One person is trying to preserve the entirety of Miiverse
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments
The end of Miiverse is quickly drawing near. Once November rolls in, the social networking service will be no more. A bunch of games will be impacted by its closure, but the community itself will also be shuttered.
Nintendo is allowing members to save their own posts. Miiverse as we know it will be gone, however. So what will happen to all of the lovely artwork and user posts created over the years?
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Mega Man movie in the early stages, script being worked on
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 18 Comments
The Mega Man movie is something we’ve heard about for awhile, though it has only become more concrete in recent months. That being said, it’s still a long ways off. Masayori Oka, who produced the Death Note adaptation for Netflix, gave an update in an interview with Collider.
Oka mentioned that the team “just started” working on the Mega Man movie. The project is in the early stages, and the script is currently being worked on.
Oka said:
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Old interview reveals why Wario and Waluigi don’t have girlfriends
Posted on 7 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, News | 37 Comments
Supper Mario Broth has posted a scan from a 2000 Nintendo Power interview with Hiroyuki Takahashi and Syugo Takahashi of Camelot. In it, the two developers discussed why Wario and Waluigi don’t have female partners like Mario and Luigi have Peach and Daisy in Mario Tennis.
The Takahashi brothers explained how they wanted Luigi to have his own partner similar to Mario and Peach. However, Shigeru Miyamoto ended up suggesting Daisy. They also wanted Wario and Waluigi to have girlfriends, but Miyamoto wasn’t interested.
Here’s the full excerpt of the Nintendo Power interview:
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Nintendo’s Japanese website says Mario isn’t a plumber any longer
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 34 Comments
On its Japanese website, Nintendo has character profiles for various characters in the Mario franchise. One change in particular is earning a great deal of attention.
This is Nintendo’s character description for Mario:
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Famitsu readers choose the top 100 best games of all time
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GBA, General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii, Wii U | 54 Comments
Japanese magazine Famitsu put out its 1,500th issue this past week. In celebration of that, readers were asked to vote on the top 100 games of all time.
A number of Nintendo games made the list, including the a few in the top ten. These include Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Splatoon, which were selected fifth best and third best respectively.
The full list is as follows:
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Packaging for the Super Mario Odyssey amiibo 3-pack, individual figures
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images, Switch | 9 Comments
Nintendo Sweden has posted the packaging images for the new Super Mario Odyssey amiibo. These include the 3-pack as well as the individual figures. We have the 3-pack above, and the standard ones below.
Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Edition: The Official National Pokedex out later this year, over 800 pages
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments
Later this year, a new edition of The Official National Pokedex will be available. It’s being updated for the newest Pokemon games, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
Below is the official description:
Data for all known Pokémon species in the National Pokédex, including their different forms!
Key info on each Pokémon’s Evolutions and how to obtain them—plus Abilities, moves, stats, and more!
Lists of TMs and items that give details on finding them in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon!
Reverse Lookup tables for moves and Abilities—perfect for the competitive battler!
Amazon has Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Edition: The Official National Pokedex listed for December 17. Pre-orders are open here.
Thanks to Wagner C for the tip.
Game Freak on why Pokemon Gray never happened, still interested in remakes
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, News | 57 Comments
Following Pokemon Black and Pokemon White, Game Freak created a sequel to the two games. At the time, that was a bit surprising. Many fans were anticipating that Game Freak would make a third version as opposed to Black/White 2.
In this month’s issue of Game Informer, Game Freak co-founder Junichi Masuda explained the studio’s mindset at the time. Many staff members were interested in expanding on the original story, and they thought about creating “a game that was set a couple years after Black and White wrapped up to kind of show how things changed and expand on the events of the previous one”.
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[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – September 2017
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 33 Comments
A new month is here! We just entered September yesterday, so that means we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you started up something entirely new for the month? Are you giving Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle a shot, or something else?. Whatever the case, let us know in the comments below!
Highlights from last week’s topic: Third-party games you’d like to see ported to Switch
Grant Kirkhope would “love” to work on a Zelda game
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 22 Comments
Grant Kirkhope just wrapped up his work on Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle as the game’s composer. But Mario isn’t the only Nintendo franchise Kirkhope is interested in contributing to.
Speaking with GamesMaster this month, Kirkhope spoke about really wanting “to get on to Zelda”. Part of this is due to Zelda: A Link to the Past being his favorite game of all time, and having a great deal of respect for the soundtrack.
