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Update: The official synopsis is as follows: “Ethan sets out to vanquish the Dragon that took his heart, but with every demon be battles, the more he loses his humanity. Follow Ethan, along with his pawn Hannah, in his journey to reclaim his heart.”

And here are the first images:

Capcom’s action-RPG Dragon’s Dogma is getting a new anime series, Netflix has announced. Even though the news was just revealed, the show will be released on September 17.

Not much is known about the upcoming anime, though it’ll obviously be heavily based around the actual game. A new poster that was just shared can be found above.

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Mario isn’t the only collaboration Nintendo has planned with LEGO, as the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System was unveiled earlier today. We have a closer look at the product below.

LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System will release on August 1.

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A bunch of new photos are in showing off the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System. Take a look at the full set in the gallery below.

The LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System will debut on August 1. For more information about the product, read the official announcement here.

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Following yesterday’s leak and tease, the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System has been officially announced. It will begin to launch on August 1 from LEGO Retail Stores and LEGO.com, followed by other retailers in 2021.

The LEGO NES lets fans create “a mechanically functional version of an all-time favorite console with LEGO bricks.” It features a controller with a connecting cable and plug, an opening slot for the Game Pak with a locking feature, and a buildable retro TV. LEGO Mario can also be scanned so that the character “reacts to on-screen enemies, obstacles and power-ups just as he would have in the iconic Super Mario Bros. game.”

Here’s the full press release:

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The Nintendo UK store has opened pre-orders for LEGO Super Mario. You can reserve the main Starter Course as well as the various expansions.

If interested, you can place a pre-order here. LEGO Super Mario launches on August 1.

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Update: This has now been teased by LEGO on social media (thanks Justin):

Nintendo and LEGO kicked off a new partnership with LEGO Super Mario. It seems that the two sides will be collaborating beyond LEGO, as a new leak has apparently outed the existence of the LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System.

The upcoming product features a small TV and cartridge. In total, it comes with 2,646 pieces.

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Back in 1997, Nintendo and animation company Medialab Technology formed a partnership to produce a computer-animated TV series based on Donkey Kong Country. A total of 40 episodes were ultimately produced.

Writer Simon Racioppa spoke about the experience as part of an interview with Polygon. He noted that the show had a “bible” with basic rules, but there wasn’t much in the way of story restrictions or input from Nintendo.

He said:

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Takeshi Yamazaki has announced that he’s leaving Capcom after 15 years. Yamazaki worked on the Ace Attorney series since its earliest days, and has been a director / head writer on the Ace Attorney Investigations titles plus Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice.

“Although leaving a company is always painful, I like to think of this as ‘graduating’,” Yamazaki said in a tweet translated by Court-Records. “I’m truly glad I was able to make games and meet the Ace Attorney series at Capcom.”

Yamazaki intends to continue working with game development, but also intends to take on new challenges.

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Five years ago, late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away. Iwata died on July 11, 2015. We’re bringing this up now as it’s July 11 in Japan.

Iwata had many accomplishments as both a game developer and businessman. He started out at Kirby developer HAL Laboratory and spent two decades with the studio. In 2000, Iwata joined Nintendo and became the company’s new president just a couple of years later. He would end up working in this hospital up until his passing.

Iwata is still missed to this day, but his legacy won’t be forgotten.

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Pokemon is a massive franchise worldwide, but that wasn’t always in the case. There was initial uncertainty as to whether it would take off, especially in North America. We know that some changes were made for Pokemon names, but it looks like there were some outlandish suggestions to go further beyond that.

In a video posted by Did You Know Gaming?, we learn about some peculiar origins for Pokemon, and especially Pikachu. It turns out that a redesign was proposed for the creature that involved “something like a tiger with huge breasts.” That’s according to Tsunekazu Ishihara, the CEO of The Pokemon Company.

The full quote from Ishihara is as follows:

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