Billy Mitchell accused of lying, playing with an emulator with Donkey Kong arcade records
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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.
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SNES Classic Edition, refurbished NES Classic Edition in stock at GameStop
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The Super NES Classic Edition is once again available on GameStop. You can place an order here.
GameStop has also brought back the refurbished NES Classic Edition. You can get one here if interested.
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My Nintendo adds several new discounts, Super Mario 3DS theme in North America
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My Nintendo updated in Europe earlier today. A number of new rewards are now up in North America as well.
For the most part, the latest selection pertains to a bunch of discounts featuring Super Mario 3D World, 1080 Snowboarding, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, and more. A Super Mario 3DS theme has also been added in.
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Detective Pikachu movie adds Suki Waterhouse
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Filming is underway for the Detective Pikachu movie, but we’re still finding out about new cast members. Hollywood Reporter says today that Suki Waterhouse is joining the film. Details surrounding Waterhouse’s role are being kept under wraps.
Ryan Reynolds is leading the way on Detective Pikachu as the voice of the Pokemon. Other actors include Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy, and Chris Geere.
Amazon: Save $16 on Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Expanded Edition guide pre-orders
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My Nintendo adds new discounts, Animal Crossing 3DS themes in Europe
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A handful of new My Nintendo rewards are now available in Europe. Nintendo has added in several discounts, along with a few Animal Crossing themes.
Here’s the full lineup:
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Official announcement for the new Mario movie with Illumination
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Nintendo has published an official announcement covering the news regarding the upcoming Mario movie. Illumination is working on the project, and Shigeru Miyamoto will be co-producing.
Here’s the full announcement:
Kimishima on using Nintendo IP, new Mario animated film
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This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…
As part of utilizing Nintendo IP, we hope to increase visibility of Nintendo characters in the daily lives of our consumers and boost familiarity with the worlds in games made by Nintendo as entertainment. By combining the effects of many such initiatives, we aim to create an engine of competitiveness in the dedicated video game platform business and all of our other businesses.
I will introduce several examples from 2017. The winners of the UTGP T-shirt design competition held in cooperation with Uniqlo were announced, and their designs were sold in Uniqlo stores worldwide.
Kellogg released a breakfast cereal in the US that features Mario on the box. The box contains a new initiative, an amiibo tag with an NFC chip.
Last year we also piloted the release of the main theme songs from game software on music distribution services, ahead of the release of the game software itself.
In addition to these examples, we are engaging in other initiatives to boost opportunities for consumers to interact with Nintendo characters by increasing the number and variety of regional and worldwide collaborations with partner companies. In this way, we will continue seeking to raise the value of Nintendo IP and maximize the potential of our
overall business strategies.Lastly, we will now introduce a new initiative to effectively use Nintendo IP. We have started development of an animated movie featuring “Super Mario” with Illumination, the movie studio that brought films such as “Despicable Me” and “Minions.” For this project Mr. Chris Meledandri, Founder and CEO of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director, Fellow of Nintendo will co-producing the film. The film will be co-financed by Universa Pictures and Nintendo, and distributed theatrically worldwide by Universal Pictures.
Further announcements on details such as release dates will be made at a later date. We look forward to providing further information about the release timing for this movie that we hope everyone will enjoy.
As a part of our effort to expand Nintendo IP beyond video games, we look forward to bringing smiles to people around the world through this movie.
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Kimishima on SNES Classic Edition sales, reconfirms that NES Classic Edition production will resume
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This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…
During fall of last year, we brought back the nostalgic Super Nintendo Entertainment System as a palm-sized home console. Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition has reached 4 million units in global sell-through.
We have announced that we will resume production for NES Classic Edition this year. We plan to continue selling NES Classic Edition and Super NES Classic Edition this year. We view them as an opportunity to garner interest in Nintendo Switch from those who have not interacted with video games in a long time, or ever.
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Super NES Classic Edition / Super Famicom Mini has sold four million units
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Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima provided a sales update on sales of the SNES Mini during the company’s financial results briefing today. Between the Super NES Classic Edition (SNES Mini) and Super Famicom Mini, the device has sold four million units.
The SNES Classic Edition launched in North America and Europe towards the end of September 2017. Japan got the Super Famicom Mini at the start of October.
