Game Freak on why new features disappear from Pokemon games
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Pokemon games tend to have a habit of introducing new features with each entry, only for them to be abandoned when the next games are introduced. Mega Evolutions and Z-Moves didn’t stick around long, for example. Having Pokemon follow the player as they’re exploring has also never been consistent.
While speaking with Pokemon Sword/Shield director Shigeru Ohmori, Metro decided to ask why this happens. Ohmori had this to say when asked if Dynamax will stick around in the long-term:
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Nintendo Minute – “Super Mario Maker 2: Playing YOUR Levels Part 2”
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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta continue playing levels from the community. Check out the full episode below.
Nintendo on large global trends, cloud gaming, VR, and 5G
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During Nintendo’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, one investor shared the sentiment that the company “has been a little slow to join large global trends like the mobile business and releasing games that use VR.” Having said that, this person wanted to hear Nintendo’s thoughts topics such as cloud gaming and 5G.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, Shigeru Miyamoto, and director / senior executive officer Ko Shiota all provided commentary. Here the official translation of what they shared:
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Monolith Soft’s profit doubles in fiscal year ending March 31, 2019
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Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft today shared some information about its financial performance during the latest period. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019, profit was at 274 million yen.
Profit for Monolith Soft doubled year-over-year. Here’s a look at how much the company generated in recent years:
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Nintendo on how it approaches collaborations and partnerships
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During Nintendo’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, an investor brought up the fact that “major corporations have announced new developments in the video game business this year” and how “Nintendo will be facing off as a rival with these types of corporations”. This person wanted to know about any Nintendo policies or guidelines regarding competition or collaboration with other companies.
President Shuntaro Furukawa fielded the response here. The basic idea is that Nintendo interested too interested in “large-scale collaborations.” But the company will “actively consider partnerships that would increase the value of Nintendo IP, such as our game characters and worlds.” Working with Line and DeNA on Dr. Mario World and Mario Kart Tour respectively are examples of this.
Nintendo says it doesn’t have anti-takeover measures, but has systems in place against it
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What would happen if another company attempted to initiate a hostile takeover of Nintendo because they were after the company’s IPs. Would the Big N be able to protect itself? That’s something an investor wanted to know at Nintendo’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders a few days ago.
President Shuntaro Furukawa commented on the situation. He explained that Nintendo hasn’t adopted anti-takeover measures, but has systems in place “to take all legal and appropriate steps against it”.
Nintendo is “striving to create a controller that can be used with ease, and that will become the standard for the next generation”
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During Nintendo’s 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, one investor brought up how E3 featured the same sort of things we’ve been seeing from games over the past three decades in the sense that players look at the screen and play with a controller in their hand. This person wanted to know how developers feel about this and whether or not it will continue. That led to some very interesting comments from Nintendo.
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Shinya Takahashi, and Ko Shiota all commented here. Takahashi mentioned how Nintendo is always looking to innovate and pointed to 1-2 Switch and Labo VR. Miyamoto would add that Nintendo was the first to create the d-pad and additional buttons, as well as the analog stick which “is the clear winner.”
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New Pokemon movie teased for 2020
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Update: Reports had surfaced that the name of the movie was Pokemon with You, but this appears to be incorrect. We’ll let you know if we receive an official title from The Pokemon Company.
Original: A special screening for Pokemon the Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back was held at Anime Expo 2019 today. At the event, a teaser was shown for the next film in the franchise.
Fans can look forward to the movie in 2020. The teaser showed Pikachu sliding down a vine in a forest, but that’s about all. CG visuals will not be used this time around, and will be more of a return to form.
Stay tuned for further information about the upcoming movie the future.
Details and concept art emerge for Disney Infinity team’s cancelled Toy Story game Star Command
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Avalanche Software will always be known for its work on the Disney Infinity series. Prior to that franchise, however, the studio also put out another Disney-related game: Toy Story 3. While working on that project, Avalanche was cooking up something alongside it.
Kotaku has unearthed details about the cancelled project known internally as Star Command. In it, the cast of Toy Story would head to space and help toys from all over the galaxy.
Here are some additional details:
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First look at the Zelda Nendoroid prototype from Breath of the Wild
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Earlier this year, it was announced that Zelda from Breath of the Wild will be getting a new Nendoroid. At the time, only a concept image was shared.
At Anime Expo 2019 this week, GoodSmile is featuring the figure at its booth. Although it hasn’t been colored in as of yet, we do have a first look at the prototype. You can check it out above.
