The Pokemon Company reports 14.8% profit increase, has second best year ever
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The Pokemon Company has released its financial report for the fiscal year ending February 2020.
Net profit was recorded at 15.3 billion yen, a 14.8 percent increase year-over-year. Pokemon GO is still a major contributing factor, and the launch of Pokemon Sword/Shield certainly helped as well.
The Pokemon Company ended up with its second best year in history. You can find a chart below comparing net profits since 2014.
Reggie discusses his first time meeting Shigeru Miyamoto
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Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime had plenty of meetings with Shigeru Miyamoto over the years while working at the company. However, their very first encounter was understandably memorable. Reggie very much knew about Miyamoto and his historic career, but Miyamoto had no idea who Reggie was at the time.
Reggie recounted the story of meeting Miyamoto during an episode of the Talking Games podcast. It came about early on in his career when he was being shown for the DS for the first time. Reggie had made a comment about the importance of the handheld’s touch screen without realizing Miyamoto was in the room. After this, he quickly became aware that the legendary game designer heard what he said, and Reggie’s knees began to shake. Fortunately, Miyamoto liked Reggie’s comment, and he was able to get off on the right foot.
That’s only a summary of the story. Here’s the full transcript from the podcast:
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Nintendo Minute – “Animal Crossing: New Horizons Spin the Wheel Challenge”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta host a spin the wheel challenge in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Check out the full episode below.
North American My Nintendo rewards update – May 30, 2020
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The latest set of rewards are now available on My Nintendo in North America. These include Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition wallpapers, 3DS discounts, and themes.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Reggie on his first E3, says staffer backstage mistook him for a security guard
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Reggie Fils-Aime quickly became a prominent figure after his appearance for Nintendo at E3 2004. Who could forget the very first line he uttered on stage? Fans were more than happy to embrace Reggie when he said: “I’m about kickin’ ass, I’m about takin’ names, and we’re about makin’ games.” Of course, it helped that Nintendo had the DS to show for the first time and a brand new Zelda game – which would be come Twilight Princess.
Reggie spoke about the experience during an episode of the Talking Games podcast, and also shared a bit of a funny story. It turns out that a staffer who was working backstage actually thought he was a security guard, and had no idea that this person was a new, top executive at Nintendo.
Here’s the full story from Reggie:
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Another look at Super Nintendo World, including the entrance
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A couple of days ago, a new photo surfaced showing Super Nintendo World. The overhead image gave us one of the best looks we’ve had so far of the theme park.
Another photo has appeared online, which now gives us a look at the entrance. It looks like visitors will first be treated to the iconic star symbol when they first arrive, and will actually get into the venue by going through a Warp Pipe.
Super Nintendo World was originally planned to be completed in Japan in time for the 2020 Summer Olympics. However, that event was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it’s now unclear when the theme park will be open for business.
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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition – new Melia figure announced
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Nintendo and Monolith Soft are teaming up with Good Smile for a new product. Melia, as she appears in Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, will receive a scale figure.
The figure is likely in the early stages, so we don’t really have a look at how it’s shaping up just yet. However, you can expect the design to look like the art above.
As for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, the game launches May 29.
Monolith Soft co-president on the studio’s origins, inspired by desire to make Xenogears 2
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Monolith Soft celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. When the company started out making Xenosaga, no one could have predicted where they’d be today. Xenoblade has turned into a million-seller IP while Monolith Soft has been heavily involved in some of Nintendo’s top games, including Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Hirohide Sugiura, co-president of Monolith Soft, spoke about the developer’s origins in last week’s issue of Famitsu. Regarding his motives for starting his own company back in 1999, Sugiura shared (as translated by Oni Dino of Nintendo Everything):
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Overhead photo provides brand new look at Super Nintendo World
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If not for the current coronavirus pandemic, Super Nintendo World would be pretty close to opening in Japan. The original goal was to have the park’s construction all wrapped up in time for the 2020 Olympics.
While we wait for the world to return to normalcy, work on Super Nintendo World is indeed starting to come to a close. And a new overhead photo gives fans some sort of idea as to what they can look forward to when the park is ready to open. Check it out above.
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Anime Expo Lite 2020 announced, The World Ends with You featured in special art
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Anime Expo 2020 is another loss from the coronavirus pandemic. The show must go on though, and in its place will be a two-day live stream event known as Anime Expo Lite.
Anime Expo Lite will have special guests, panel discussions with industry leaders, industry announcements, live content, exclusive content from Japan, Q&As, and giveaways. In the past, we’ve seen a few Nintendo-related reveals – notably from Aksys Games.
