Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Last year, late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Joysticks. Another important staffer at the company was given the same honor today: Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma.

Aonuma wasn’t in attendance, but he did deliver a thoughtful pre-recorded speech. We have it in full below.

Aside from Aonuma’s award, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was selected as the best Nintendo game of the year while Pokemon GO picked up a win as the best handheld/mobile title as well as Innovation of the Year.

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Nintendo has uploaded a new North American episode of The Cat Mario Show focusing specifically on Pokemon. Watch it below.

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The latest episode of Pokemon Generations is now live on the official Pokemon YouTube channel. We’ve gone ahead and attached it below.

Pokemon Generations revisits each generation of the Pokemon games and sheds new light on some timeless moments. New episodes will be available weekly through December 23.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

The Song of Seven is the latest indie title that will no longer be coming to Wii U. However, rather than simply being cancelled due to the arrival of Switch, Enlightened Games seems to have encountered technical issues getting the game running properly on the console.

The developer did note in a Kickstarter update that they’ll “continue to work with Nintendo on the possibility of release on future Nintendo platforms with new hardware better aligned with our game engine.”

The full update reads:

“Firstly, we need to address the state of the union with Nintendo development. After more than a year of attempting to tweak, re-tweak, re-create, and optimize, we have run out of options for being able to make the game work on the Wii U console. This means we will be cancelling the game’s Wii U specific version, which we first thought of all of our Wii U backers before making this tough decision. We found that there is no feasible way to transition the game to that specific console without rebuilding the game from the ground up. Don’t fret, though, Nintendo faithful backers. We will continue to work with Nintendo on the possibility of release on future Nintendo platforms with new hardware better aligned with our game engine. We sincerely apologize in regards to our unforeseen obstacles, but there is a slight silver lining. In addition to releasing on the Playstation 4, we are currently working with Microsoft to add release on the Xbox One, with both versions releases slated in 2017, bringing you more options to play the game on.. If you chose to back with a Nintendo copy, but would like to choose a different copy of the game, we would be happy to send you a steam/drm free, or shoot you a copy for Xbox One/PS4 when released.”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

The first volume of VIZ’s The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition manga series, which covers various Zelda games, has just been released. Now, we have some more concrete US release dates for remaining four issues:

• The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages (January 10th)
• The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3: Majora’s Mask/A Link to the Past (March 14th)
• The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4: The Minish Cap/Phantom Hourglass (May 9th)
• The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 5: Four Swords (July 11th)

We also have some updated front and back covers for the first two volumes:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 2 Comments

The newest episode of Play Nintendo is now available on YouTube. The focus of this episode are the new features in Pokemon Sun and Moon, such as riding Pokemon and the new legendaries. You can watch the full video below.

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A new blog post on the Runner3 website has given us a glimpse into the retro challenge levels that will be in Runner3. These levels are different in their art style from the primary levels in Runner3, but unlike the retro challenge levels in past runner games the player will have full control over Commander Video.

In past RUNNER games, the Retro Challenges were much more simplified auto-running levels. In RUNNER3, these levels are serious business. Tons of unique enemies, loads of strange obstacles and puzzles and pitfalls, and all sorts of surprises to discover and explore. I’m very certain that you are going to have tons of fun times with this sub-game. But here’s the secret sauce that’s really going to freak out all you CommanderVideo fans: you’re in total control of CV in these levels! That’s right…run, jump….OR EVEN STOP! Writing that sentence even freaked ME out! Where am I?! What world is this that I live in?! What are these fabric tubes my legs are trapped in?!!? (Editor’s Note: Jason, those are your pants.)

If the regular blog updates are anything to go by, Runner3 appears to be making steady progress to its 2017 release date. You can find the entire blog post here.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

The latest European episode of The Cat Mario Show has gone live on Nintendo’s YouTube channel. You can watch it below.

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A new trademark for Wave Race has surfaced in Europe. Nintendo filed for the name today, and it was published with the European Union Intellectual Property Office.

Now, before we jump to conclusions, it’s important to note that this doesn’t necessarily mean a new Wave Race game is in the works. It’d certainly be nice, but trademarks aren’t always indicative of upcoming announcements. The trademark could be a protective measure on Nintendo’s part. Only time will tell if there’s any additional meaning here.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo UK has come out with a new video for all things Yo-kai Watch – the anime, toys, and games. We’ve included it below.

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