Director reflects on 25 years of Kirby and the future
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It was just a few weeks ago that Kirby celebrated its 25th anniversary. Shinya Kumazaki, who has worked on the series since 2003 and as acted as director since 2008, wrote up a special post on HAL Laboratory’s website in honor of the occasion.
Kumazaki mentioned that “it is now possible to maintain a consistent release and support schedule for our games,” which has allowed Kirby to grow. He also spoke about a philosophy of aiming to please fans by working so hard that the team essentially overdoes it. As for the future, Kumazaki said: “While there are fans there wanting to play a new game in the series, I believe we’ll continue to grow alongside our character and take on those fun and more serious new challenges head on.”
Here’s our full translation of Kumazaki’s message:
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Super Mario Maker 2 Invitational 2019 participants announced
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Nintendo has announced the participants for the Super Mario Maker 2 Invitational 2019. The tournament, which will feature courses created by members of Nintendo Treehouse, will be played by Abdallah (AbdallahSmash), YellowKillerBee, Jirard The Completionist, and theDragonFeeney.
Here’s the news from Nintendo:
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Nintendo NY will let fans go hands on with select titles from E3 2019
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Nintendo NY laid out its full plans for E3 2019. The store will be covering the show in a couple of different ways between June 11 and June 14.
Live streams will be taking place throughout the week, starting with the Nintendo Direct and continuing with Nintendo Treehouse. Additionally, it’s been confirmed that fans will be able to go hands-on with select Nintendo titles.
Here’s the full schedule:
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Metal Mario revealed as part of Mario Kart Hot Wheels collection
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Hot Wheels developer Mattel has revealed that Metal Mario will be joining the roster of the Mario Kart Hot Wheels collection later this Summer.
Combined with paraglider and all, Metal Mario will be available to purchase from Mattel’s website for $20 starting June 17th. The toy will also be coming to San Diego Comic Con a month later on July 17th.
A couple more images of Metal Mario can be viewed below.
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Pokemon Press Conference 2019 recap announcement
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The Pokemon Company has passed along an official announcement recapping all of the news from the Pokemon Press Conference 2019. It covers news about Pokemon Home, Pokemon Sleep, Pokemon Masters, the new Detective Pikachu title for Switch, and more.
Here’s the full press release:
New app Pokemon Sleep announced
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The Pokemon Company has revealed Pokemon Sleep, a new app that tracks a user’s time sleeping. Your sleep patterns will impact gameplay. The goal is to turn sleep into entertainment.
Nintendo is creating a new Pokemon GO+ Plus. Along with working with Pokemon Sleep, it is also compatible with Pokemon GO. It comes embedded with an accelerometer, and at night, it can track your time sleeping. Data is sent to your smartphone.
Nyannyan Neko Mario Time episode 140
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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.
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Pokemon 2019 Press Conference live stream, live blog
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Today’s Pokemon 2019 Press Conference will be kicking off not too long from now. The festivities begin at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET / 2 AM in the UK / 3 AM in Europe.
It’s unclear what exactly will be discussed during the conference. Other than the fact that it will feature “a number of topics of interest to Pokémon fans”, nothing else is known at this time. Regardless, you can keep track of the event with the live stream and our live blog below.
Nintendo Minute – “Making Our Super Mario Maker 2 Levels Gameplay”
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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta create the actual levels they previously designed. Check out the full episode below.
2019 Pokemon press conference to cover “a number of topics of interest to Pokemon fans”
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While we mentioned this slightly in our Pokemon Direct post, we wanted to make a separate note of a Pokemon press conference (also known as the Pokemon Business Strategy presentation) taking place on May 28 / May 29. We’ve received an English press notice about the event from The Pokemon Company, so that indicates it’ll be rather noteworthy. According to The Pokemon Company, it will “cover a number of topics of interest to Pokemon fans.”
You can watch the conference at the following times:
