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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.

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

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

A small but extremely helpful feature has been added to Club Nintendo. Once you’ve logged in on the site, you’ll be able to determine how many coins will expire at the end of the “Club Nintendo year” (June 30). This information is provided on the top-right corner of the page, underneath your coins total.

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

Variety reports that EA and John Gatins are looking into a film for the Need for Speed IP. According to the site, George and John Gatins will assist in adapting the franchise into a movie. Warner Bros. and Sony have expressed interest in the project, but Paramount apparently is the frontrunner to pick up the film.

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

Nintendo of America recently registered a domain for “supermario4.com”. The move was made last month.

I’m not quite ready to believe this is necessarily the name for a new Mario game – it could be nothing more than a protective measure – but we do know that there’s a new 2D sidescroller in the works for the 3DS. Eventually we’ll be seeing Mario on Wii U as well, so who knows.

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

Companies’ E3 2012 plans are becoming clearer as we head toward the expo’s start date.

Ubisoft has dated their own briefing for the show. As usual, they’ll be holding a conference on the Monday before E3. That just so happens to be June 4 this year. The proceedings will kick off at 3 PM PST / 6 PM EST.

According to Game Informer’s Jim Reilly:

“Ubisoft’s E3 media briefing is June 4 at 3PM PST”

Ubisoft will definitely be showing off Assassin’s Creed III and a bunch of other titles.

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