Former Rare dev on redesigning Donkey Kong, Star Fox Adventures changes, meeting Miyamoto, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News | 11 Comments
Kevin Bayliss left a huge mark on Rare during his nearly 20-year run at the studio. As a designer and art director, he contributed to Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong Racing, Star Fox Adventures, and much more.
UK magazine GamesTM spoke with Bayliss (who is now at Playtonic) this month, and asked him plenty of interesting questions about his time at Rare. The topics we’re mainly interested in focus on Nintendo specifically. Bayliss commented on the process of redesigning Donkey Kong for Donkey Kong Country, the initial changes that Star Fox Adventures went through, meeting Shigeru Miyamoto, and more.
We’ve included Bayliss’ comments below. You can pick up GamesTM now for the full interview.
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Nintendo Minute – “2016 Game of the Year Finals”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta finish their discussion on the end of the year awards, which include Best Digital Game, Favorite Character, and their overall Game of the Year. Watch the full episode below.
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Amazon: Various amiibo discounted
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Amazon has a number of amiibo for cheap at the moment. Discounted figures include Inkling Boy for $4.93, Meta Knight for $4.95, Waluigi and Daisy for $7.88 each if you’re a Prime member, and more. Hit up this page for a look at everything on sale.
Pokemon Generations episode 18
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments
The latest (and final) episode of Pokemon Generations is now live on the official Pokemon YouTube channel. We’ve gone ahead and attached it below.
This marks the end of the Pokemon Generations anime series. To catch up on previous episodes, visit the page here.
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Video: Image & Form teases its 2017 plans, including the next SteamWorld game
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, Switch, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Image & Form posted the latest episode of The Engine Room today. The studio talked about – or rather teased – its plans for 2017, including the next SteamWorld game.
It would appear that the proper announcement of the new project isn’t too far off, as it will actually be shown at PAX East in March. SteamWorld Quest should be the name going off of what we heard a few months ago, though it’s not officially set in stone.
Watch the full episode of The Engine Room below.
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Video: “Do You Know Mario?”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 4 Comments
Nintendo has put out a new video about all things Mario to promote Super Mario Run. It shows the various types of games he’s appeared in, characters from the franchise, and more. Check out the video below.
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First look at the upcoming female Corrin figma
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 15 Comments
We first heard about plans for a figma of Corrin from Fire Emblem Fates at WonderCon Festival a few months ago. Seemingly from some sort of scan, the first image is attached above.
Corrin’s figma has not yet been dated. Max Factory will presumably have it ready sometime in mid to late 2017.
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The Art of Splatoon coming to North America and Europe in June
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 14 Comments
Update (12/22): The Art of Splatoon is also coming to Europe. Amazon UK is listing the book here for June 13.
Original (12/19): Dark Horse Comics has announced The Art of Splatoon, a new book filled with artwork from the Wii U game. It will come packed with 2D and 3D illustrations of characters, maps, concept art, weapon and gear design, storyboards, sketches, hand-drawn comics, and more. Behind the scenes notes will be included as well.
The Art of Splatoon launches in North America on June 23. It’s already up for pre-order on Amazon here. You can also nab it on Amazon Canada here.
Pokemon Sun & Moon anime: upcoming events preview trailer
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments
The Pokemon Sun & Moon anime has been running for a couple of weeks now, and its reception on the internet has been fairly positive. Alongside the anime’s 8th episode, which aired today, broadcaster TV Tokyo released a short preview video which shows a couple things that will happen over the next weeks and months in the anime. Take a look if you don’t mind spoilers:
New Ace Attorney novel slated for February in Japan
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An Ace Attorney novel, Turnabout Idol, arrived in Japan this past summer. A new one now appears to be in the works.
Amazon Japan is listing Turnabout Airport as a sequel to the previous novel. In it, Apollo is arrested for the murder of a politician.
Mie Takase is returning as the book’s writer. Takase also has experience working on novelizations of games like Kirby and Fire Emblem.
Ace Attorney – Turnabout Airport is currently scheduled for February 15 in Japan.