General Nintendo

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 32 Comments

CNET has a few new quotes from Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America.

The site begins its article by mentioning that Nintendo’s franchises and games remain relevant today. Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, a remake of the N64 game, topped the U.S. charts in February.

Fils-Aime said that “Nintendo has always put out content that is lasting and is content that the consumer plays for extended periods of time.” He additionally mentioned: “In this games business, the axiom is that software drives hardware, and we’ve seen that over our 30+ year experience in this category.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 1 Comment

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos, Wii U | 8 Comments

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Another “Miiting” just wrapped up on Miiverse a short while ago. In the latest discussion, Nintendo’s MariChan chatted with the Happy Mask Salesman from Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D. The Happy Mask Salesman doesn’t actually exist of course (except in the game… and in our hearts!), but the interview nonetheless holds some interesting nuggets.

We’re posting the “Miiting” in full below. It’s rather lengthy!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 6 Comments

With Nintendo announcing the discontinuation of Club Nintendo many of its members have been scrambling to make sure they can get enough coins to acquire their desired goodies before it goes away for good (I myself am one of those people!). This leads you to believe that there would be those that would try and find a way around getting those coins in an honest manner.

Last month a 4Chan user posted an exploit on how to get easy coins for Club Nintendo members. The exploit basically had you taking a confirmed code and changing a single number or letter until you got it to work. Sadly this proved so easy that eBay was then had people selling “generated” codes, as well as users redeeming multiple codes for free digital games. Some were also taking advantage of coins that had previously been able to be redeemed through the purchase of the Wii Mini.

Recently a number of Reddit users have posted that their accounts had been deactivated. There has yet to be any additional confirmation of the legitimacy of this claim or how wide spread the issue is.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in 3DS, General Nintendo | 0 comments

With the release of Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., Nintendo is currently sending out an Abraham Lincoln Mii via SpotPass with the name ‘Honest Abe’. Check your 3DS if you’re not on it to see if you have that blue light, and go to your Miiplaza to see and receive the 16th president of the United States and our defender from aliens!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 0 comments

I usually try to limit the random posts here, but I couldn’t help myself in this case! Check out this neat fan-made Zelda stop-motion animation:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

It was announced last month that a special 25th anniversary concert for Fire Emblem will be held in Japan this summer. In an update published on the official website, new details are shared about what will be happening.

Saori Seto, the voice of Anna and Severa, will host the event. We also know that the developers will be discussing Fire Emblem games old and new during a talk show. Additionally, there will be an original mini drama featuring voice actors from the games. That’s all on top of the actual concert, of course!

Fire Emblem concert tickets will cost 7,500 yen. A raffle will be held on April 20, and tickets will then be formally sold starting on June 7.

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Level-5 appears to be preparing two new Yo-Kai games. In the back pages of CoroCoro Comic’s latest issue, it’s revealed that Yo-Kai Watch 3 as well as Yo-Kai Watch Busters are in development.

Yo-Kai Watch 3 should come as no surprise given the franchise’s success. Yo-Kai Watch Busters is a bit more interesting. This was a game mode in Yo-Kai Watch 2, but is now getting a full-fledged release. Thus far, we know that Yo-Kai Watch Busters will allow up to four players to team up and take on boss yo-kai together.

We’ll be hearing about Yo-Kai Watch 3 and Yo-Kai Watch Busters in the next issue of CoroCoro Comics.

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Natsume used to help bring over the Medabots games, but we haven’t seen any titles localized since the Game Boy Advance games. In an interview with Siliconera, Natsume president Hiro Maekawa said that the company doesn’t have “a concrete plan for future Medabots titles”, though he did say that there will be some sort of news about the series this year.

He said:

“At this point, we do not have a concrete plan for future Medabots titles, but we are carefully listening to fans voices and we know the team over there and would love the opportunity to bring a new Medabots game to the U.S. one day. Once again we have spent time, money, and love on that franchise, and we want to see it move forward just as much as our fans do. I know this isn’t the answer Medabots fans wanted, but stay tuned, because there will be some Medabots news in 2015. Keep an eye out!”

Maekawa also commented on Natsume’s relationship with Kemco. The two sides worked together on Alphadia Genesis, which landed on Wii U last year.

“We maintain a very close relationship with Kemco. We work very well with them and they make RPGs that fit so well into our “niche and unique” model. I have always been fond of RPGs and we continue to look for ones that fit with Natsume. Are we working together on a co-developed RPG? We have definitely talked about it! You will be one of the first to know if we have some news to announce.”

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