Nintendo: Zelda: BotW is a reason to buy NX right away, third-party talk, NX news later this year
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Financial Post published a new interview with Nintendo of America’s executive vice-president of sales, Scott Moffitt. Topics include lessons learned from this generation, third-parties, when we’ll be hearing more about NX, and more.
We’ve posted some excerpts from the interview past the break. The full discussion can be read here.
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Evo 2016 will have the biggest Smash Bros. Melee tournament ever
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Just like with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Evo 2016 is setting a record with Smash Bros. Melee. The event will host the biggest tournament for the game that we’ve ever seen.
That news comes straight from the official Evo Twitter account:
Congrats Melee players! Evo 2016 is now the biggest Melee tournament of all time! #Evo2016
— EVO (@EVO) June 17, 2016
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Update: Games – New Super Mario amiibo, Pokemon GO Plus pre-orders live on Amazon Canada
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Update: Bumped to the top. Several new games are now up as well on Amazon Canada
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Amazon Canada is starting to take pre-orders for the new Nintendo-related products highlighted at E3 this week. The new Super Mario and Pokemon GO Plus can be pre-ordered here.
Kamiya: Platinum wants to make Bayonetta 3, has ideas for a new Okami
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 32 Comments
Metro spoke with Platinum Games co-founder Hideki Kamiya at E3 to talk about Scalebound. However, the interview did bring up some Nintendo-related topics. Specifically, Kamiya touched on both Bayonetta and Okami, and indicated that he’s interested in working further on both franchises.
With Bayonetta, Kamiya said that he and the rest of Platinum “want to make 3.” He later added that he has “ideas” for a new Okami game as well.
Here’s the full exchange between Metro and Kamiya:
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Red with Pikachu figure up for pre-order
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
Best Buy selling Super Mario Maker button set for $8
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Last year, Best Buy offered the Super Mario Maker button set as a pre-order bonus. It can now be purchased from a normal price straight from the retailer’s site. It’s available for $8, which isn’t too bad!
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Miyamoto: Nintendo trying to create “a new kind of Mario”, may appear at next E3
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In an interview with IGN, Shigeru Miyamoto teased what Nintendo is planning next for Mario. Miyamoto said that the company is trying to make “a new kind of Mario”, which has a possibility of showing up at E3 next year.
He said:
“We’re always challenging ourselves to create something new, so hopefully you’ll see a new kind of Mario in about a year or two. Maybe next E3 we’ll be able to share something.”
Later in the discussion, Miyamoto noted that there are different challenges with Mario compared to Zelda – which is seeing a refresh of sorts through Breath of the Wild – due to the wide audience Mario games reach.
“It’s kind of difficult with Mario because some of the more important conventions of Mario are based on the approachability and accessibility of those games. (Having new people join Nintendo has allowed Nintendo to look) at the conventions with fresh eyes.”
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E3 2017 dated, this year’s show sees a slight dip in attendance
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At the end of each E3, we usually find out when the following year’s show will take place. That’s no different this time around. The ESA has made it known that E3 2017 will take place between June 13 and June 15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
As for this year’s E3, 50,300 people attended the expo. This is a 3.6 percent drop year-over-year. In 2015, 52,200 people attended E3.
Miyamoto open to a Sheik spin-off, Nintendo has considered it
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 40 Comments
There could come a day when Nintendo comes out with a new Zelda spin-off that stars Sheik. That’s based on new comments from Shigeru Miyamoto, who indicated to GameRant that there have been discussions “within the development team” regarding “how it might be cool to have a game” with the character.
Miyamoto went on to say that such a project wouldn’t be “an impossibility.”
His words in full:
“Within the development team, too, there have been talks about how it might be cool to have a game that features Sheik as a protagonist. It’s having maybe a Zelda spin-off with Sheik as a protagonist, for example, I don’t think that’s an impossibility.”
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Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida very excited about Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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Plenty of people are looking forward to Zelda: Breath of the Wild… including Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida. During a PlayStation live stream yesterday, Yoshida mentioned the adventure game as one he’s very excited about.
Yoshida said:
“I just played Zelda! The new Zelda game. You know, open world, and hunting. And I had a bizarre feel, this feels like Horizon. This is a epic, huge game. I can not wait to play Zelda again when it comes out.”
