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
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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.
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Video: Watch the full Zelda manga panel with Akira Himekawa at NYCC 2017
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At New York Comic-Con yesterday, Akira Himekawa hosted a special panel. It was dedicated almost entirely to their work on The Legend of Zelda manga. If you’re interested in watching the full panel, you can do so below.
Nintendo considered releasing a Famicom Disc System Mini, Famicom Mini wasn’t originally planned, more
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Famitsu published a big interview with Nintendo this week about the NES Classic Edition / Famicom Mini. There was really a lot of noteworthy information shared, and we have some of the highlights.
These representatives from Nintendo were interviewed:
Kazuhiro Maruyama / Hardware development department
Takao Shimizu / Planning and development department
Kazuyoshi Nishi / Business department
Nintendo Minute – “Super Mario Odyssey Inspired Custom amiibo with GandaKris”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta continue the march to Super Mario Odyssey with some custom amiibo. Watch the full episode below.
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Nintendo on Nintendo World Championships 2017 and competitive play
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Ahead of the Nintendo World Championships this weekend, ESPN spoke with a three important folks at Nintendo: Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo Treehouse’s JC Rodrigo, and Bill Trinen.
Aside from the Nintendo World Championships, there was talk about competitive play in general and how Nintendo is approaching the scene going forward. Read what Reggie, Rodrigo, and Trinen had to say below.
