General Nintendo

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

You have to reason to be worried about Nintendo. They’ve got lots – and I mean lots – of money stowed away in the bank.

Take a look at this tidbit from the latest issue of Nintendo Gamer:

“Buried in reams of financial data is the revelation that Nintendo have 812.8 billion Yen (£6.7/$10.5 billion) in the bank – enough for it to take a 20 billion Yen loss (£163/$257 million) every year until 2052. Then there’s almost 469 billion Yen (£3.8/$6.0 billion) held in premises, equipment and investments. When that runs out – we’re in the year 2075 by this point – they’ve got some of the most valuable intellectual property in gaming to sell off before the company goes out of business.”

So even though the 3DS went through a rough patch in its first year and Wii sales have been down as of late, Nintendo has plenty of cash to keep them going for decades.

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Interviews with Koichi Hayashida continue to pour in from GDC. There are a few duplicate questions/answers below, which makes sense given how many interviews were conducted with the Super Mario 3D Land director.

We do get a few interesting pieces of information though, such as a confirmation that the 2D Mario game recently announced by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is not made by EAD Tokyo. This shouldn’t come as surprise given the fact that the studio has only handled the 3D Mario’s in the past, but it’s nice to know for sure!

Once again, head past the break for the full Q&A breakdown…

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Zen Pinball developer Zen Studios is teasing “big announcements” that will be shared later this week.

The company said on its Twitter account:

“There are some BIG announcements coming this week. Hope you are all ready!!!”

It’s currently unclear if these announcements will be Nintendo-related. We’ll be sure to post any relevant information here, but you can always tune in to our sister site if the news turns out to be for other platforms!

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

Another day, another interview with Super Mario 3D Land director Koichi Hayashida.

Hayashida has opened up about Mario in general, such as his thoughts about the franchise seeing yearly releases like Call of Duty. He also discussed the possibility of a level editor for Mario games.

Regarding Super Mario 3D Land, Hayashida was asked about a sequel, DLC, how the Tanooki Suit made it into the game (and revealed how he was pulling for Cape Mario), and more.

As usual, Hayashida’s comments can be found after the break.

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Posted on 13 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments

“You know what the SNES needs? A mouse!”

I started another inflammatory article earlier today about game reviews, but part of the way through I decided to stop because I need to take a break from being all angry about the blogging industry and start promoting fun discussions. So instead I’m working on this article that I haven’t come up with a topic for yet, but I’m sure it will come to me as a write this. I’m thinking maybe something about music in games, but that’s been done before. How about something more abstract, like “Best unexpectedly fantastic video game”? Eh, nah. I would talk too much about Fragile. Maybe “Best game featuring food”? No, that’s just stupid.

Oh, here we go. Let’s do “Favorite Gimmicks in Gaming”.
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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

GamesRadar has published a massive interview with Super Mario 3D Land director Koichi Hayashida.

Hayashida did share a few nuggets about the 3D platformer, such as how Statue Mario barely made it into the game and how the team considered implementing a time limit on Fire Mario as was the case for the Galaxy games.

Speaking of Super Mario Galaxy, Hayashida basically said that it’s unlikely we’ll see a third game in the “series”. He doesn’t see a realistic scenario in which the staff would use leftover ideas from Galaxy 2 for a possible Galaxy 3 title.

Hayashida also confirmed that downloadable content is a possibility for Mario, discussed his thoughts about Wii U, and more.

Head past the break for all of Hayashida’s remarks!

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Level-5 will soon be unveiling the next Inazuma Eleven subseries. An official announcement will be made in an upcoming issue of Coro Coro Comics.

Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino said on Twitter that the new Inazuma Eleven series will be a “time travel adventure.”

It appears the company has plans for games, an anime, and a mange, much like Inazuma Eleven GO. Regarding the game, Hino confirmed that it will be an RPG. We don’t actually know if this is being created for a Nintendo system, but it will likely arrive on the 3DS given the history of the IP.

The first anime episode has been recorded, and the staff have developed the scenario quite a bit already.

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Next year’s Game Developers Conference has been dated. The entire event will take place between March 25 to March 29. Expo dates specifically are scheduled for the 27th, 28th, and 29th.

GDC 13 will once again be located in San Francisco.

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

On this month’s episode: Tekken 3D: Prime Edition, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Nick Cage on the films he would like to see as a game on a Nintendo system, Bit.Trip Saga, a trip to Aardman Studios, and eShop updates.

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Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc. filed a Japanese trademark for “Pokemon Adventure Camp” recently. A photo of the trademark can be found above.

Could this be related to a new game?

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