Latest Nintendo Financial Results Briefing Q&A now available in English
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
The Q&A section of Nintendo’s latest Financial Results Section has now been officially translated into English and is available here.
We’ve already provided translations for a couple of the questions here, but it’s nice to have official translations available. Beyond that, Kimishima doesn’t really provide any big new details in his answers, but the Q&A is an interesting read nonetheless.
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Kirby Cafe merchandise to be sold at Japanese retailers starting on November 23
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
The Kirby Cafe has come to an end in Japan. However, a decision has been reached to make the merchandise available to a greater amount of fans.
Starting on November 23, a selection of goods from the Kirby Cafe will be sold at various retailers. This includes the special CD, “The Sound of Kirby Cafe”.
Physical stores that will be selling the CD and goods will be Yamashiroya, select Kiddy Land stores, and select Village Vanguard outlets. Online stores will be Amazon Japan and ebten, though the former will only sell the CD without any other items.
Items that will be also sold in stores other than Amazon:
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Pokemon Sun/Moon plushies spotted at GameStop
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments
Update (10/31): These plushies are now being sold on GameStop’s website. You can get Rowlet here, Litten here, and Popplio here.
Original (10/24): If you’re interested in some new plushies based on Pokemon Sun/Moon, you may want to swing by your local GameStop. Customers are starting to notice that variations based on Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio are appearing. Each one is from the Pokemon Center and goes for $14.95. They might not be showing up at every GameStop store immediately, but many should start carrying the plushies soon.
Game Freak still interested in Pokemon remakes, no current plans for Gold/Silver on the Virtual Console
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 35 Comments
Remakes are a well-known part of the Pokemon franchise. New titles are produced regularly, but older ones are visited fairly frequently. Fans might be interested to hear that Game Freak remains interested in this.
Series producer Junichi Masuda told IGN:
“I think the remakes, like Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, is still an approach we’re interested in. With the Virtual Console releases of the original games, specifically there had never been a way to bring those Pokemon over to the latest generation. It had always been that you couldn’t get those Pokemon out.”
New Pokemon plushies include Bewear, Mimikyu and more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
Update (10/31): Bumped to the top. Bewear and Mimikyu plushies are available for pre-order on Play-Asia along with the Pokemon Sun/Moon starters.
Original (10/26): Two new Pokemon Sun/Moon plushies have leaked online. This time around, we have a look at Bewear and Mimikyu, who measure in at 26cm. Both will apparently launch in March.
By the way, it’s also worth mentioning that Bounsweet (17cm) and Gengar (11cm) will be getting new plushies. We have a look at the Gengar set below.
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Sky Skipper arcade cabinet shown at Nintendo of America
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
After the smash hit that was Donkey Kong, Sky Skipper was planned as one of Nintendo’s next arcade titles. However, even though it was play-tested and marketed in the United States, the game only released in Japan. Only a small number arcade circuit boards exist, and Nintendo of America houses the only finished Sky Skipper product in the states.
Whitney Roberts, Olly Cotton and Alex Crowley are part of a team looking to create a fully restored arcade cabinet of Sky Skipper next year. Roberts was fortunate enough to gain access to the cabinet at Nintendo of America, and was able to take plenty of photos and scans. You can view a photo of Roberts with the only Sky Skipper cabinet ever made above.
As for why Sky Skipper never came to arcades in the United States, it just wasn’t successful. It went through some play testing at the nearby University campus in the early 80s, but because of a lack of success, the plug was pulled on wider release plans.
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NES Classic Edition – menus and Mega Man 2 footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 4 Comments
Over at GameXplain, a new video of the NES Classic Edition is available. The clip shows the menus as well as some footage from Mega Man 2. View it below.
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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker series apparently coming to an end with Joker 3 Professional
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
Square Enix is seemingly ending the Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker series. With Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, which launches in Japan next February, no additional games will be created. The latest issue of V Jump mentions that this latest title will be the final adventure and “grand finale.”
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional will be a compilation of sorts. Over 700 monsters will be included in the game. The original Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 came out in March.
The Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker series started out on DS a decade ago. In North America and Europe, the first two titles were localized, though the third one isn’t available in English currently.
Sakamoto on making Balloon Fight, Iwata memories, canned GBA hardware idea, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GBA, General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments
Nintendo recently published another new interview on its Japanese website to promote the NES Classic Edition / Famicom Mini. This time, Yoshio Sakamoto of Metroid fame sat down to talk about Balloon Fight. Nick Mosier translated the piece, which had some interesting talk about how the game was made, memories of the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, and a GBA hardware idea that was cancelled after making it to the mock-up stage.
We’ve picked out some notable excerpts from the interview below. You can read the full translation here.
GameStop: Star Fox statue for $30
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
The Star Fox Limited Edition Fox McCloud Stone Statue is now further discounted over at GameStop. It’s on sale for $30, meaning you can save another $15. Place an order here if interested.
