New Rocket League toys out in March, in-game item included with Super Rare Clip-On
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 3 Comments
Psyonix has partnered with Zag Toys for a new wave of Rocket League toys. The Rocket League Light-Up Clip-Ons will begin appearing in the US starting in March for $5.99 each. They’ll be sold at various retailers including GameStop, Target, Walmart, Toys “R” Us”, and online specialty stores.
Octane, Dominus, Breakout, Takumi, Endo, Backfire, Ripper, and Road Hog are the new toys, along with a ninth mystery Super Rare model. You might also be interested to hear that an in-game redemption code is included with the Super Rare Clip-On for the brand new Z-Plate Wheels – pictured below.
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Detective Pikachu amiibo up for pre-order on Amazon
Posted on 6 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Update: Prime shipping seems to be working now.
Original: Amazon now has pre-orders open for the Detective Pikachu amiibo. Orders for the figure can be placed here. Note that at the time of writing, the item does not appear to be Prime-eligible.
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Rumor: Toy maker says a new Sonic racer is due out this year
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 20 Comments
The Spielwarenmesse toy fair in Germany just wrapped up. Toy maker Zappies was present at the event, and has put out an interesting claim about Sonic.
Spindash heard from Zappies at the convention that a third Sonic racing game is on the way. Not only that, but it’s apparently launching this year.
Promo video for Off the Hook’s upcoming performance at Niconico Tokaigi
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 6 Comments
Much like the Squid Sisters a few years ago, Pearl and Marina from Off the Hook will be appearing “live” in concert for the first time this weekend at NicoNico Tokaigi this weekend. Nintendo readied a promo video for the event, which we have below.
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Detective Pikachu amiibo up for pre-order on Amazon Canada
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Amazon Canada now has pre-orders open for the Detective Pikachu amiibo. Orders for the figure can be placed here. Note that this is only for Canada, so you can’t place an order from the US.
Miyamoto on how the animated Mario movie with Illumination came to be, now working on the screenplay
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 31 Comments
During Nintendo’s financial results briefing, the company made the new animated Mario movie with Illumination official. Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri will be co-producing. At the Q&A portion of the briefing, Miyamoto shared more details on how the partnership came to be.
Miyamoto started out by saying that he’s been considering an animated movie for many years. However, in his view, creating games and movies aren’t really that similar.
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Kimishima on supporting Switch in the long term, eventual retirement, more
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 9 Comments
This week, Japanese publication Nikkei conducted an interview with Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima. The two sides discussed a number of different topics.
One of the first things discussed is how Nintendo is looking to support Switch in the long term. “We want to continue selling this console for more than 5-6 years (the usual lifetime for a new game console),” Kimishima said. By expanding sales with continuing to provide new ways to play in the second year and beyond, they could see Switch exceeding Wii which sold 100 million units in six years.
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Photos of Nintendo Labo Studio Event in New York City
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 3 Comments
At an event in New York City, a select group of people were invited to try out Nintendo Labo. Nintendo has now passed along a few photos from the event. We have them below, along with descriptions of each image.
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Nintendo Minute – “Nintendo Switch Swap Challenge”
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Switch, Videos | 3 Comments
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta challenge each other to pick out a Switch game they believe the other person would like, reveal their choices, do a little play through, and give each other a rating on how well we think they did. You can watch the latest Nintendo Minute in full below.
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Billy Mitchell accused of lying, playing with an emulator with Donkey Kong arcade records
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 22 Comments
Billy Mitchell has made a name for himself in the arcade scene over the years, especially when it comes to setting high records in Donkey Kong. Yet now Mitchell is coming under fire after being accused of cheating.
After looking into the situation, a Donkey Kong fansite has removed three of Mitchell’s high score submissions. The site believes the community was misled about playing on real arcade hardware. It’s thought that, instead, emulator gameplay was used.
