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.
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New Pokemon Meltan introduced
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Over the past few days, there’s been talk of a new Pokemon surfacing through Pokemon GO. The creature has been officially unveiled today, which is known as Meltan.
Meltan is a brand new Hex Hut Pokemon. In the video below, Professor Oak and Professor Willow introduce the Pokemon, who has already been spotted in Pokemon GO and will be available in Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee.
Rest in peace, Chris Taylor – Smash Bros. fan taken by cancer
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We recently spoke about how Nintendo gave one fan the opportunity to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate early in the wake of a terminal disease. Chris Taylor, a big fan of the series, had been diagnosed with cancer. On Friday, Nintendo stopped by Chris’ house to let him play the game prior to his passing after the community rallied behind him.
We now report with a heavy heart that Chris has passed away due to the cancer. He died on Monday “surrounded by friends and family”, his brother says.
Wolf, Inkling Girl, and Ridley amiibo up on Amazon UK
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For folks in the UK, Amazon has started accepting pre-orders for some of the new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo. Wolf, Inkling Girl, and Ridley can be reserved here. They’ll all be out on December 7.
Skylanders Academy Season 3 trailer shows Coco Bandicoot
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Although the Skylanders franchise has been more quiet as of late in terms of gaming, the Netflix show is continuing on. In fact, a trailer released this week for Skylanders Academy Season 3, which we have below.
Crash Bandicoot will be appearing once again, and fans have paid attention to something in particular. For the first time, Crash’s sister Coco Bandicoot will be on the show.
The third season of Skylanders Academy debuts on September 28.
