General Nintendo

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

Last month, GamesMaster released its 250th issue. For its May 2012 edition, the magazine celebrated the accomplishment by compiling a list of the top 250 greatest gaming moments.

We have the list below, but you can pick up the the latest issue now and read about why GamesMaster made each selection. And beware of spoilers – even though most of these games have been out for years, some of these moments do mention important happenings such as character deaths.

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

Back in October 2003, Nintendo filed a patent for game emulation. The US Patents and Trademarks Office approved the filing nearly ten years later.

According to Engadget, “built-in displays and accompanying software on external computing devices” are included in the patent.

Maybe we’ll see Nintendo emulators on airlines one day. Or maybe not.

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Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino has teased the sixth entry in the Professor Layton series. It will serve as the final title in the second trilogy of games.

Hino confirmed on Twitter that the general framework has been outlined. He also told fans that the game will have a long Japanese title.

It’ll be awhile before Level-5 announces the game. At least we can look forward to Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney – assuming it’ll be localized in western territories.

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

Korean website Betanews had a chance to interview Shigeru Miyamoto at the Louvre Museum last week.

Supposedly Miyamoto confirmed the existence of Super Mario 4, saying:

“We have Mario team in company, so we are making Super Mario 4. But only I can say is, we just announced that game. More details will be revealed later.”

It wasn’t specified if this is the 3DS Mario game or the upcoming Wii U title.

Obviously the above quote is a very rough translation. Super Mario 4 was mentioned by Miyamoto, though… assuming we can trust the source. I’d be more confident if a) we received a more accurate translation and b) if the source and Miyamoto’s words could be verified. Until then, remain cautious.

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

Beamdog’s first Nintendo game was MDK2 for WiiWare. It will also be the studio’s last title for a Nintendo platform apparently.

A fan recently asked Beamdog founder Trent Oster if the company would consider Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition for Wii U.

Oster responded with the following:

“We don’t do Nintendo development. Our previous experience with Nintendo was enough to ensure there will not be another.”

Given Beamdog’s minimal experience with Nintendo platforms, one would have to assume that their negative experience was related to MDK2. I wonder: What’s the story behind this?

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

I have to admit: I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for musicals. I was brought up on Broadway shows and even local productions.

So I guess you could say I have an biased opinion when I say that the above video is incredible. A fan has taken the events of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and mushed them into a four-minute musical. There’s some nice 2D pixel animation, the voice performances aren’t too shabby, and it has some enjoyable humor (though some of it isn’t suited for small children…).

Have a look for yourself above!

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

Nintendo has confirmed a report that a new Mario title will be shown for Wii U at E3 2012. The company didn’t specify if the game will be New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a project from EAD Tokyo, or something else entirely.

Nintendo’s statement reads:

“In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii U system will be shown at this year’s E3 Expo. We’ll have more to announce about our plans for the E3 Expo at a later date.”

In other news, we have a direct-quote from Miyamoto in which he commented on the projects he’s been busy with:

“I’m working on several projects but I think that I cannot talk about them all [laughs]. Some are small but important projects for Wii U. Also on a new Pikmin, which will take advantage of the new HD screen resolution, and on Luigi’s Mansion for 3DS.”

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

MEGA-COOL!

This past week I got a relatively random e-mail asking me if I wanted a free copy of the latest issue of Nintendo Power, which contained exclusive Kid Icarus: Uprising AR cards. I figured “Why the hell not?” and gave them my address, only to get the magazine a few days later and sit around baffled as to how I was going to turn this into an article. Some people would say “Think about this before you give them your address, Austin!”, but I’m more of a ‘Get free stuff now, figure out the article later’ kind of guy.

So I e-mailed the guy last night and asked if there was anything in particular he wanted me to showcase, and he said not to worry about it and just write whatever I want. So here I am, writing whatever I want and realizing how much I like magazines. I’m not currently subscribed to any, and there aren’t really any out there I want to be subscribed to all that much, but just the idea of a magazine is cool. A physical booklet filled with information about something you know and love? Something you can carry with you anywhere and have something to read when you’re stuck waiting for a train or lounging about during break time at work? I think that’s so great. I really do. But with the internet, can those types of things really survive?

I say yes, but they need to start approaching it differently.
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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Miyamoto was trying out the Audioguide at the Louvre Museum a few days ago. You can find out more about the 3DS guide here.

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

Super Mario Kart just got more realistic. One fan has combined an exercise bike with an Arduino microcontroller, sensors, and switches into a comparable SNES controller.

According to YouTube uploader “statuswoe”:

“Peddling at a certain rate holds down the A button to accelerate, left and right are buttons on the handlebars and there is a red button in the middle of the handlebars for using special items.”

I could imagine this becoming tiring after a short while, but it’s certainly a unique way to play Super Mario Kart.