Amazon selling the Palutena amiibo in an hour
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments
The Palutena amiibo is going up for sale on Amazon’s website soon. You’ll want to head on over to this link
at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT.
Amazon previously said that it expects to have “ample” quantities of the Palutena amiibo, though it’s still expected to sell out. You should be able to purchase one so long as you’re on the site when it becomes available in about an hour.
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii on Iwata’s passing
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Following the passing of Satoru Iwata, many game developers shared various messages about the Nintendo president. Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii was among those who had a few words to share last week. A translation of his comments are below.
.@YujiHorii Nintendo President Iwata has passed away. It's not well-known, but he did the localization programming on Dragon Warrior for NA.
— Cheesemeister (@Cheesemeister3k) July 24, 2015
.@YujiHorii I'd wanted to work with him again on something, but sadly it won't come to be. He was really a great person.
— Cheesemeister (@Cheesemeister3k) July 24, 2015
.@YujiHorii I pray for President Iwata's happiness in the next world.
— Cheesemeister (@Cheesemeister3k) July 24, 2015
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Rumor: Animal Crossing amiibo cards facing big stock shortage in Japan
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 8 Comments
The Animal Crossing amiibo cards, along with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, are coming to Japan next week. While the cards haven’t been released yet, they’re apparently already facing a “major stock shortage”.
Retailer AmiAmi has been informing customers about the situation in a new email. Because of the shortage, “most orders” will not be fulfilled.
Here’s the complete notice sent out to consumers:
Video: A look at the Captain Toad Figurine Lamp (Club Nintendo)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 1 Comment
The Captain Toad Figurine Lamp landed on Club Nintendo Europe late last month. For a look at the reward, check out the video below.
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Various amiibo restocked on the Nintendo UK store
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
The Nintendo UK store has restocked a whole bunch of amiibo. Lucina, Marth, Ness, Greninja, and many other figures are now available for purchase.
Below is the full lineup of restocked amiibo:
PAC-MAN No.35 amiibo
Ness No.34 amiibo
Lucina No.31 amiibo
Robin No.30 amiibo
Olimar No.44 amiibo
Marth No. 12
Ike No.24 amiibo
Toad amiibo (Super Mario Collection)
Pit No.17
Rosalina No.19 amiibo
Dr. Mario No.42 amiibo
Bowser Jr. No.43 amiibo
Mario amiibo (Super Mario Collection)
Sonic the Hedgehog No.26 amiibo
King Dedede No.28 amiibo
Jigglypuff No.37 amiibo
Toon Link No.22 amiibo
Greninja No.36 amiibo
Bowser amiibo (Super Mario Collection)
Bowser No.20 amiibo
Little Mac No.16
Meta Knight No.29 amiibo
Charizard No.33 amiibo
You’ll want to visit this link to purchase amiibo.
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Fire Emblem Fates manga announced
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
One of the Fire Emblem 25th anniversary concerts happened in Japan earlier today. From the event, we’re hearing that a manga based on Fire Emblem Fates was announced.
Shin Kibayashi, who penned the story for the actual games, is said to be writing the scenario. Character designer Kozaki Yusuke will be in charge of illustrations.
The Fire Emblem Fates manga will debut in the monthly edition of Young Magazine this fall. We’ll bring you more details once we receive more information.
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Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games heading to Japanese arcades in Spring 2016
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
SEGA just announced last week that Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympics is coming to arcades in Japan. Now we have a release window as well: spring 2016. Perhaps the game will also release on Wii U and 3DS around the same time.
Miiverse redesign set for July 29
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
Miiverse’s new redesign is just a few days away. Nintendo announced on the social network today that the overhaul is scheduled for July 29.
Posts made by official Miiverse representatives about the date read:
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Nintendo’s Gamescom 2015 lineup
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 7 Comments
Nintendo’s Gamescom 2015 lineup is in. There will be a few upcoming titles on display, including Star Fox Zero and Zelda: Tri Force Heroes. Also at the show will be a number of indies and already-released games.
Here’s the full lineup:
Wii U
– Mario Kart 8 (out now)
– Super Smash Bros. (out now)
– Splatoon (out now)
– Super Mario Maker (September 11)
– Skylanders SuperChargers (September 25)
– Star Fox Zero (still slated for 2015)
– Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015)
3DS:
– Little Battlers eXperience (September 4)
– The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (Q4 2015)
– Chibi Robo: Zip Lash (2015)
Nindie titles:
– Typoman
– Mighty No. 9
– FAST Racing Neo
– Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows
– Steamworld Heist
– several other
Further show highlights
– Charles Martinet
– downloads for Pokemon ORAS (Parfinesse &Calamanero / Bisofank & Zobiris)
– fan art exhibition
– Mario flashmob
– Monster Hunter Communtiy Event
– Smash Bros & MK8 & Splatoon tournaments
– Pokemon 3DS tournament and High Score Challenge for Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition
– AR card that allows you to take photos of AC characters with a special software (downlaod code included on AR card)
Gamescom 2015 will take place between August 6 and August 9.
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Some patents of Nintendo’s Quality of Life platform
Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 24 Comments
Yesterday, several patents relating to Nintendo’s planned Quality of Life platform were published. As was previously announced, they mostly seem to center around monitoring the user’s health via non-wearable devices. Of course, as is the case with all patents, it seems unlikely that all of these will appear in exactly these forms in the final product(s), but it’s nonetheless an interesting look at what Nintendo has plannend.
This information processing system comprises a portable terminal. The portable terminal detects sensor information for assessing a user’s emotions. It would be permissible, as an example, for the sensor information to be sound information which is detected by a microphone, or image information which is captured by a camera. The information processing system assesses the user’s emotions on the basis of the sensor information. The portable terminal detects the sensor information in a period when the said portable terminal is in a standby state. As an example, the said standby state is a state wherein a display of the portable terminal is off.
This display system is provided with a sensor, a projector, and a control means. The sensor detects user information for calculating a state relating to sleep of a user. The user information is, for instance, biological information, such as pulse rate. The projector displays, by means of projection, a predetermined image. For instance, the projector displays, by means of projection, an image on a ceiling by projecting the image upward. The control means controls the projector corresponding to the sleep-related state calculated on the basis of the user information.
A terminal system acquires physiological information from a user and transmits transmission information to a server system, said transmission information including the physiological information and/or health information relating to the health or the body of the user, obtained from said physiological information. The server system associates the transmission information received from each terminal system, and/or information obtained from said transmission information, with the user, and stores these as stored information. The server system also stores conditions relating to the generation of provided information, to be provided to the user in order to improve metrics obtained from the stored information, or metrics included in the stored information. The provided information is generated on the basis of the stored information and the conditions, and is transmitted to the user’s terminal. The server system performs an analysis of transmission information acquired after the provided information has been provided, for a plurality of users that have received the provided information, and updates the conditions on the basis of the analysis results.
