Trinen, Bowser on Nintendo World Championships – keeping games a surprise, how titles are chosen, participants
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IGN recently spoke with Nintendo of America senior product marketing manager Bill Trinen and senior VP of sales & marketing Doug Bowser. The two had plenty to say about the Nintendo World Championships. Between the two, we’re able to hear about how the games tend to be a surprise, how the titles are chosen in the first place, and the types of participants brought in this year.
Read about these responses below. You can find the full article on IGN with more comments here.
Dark Horse publishing first Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive in Summer 2018
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Update (10/14): Amazon now has this for $6 off. It’s also up on Amazon Canada now and has been discounted by $21.60. The book is up on Amazon UK as well.
Original (10/3): Dark Horse is partnering with Square Enix to release the Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive. The first volume is scheduled for Summer 2018, though Amazon specifically lists it for June.
Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive Volume 1 looks to cover the first six entries in the Final Fantasy series. It contains concept art, process pieces, and notes from the original artists and designers in over 300 pages.
Nintendo Minute – Fire Emblem Warriors Special Edition and amiibo unboxing
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, the Fire Emblem Warriors Special Edition and new amiibo are unboxed. Watch the full episode below.
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Super Famicom Mini sold through 90% of its initial shipment
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The Super Famicom Mini sold over 350,000 units in its first week in Japan. Had Nintendo shipped more units, that number likely would have been higher.
Dengeki reports that the system sold through 90 percent of its initial shipment. Naturally, stores quickly ran out of stock.
Nintendo has pledged to restock the Super Famicom Mini as well as the SNES Classic Edition. The NES Classic Edition will also return next year.
Vulpix joins Build-A-Bear
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Build-A-Bear is back once again with another Pokemon offering. Starting today, consumers can purchase a new Vulpix plush.
Below is the full rundown as to what’s being offered:
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Michel Ancel wants to create another Rayman game
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Michel Ancel directed the excellent Rayman Origins in 2011, followed by the equally-as-good Rayman Legends a couple of years later. The series hasn’t seen much movement since then, but Ancel hasn’t forgotten about the franchise.
On his Twitter page, Ancel mentioned wanting to bring Rayman back “for his fourth adventure”. He currently has his hands full with Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Wild, however. After those two projects wrap up, a new Rayman title may not be out of the question.
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Nintendo on why EarthBound isn’t included on the Super Famicom Mini
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The Super NES Classic Edition and the Super Famicom Mini are fairly similar in the games they offer. However, there are some differences. On the Super Famicom Mini for example, EarthBound (Mother 2) isn’t included.
Nintendo’s Kazuyoshi Nishi explained the omission in an interview with Famitsu. Nishi spoke with the site about wanting to balance out the games according between various genres and titles people loved.
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Pre-orders open for the Fire Emblem Fates Sakura Nendoroid
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Retailers have started taking pre-orders for the Fire Emblem Fates Sakura Nendoroid. You can reserve it on Play-Asia, Good Smile, or AmiAmi.
Sakura will come with optional parts, including her staff together with healing effect parts as well as a rod of dumplings. The Nendoroid is tentatively scheduled to ship towards the start of June 2018.
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EDGE #312 review scores
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This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:
Super Mario Odyssey – 10
Destiny 2 – 8
Absolver – 8
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite – 6
Steamworld Dig 2 – 8
Project Cars 2 – 8
Divinty: Original Sin 2 – 9
Star Fox 2 – 5
Metroid: Samus Returns – 6
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Nintendo World Championships 2017 had the highest eSports TV ratings on Disney XD this year
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The Nintendo World Championships 2017 took place this past weekend, and while it was happening, the event was being shown live on Disney XD. It seems to have gone over quite well given how the broadcast had the highest ratings for an eSports program on the channel this year. It beat out the Smash Bros. Wii U finals at EVO 2017 and repeats of Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 tournaments.
We also have a look at how the Nintendo World Championships 2017 stack up against eSports ratings across all channels in 2017. It came in 20th, which is pretty respectable, especially since many of the top spots are for CBS’ Candy Crush show.
