A listing for the product was spotted on a Singaporean LEGO Certified store. No official announcements have been made, but you’d have to think that the news will be shared soon.

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Man who sent bomb and death threats to Nintendo sentenced to one year in prison

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A decision has been reached in the case against a man who sent bomb and death threats to Nintendo, and a court ruled that he’ll serve a year in prison. Additionally, the sentence will come with a four-year suspension.

The man sent a total of 39 bomb and death threats to Nintendo. These threats led to the cancellation of Nintendo Live 2024 Tokyo late last year, which you can read about here.

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Nintendo vacating team Jackpot’s win for Splatoon 3 World Championship

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After recent controversy, Nintendo will no longer be recognizing the win team Jackpot had in the 2024 Splatoon 3 World Championship.

The company put out a statement on social media which mentions that some members of team Jackpot “acted in a manner that is not in line with our Community Guidelines”. Due to this, their win will be voided and they won’t be getting trophies either. Nintendo will also adjust the Splatoon 3 Splashtag banner that was released with a future patch.

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Monolith Soft talks about its positive work environment and culture

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Hirohide Sugiura, one of the founders of Monolith Soft, weighed in a little while back about the company’s work environment. This comes from the Company Brochure 2024, which published different interviews and more.

In one part of an interview, Sugiura was asked about Monolith Soft’s strengths. He pointed to the company’s work environment, focusing on work-life balance, and more.

Our translation is as follows:

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3 things we want to see in the next Paper Mario game

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It’s no secret that the Paper Mario series took a steep downhill tumble when Sticker Star first released in 2012. In many ways, it was almost not a Paper Mario game at all. The franchise is known for its story, unique characters, and RPG mechanics – and starting with Sticker Star in 2012, the series lost just about all of those things. Paper Mario: Color Splash was then released in 2016, and while it retained many of Sticker Star’s questionable-at-best design decisions, it was a much better game overall. Then we got Paper Mario: The Origami King in 2020, which actually introduced more than one original character for the first time in years. To everyone’s surprise, the next Paper Mario game was a remake of The Thousand-Year Door, with no original characters cut in any way. Between this and the revival of Super Mario RPG, things are looking better for the Paper Mario series. But what could we expect out of a future game in the series?

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koROBO revealed, from former Chibi-Robo developers

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Today, former staff from Skip – the company known for its work on Chibi-Robo – unveiled its new development team Tiny Wonder Studio and announced koROBO as its first project. The game is targeting PC as well as “modern consoles” – so we’re hoping that includes Switch and / or its successor.

Tiny Wonder Studio employees key members that worked at Skip and other veterans in the industry. The lineup includes original Chibi-Robo director Kenichi Nishi (who’s also co-directing KoROBO), Keita Eto (directed previous Chibi-Robo titles and is co-director here), third co-director Hiroshi Moriyama, producer Hisashi Koshimizu, and character designer Hikarin.

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Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition launch trailer

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We’ve got one last trailer for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition. The game is out today worldwide, and the video shows off everything it has to offer.

Learn more about it in the following overview:

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Kraft Mac & Cheese teams up with Super Mario

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A new Nintendo food partnership has been revealed, and Kraft Mac & Cheese is now featuring Super Mario.

Kraft Mac & Cheese Super Mario Power-Up Shapes features iconic elements of the flagship series. Fire Flower, Super Star, and Super Mushroom shapes are all included.

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My Nintendo adds Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition trucker hat

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With Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition about to launch on Switch, a new reward has been added to My Nintendo. A trucker hat is now available as part of the lineup.

The five-panel cap features a full-color logo patch and an adjustable snap closure. It also has the game’s logo on the front.

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External translators that worked on Nintendo games not being listed in the credits

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Game Developer published a report on Nintendo’s practices today after speaking with multiple sources who say the company has not credited them for their translation work on a variety of projects.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Super Mario RPG are some of the titles in which translators were not listed in the credits for their contributions. Much of the controversy seems to stem from work done by external agencies rather than in-house.