Animal Crossing: New Horizons aquarium experience is expanding
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Today, Nintendo has announced that it is expanding the aquarium experience inspired by Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Initially, the event was held at the Seattle Aquarium. Now the experience is going on a national tour, making multiple stops across the U.S. throughout the year.
Sonic Team boss says Shadow “doesn’t really need a gun”
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If there’s one thing you may remember about the 2005 game Shadow the Hedgehog, it’s that the character used a gun. However, since then, SEGA has moved away from that.
Shadow is now getting his own campaign again as part of Sonic x Shadow Generations. This time around though, he won’t be wielding a gun at all – and it’s something Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka doesn’t feel is truly necessary.
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Sonic Team up for more Sonic remasters
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The Sonic series has already been remastered a couple of times with Sonic Colors and the upcoming Sonic x Shadow Generations, but it seems that SEGA may not stop there.
Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka recently spoke about what could come next in an interview with IGN. He noted that
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Summer Game Fest 2024 live stream
Posted on 7 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Switch, Videos | 0 comments
Summer Game Fest 2024 is beginning later today, and we have the official live stream here for you. The fun kicks off at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe. Days of the Devs will begin immediately after.
This is obviously a multiplatform show, but we should be getting at least some Switch news here. It’s thought that SEGA could be showing a new trailer for Sonic x Shadow Generations today – the game’s release date already leaked apparently. There could be other updates as well. If there’s anything notable, we’ll be sure to pass it along on the main site as the show goes on.
Here’s where you can watch the Summer Game Fest 2024 live stream:
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Build-A-Bear making Munchlax plushie
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It’s that time once again – Build-A-Bear is expanding its Pokemon line with another plushie, this time for Munchlax.
Munchlax can be found in stores and online. For those going the online route, there’s an exclusive bundle. Each order includes the main plushie with 5-in-1-sound, Heavy Ball hoodie, and Bib and Tamato Berry Wristie.
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My Nintendo adds Classic Games Postcard Set
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A new reward just went up on My Nintendo, and it’s one that retro gamers might be interested in. Members can now spend their points on a Classic Games Postcard Set.
The set comes with eight different postcards with boxart from classic titles. Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo 64 are represented here.
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Suda51 unsure if No More Heroes’ Travis Touchdown will return
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No More Heroes creator Suda51 was recently asked if Travis Touchdown, the series’ star, could return in the future. As of now it doesn’t sound like an easy question for him to answer.
Eurogamer asked the well-known developer about the future of the character. Suda51 responded by saying that he’s unsure, especially given how Marvelous owns the rights to the No More Heroes franchise. Grasshopper Manufacture developed the different games in the series, but that was thanks to Marvelous being on board.
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Google incident report indicates previous Nintendo leaks tied to employee accessing private videos
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According to a report from 404 Media, Nintendo was by previously impacted by leaked information obtained by a Google employee who accessed private YouTube videos. Google held an internal review and deemed that the activity was “non-intentional”.
404 Media says its article is based on “a copy of an internal Google database which tracks six years worth of potential privacy and security issues”. The thousands of incidents were actually reported by the company’s employees. The database covers a ton of other incidents as well, ranging from accidentally collecting children’s voice data to Google Street View transcribing and storing license plate numbers from photos.
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Play Nintendo Tour 2024 announced
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The Play Nintendo Tour is returning, this time for the Summer 2024 reason. It will run between June 13 and September 2.
By attending the free event, fans can “explore the endless adventure and fun of Nintendo and the Nintendo Switch system at various stops across the nation.” The tour features photo-ops with Nintendo characters, giveaways (while supplies last), and playable demos of Switch titles.
Here’s the full rundown as to what’s planned:
Minecraft animated show coming to Netflix
Posted on 8 months ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Microsoft and Netflix are teaming up on a new Minecraft animated show, the two sides announced today.
Little is known at the moment. Thus far, it’s only been said that the show will tell an “original story with new characters, showing the world of Minecraft in a new light.”
