First 4 Figures making a statue of Castlevania’s Alucard
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First 4 Figures is kicking off its Castlevania line with a brand new Alucard statue. Pre-orders are open on the company’s website here.
Fans can choose between regular, exclusive, and “twilight” editions of the statue. You can also order a combo that includes both the exclusive and twilight versions. These are essentially the same aside from the color of Alucard’s cape.
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Bethesda E3 2018 Showcase announced for June 10
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Bethesda has indicated that the company wants to support Switch in the long term. We may have an understanding of just how true that is come June.
The Bethesda E3 2018 Showcase, announced today, will take place on June 10 at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET. Further details on the event will be sent out at a later date. For now, we primarily have the announcement video below.
Will Wolfenstein II be out on Switch before E3? If not, will the game be showcased during the presentation? How much of the news will be Nintendo-related? We’ll find out in about three months.
Lots of maintenance scheduled for next week, including My Nintendo
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Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule for the following week, and several sessions are planned. Eight different listings have been added in, including My Nintendo – which is something we can’t recall seeing previously and could mean Nintendo is getting ready for the new functionality that will allow Switch owners to use Gold Points.
Here’s the full roundup of maintenance:
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Last chance to register physical Switch launch games on My Nintendo
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It’s officially the start of March. In just a couple of days, the Switch will be celebrating its first anniversary.
This has important implications for My Nintendo. If you picked up a physical copy of a game during Switch’s launch like Zelda: Breath of the Wild, don’t forget to register it on the website. Per Nintendo’s guideline, Gold Points need to be claimed within one year of the game’s original release date. If you attempt to register Breath of the Wild on March 4 – a day after the initial launch – you’ll be out of luck.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Bomberman R, Skylanders: Imaginators, 1-2 Switch, and Just Dance 2017 were Switch’s launch games. We’re pointing out the obvious, but the one-year rule also applies to every Switch title going forward.
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My Nintendo celebrating Mario Day with new rewards in North America
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Mario Day, otherwise known as MAR10 Day, goes live later this month. In celebration, a number of new rewards have been added to My Nintendo in North America. Members can get their hands on the latest discounts, a 3DS theme, and new media items.
Here’s the full roundup:
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New photos of the Guardian Nendoroid, pre-orders live
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Retailers are starting to open pre-orders for the new Guardian Nendoroid from Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Currently, you can reserve it on Play-Asia here, Good Smile here, or AmiAmi here.
The Guardian Nendoroid is estimated for release in August. The package comes with some optional parts, including effect parts for the powerful beam attack, a translucent sheet to recreate the “Game Over” screen, and an Ancient Bow that can be used together with the separately sold Nendoroid Link from Breath of the Wild.
Below are some new photos:
Thanks to m_t for the tip.
NIS America store suffers from data breach
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NIS America sent out emails tonight regarding a data breach that took place on the company’s online store. The breach took place between January 23 and February 26 of this year, affecting those who placed orders using credit cards. PayPal users were not impacted.
Since we’ve been posting about the limited editions for Switch games being offered through the NIS America store over the past several months, we felt that it would be important to relay the news. You can read the lengthy email in full from NIS America below about the situation.
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Nintendo Power podcast episode #3 now live
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Nintendo has published the latest entry in its Nintendo Power podcast series. Episode 3 can be listened to in full below.
In the latest podcast, host Chris Slate discusses Celeste with creators Matt Thorson and Noel Berry. Reiko Ninomiya and Tim O’Leary from the Nintendo Treehouse also stop by to talk about the games that defined the first year of Switch system and more.
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World was originally planned as a Dragon Ball title
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Alex Kidd in Miracle World was intended to be SEGA’s answer to Super Mario Bros. Yet even before that, there was a very different plan in mind for the project.
Kotaro Hayashida, who created Alex Kidd, revealed in the new Untold History of Japanese Game Developers book that the game started out as a Dragon Ball title. However, SEGA was forced to make a major change when it lost the license. Hayashida said that when the project restarted, that’s when the team “started thinking about Mario, and looking for ways in which to differentiate the title from it.”
Nyannyan Neko Mario Time episode 109
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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.
