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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 65 Comments

Could David Wise be working on something at Retro Studios? That’s the latest rumor going around.

Last February, EvB – otherwise known as EvilBoris, said that “Retro are definitely working on something Donkey Kong related.” He added that it could be awhile before we saw anything from that. When someone praised Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, he also responded with: “Funny you should say that”.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, Images | 2 Comments

Filming is now underway for the Detective Pikachu movie, and it didn’t take long for someone to stumble upon what is apparently part of the film’s set and some props.

Twitter user HowardBud spotted part of the film’s set in central London. There’s a sign for the “Ryme City Police Department” (Ryme City being the place the Detective Pikachu game and apparently also the movie takes place in), a billboard with some recruitment and missing persons (and missing Pokemon) fliers, a sign for the Police Plaza and some covered up cars.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 49 Comments

Square Enix has started doing more with the Mana series in recent years. This has been primarily through remakes, though it now looks like the company is setting its sights in an entirely new entry.

Masaru Oyamada, who is producing the new Secret of Mana remake, recently said that the goal has been to create a new title. Square Enix first wanted to started out with remakes “in order for people who have played the titles to get to know it once again as well as give players who are new to the series an opportunity to experience the game and get everyone up to speed.”

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta show off the Splatoon comic and host a giveaway. Check out the full video below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

The Nintendo UK store has opened pre-orders for Detective Pikachu. The game, along with the new amiibo, can be reserved here.

You’ll receive a couple of bonuses by pre-ordering the game. In addition to a keyring, Nintendo will provide Detective Pikachu stickers.

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The second episode of the Nintendo Power Podcast is now available for your listening pleasure. It’s currently accessible on SoundCloud here.

This new Nintendo Power Podcast episode has host Chris Slate discussing what it’s like to build Toy-Con with guests Krysta Yang (Nintendo Minute) and Nate Bihldorff (senior director of localization at Nintendo of America). There’s also talk about the games they’ve been enjoying, listener questions, and a Warp Zone game quiz.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images, Random | 30 Comments

Piracy has unfortunately been a constant battle for Nintendo. Even during the Game Boy era, it an issue the company has continually dealt with.

Originally found by Gamegeschiedenis, classic photos show Nintendo literally taking the fight to piracy. The images, captured by various sources, show Nintendo using a roller in the Netherlands to destroy thousands of counterfeit games. Even Mario was present at the event.

The caption from one of the photos reads:

“Video game company Nintendo is using a roller to combat piracy. At Lelystad airport ten thousand counterfeit video games were crushed. The Japanese company has started a targeted and structured worldwide campaign to combat forgeries of their video games. The destroyed games came from Hong Kong and were confiscated from a Dutch importing company.”

A few additional photos taken from various publications well over two decades ago can be found below.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 13 Comments

The Sonic the Hedgehog comics have been passed over to IDW Publishing, and the company will be introducing a brand new character for the series. We now know that Tangle, a ring-tailed lemur, will be featured.

IDW associate editor David Mariotte had this to say about the new character:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

After it was officially announced in 2016, filming has started on the Detective Pikachu movie. Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures announced the news today.

Ryan Reynolds will star as the voice of Pikachu. Other actors include Ken Watanabe (Godzilla), Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), and Kathryn Newton (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). Rob Letterman (Goosebumps, Gulliver’s Travels) will be directing, while Nicole Perlman and Letterman are acting as writers.

The Detective Pikachu film will debut in North America on May 10, 2019.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 5 Comments

What did Nintendo’s headquarters look like nearly 130 years ago? Now we have an answer to that. A newly discovered photo, attached above, shows the building – which was captured during Nintendo’s earliest days.

The photo was published online last month, and we are fortunate to have it from the Meiji150 project. This is a celebration of Kyoto’s history on the 150th anniversary of the Meiji era. Part of this delves into the founding of Nintendo by Fusajiro Yamauchi and the works of civil engineering that created the infrastructure for Big N’s first office.

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