Nintendo Minute – “Arcade Archives Donkey Kong Challenge”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta play Arcade Archives Donkey Kong on Switch. Check out the full episode below.
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Octoling amiibo out on December 7 in North America
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A few hours ago, Nintendo announced that the Octoling amiibo will be available on November 9 in Europe and Japan. Unfortunately, North America will need to wait a bit longer. The three figures are scheduled for December 7 stateside.
December 7 will be quite busy for amiibo. Aside from the Octoling figures, Nintendo will also release new Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo for Ridley, Inkling, and Wolf.
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Octoling amiibo confirmed for November 9 in Europe as well
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Earlier today, we heard that the trio of new Octoling amiibo are launching November 9 in Japan. Nintendo has also confirmed the same date for Europe as well.
No word yet on North America at this time. A November 9 release is likely happening stateside as well, however.
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Sonic Mania director on what makes a Sonic game, interested in making a 3D title
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Eurogamer spoke with Sonic Mania director Christian Whitehead as part of a feature exploring the creation of the game. One interesting topic brought up is what actually makes a Sonic game.
Whitehead shared the following on that front:
Mega Man X: Mega Mission to see English release in January 2019
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Mega Man X: Mega Mission has been published in Japanese, but never in English. That will change early next year thanks to UDON Entertainment.
UDON revealed at Comic-Con yesterday that Hitoshi Ariga’s Mega Man X: Mega Mission will finally receive a North American release. The first full-color, 48-page issue will be made available in January 2019.
As Rockman Corner notes, Mega Mission first appeared in Hitoshi Ariga’s Rockman Remix manga compilation in 1996. It’s an adaptation of the Mega Mission trading cards by Bandai, which follows a storyline that took place between Mega Man X2 and Mega Man X3.
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Octoling amiibo launch on November 9 in Japan
Posted on 6 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Last month, Nintendo revealed three new amiibo from Splatoon 2 – the Octolings. Today, a concrete release date for them has been revealed for Japan: November 9. No Western release date yet, but amiibo usually launch on the same day worldwide, so you can likely expect them on store shelves around the world on that day.
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Nintendo introduces a ton of travel merchandise in Japan
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Starting today, Nintendo is making a whole bunch of travel merchandise available in Japan. The company has prepared Super Mario-themed pillows, slippers, bags, a suitcase, and more.
Here’s a look at the various items:
All of these items are out now across Japan.
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Team Sonic Racing getting prequel comic
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Team Sonic Racing is due out on Switch this winter. Prior to that, the game will be receiving a single, special comic issue.
SEGA announced the news during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con today. IDW Publishing, who is handling the latest Sonic comics, is in charge of the special issue. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ writer Caleb Goellner is writing the story, while Sonic the Hedgehog comic veteran Adam Bryce Thomas is acting as illustrator.
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Nintendo Power Podcast episode #7 now live
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The latest episode of Nintendo Power podcast is now live. In the latest episode, host Chris Slate is joined by Doug Bowser, head of sales of marketing as well as Katie Casper from the publisher/developer relations group to discuss recent and upcoming games for Switch, plus the debut of Nintendo Power magazine 30 years ago. Phil Duncan and Olie De-Vine from Ghost Town Games also stop by to speak about the creation of Overcooked: Special Edition and Overcooked 2.
Here’s the full episode:
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Mega Man: Fully Charged art shows off final Robot Master designs
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Mega Man: Fully Charged is about to see a full blowout at San Diego Comic-Con. Ahead of what will be shown, artist Jose Emroca Flores has shared some art online. Above we a look at some prints that will be at the expo.
The art is noteworthy since it gives us a look at the final Robot Master designs. The show’s main antagonist, “Sergeant Night,” looks to be here as well.
