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At the Tokyo Game Show in September, Capcom announced that a Hollywood film based on its highly successful Monster Hunter franchise is in development. Deadline is now reporting on the first details.

To begin, here’s a brief summary:

“For every Monster, there is a Hero. An ordinary man in a dead end job discovers that he is actually the descendant of an ancient hero. He must travel to a mystical world to train to become a Monster Hunter, before the mythical creatures from that world destroy ours.”

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AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake) and Pokemon Uranium were both nominated as “Best Fan Creation” for The Game Awards 2016. Strangely, both are now missing. Brutal Doom 64 and Enderal: The Shards of Order are now the only two projects remaining in the category.

Given how AM2R and Pokemon Uranium were both Nintendo-made fan creations, the big N may have played a role in their removal from The Game Awards. The company went after both pretty heavily earlier this year.

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A number of months ago, it was discovered that Nintendo filed for a new patent under the name “Training Implement, Training System, and Input Device”. It was originally registered in October 2014, and published back in April. What we saw seemed to be a new U-shaped controller intended for exercise with features such as acceleration, gyro, and the ability to detect temperature.

The patent is now back in the news as a similar listing has been found in Europe. Over on the EUIPO, Nintendo submitted an application on October 10 to protect the design of the controller. It was only just published last Tuesday.

Apparently Nintendo submitted three separate entries for parts of this controller (but not the controller as a whole) to be registered as an intellectual property. According to ntower, this would make it possible to attach additional parts to the controller. It also says that only the design has been registered as an intellectual property, but not the function of the buttons and such, which might be because this is an intellectual property rather than a patent.

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Raw Thrills and Nintendo’s new arcade game Cruis’n Blast is starting to make its appearance. Arcade Heroes captured some off-screen footage from IAAPA 2016, which we’ve posted below.

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According to Amazon, several “Game Traveler Essentials Packs” are slated for next week. They’ll come in three main versions: Solgaleo, Lunala, and “Pokemon Group“. There’s also a Solgaleo & Lunala option. A case, stylus, screen protectors, cleaning cloth, and two game card cases are included.

Get a closer look at the different packs below. Each one costs $20.

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In this week’s Nintendo Download report, the My Nintendo Holiday Sweepstakes was highlighted. If you choose the five gifts on your wish list this year, you could win a prize pack featuring Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, or Animal Crossing products.

Even if you don’t win anything, there’s an extra benefit: My Nintendo points. Those who participate in the sweepstakes will be provided with 10 Platinum Points. Additionally, you’ll earn another 10 points if you share your most-wanted gift list on Facebook.

Thanks to TruExtent for the tip.

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Pokemon month continues with some Pokemon Sun/Moon gameplay. Watch the full episode below.

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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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