Mario hat added to Club Nintendo Australia
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Club Nintendo members in Australia have a new reward to choose from starting today. Nintendo has added in a Mario hat, priced at 3,200 star points.
Nintendo says the reward “is a true-to-life replica of the iconic red hat worn by Mario.” For those curious, it’s made out of polyester and cotton.
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Japanese trademark for “Poketouch” filed in Japan
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc. have filed a Japanese trademark for “Poketouch”. It’s anyone’s guess what the name is about. As always, there’s also the possibility that the name won’t end up being used.
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Namco Bandai trademarks “Little Tail Story” in Japan
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Namco Bandai has picked up a new trademark for “Little Tail Story” in Japan. The company also nabbed a trademark for “dog and cat in an RPG”. Could either of these two be connected to Solatorobo and/or Tail Concerto?
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Ubisoft muses on where Splinter Cell may go next
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Splinter Cell is a series that has had its ups and downs, with the latter coming primarily more recently for the franchise. Splinter Cell: Blacklist wasn’t the most well-received game in the world and it didn’t meet sales expectations, so Ubisoft might be thinking a bit about where to go with the games going forward:
– Splinter Cell animation director Kristjan Zadziuk
Via OXM
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GameStop reports increase in holiday sales year-over-year
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Popular games retailer GameStop says that this past 2013 holiday season at their stores was notably better than 2012’s holiday season, with a 9.3% overall increase in revenue. Here are the full details:
– 9.3% increase in revenue overall
– Hardware revenue doubled
– Pre-owned game sales up 7%
– Digital revenue up 14.9%
– Mobile sales increased by 23.8%
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Club Nintendo adds Zelda, Animal Crossing 3DS Game Card Cases
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
A batch of new downloadable rewards were added to Club Nintendo earlier today. In addition, Nintendo has brought back the 3DS Game Card Case – now as special sets.
Club Nintendo members can order a case based on The Legend of Zelda or Animal Crossing. Each costs 400 coins.
You can check out the official product page here.
Renegade Kid trademarks “Moon Chronicles”
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Renegade Kid’s upcoming first-person shooter announcement might just be “Moon Chronicles”. Last Thursday, the studio filed a trademark for the name in the US and it was entered in the Trademark Reporting and Monitoring System (TRAM) yesterday.
Interestingly enough, Renegade Kid regained the publishing rights to Moon today. That’s probably not a coincidence!
Now the question is whether Moon Chronicles is an updated version of the DS original or a true follow up…
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Silicon Knights loses its appeal to Epic Games and must pay the ~$9 million fine
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
After a years-long legal battle, it appears that Eternal Darkness and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes developer Silicon Knights is going to end up paying a $9.1 million fine to Epic Games for allegedly using an unlicensed copy of Unreal Engine, breaching contractual obligations, and racking up court fees.
Silicon Knights hasn’t been up to much lately and the studio is a shell of its former self. Dennis Dyack– former leader of the developers there– has said that there’s only one or two people still officially working there, and after losing this legal battle it appears unlikely that they’ll continue. A sad way for the developer to go out.
Court Ruling via Gamespot
Zelda fan video: “The Dark Mask”
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More Miiverse hilarity: “Allan & Nicole 2: The Return of Jafar”
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If you missed the first “Allan & Nicole” episode, you can view it here. It’s quite a… treat!
