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New Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser had his first major appearance on the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct this past week. Nintendo couldn’t help but play up his last name, which meant bringing the video game character into the equation.

During the latest episode of the Nintendo Power podcast, Nintendo’s executive shared an inside story about filming for the presentation. He said the following:

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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta show off some gameplay from Cadence of Hyrule. Check out the full episode below.

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Through E3 2019, Nintendo had various developers (and more) stop by to contribute to a large-scale mosaic of sorts with various drawings. Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, and Hisashi Nogami are just a few who participated. You can view the full video below.

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The latest episode of Nintendo Power podcast is now live. Host Chris Slate, along with Kit Ellis from Nintendo Minute, share their thoughts on the show’s biggest games and announcements from E3 2019. Special guests Pete Hines from Bethesda Softworks and the president of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser, also appear.

Here’s the full episode:

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Now that E3 2019 is over, we have an even better idea of what’s to come for Switch this year. Nintendo has highlighted a bunch of upcoming games for 2019 in an infographic, which we have above. Several 2020 titles are also featured.

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Nintendo’s E3 2019 press website contains biographies for a variety of its employees who attended the show. Among them are Aya Kyogoku, Hisashi Nogami, Eiji Aonuma, and Yoshihito Ikebata. It appears that each of these staffers have been promoted.

Aonuma is still the producer of the Zelda series, but is now listed as a “Deputy General Manager”. Hisashi Nogami also holds the same managerial position. As for Aya Kyogoku, she’s now “Manager of Production Group No. 5” – otherwise known as the Splatoon and Animal Crossing team. Finally, Yoshiko Ikebata is a developer in “Production Group No. 6” – involved with Luigi’s Mansion and Metroid Prime.

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Additional in-game purchases like loot boot boxes and pay-to-win mechanics are popping up in more and more games these days. With these elements appearing regularly, Forbes decided to ask Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser for this thoughts.

Here’s what Bowser shared on the topic:

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With E3 2019 starting to wrap up, we do actually have a little bit of news about next year’s show. E3 2020 will take place between June 9 and June 11. Once again, it will be a three-day affair.

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Square Enix continues to re-releases its older games through remasters and ports. That doesn’t mean you can play everything, however. As one example, there’s currently no way to experience Chrono Trigger on Switch. Square Enix also has a bunch of older titles that have yet to make their way to newer systems.

Interestingly, Square Enix president and CEO Yosuke Matsuda told Game Informer that hes’ aware of the demand to have the company’s library to be available completely digitally. Matsuda said that a “variety” of plans are in the works on that front, with Square Enix “working hard” to offer “classic titles that you might have played on NES”. In fact, a dedicated project is now in place to port those kinds of titles.

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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta continue their E3 2019 journey with Luigi’s Mansion 2. Check out the full episode below.

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