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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Assuming he’s approved in a couple of months from now, Shuntaro Furukawa will be promoted to president of Nintendo. He’ll be taking over for Tatsumi Kimishima, the current president.

At Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, Furukawa was asked about his goals at the company. He pointed to maintaining Switch’s momentum, expanding mobile efforts, looking at projects like Super Nintendo World and movies, and “how we can lay down new pathways that positively enhance our dedicated video game platform business.”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Jon Verrall, writer and cinematic designer for Retro Studios, has announced he will be leaving the company. Verrall has worked with the developer for nearly two years, and has presumably been working on Retro Studios’ as of yet unannounced upcoming project. The developer’s most recent game was Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, originally released in 2014.

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In April, the Federal Trade Commission warned six companies about warranty violations. Motherboard reports that Nintendo was one of those companies. Sony, Microsoft, Hyundai, HTC, and ASUS were the others.

In letters sent out to each company, the FTC states that customers have been illegally told about having their warranty voided by getting third-party repairs. Such information is relayed through stickers and messages in end user license agreements. It’s a violation of the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act in that manufacturers charging over $5 for a product can’t put repair restrictions on a device its offering a warranty on.

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Capcom and iam8bit are teaming up for new physical versions of Mega Man classics. Mega Man 2, along with Mega Man X, will be reprinted on cartridge later this year.

Both are priced at $100 each and are limited to 8,500 units. They’ll come with deluxe packaging and “premium” instruction booklets, while the cartridge “houses the original game code on a brand new PCB board and are fully playable on NTSC consoles.”

Fans can pick up the Mega Man 2 and Mega Man X 30th Anniversary Classic Cartridge in two colors: a standard opaque light blue and a smaller batch (1,000 of each) of translucent, glow-in-the-dark blue. Cartridges will be “randomly inserted into sealed, unmarked boxes”.

You’ll find the following inside each release:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Miitomo is quickly approaching its termination date. Once May 9 rolls right in, that’ll be it for Nintendo’s first mobile app.

In a notice posted to Miitomo tonight, Nintendo shares an interesting update about Miis. Later this month, a feature will be added so that users can create and edit Mii characters in a web browser for their Nintendo Account. Maintenance will be carried out until then, and while it’s taking place, you won’t be able to change your Mii character – including clothes and accessories.

Here’s the complete notice from Nintendo:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

A bunch of new rewards have been added to My Nintendo, most of which are Zelda-related. You can obtain discounts, a 3DS theme, and more.

The full roundup is as follows:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

SEGA has just released the second part of its new Sonic Mania animated web series. View the latest episode for Sonic Mania Adventures below, and stay tuned for the rest of the videos.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments

During the Q&A portion of Nintendo’s financial results briefing, current president Tatsumi Kimishima and upcoming president Shuntaro Furukawa fielded around a dozen questions. There was talk about Kimishima’s retirement, wanting to reach new people with Switch, continued 3DS support, interest in China, and a whole lot more.

Currently, the Q&A transcription is only in Japanese. However, Dualshockers has provided a summary, which we’ve rounded up below. We’ll also bring you more on this when the English translation is live.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Retailers have started opening pre-orders for a new Pokemon figure. The Lively Lillie figma can be reserved at Play-Asia, AmiAmi, or Good Smile.

The figma has joints that allow you to act out a variety of different scenes. It comes with three face plates, two sets of hands for holding flutes, and an articulated stand.

We have more photos of the Lively Lille figma below. It’s estimated for release in November.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

The Norwegian Consumer Council has taken issue with Nintendo – as well as a few other gaming companies – with its approach to digital purchases. When pre-ordering any game from the eShop, it’s impossible to cancel. You’re locked in to that purchase, which the Norwegian Consumer Council isn’t happy with.

The two sides have been going back and forth, with Nintendo stating that it isn’t breaking any European laws. PressFire now has the latest on the situation. Nintendo is doubling down and says that they aren’t in agreement with the NCC and says the sales contract is fulfilled since you’re able to pre-load the game immediately after pre-ordering. 

Here’s a translated breakdown of the report, courtesy of Fawesum:
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