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The folks over at Nintendo-Online recently examined the amount of employees working at Nintendo EAD Tokyo. You can get an estimated look at how the staff count changed over the years based on how many direct developers are named in the credits of the studio’s games.

– The studio started in 2003 with about 30 employees.
– Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (2004): ~ 30 EAD Tokyo developers
– Super Mario Galaxy (2007): ~ 55-60 EAD Tokyo developers
– Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010): ~ 40 EAD Tokyo developers
– Super Mario 3D Land (2011): ~ 50 EAD Tokyo developers
– Super Mario 3D World (2013): nearly 100 EAD Tokyo developers
– Conclusion: The studio grew gradually bigger over time, but in the last two years, its staff nearly doubled.
– This is supported by a Miyamoto interview from June 2013 in which he revealed that he was working with Yoshiaki Koizumi, the studio’s producer, on increasing the staff.

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Update: Nikkei’s article doesn’t actually say anything about being able to watch videos. Apologies for the confusion!

Original: Nintendo has a Mario Kart 8 web app in the works, according to a report from Japanese outlet Nikkei. It’s primarily designed for smartphones and tablets.

With the app, users will be able to watch videos uploaded from Mario Kart 8. You’ll be able to check the status of friends as well.

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Tecmo Koei sure likes its collaborations. With Nintendo, for instance, the company is working to bring out Hyrule Warriors for Wii U (officially confirmed for a summer launch, by the way).

Tecmo Koei may have another large-scale collaboration in the works. CEO Yoichi Erikawa hinted during a financial results briefing that the project in question will arrive in the latter half of the fiscal year, which takes place between October 2014 and March 2015.

The new collaboration could be pretty much anything, and Erikawa did not share a single detail. However, it seems that the franchise collaboration will be released overseas as well.

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During a recent podcast, the folks over at Mega64 shared some very interesting behind-the-scenes information about the video produced with Nintendo for the company’s E3 2014 plans. We learn that Nintendo reached out just after PAX East, Reggie’s role was initially much smaller, and the original plan was to film at an office site about a block away due to Nintendo’s policy of not allowing anyone to film inside their headquarters.

Believe me, there are plenty of additional bits of well. The entire breakdown of information can be found after the break.

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As of today, Club Nintendo members in Europe can place an order for a new reward. Nintendo has added in the “Yoshi Folder & Bookmark Set” for 1,000 points.

The reward features two card folders featuring Yoshi, Baby Mario, and other characters from Yoshi’s New Island. A couple of bookmarks are included as well.

You can place an order for the Yoshi Folder & Bookmark Set here.

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Bandai Namco will be attending the Japan Expo once again this year and will be bringing plenty of content to the show.

The company’s lineup includes One Piece: Unlimited World Red, Tales of Xillia 2, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storym Revolution, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, Rise of Incarnates, and Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. The company is teasing “additional titles and surprises” as well.

Those who attend Japan Expo can stop by the Bandai Namco Games shop space to get their hands on an extended catalog along with items never released outside of Japan. Additionally, plenty of live fan activities are planned

Bandai Namco’s activities will be located at Booth BF76 Hall 6. Japan Expo 2014 takes place between July 2nd and July 6th at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in France.

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In March, Nintendo of America and Creative Integrated Systems Inc. settled on a $7 million lawsuit.

Creative claimed that Nintendo infringed upon their read-only memory chip patent, filed in 1990. The company insisted that Nintendo owed at least a 2 percent royalty per chip for damages of $7 million over a 15-year period.

The two sides eventually settled for undisclosed terms, which cut short the 11-day trial.

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Nintendo registered a series of “Advance” trademarks in Japan last month. “Advance”, “Advance Series”, “Advance Touch”, and “Advance Push” were all filed for on April 4.

Trademarks can be a tricky case, as they’re not always used. It’ll be interesting to see if any of these names resurface in the future.

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