Kirby design director wants to make a non-action spin-off, says there’ll be a lot of variety in the future
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This week’s issue of Famitsu has a big feature on HAL Laboratory to celebrate the studio’s 40th anniversary. As part of that, the Japanese magazine spoke with a few key Kirby developers. Lead action programmer Katsuyoshi Sumitomo, general director Shinya Kumazaki, and design director Riki Fuhrmann participated in the discussion.
After talking about how Star Allies raised the bar for Kirby games, the developers discussed their future plans. Fuhrmann’s comments might be the most interesting, as he said he personally wants to create a non-action spin-off title. He also promised “a wide variety of Kirby coming out in the future.”
Below are the full comments from all three developers:
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Animal Crossing devs feel that Tom Nook is misunderstood
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If there’s one thing Tom Nook is known for in the Animal Crossing series, it’s the debts he collects. Players need to pay off loans to expand their house, which is a mechanic that carries over into the series’ latest entry. But although some may look at Tom Nook as a character primarily interested in money, the developers behind Animal Crossing feels he’s just misunderstood.
New Horizons producer Hisashi Nogami mentioned to The Verge that “Tom Nook is a very caring, really great guy.” Since he’s an adult, “he’s very careful with money.”
Red Dead Redemption studio founder shares story about meeting Miyamoto involving cancelled N64 game
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Before Rockstar San Diego became what it is today – with acclaimed games like Red Dead Redemption under its belt – the team was previously known as Angel Studios. At one point, an opportunity arose in which Nintendo was almost involved with one of their projects. Shigeru Miyamoto actually stopped by the studio to check out the game, which ended up being scrapped in the end.
Founder Diego Angel spoke about the experience in an interview with Polygon. The game in question was Buggy Boogie, a project for the N64. Not much is known about the project, but it was previously stated by former software director Clinton Keith that it involved “vehicles that would eat other vehicles and adopt their powers and morph.”
As for meeting with Miyamoto, Angel told Polygon:
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Nintendo Minute – “Making Up Multiplayer Games in Animal Crossing: New Horizons”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta make up a few multiplayer games to play on with each other in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Check out the full episode below.
European My Nintendo rewards update – April 17, 2020
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My Nintendo has updated in Europe with the latest set of rewards. Aside from a couple of 3DS themes, some new discounts are up for grabs.
Here’s the full lineup:
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Miyamoto, Sakurai, and more share messages to celebrate HAL Laboratory’s 40th anniversary
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HAL Laboratory is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. In this week’s issue of Famitsu, the Japanese magazine published messages from several notable developers who shared messages in honor of the milestone, including Shigeru Miyamoto and Masahiro Sakurai.
Robert Sephazon was kind enough to translate the various messages from the magazine. You can read the various remarks below.
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The Cat Mario Show – Japanese episode for April 17, 2020
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The Cat Mario Show’s latest Japanese episode for April 17, 2020 has now gone live. We’ve included the full video below.
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Gamescom 2020 officially cancelled, digital event to take its place
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Gamescom 2020, one of the biggest gaming expos of the year, has been cancelled. Show organizers made the news official today.
Originally, Gamescom was planned for August. But the coronavirus may still be a global pandemic at this point, and a large gathering of thousands upon thousands of people would simply not be possible. Gamescom isn’t happening in its traditional form, but a digital event will take its place.
Here’s the full statement on this year’s cancellation:
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Bravely Default II producer says he has a concept in mind for a potential Bravely Third
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We’ve seen Bravely Default and Bravely Second on 3DS, with Square Enix returning to the original game’s name with Bravely Default II on Switch later this year. What lies ahead for the IP in the future? Perhaps Bravely Third.
In this week’s issue of Famitsu, the Japanese magazine asked producer Tomoya Asano about the possibility of a Bravely Third. Asano said in response, as translated by Nintendo Everything:
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SEGA no longer sharing Sonic news from cancelled SXSW 2020 panel this month
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Similar to previous years, SEGA intended to host a Sonic panel at SXSW 2020. But after the event was cancelled, those plans were forced to change. SEGA was last planning on sharing news from its SXSW panel in a new format sometime this month, but it looks like that’ll no longer be happening.
The official Sonic Twitter account shared the following statement a short while ago:
