Posted on 1 day ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Each year License Global gives us a look at the top global licensors, and once again, The Pokemon Company is included in the list.

Pokemon ranked seventh overall after bringing in $10.8 billion in revenue at retail in 2023. While that total decreased by $800 million compared to the previous year, one important aspect to consider is the lack of a brand new entry in the series when it comes to gaming. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet provided a notable boost in 2022. Pokemon may not have been as big as the likes of Hasbro, but earnings were higher than Mattel

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Original: A new leak has outed the brand new Super Mario World Mario & Yoshi set as part of the LEGO Super Mario line.

A listing for the product was spotted on a Singaporean LEGO Certified store. No official announcements have been made, but you’d have to think that the news will be shared soon.

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A decision has been reached in the case against a man who sent bomb and death threats to Nintendo, and a court ruled that he’ll serve a year in prison. Additionally, the sentence will come with a four-year suspension.

The man sent a total of 39 bomb and death threats to Nintendo. These threats led to the cancellation of Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo late last year, which you can read about here.

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Posted on 3 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments

After recent controversy, Nintendo will no longer be recognizing the win team Jackpot had in the 2024 Splatoon 3 World Championship.

The company put out a statement on social media which mentions that some members of team Jackpot “acted in a manner that is not in line with our Community Guidelines”. Due to this, their win will be voided and they won’t be getting trophies either. Nintendo will also adjust the Splatoon 3 Splashtag banner that was released with a future patch.

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Posted on 5 days ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Hirohide Sugiura, one of the founders of Monolith Soft, weighed in a little while back about the company’s work environment. This comes from the Company Brochure 2024, which published different interviews and more.

In one part of an interview, Sugiura was asked about Monolith Soft’s strengths. He pointed to the company’s work environment, focusing on work-life balance, and more.

Our translation is as follows:

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Posted on 6 days ago by Ethan in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments

It’s no secret that the Paper Mario series took a steep downhill tumble when Sticker Star first released in 2012. In many ways, it was almost not a Paper Mario game at all. The franchise is known for its story, unique characters, and RPG mechanics – and starting with Sticker Star in 2012, the series lost just about all of those things. Paper Mario: Color Splash was then released in 2016, and while it retained many of Sticker Star’s questionable-at-best design decisions, it was a much better game overall. Then we got Paper Mario: The Origami King in 2020, which actually introduced more than one original character for the first time in years. To everyone’s surprise, the next Paper Mario game was a remake of The Thousand-Year Door, with no original characters cut in any way. Between this and the revival of Super Mario RPG, things are looking better for the Paper Mario series. But what could we expect out of a future game in the series?

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Posted on 1 week ago by Dawn in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Original: On social media, Nintendo just announced two new Splatoon 3 amiibo sets, due for release in Japan on September 5. No Western release has currently been announced by Nintendo’s Western accounts but will no doubt be forthcoming. The Side Order Set will contain figures of Pearl and Marina, and the Alterna Set is for Callie and Marie.

We actually received some information about the existence of these amiibo in a datamine some time ago, although this didn’t completely confirm their existence.

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Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Today, former staff from Skip – the company known for its work on Chibi-Robo – unveiled its new development team Tiny Wonder Studio and announced koROBO as its first project. The game is targeting PC as well as “modern consoles” – so we’re hoping that includes Switch and / or its successor.

Tiny Wonder Studio employees key members that worked at Skip and other veterans in the industry. The lineup includes original Chibi-Robo director Kenichi Nishi (who’s also co-directing KoROBO), Keita Eto (directed previous Chibi-Robo titles and is co-director here), third co-director Hiroshi Moriyama, producer Hisashi Koshimizu, and character designer Hikarin.

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Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 0 comments

We’ve got one last trailer for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. The game is out today worldwide, and the video shows off everything it has to offer.

Learn more about it in the following overview:

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Posted on 1 week ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 0 comments

A new Nintendo food partnership has been revealed, and Kraft Mac & Cheese is now featuring Super Mario.

Kraft Mac & Cheese Super Mario Power-Up Shapes features iconic elements of the flagship series. Fire Flower, Super Star, and Super Mushroom shapes are all included.

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