Video: Super Mario Odyssey “Jump Up, Super Star!” dance number performed at official launch event
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Super Mario Odyssey is having a big launch event at New York’s Rockefeller Center tonight. Before the official release, a special dance number was performed. It featured Jordan Fisher, who was in Hamilton on Broadway. You can see a video from Nintendo of the dance routine below.
Get a glimpse at the “Jump Up, Super Star!” dance number performed during the #SuperMarioOdyssey launch event! pic.twitter.com/7bAzcsV40E
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 27, 2017
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Video: Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon devs play the Guessing Game
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Nintendo recently played the Guessing Game with a couple of developers working on Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon. Producer Shigeru Ohmori and director Kazumasa Iwao were the participants. See the full video below.
Mr. Ohmori & Mr. Iwao from the #PokemonUltraSunMoon development team play the Guessing Game! pic.twitter.com/aCgu59Xl4S
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 25, 2017
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Reggie – Next Zelda DLC date soon, classic games for Switch, Miiverse closing, My Nintendo rewards
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Kotaku caught up with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, who touched on a whole bunch of topics in an interview. These include the release date for the next Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC (coming soon), if we’ll see classic games on Switch, the closing of Miiverse, and the lack of My Nintendo rewards for Switch.
Read what Reggie had to say below. You can find the full article on Kotaku here.
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New Shovel Knight amiibo 3-pack live on Best Buy
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Best Buy has started taking pre-orders for the new Shovel Knight amiibo 3-pack. You can reserve it here. You’ll get the new Plague Knight, Specter Knight, and King Knight amiibo with a purchase.
Nintendo says empathy, movements are important for Mario games
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What is the key to Mario? In Nintendo’s view, empathy is at the top of the list.
Speaking with CNN, Super Mario Odyssey Yoshiaki Koizumi said:
“One thing that has always been constant is this idea of empathy. It’s the idea that anyone can pick up and play the game, and they have an intuitive understanding and feel for how the game works.”
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Reggie says Nintendo is working hard to satisfy Switch demand, NES Classic will return “in significant numbers”
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Switch stock has been a big issue since the system launched earlier this year. It has undoubtedly improved, but it’s still not quite where it needs to be. In places like Japan, the situation is still very frustrating with continued lotteries just for an opportunity to buy a Switch.
In an interview with The Verge, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime commented on Switch’s supply situation once again. Being unable to meet demand is something he’s not happy with, and he says Nintendo is “working hard to satisfy as much demand as possible.”
Reggie stated:
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Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You to appear on Disney XD on November 25
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Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You will be showing up in theaters in November. Later in the month, the film will appear on TV. Disney XD has confirmed an air date of November 25. It’ll be shown at 10 AM ET.
Disney XD has also confirmed that two new episodes of Pokemon the Series: Sun and Moon will debut right before the movie. These will feature the return of Brock and Misty.
My Nintendo adds Fire Emblem Warriors wallpapers in North America
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My Nintendo has updated with a pair of wallpapers in North America. Both are based on Fire Emblem Warriors and cost 50 Platinum Points each.
If you’re interested, you can order the wallpapers here. They’ll be on the site through the end of March.
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Live-action Contra movie and TV series releasing worldwide
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Earlier in the year, news leaked about a live-action Contra movie. Konami made it official today, confirming a partnership with China’s Starlight Media for the film as well as a TV drama. We can also now say that both will be released and streamed worldwide.
China Film Insider provided the following synopsis of the movie a few months ago:
Miyamoto on creating new styles of 2D Mario art, interest in having classic games on Switch
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Back at E3, Game Informer interviewed Shigeru Miyamoto. The site only published a portion of its discussion at the time, but to celebrate Super Mario Odyssey, has now shared the rest of the comments. Game Informer spoke with Miyamoto about a few different things, including the approach to 2D Mario art going forward and interest in having classic games on Switch.
You can read Miyamoto’s responses about these topics below. For the full interview, head on over here.
