What would a gritty version of Pokemon look like? How about if it were created by Adi Shankar, who is in charge of the Castlevania anniversary series on Netflix. We now have answers to both of those questions.

“The End of Pokemon” was published on YouTube today, which is a part of Shankar’s “Bootleg Universe”. Watch the video below for his take on a very different direction the franchise could go in.

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Video: 48 rapid-fire questions with Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka

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Game Informer posted a new video today with Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka, who is producing Super Mario Maker 2. Among many things, he shows interest in the idea of letting players create an overworld map in Super Mario Maker and a Super Mario Bros. 2 theme. You can watch the full video below.

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Zelda producer says “staff comes first” when making games, Nintendo’s work culture focuses on flexibility

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Last week, Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser discussed crunch and how the company wants its staff to have a “good work-life balance”. Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has now chimed in on the subject as well.

When asked about his team’s stance on overtime, Aonuma stated that the “staff comes first, and I always want to think about it when creating a game.” His full words:

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Dragon Quest: Your Story trailer #2

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A second trailer has arrived for Dragon Quest: Your Story, the CG film based on Dragon Quest V. Watch the video below.

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Twitter shares E3 2019 data: Nintendo Direct the biggest moment, Nintendo has most tweets of any publisher

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Twitter has provided information about the games, companies and moments that drove the conversation of E3 2019. Nintendo did quite well, with the social media platform stating that the company’s Direct was the biggest moment of the show. Nintendo also took home the most tweets while Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s sequel and Animal Crossing: New Horizons were among the biggest games.

Here’s the full set of data:

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Metroid Prime lead technical engineer Andy O’Neil passes away

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Game developer Andy O’Neil has passed away at the age of 47.

O’Neil was a notable contributor to the Metroid Prime games having served as a lead technical engineer on the first two entries in the series. He also helped out in the creation of the Wii’s tech demo of Echoes that was shown at the Tokyo Game Show in 2005.

Nintendo on supporting E3, says Labo VR has “worked well for us”, Switch “has a long run left in it”, more

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GamesBeat shared a new interview today with Charlie Scibetta, senior director of corporate communications at Nintendo of America. Scibetta weighed in on the company’s support of E3, Nintendo Labo VR, Switch’s lifespan, and more.

We’ve rounded up some of the notable topics from the interview below. You can find the full discussion on GamesBeat here.

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Nintendo Tokyo to open in late November

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Earlier this year, the new Nintendo Tokyo store was announced. At the time, we heard that it would be opening sometime this fall. Parco now says that Shibuya Parco, which will house the store, is set to open late November.

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa previously said that Nintendo Tokyo “will be a new point of contact between consumers and Nintendo that a wide range of people, regardless of age, gender, or experience with games can enjoy. In addition to selling products such as video game systems, software and character-based merchandise, we plan to host events and offer opportunities to play games, and are preparing to make this shop a new base for communicating Nintendo information in Japan.”

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Monster Hunter movie’s first trailer leaks online

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The Shanghai International Film Festival hosted the very first trailer for the upcoming Monster Hunter movie. While it hasn’t been shared online officially, the video was recorded and posted online.

Here’s the trailer:

In Asia, Toho and Tencent will be bringing the movie to movie theaters.

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E3 analysis shows significant rise in Nintendo media coverage since 2016 and more

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ICO Partners has published a new report on E3 media coverage after its technology monitored everything that took place last week. Aside from insight into this year’s show, there’s interesting analysis for Nintendo and more on the whole.

The first chart above shows the amount of attention that Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox have received since 2014. Nintendo was at one of its lowest points in 2016, but started to rebound after that. This E3 was one of the best for the Big N, which can be attributed to Switch’s success.