Guerrilla Collective announced as yet another E3 2020 replacement
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Media Indie Exchange, in partnership with the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, will be producing a new event known as the Guerrilla Collective to act as another replacement for this year’s E3. Many game studios and publishers are coming together to showcase exclusive news, reveals, trailers, gameplay demos, and more. Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller will be hosting the event.
The Guerrilla Collective will feature the following companies:
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My Nintendo adds a pair of printable Animal Crossing: New Horizons rewards
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My Nintendo has updated with a couple of new rewards. A pair of printable items are available, both of which are based on Animal Crossing: New Horizons rewards. You can pick up some Mother’s Day Coupons as well as gift tags.
Both of these rewards are located on My Nintendo here. They cost 50 Platinum Points each.
Nintendo Minute – “Nintendo Switch Board Game Bonanza”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta play some fun board games online with each other. Check out the full episode below.
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Former Retro Studios concept artist comments on cancelled Zelda and Mario spin-offs
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Earlier this week, concept art emerged from what looked to be cancelled Zelda and Mario spin-offs from Retro Studios. Sammy Hall, a former artist at the company, shared the shots online via his ArtStation account. The Zelda game would have featured Sheik while the Mario one was focused around Boo.
Hall reconfirmed to IGN that both projects were only in pre-production. He told the site:
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Tokyo Game Show 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus, online event now planned
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The coronavirus has led to the cancellation of major gaming expos in 2020, including E3 and Gamescom. Now you can add Tokyo Game Show to that list as well.
In a statement today, show organizers said that it will no longer hold a physical event “after a long consideration to place the utmost priority on the health and safety of visitors, exhibitors and stakeholders.” But while it’s been scrapped in its traditional form, an online event will be held instead.
The full statement reads:
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Wii hacker downplays recent Nintendo leaks, source code to reproducing the console not included
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A few days ago, news emerged regarding a pretty significant Nintendo leak. It was primarily centered around Wii, but hacker Hector Martin has downplayed the importance of what has emerged. Martin told PCMag says that the files involved don’t actually contain source code to reproducing the console.
Martin said:
Nintendo on its IP expansion business
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Nintendo on Switch sales, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has best start ever for a Switch title
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Switch has sold more than the GameCube and N64 combined
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We know that the Switch has surpassed lifetime hardware sales of both the GameCube and N64. But how about when you put those two older systems together? As it turns out, Switch still comes out on top.
Switch hardware sales currently sit at 55.77 million units. GameCube sold 21.74 million units while N64 moved 32.93 million. Put those two consoles together and you get 54.67 million, which Switch did indeed surpass and is on track to continue its strong pace.
Switch should soon surpass the NES/Famicom, which sold 61.91 million units in its lifetime.
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Nintendo discusses impact of coronavirus on its shipments, game development
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The coronavirus has affected all kinds of industries and businesses. That includes Nintendo, as the company has struggled to maintain Switch supply and has had to face a work-at-home environment. A status update was provided in its financial results update today.
As for getting product into the marketplace, Nintendo says that “delays in production and shipping are gradually recovering.” There’s more of a concern regarding development since, if the effects of the coronavirus “are prolonged or worsen further, development schedules may be impacted due to the difference in development environments between working from home and in the office.” It’s noted that the situation in Japan “is anticipated to be even more difficult to predict” and there’s an overall warning that “we may not be able to proceed with the release of Nintendo products and the start of services as planned.”
Here’s the full update from Nintendo:
