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

As promised, some Club Nintendo users are reporting that Nintendo has started to ship soundtracks for registering The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. Other members, such as myself, are still waiting for an update. Just keep in mind that there are still many users who haven’t received a shipping confirmation yet. Don’t freak out if your status still says “Preparing Order”!

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Activision is working on a new James Bond game, which is going to launch sometime this year. We haven’t heard any information about the title officially, but that will be changing very soon. The project will be appearing at Comic-Con, so we should be receiving details before then or at the show itself. The question is, will the mystery game be released for Wii?

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Some Nintendo fans believe that if games such as Xenoblade didn’t make their way to North America, perhaps a third-party publisher could step in to localize content. Like XSEED. In reality though, the possibility of XSEED localizing any Nintendo title isn’t great.

When asked if working on Solatorobo opened channels of communication with Nintendo of Europe, Ken Berry, Director of Publishing told Siliconera:

“No, actually. Everything, all of our communication, is done directly with Namco Bandai of Japan. Yeah, we’ve never licensed a title from Nintendo before, so I would think the prospects of that happening would be very slim.”

I realize that the question was specific to Nintendo of Europe, but I’m sure Berry’s answer also applies to Nintendo of America.

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

Satoru Iwata on how the Wii U will better appeal to hardcore gamers compared to Wii…

“When we considered what to do with the graphics capability of the Wii, we put more attention and focus on the ability to create new experiences rather than the quality of the graphics. For popular genres in the Western world such as the shooter games, the picture quality is actually very important. And as a result, we have not been able to provide hardcore video game players with the option they really want with the Wii. That sort of picture-processing issue is going to be solved this time around.

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Reggie on how Nintendo can explain Wii U to those who haven’t played it…

“What we are doing with Wii U is creating an ability for games to leverage two different screens; the big screen in your room, and the smaller handheld screen in front of you. By doing so it opens up all of these different experiences. The experience I use to describe it to someone is to imagine a first person shooter, where instead of constantly having to look at the screen, now I’ve got things happening all around me.

“It’s a great experience. I don’t think it’s going to be a hard sell. I think that communicating to consumers through the magic of the second window, you can have a totally unique experience, with another player still in the room… I don’t think it’s a difficult sell.”

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We all get inspiration from different places. Some of us get our ideas while driving or while taking a shower. As for Yoshiaki Koizumi… he came up with the moon element for Zelda: Majora’s Mask through a simple daydream! The Nintendo developer recently told the Official Nintendo Magazine:

“Occasionally I also take images from dreams. Perhaps I am a little bit different from Mr Miyamoto in that sense. So if I could just give an example of one of those idle daydreams that turns into an idea for a game, I would look up at the moon and think about what would happen if the moon started to fall towards Earth. From that idea we moved onto the world in Majora’s Mask which is threatened by being destroyed by the moon.”

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On this week’s show: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Super Mario Land, Pokedex 3D, Favorite Beach Levels and eShop Ratings.

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Best Buy will be holding a “Buy 2 Get 1 Free” sale starting next Sunday, for one week only. The deal affects all platforms and games. Coupons cannot be used for the offer.

One other note: if you can’t make it to Best Buy, another opportunity may also be available. Amazon has traditionally matched Best Buy’s deal so it’s possible that part of this deal will be hosted on the online retailer’s site next well as well.

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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker will always be remembered for its unique visual style. Nintendo took a rather large risk by implementing cel-shaded graphics, though there’s no question it payed off.

But what if Nintendo decided to take a more realistic approach with the game’s visual style? That’s what Reddit user “thepixelartist” explored in his latest work. He’s completely turned Outset Island into a more photorealistic environment.

Oh, and no… technically the last photo in the gallery above is not part of thepixelartist’s Wind Waker set. It’s just something a bit more random he created, but I figured some of you may enjoy it nonetheless!