Nintendo’s 2017 Annual Report now available in English
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Nintendo has published its annual report for the fiscal year that ended March 31st, 2017 in English online. You can read it here. It doesn’t really contain anything newsworthy that wasn’t shared at Nintendo’s 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, but if you want to read up on the structure of the company or its finances, it’s an interesting read.
Nintendo announces San Diego Comic-Con 2017 plans – Super Mario Odyssey playable and more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
Nintendo has announced its plans for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Fans at the expo or close to the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina hotel can check out the company’s various offerings.
Those who stop by the ballroom can play games like Splatoon 2, Pokken Tournament DX, and Flip Wars. The New 2DS XL will be on hand as well. Competitions sponsored by Nintendo are also planned with prizes, along with a look at the Super NES Classic Edition hardware and Splatoon 2 game-themed activities.
Super Mario Odyssey will be playable at the San Diego Convention Center. While that game won’t be at the Marriott Marquis & Marina, many other titles will be present including:
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First photos of the Ash and Pikachu Nendoroid
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 8 Comments
Update (7/13): Pre-orders have now opened. Links are below:
On a similar note, all of these shops are taking pre-orders for the Nendoroid More – Pokemon Kigurumi Face Parts Case:
Original (7/12): First announced at Wonder Festival back in February, we have the first actual photos of the Ash and Pikachu Nendoroid. Photos are attached below. Pre-orders should be opening in Japan tomorrow, and we’ll keep you updated on reservations at different retailers when they go up.
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My Nintendo adds three new ARMS wallpapers in North America
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
My Nintendo members in North America have three new ARMS wallpapers to choose from on the rewards site.
You can order a general background, an image featuring Spring Man, and another for Min-Min. Each one is 50 Platinum Points. They also come in eleven different resolutions.
The various wallpapers are located on My Nintendo here.
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Natsume CEO on the split between Harvest Moon and Bokujo Monogatari, putting Light of Hope on Switch
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 15 Comments
The Harvest Moon series went through a shakeup a few years ago. Marvelous took back ownership of the franchise – known as Bokujo Monogatari in Japan – and had XSEED publish future releases under the Story of Seasons name. Meanwhile, Natsume began to develop its own games under the original Harvest Moon title.
In an interview with GamesIndustry, Natsume CEO Hiro Maekawa reflected on the situation, calling it “a big surprise” and “really scary”. He said:
“That was a big surprise to us, especially to me. It was a really scary thing to me because we’d spent time and effort to establish a no-name farming simulation game to become one of the best-known farming simulation games for the entire family. We had tons of loyal Harvest Moon fans, but we couldn’t simply say to those loyal fans that there’s no Harvest Moon in the future. Fortunately, we learned and accumulated lots of know-how as to what Harvest Moon fans like and what makes them happy by localizing and publishing Harvest Moon games for the past 16 years, so we took that goodbye as a good opportunity for us, based upon our own experience, to take this franchise to the next step so we could continue to make all Harvest Moon fans very happy.”
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New Mario Kart Arcade GP VR video
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 6 Comments
A new video has come in showing Mario Kart Arcade GP VR, a game planned for Bandai Namco’s VR Zone arcades. You can check it out below.
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Nintendo featuring Pokken Tournament DX at EVO 2017, including “Pokken Tournament DX Academy”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
This weekend, Nintendo will be attending EVO 2017, one of the largest fighting game events in the world. Pokken Tournament DX will be featured.
First, the upcoming Switch game will have playable kiosks. Nintendo will also be playfully “recruiting” fans to join the virtual Pokken Tournament DX Academy. According to Nintendo, this “provides a direct line of communication between Nintendo and the Pokken Tournament DX players.”
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Nintendo’s 2017 Summer of Play Tour video
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Nintendo’s 2017 Summer of Play Tour has been taking place over the past few weeks, and the Play Nintendo hosts were on the scene. Get a look inside the event below.
Castlevania animated series producer wants to work on an adaptation of Metroid
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 59 Comments
Producer Adi Shankar just wrapped up the first season on Netflix’s Castlevania animated series, and he’s setting his sights on Assassin’s Creed next. Shankar also has interest in Nintendo franchises, as it turns out.
When asked about other game series he’d like to adapt while speaking with Nintendo Life, Shankar turned to Metroid. “Dark Metroid in the same anime style,” he responded.
With Nintendo more open to video content these days, perhaps the idea of Shankar working on Metroid isn’t entirely far-fetched. At the very least, he’d likely treat the IP well given the strong reception to Castlevania thus far.
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Satoru Iwata passed away two years ago today – let’s remember his greatness
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 46 Comments
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed ago two years ago today. Iwata lost the fight to bile duct cancer on July 11, 2015.
With Iwata’s contributions to Nintendo and the gaming industry as a whole, we should take a moment to recognize and reflect on his importance. He wasn’t your typical president having originally started out as a game developer. Iwata kept coding until he was 40, and helped Smash Bros. Melee get out on time. He was instrumental in the hugely successful Wii and DS. And really, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
So, thank you Iwata. It’s still unbelievable that you’re not here with us still, but everything you accomplished will not be forgotten.
