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – 20 Gold Points
• WarioWare: Touched! (3DS) – 1000 Platinum Points
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS) – 35 Gold Points
• Metroid Fusion (Wii U) – 60 Gold Points
• Super Punch-Out!! (Wii U) – 70 Gold Points
• My Nintendo Theme 1: Mario – 200 Platinum Points
• My Nintendo Theme 2: Donkey Kong – 200 Platinum Points

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 15 Comments

Update: My Nintendo is now live in North America and Australia too!

My Nintendo, Nintendo’s new rewards program, is now live across Europe! Access it here to start earning points and redeem them for rewards.

We will keep you updated once it goes live in other regions.

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