A rough estimate of Monolith Soft’s staff count over the years
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
The folks over at Nintendo-Online recently examined the amount of employees working at Monolith Soft between 2007 and 2014. Below, you can get an estimated look at how the staff count changed over the years based on the studio’s website.
– Nintendo bought Monolith Soft in 2007. After that the studio headcount sank from 111 in 2007 to 75 in 2011.
– In the following years the headcount increased steadily.
– In 2013 there were 108 employees working at Monolith Soft; in 2014 that number rose to 123.
– Concludingly, 15 new people were employed by Monolith Soft within the last year.
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Nintendo closing Großostheim location
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
Nintendo has confirmed the closure of its Großostheim location. The whole area will be shut down, including the warehouse, meaning there will be only one remaining premise in Germany.
A total of 130 employees will be affected by Nintendo’s decision. Some staffers will be moved to Frankfurt.
Here’s a rough translation of Nintendo’s statement:
Nintendo of Europe has started a consultation process with respect to several changes in its organizational structure. The long term goal of these changes is that they should allow the company to better adapt to a rapidly changing market. These changes include the merging of the two sites Frankfurt am Main and Großostheim – Frankfurt would then become the new European headquarters of the company – the closure of the warehouse and the office location Großostheim, as well as outsourcing and reorganization of other functional areas. The decision to give this change measures in the consultation process was not taken lightly. Rather are their comprehensive analysis and conscientious considerations based. Unfortunately, these measures have for some of the employees in Großostheim direct consequences, as around 130 permanent employees would lose their jobs.
We’ll update this post with any additional news that comes in.
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Bertil Hörberg cancels Zelda-inspired game, may have news on new title next week
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
About a year ago, Gunman Clive creator Bertil Hörberg shared a look at a brand new title. The project, which was said to be “very heavily inspired by the early Zelda games”, all but disappeared soon after.
Hörberg took to Twitter today and confirmed that his Zelda-inspired title has been cancelled. On the bright side though, he may have news to share about his actual next game in the coming days.
Hörberg wrote:
Sorry for the radio silence lately; next week there might finally be some news of my next game
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) June 6, 2014
Not the zelda-like game I showed a while back though, that project is unfortunately dead
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) June 6, 2014
kindof strange yet heart warming to see people lamenting the cancellation of an indie game they've only seen 2 gif animations of
— Bertil Hörberg (@BertilHrberg) June 6, 2014
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Gaijin Games becomes Choice Provisions; Woah Dave! officially confirmed for 3DS
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Gaijin Games is no more – in a name sense at least. Going forward, the studio will be known as “Choice Provisions”.
Choice Provisions explained the name change in a blog post, stating:
When Gaijin Games was founded in September of 2008, it was with the goal of creating the kinds of games we played in our youth. As it turns out, many of the games we grew up playing were developed outside of the US. This is what inspired us to brand ourselves as “gaijins.”
The name made sense, but it also carried somewhat of a negative connotation to it. No matter how you may feel about the word “gaijin” personally, I think it’s fair to say that some people out there view it as a negative term. Being the upbeat, positive folks we are, the last thing we wanted was for people to be offended by our name. We are but humble purveyors of video games, and the end goal of all the work we do is to make people happy.
Ergo, we’re changing our name to Choice Provisions.
Along with today’s news, Choice Provisions has officially confirmed Woah Dave! for 3DS. The title is due out this summer.
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Satoru Iwata won’t be at E3 2014 due to health reasons
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 19 Comments
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will not be attending E3 2014 next week, Nintendo of America has confirmed. Iwata was advised not to travel overseas in the immediate future on the advice of his physician.
A representative told Polygon that “it is business as usual for Mr. Iwata, and he continues his normal duties as president of Nintendo Co., Ltd. while he remains in Japan.” Nintendo added, “As always, he will be actively involved in all of Nintendo’s activities at the show.”
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Image: Nintendo’s E3 2014 booth construction underway
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 8 Comments
Things are starting to come together – slowly but surely! Nintendo’s E3 2014 booth is currently being worked on, and should be ready for prime time on Tuesday.
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“Nintendo@E3 2014 Community” now open on Miiverse
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Nintendo has opened an official community for its E3 2014 activities. You can find it here. There are already plenty of posts inside – feel free to add yours!
You can find a message from Nintendo’s Tom about the E3 community below. Additionally, hit up this link for the announcement community, which is only open to posts from the Big N.
Nintendo World will host a live broadcast of Nintendo’s E3 Digital Event
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments
If you live by the New York City area and wish to celebrate E3 in a slightly more special manner, then you may want to head on over to Nintendo World on Tuesday. That’s because a live broadcast of Nintendo’s Digital Event will be held at the store between 12 PM and 1 PM.
The official Nintendo World Twitter account shared the news a little while ago, writing:
On 6/10 from 12PM-1PM, #NintendoWorld kicks off its Nintendo @ E3 series of events with the live broadcast of the Nintendo Digital Event!
— Nintendo World Store (@Nintendo_World) June 4, 2014
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New Miiverse update now live (6/4/14)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 8 Comments
A new Miiverse update has gone live for all versions of the social network.
Today’s update brings about four notable changes. The amount of time you need to wait between posting comments has been reduced from 3 minutes to 2 minutes, the character count for posts and comments has been increased to 400, the notifications screen will now display up to 50 notifications, and Your Activity Feed now shows posts that your friends or people you’re following have given a Yeah to.
You can find the full update notes from Miiverse’s Marty below.
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Nintendo UK Store reveal pre-order offer for Tomodachi Life
Posted on 9 years ago by Demelza(@ReporterDem) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Nintendo UK have announced through their Twitter account a special pre-order offer for Tomodachi Life. Anyone who pre-orders the game through the Nintendo UK store will get £5 off their next order with the store. Tomodachi Life is due for release on the 6th of June in the UK, so better be quick if you want to take advantage of this offer!
