Kenichiro Takaki leaves Marvelous, still on board as Senran Kagura’s producer
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Update: Despite Takai’s departure, he will still act as the producer of the Senran Kagura series.
Original: Kenichiro Takaki, the creator of the Senran Kagura, is no longer with Marvelous. Japanese magazine Famitsu reports that Takaki has left the company after working there for 13 years.
This week’s issue of Famitsu will include a big interview with Takaki. He’ll address his departure, the future of Senran Kagura, and more. There’s also talk about Takaki’s ventures into new territory at Marvelous, including new ‘multi-media projects’.
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Nyannyan Neko Mario Time episode 136
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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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Square Enix designer on where the idea for chocobos came from and more
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Square Enix character artist Toshiyuki Itahana has participated in a new interview as part of the release of Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy. There was plenty of talk about the game itself, but a couple of topics outside of that as well. Among other things, Itahana commented on where the idea for chocobos came from.
The full interview is as follows:
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu – “No Clue” promo
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Pokemon: Detective Pikachu voice actor Ryan Reynolds shared a new, brief video for the movie. Have a look at the “Ryan Reynolds” promo below.
2019 World Video Game Hall of Fame finalists announced
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The Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame today announced the twelve finalists for induction. Nintendo has solid representation once again this year with Super Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
The full lineup is as follows:
SEGA hosting new survey to help “determine the next steps” for its various IPs, fans can show interest in Switch ports
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Remember the Atlus fan survey that popped up a little while ago? By completing it, fans could share feedback directly with the company, and even show interest in having certain IPs ported to Switch.
SEGA has now done the exact same thing for its own franchises. The new survey will help “determine the next steps for some of our most popular series, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Yakuza, Valkyria Chronicles, Phantasy Star, and more.”
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Detective Pikachu team on using the game’s story as the base, recreating Pokemon for the movie, more
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The Pokemon website published a new article on Pokemon: Detective Pikachu today. We get some additional insight into the film, thanks to some commentary shared directly by the team. There’s talk about why the 3DS game’s plot was featured instead one of the franchise’s other stories, what it was like recreating Pokemon for the big screen, and more.
Here’s the full report:
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu team “thought about” casting Danny DeVito, used the actor in a test
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Something fans long wanted to see was Danny DeVito playing the role of Detective Pikachu. Fans even petitioned for DeVito to take on the part prior to the 3DS title coming west. Those wishes never materialized, as Kaiji Tang voiced the character in the game and Ryan Reynolds was given the role in the upcoming movie.
In an interview with Game Informer, producer Cale Boyter commented on whether the Pokemon: Detective Pikachu movie team knew about fans’ interest DeVito. VFX producer Greg Baxter also revealed something noteworthy, which is that lines were taken from assorted actors’ past roles and were animated in an early version of Pikachu to the audio to see how it looked.
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Detective Pikachu producer interested in the idea of a Pokemon Cinematic Universe
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If you’ve been keeping up with superhero movies over the past few years, a term you’ve probably heard about is the “Marvel Cinematic Universe”. It’s Marvel’s way of integrating its different movies and characters into a shared universe. Pokemon could end up going through something similar in the future.
This summer, Detective Pikachu will be the first live-action Pokemon movie from Legendary Entertainment. Based on comments from producer Ali Mendes, it sounds like he doesn’t want to stop there, and perhaps create something like a “Pokemon Cinematic Universe”.
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Photos of the Yoshi’s Crafted World and Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn launch event at Nintendo NY
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It was another busy day at Nintendo NY, as the launches of Yoshi’s Crafted World and Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn were celebrated. We have some photos from the event via Nintendo below, along with their descriptions.
