Sakurai on Kirby Super Star – Miyamoto’s request, DKC influence, cut game, development name, more
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 17 Comments
Nintendo closed out its series of interviews for the Super NES Classic Edition with a bang. Masahiro Sakurai spoke about Kirby Super Star in depth, which is a game he directed 25 years ago.
One notable part of the interview touches on how a request from Shigeru Miyamoto led to the inclusion of two-player co-op. Sakurai also goes over how Donkey Kong Country’s visuals influenced Kirby Super Star, a planned game that was cut, and the development name.
You can read about these topics and more below from the full interview with Sakurai.
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Doug Bowser addresses difficulties in predicting and meeting hardware demands
Posted on 7 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, News | 11 Comments
In an interview with Business Insider, Doug Bowser, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo of America, discusses the problems Nintendo has had with meeting the demand for the SNES Classic and the Switch. While some fans have speculated the motive has been to intentionally understock hardware in attempts to drive-up demand, Bowser explains that the reality behind the issue is far less exciting:
We try to do the best we can with forecasting and anticipating demand, and to put a plan in place … If you see a steep ramp-up in demand, it takes some time to catch up … When you think about procurement of parts, procurement of manufacturing facilities, getting [production] ramped up — that takes some time to respond.
Bowser adds that this should become less of an issue as the fiscal year comes to a close, and that Nintendo has learned their lesson from the problems they had in 2016 with the NES Classic:
We’re really focused on trying to get as much SNES to the market as possible … You’ll see a much stronger flow of product than you did on NES. Lesson learned from the past!
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New Sonic comic series kicks off in April 2018
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SEGA and IDW Publishing have announced that the new Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series will debut in April 2018. IDW will be releasing the first four issues in the span of four weeks.
Tying in with the news, fan favorite scribe Ian Flynn has been brought on to work on the new comics. Those initial issues will be written by Flynn and a team of artists to be announced at a later date.
Source: SEGA PR, Image source
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Marvelous says Senran Kagura has many female players, talks about the series’ sexual nature
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch eShop | 61 Comments
GamesIndustry spoke with Marvelous marketing manager Michael Fisher to talk all things Senran Kagura. One topic discussed is the audience playing the series, which might be somewhat surprising.
Fisher said that quite a few female players are giving Senran Kagura a shot – around 30 to 40 percent. Gamers aged 20 to 25 are also the primary demographic.
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Nintendo World Championships 2017 recap announcement
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Nintendo published an announcement recapping all of the action that took place at the Nintendo World Championships 2017 today. Read it in full below.
[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – October 2017
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 27 Comments
A new month is here! We just entered October this week, so that means we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you started up something entirely new for the month? With all of the new indies on Switch, have you given any of them or a try? Or maybe you’re starting up Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions, which launched yesterday. Whatever the case, let us know in the comments below!
Highlights from last week’s topic: Do you care about Switch home menu icons?
Nintendo World Championships 2017 – full recording
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The Nintendo World Championships 2017 are in the books, with Thomas G taking home top honors. If you missed out on any of the action, you can catch up on it below with the full recording.
Reggie’s opening message at the Nintendo World Championships 2017
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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime isn’t in attendance at this year’s Nintendo World Championships, but he did record a message that appeared during the opening minutes. We have it below.
Nintendo World Championships 2017 live stream
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After a two-year hiatus, the Nintendo World Championships are back. Nintendo will be hosting the 2017 event today, with the proceedings beginning not too long from now. The tournament should kick off at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.
You can watch the Nintendo World Championships as the event happens below. We’re not saying there will be any announcements (there may very well be nothing), but if anything happens to show up, we’ll have the news on the site.
Hallmark now selling Yoshi and Luigi ornaments
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Earlier this year, Hallmark began selling Super Mario ornaments. Mario was the first out of the gate. Another two are now available as well.
Online you can grab a Yoshi ornament for about $15. Luigi also started showing up at Hallmark this weekend, though you’ll only find him in stores.
