Following the release of its latest financial results, Nintendo is now holding a briefing to cover various topics surrounding the company. David Gibson is in attendance, and is sharing information from the event. We’ll be rounding up the tidbits as they come in below.

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Nintendo Minute – “Can the Developers of Luigi’s Mansion 3 Beat ScareScaper??”

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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta are joined by Next Level Games to show off the ScareScraper mode in Luigi’s Mansion 3. Check it out below.

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Reggie on Nintendo’s commitment to innovation, says his favorite meme was Wii Fit and “My body is ready!”

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There aren’t many people at Nintendo that understands the company more than Reggie Fils-Aime. The former Nintendo of America president spent 15 years with the company, was in charge of many big decisions, and communicated with all sorts of staff (including top developers) throughout his time there.

In an interview with IGN, Reggie discussed Nintendo’s commitment to innovation. With everything that’s been done over the years, he said “just about every element of modern gaming was started by Nintendo.”

Reggie’s full words:

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Shigeru Miyamoto doesn’t have retirement on his mind

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Shigeru Miyamoto has worked at Nintendo for over forty years. He’s been responsible for some of the most iconic franchises in gaming having created Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and more. Yet despite being 66 years old with a long career, Miyamoto has no signs of slowing down.

Having been selected by the Japanese government to receive the Person of Cultural Merit, Miyamoto shared a few comments. One of those has him stating, “I’m going to do my best to keep doing new things so I don’t get asked if I’m about to retire.”

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Halo artist Kyle Hefley joins Retro Studios

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Halo artist Kyle Hefley has joined Metroid Prime developer Retro Studios. His new role with the company has him serving as lead character artist.

Previously, Hefley spent nearly a decade at 343 Industries where he was a senior character modeler for the Halo series. He handled many of the armored super soldiers and alien warriors that appeared in Halo 4, Halo 5, and Halo Infinite. Hefley was directly involved with Master Chief in Halo 5.

Hefley has worked on a number of other titles throughout his career, including Call of Duty: Black Ops and Sleeping Dogs.

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Reggie Fils-Aime to be given Andrew Yoon Legend Award at 9th Annual New York Game Awards ceremony

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The New York Videogame Critics Circle has announced that it will honor former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime with its Andrew Yoon Legend Award at the 9th annual New York Game Awards ceremony. The event will take place on January 21, 2020 at SVA Theatre in Manhattan.

Reggie said in a statement today:

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Shigeru Miyamoto awarded the honor of Person of Cultural Merit in Japan

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A great honor for Shigeru Miyamoto: the legendary developer and creator of Mario, The Legend of Zelda and many other franchises and characters, is to be recognized in Japan as a Person of Cultural Merit. This is an official, government-sanctioned honor and recognition which is awarded annually to people who have made outstanding cultural contributions. Previously, many actors, scientists and authors have been awarded that honor, but Miyamoto is the very first video game developer to receive it. Miyamoto said the following: “I’m thankful that light is being shined upon the genre of games.” He also thanked his co-workers: “This is a job where you can’t do anything by yourself.”

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Game Freak says it doesn’t go out of its way to make a new Pokemon game each year

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Game Freak has been known to put out Pokemon games regularly. Since the company took a break in 2015, we saw Pokemon Sun/Moon, Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee, and now Pokemon Sword/Shield in consecutive years. Although it may seem like Pokemon is a yearly series, Game Freak says it’s not intentional.

Pokemon producer Junichi Masuda explained to VG247, “each time we go into making a new game and start a new project we look at what exactly we want to create – and then from where we decide the most appropriate timing to release it depending on various factors.” What’s important to Game Freak is to have “as many people to come in contact and play Pokemon as possible.”

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Nintendo Minute – “Making Pokemon Curry w/ Developers of Pokemon Sword & Pokemon Shield”

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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta make Pokemon curry with developers Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori from Game Freak. Check out the full episode below.

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Video: “Tanabe & Mr. Ikebata Spin the Wheel – Luigi’s Mansion 3”

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Nintendo has published a new video with Luigi’s Mansion 3 game developers Mr. Tanabe and Mr. Ikebata. Below, the two play Spin the Wheel and answer some questions about the Switch game.