Microsoft says there isn’t a need for Minecraft 2
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Minecraft launched in 2011, and has been going strong since then. Some fans might be wondering if we’ll ever see a sequel, but IP owner Microsoft has shut down the idea once again.
Speaking with Business Insider, Microsoft’s Helen Chiang said that a Minecraft 2 wouldn’t make sense since it would fracture the community. Chiang stated:
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Mario appears in new iPhone XS commercial
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Apple shared a new commercial for the iPhone XS today showing off some of the mobile device’s features. As part of that, Mario gets a brief spotlight a little more than halfway in.
Here’s a look at the advert:
Mario can be found on the iPhone with Super Mario Run.
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Nintendo Minute – “Super Mario Party 2 vs 2 Gameplay ft. Andre ‘Black Nerd’ & Katie Wilson”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta bring on a couple of guests to show off Super Mario Party. Check out the full video below.
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Junichi Masuda says the team was initially told Pokemon was too cute to have success in the US
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As many people know, Pokemon is an incredibly successful franchise today. But that wasn’t always the case. Before Pokemon exploded around the world, there was uncertainty as to how it would perform in the United States.
Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda mentioned to USgamer in an email interview that the team was told “that the Pokemon were too cute to be successful in the U.S. and that we should change the design of the characters.” He had also some concerns that Pokemon wouldn’t be accepted “for what it was” outside of Japan.
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New Art of Super Mario Odyssey book features Peach x Bowser character
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While we haven’t talked about it much here, the internet has recently been set ablaze with a fascination over a female version of Bowser. After Nintendo revealed that Toadette can turn into Peachette in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, fans came up with Bowsette – an unofficial character Bowser would become after using the Super Crown.
In an interesting twist of fate, the new Art of Super Mario Odyssey book sort of has its own version of Bowsette. One of the included comic strips, pictured above, gives us a look at a Peach x Bowser design.
Note that this is not the same thing as Bowsette since the Super Crown isn’t involved.
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My Nintendo adds Golf Story wallpaper in Europe
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A new My Nintendo is up in Europe featuring Golf Story. For 50 Platinum Points, users can obtain a wallpaper based on the game.
This reward can be found on My Nintendo here.
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Junichi Masuda recalls how a computer crash nearly destroyed all work on the original Pokemon games
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Polygon recently spoke to longtime Pokemon developer Junichi Masuda about the early days of the franchise’s development. During the interview, Masuda recalled one interesting story about how all work on the original games was nearly lost.
According to Masuda, a computer crash almost caused everything Game Freak had done on the project to vanish. The PC had all of the game data, Pokemon, and more. Masuda eventually figured out how to get back what was thought to be lost, but if he hadn’t, there could have been a massive setback that the team may not have been able to recover from.
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Nintendo successful in lawsuit against MariCAR
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Last February, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against MariCAR. It was argued that MariCAR, which features a similar name to Mario Kart and has people dressing up as Nintendo characters while driving through Tokyo in go-karts, was infringing upon Nintendo’s properties.
The Tokyo District Court reached a decision today. Mari Mobility Dev., previously known as MariCar, has been ordered to pay 10 million yen in compensation. Additionally, Nintendo-related outfits can no longer be used.
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was initially a western, Miyamoto’s tough criticism
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Shadows of the Empire wasn’t always a Star Wars game. In an interview with Game Informer, co-project leader Jon Knoles revealed that after wanting to take a break from Star Wars, the team “started kicking around this idea of a western with this new machine we heard Nintendo was making.”
Everything changed after Nintendo reached out to LucasArts about making a Star Wars game for what would be the N64. The Big N was interested in something new with original characters.
Argonaut founder talks scrapped Nintendo VR machine Super Visor
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Argonaut Games will always be remembered for its work on Star Fox and the Super FX tech for the SNES. But the company could have gained even more recognition had history gone down another way.
The Virtual Boy was Nintendo’s first crack at a VR-like experience, but Argonaut was developing its own system around the same time. Known as the Super Visor, the device would have been more powerful with full-color graphics and ‘head-tracking. It was ultimate scrapped in favor of the Virtual Boy.
