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Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

This comes from an interview I did with those cool guys at n-Space. I asked them what else might be brewing (as is mandatory if you are interviewing someone!) and they replied with this:

“Just keep your eyes on the official n-Space Facebook page and you’re sure to see a surprise sooner rather than later.” – n-Space’s invisible collective of answering interview questions

There’s truly lots of other really awesome information in the interview (SW:Battlefront talk, Heroes of Ruin tidbits, development process details, etc), but you’ll have to wait until later tonight for me to properly type it up! This, however, I felt was worth posting independently.

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Thanks in part due to Amazon’s pre-order deal, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia has found itself at the top of the retailer’s best-selling books chart.

You can pre-order Hyrule Historia here. It won’t be available until the end of January 2013, but ordering the hardcover art book now will save you a few bucks.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments

A unique opportunity was presented with the western press a few days ago. Satoru Iwata stopped by Nintendo of America’s offices in Redwood City as New Super Mario Bros. 2 approaches its launch in the states.

Aside from Iwata giving some hope regarding the overseas status of EarthBound/Mother, he mostly talked about the Mario franchise. He discussed the innate appeal of Mario’s side-scrollers, explained how New Super Mario Bros. 2 and U will be different games, Nintendo’s stance on downloadable content, and more.

Head past the break for Iwata’s comments.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

The image above comes from the Club Nintendo homepage, which you can see once you’ve logged in. The keyword in the image above is “currently”. Hopefully that means Nintendo will receive another batch of gold nunchucks soon, and it’ll be added back in as a reward on Club Nintendo.

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

There have been a large contingent of Mother/EarthBound fans who have vocal about Nintendo localizing the series’ games. North America did receive EarthBound, but Mother 3 was left in Japan.

Surprisingly, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently gave a bit of hope that the franchise could have a future overseas.

Take a look at this conversation between Kotaku and Satoru Iwata:

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s Jim Ryan feels that the 3DS and Vita are “very different propositions”. At the same time, however, Ryan said that the two portables could see “some collision” as Vita starts to “skew to a younger demographic”.

Ryan told CVG:

“I think the gaming offerings [of 3DS and Vita] are so different right now that I think there’s plenty of space for both systems to live side by side quite happily. …I think over time that the PlayStation Vita will – like all consoles to – skew to a younger demographic, so there will be some collision there.”

Ryan also noted that Nintendo “is always a competitor”.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Amazon has a pretty decent pre-order price for The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia. You can pre-order the art book for $20.99 (and about $4 shipping). It’ll be sold for $34.99 at most retailers, so you will be saving quite a bit.

If interested, you can pre-order Hyrule Historia here.

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Metroid: Other M was a very unique collaboration for Nintendo. Never before had the company worked with an outside studio for a new entry in one of its major franchises.

Although the title saw a mixed reception, Team Ninja studio head Yosuke Hayashi does have interest in working on another Metroid project with Yoshio Sakamoto.

Hayashi said:

“Unfortunately Metroid is kind of out of our league as it’s Nintendo’s game, but we’re still in close touch with co-creator Sakamoto-san, so we want to do something with him moving forward definitely. It really depends on what he wants to do with the game first.”

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Gamescom 2012 was a decent-sized meal for Wii U fans. We received some new assets from games such as Rayman Legends, but, as expected, third-parties didn’t make any new title announcements.

However, Official Nintendo Magazine editor-in-chief Chandra Nair told Nintendo fans on Twitter a couple of days ago that there is “good stuff” on the way. Given the fact that Nair referenced Ubisoft, it seems that his tease applies to the Wii U rather than the 3DS.

He wrote:

“Keep the faith nintendo fans. You won’t see much at gamescom other than ubi updates but the good stuff IS just around the corner …frustrating for me too but there is stuff coming soon.”

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

More The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia details have emerged following today’s localization announcement.

Nintendo and Dark Horse have been working together for a few years, mostly discussing projects that they could collaborate on. It was actually the Big N who suggested that Dark Horse localize Hyrule Historia.

The final English product will be larger than the Japanese release. The localized version will feature all bits and pieces in English, including small tidbits.

Finally, and best of all, Hyrule Historia has been confirmed for a few territories in Europe including the UK. There are plans to bring the art book to Australia as well.

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