Ness, King Dedede amiibo starting to reappear at GameStop
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Various reports are coming in about the Ness and King Dedede amiibo returning to GameStop. Stores are officially selling stock on Thursday, but some folks have been able to get their hands on both figures today. You may want to call your local GameStop and try your luck!
Mighty No. 9 live action movie announced
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments
We’ve known about potential plans for a Mighty No. 9 live-action movie for over a year now. Today, the project was officially announced.
Legendary Digital Media, Contradiction Films, and Comcept are all partnering on the film. This will be made available for digital platforms.
Tomas Harlan, partner at Contradiction, said of today’s news:
“We are thrilled to be working with the great Inafune-san on Mighty No.9 and feel so fortunate that the Legendary Digital team shares a common vision for the live action adaptation of this very special video game.”
Mighty No. 9 creator Keiji Inafune also chimed in with the following statement:
“The announcement that Legendary Digital is collaborating with Contradiction and comcept on creating a live action project based on Mighty No.9 is really amazing, not only for myself and the rest of the team at comcept who worked on the game, but also for all the fans who have supported the project. This collaboration will give our creation the ability to reach people all over the world. Thanks to all of your support, we have fulfilled another one of our dreams.”
Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida comments on the SNES PlayStation
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With someone claiming to have come into possession of a rare SNES PlayStation prototype, Engadget asked Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida to comment on the system. You can listen to what he had to say in the video below.
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SEGA focusing on quality, wants to regain fans’ trust
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 128 Comments
This week’s issue of Famitsu contains an interview with SEGA CEO and president Haruki Satomi.
At one point during the discussion, Satomi mentioned that the company has “learned a lot from Atlus”, which SEGA acquired in 2013. He also spoke about how SEGA is really pushing the idea of quality.
Satomi stated:
“As far as the Western market goes, we learned a lot from Atlus. If we can make a title with proper quality, I believe there’s a good chance for it to do well even in the West for players that like to play Japanese games.”
“I’ve been talking to the employees about how we should start putting serious consideration into quality from this point on. Especially in North America and Europe, where it’s always been more of a focus on schedules, I believe that if we can’t maintain quality, it would be better to not release anything at all.”
“We did our best to build a relationship of mutual trust with older fans of Sega, but looking back, there’ve been some titles that have partially betrayed that [trust] in the past 10 years.”
“Since we’re seriously considering quality, I can’t make that promise for the time being, but I believe we will announce something for home console at Tokyo Game Show.”
Famitsu ends its talk with Satomi by asking what fans can look forward to in the future.
“SEGA in the ‘90s was known for its ‘brand, but after that, we’ve lost trust, and we were left with nothing but ‘reputation. For this reason, we’d like to win back the customers’ trust, and become a ‘brand,’ once again.”
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Pokemon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages commercials
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New Japanese commercials have been published for Pokemon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. Watch them below.
Top 4 Legendary Weapons
Posted on 8 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in Features, Game of the Month, General Nintendo | 6 Comments
What makes a sword earn the classification of an epic weapon? How do you know the sword you wield will help to change the fate of the world? Throughout many franchises across Nintendo’s systems, there have been numerous heroes, each of whom have generally had an epic weapon to aid them in their lofty quest. Whether by their choice or destiny, these heroes have been selected for a task that only they can achieve. Some must complete this task on their own, some guided by a higher power, and some are blessed with companions to help them along the way. But what all of these protagonists have in common is they hold the key to their fates in their hands.
EVO 2015 tournament schedule
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
The full tournament schedule is in for EVO 2015.
Various battles in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Melee will be taking place at various hours on July 17. Quarterfinals for both titles will be held later in the day.
On July 18, semifinals are planned for Smash Bros. Wii U and Melee, with the former title’s finals being held on the same day. Melee’s finals are set for July 19 – the last day of EVO 2015.
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Why Square Enix has been hesitant to localize the recent Dragon Quest games, using Heroes to gauge interest
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 22 Comments
Square Enix is finally bringing a new Dragon Quest game to the west in Dragon Quest Heroes for the PlayStation 4. But Nintendo fans are probably more interested in the likes of Dragon Quest X, Dragon Quest VII, and the upcoming Dragon Quest VIII.
In an interview with Polygon, Dragon Quest series executive producer Yuu Miyake noted that Square Enix wants to release the different games overseas. But they’re “very text-heavy, so the time and the cost it takes to localize these and do it well is quite something.”
As fans continue to speak up, Square Enix will be more keen on pursuing localizations of past Dragon Quest entries. The company seems to be using Dragon Quest Heroes – a game picked for the west since it’s an action experience with fully-voiced characters and a higher potential for strong sales – as a means to determine how much interest there is for the series in North America.
Miyake said:
“We want to get them out here. We really do! The Dragon Quest games are very text-heavy, so the time and the cost it takes to localize these and do it well is quite something. Business-wise, we have to think quite hard whether we’ll make that money back from localizing to North America. It’s always been a difficult decision. But the more you tell us, the louder the voices, the more likely we are to do it.”
“We’re really using this (Dragon Quest Heroes) as a kind of opening up of the market. We can gauge whether the American people might want to go back after Heroes and see some of the other Dragon Quest games. Hopefully we could use that as leverage to get those out over here.”
Despite what Miyake stated, it appears that Square Enix already has plans to bring over some of the latest Dragon Quest games to North America and Europe – at least, that’s what’s been indicated by series creator Yuji Horii. Horii said at the Japan Expo this past weekend that he wants to release Dragon Quest VII and VIII for 3DS in France. Square Enix wouldn’t just localize these titles for the French market, so they would include other languages as well – like English.
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Rare originally intended for Donkey Kong to wear a helmet in DKC’s cave levels
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Former Rare staffer Mark Stevenson shared a render of Donkey Kong wearing a mining helmet from Donkey Kong Country over on his Twitter account. Originally, the plan was for Donkey Kong to have it on during the cave levels. Stevenson explained that Squawks the Parrot ended up replacing the helmet.
@NujaviBardales @BringBackKRool @WinkySteve maybe I should remember to add the pic as well. Doh! pic.twitter.com/pxDO2WQqdp
— Mark Stevenson (@playtonicalMark) July 5, 2015
@wildvine47 @NujaviBardales @BringBackKRool @WinkySteve originally intended as the torch light for dark levels. Was replaced with Squawks
— Mark Stevenson (@playtonicalMark) July 5, 2015
Steve Mayles, another former employee from Rare, answered a question about King K. Rool that some fans have been dying to know:
@dkvine Armour. Wonder no more.
— Steve Mayles (@WinkySteve) July 6, 2015
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SEGA sharing details about Sonic’s 25th anniversary early next year
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Sonic is celebrating his 25th anniversary/birthday next year. With that in mind, fans are starting to wonder about what SEGA could have in store for the Blur Blur’s big year.
We won’t be hearing about anything this year, but Sonic the Hedgehog’s PR and social media manager Aaron Webber told SEGAbits that “there’s definitely stuff in the works”. Information will be shared early next year.
