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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

This information comes straight from Danny Bilson’s Twitter account. Bilson is THQ’s core games VP…

“Big game announcement at VGA award show. Trying to keep the press release from sounding “corporate lame”, because the game is anything but.”

There are a number of possibilities as to what the title might be. It could be Guillermo Del Toro’s new project, or a new game that THQ recently teased for Wii/Move/Kinect. Or it might be something completely different. We’ll find out for sure in less than two weeks!

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

“We dumped that license because we felt like we needed to own more intellectual property, and we don’t like where James Bond is going with all the creative limitations on it. The percentage royalties you have to pay the licensors are going the wrong way for publishers. The margins are being squeezed. And, to top it all off, the movie-game business is falling apart. Considering the total amount of money we have to spend on those types of James Bond games, and the total amount of man-hours we had to put into them, we thought, hell, let’s work on our own IP. The guys who made James Bond games for us, well yeah, they went on and made Dead Space, and look where we are now; what would you rather publish, retail and play – the latest James Bond or Dead Space 2?”

I have no problem with movie games so long as they’re good games! Problem is, there aren’t too many good movie games out there. I’d definitely support new IPs over movie games, though! It’s good to see EA is in agreement.

Via The Escapist

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This information comes from Warren Spector…

“I would really like to do a Duck Tales game. I love the Duck Tales TV show, but even more people who love them need to go back and rediscover Carl Barks, who is the greatest comic book writer and artist of all time, ever, anywhere in the world. Carl Barks is number one and about half of the Duck Tales stories were based on Carl Barks’ comic books. I want to do a Duck Tales game real bad. I don’t know if Disney will let me do it. And the Gremlins, too.”

Jeez, I feel like we’re always hearing about how Warren Spector wants to create a new DuckTales game. Make it happen, Disney!

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Professor Ryuta Kawashima has revealed that a new Brain Age game is in the works. Concrete details about the project have yet to be shared, however. He hasn’t been given the go-ahead to speak about the title, and the only piece of information Kawashima divulged is that it’s scheduled to be released in 2010.

Even with that bit of news in mind, it’s still possible that the game will end up on the 3DS. At first, the system was on track to be released in Japan this year, so Kawashima may have been unaware of the 3DS’s new launch date.

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Target employee Anthony M. hands a limited-edition red Wii console to Tara D., 30, of Hackensack, NJ on a busy Black Friday at the Target Store in Paramus, NJ on Nov. 26, 2010. Consumers seek out the Wii this holiday season, a great value at a suggested retail price of $199.99, which includes the Wii console, two games, the Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk controllers.

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Orchid R. of Paramus, NJ, searches the shelves in pursuit of New Super Mario Bros. Wii during a Black Friday shopping trip to Target in Paramus, NJ on Nov. 26, 2010. Consumers seek out the Wii this holiday season, a great value at a suggested retail price of $199.99, which includes the Wii console, two games, the Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk controllers.

Source: Nintendo PR

Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

This information comes from Charlie Scibetta, Senior Director of Corporate Communications for Nintendo of America…

“Nintendo of America has booked meeting room space at the 2011 CES but ..will not be making any announcements about current or upcoming products during the show.”

Quite a few people were hoping that Nintendo would share some information about the 3DS at CES, but it doesn’t look like that’ll happen. In any case, we know the company will share information sometime in the near future. The system is coming out in March, so it’d be best to reveal a North American release date and price at least a couple of months before it launches.

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Posted on 14 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 4 Comments

It looks like Nintendo’s “super play” videos will soon be coming to an end. After all, Super Mario Bros. 3 is the last title in Super Mario All-Stars!

Posted on 14 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Coming from PCGameWorld:

the Consumer Electronics Association, which plans the conference, now says that it erroneously included Nintendo of America among companies exhibiting as part of the gaming showcase at the conference. Nintendo will take meeting rooms at the conference but won’t exhibit, CEA said in a press release issued Tuesday.”

Well… THAT’S a pretty big mistake! Looks like we will not see a conference or exhibition from Nintendo at CES this yea, which is really too bad considering how much we could have seen about the 3DS at the event!

Via GoNintendo

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For the last 15 years, Nintendo has opted out of appearing at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but 2011 will mark the official return for the triple A game company to the show. No word on exactly what they’ll be showing, but chances are that they’ll be showing off that dandy new 3DS of theirs, set to release in February/March of next year. We’ll give you all the news straight from CES as it happens!

Via Kotaku