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As we mentioned yesterday, Nintendo is now 127 years old. BBC is pulling something out of its archives in celebration.

In 1990, the Money Programme visited Nintendo in Japan, and it was apparently one of the first times that cameras were let inside. A good portion of the brief video also shows a young Shigeru Miyamoto, and has him speaking about why be enjoys working at the company.

Here’s the full video:

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Several months ago, Nintendo filed a patent for a projection system / projector device / image capturing device and program. Today, it was finally made public.

Essentially, the patent involves a projection that can correct itself to the user’s perspective. Here’s the abstract:

“The present invention implements a projection system which appropriately corrects geometric distortion of a projected image even when an object to be projected has an arbitrary three-dimensional shape and a user’s point of view is not fixed. A projection unit (3) of a projector device 100 projects a first adjustment test image. A three-dimensional shape measurement unit (4) measures a three-dimensional shape of the object to be projected. An image capturing device (200) captures the first adjustment test image projected by the projection unit (3), and acquires a first adjustment captured image. A projected image adjustment unit (1) executes: (1) first adjustment processing for, on the basis of the first adjustment captured image acquired by the image capturing device (200), correcting the image such that geometric image distortion is reduced at an image capturing point at which the first adjustment captured image was captured; and (2) second adjustment processing for, on the basis of a state when the image adjusted by the first adjustment processing was projected by the projection unit (3), correcting the image such that geometric image distortion is reduced.”

And some images from the filing:

If you’d like to investigate the patent further, you can view it online here. As always though, patents aren’t necessarily confirmed to be something that Nintendo will use in its products.

Thanks to KniteBlargh for the tip.

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Two seperate interviews from 1996 with Shigeru Miyamoto and other Nintendo employees who worked on Super Mario 64 together were recently translated and published on the website Shmuplations for any interested party to read.

The interviews come from a time where Super Mario 64 had just been released and was making waves in the gaming world. The questions cover a variety of topics about Super Mario 64, focusing mostly on the creative process of designing a game in 3D compared to 2D and the early history of the game.

On the origins of Super Mario 64 and how the project got started, Miyamoto had this to say:

Well, in the beginning… we were working on something really simple—deceptively simple, even, from the perspective of the team that would go on to finish the huge, final game. (laughs) There was a room made of simple lego-like blocks, and Mario and Luigi could run around in there, climb slopes, jump around, etc. We were trying to get the controls right with an analogue 3D stick, and once that felt smooth, we knew we were halfway there. And so, along the way, we realized wanted to create a slightly larger area for them to move around in…

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We’re a Nintendo blog, so we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out Nintendo’s birthday! That’s right: the company is celebrating its big day today, now that it’s officially September 23 in Japan. Nintendo has been around for 127 years having been established way back on September 23, 1889.

While we remember the big N’s past, we also have our eyes on the future. The company is heading in an interesting direction between NX, the new push on mobile this year, and reaching out into other areas like the Universal Studios partnership. Hopefully we’ll be able to celebrate many more of Nintendo’s birthdays in the years to come!

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The second trailer is now live for Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On, the upcoming anime based on Capcom’s new 3DS game. Watch the new video below.

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On My Nintendo, if you want to collect Gold Points, you generally need to buy a game. That being said, 30 Gold Points can currently be obtained for free.

The First Skunk Bundle normally costs $25. However, at the moment, it’s currently free. That means you can nab 30 free Gold Points with just a few button clicks. You can take advantage of the “offer” right here.

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Senran Kagura is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. A new website is now live here in honor of the occasion.

There have been several titles in the Senran Kagura over the past few years, including three on 3DS. And it sounds like more is planned for next year. After recapping Senran Kagurai’s history, the website states: “and… in 2017 the girls’ battle will continue.”

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Up until now, the Kirby Moretsu Pupupu Hour manga by Taniguchi Asami had been serialized in CoroCoro. However, it’ll be ending with the October 2016 issue of the magazine.

To replace that, a new Kirby manga series Manpuku Pupupu Fantasy by Takeuchi Ibuki will take over starting from the November 2016 issue. The next edition is due out on October 15.

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Pokemon GO is available in a ton of different countries, but Niantic still hopes to expand the game to new regions. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, The Pokemon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara said China and South Korea are targets. However, issues would need to be addressed with Google Maps, as its use is limited in both territories.

Ishihara also commented on the overall response to Pokemon GO. “I feel like the reaction we saw was 10 times or even 100 times bigger than we expected,” he said.

The Wall Street Journal reports that additional features were planned for Pokemon GO, such as player-to-player battles and character trades. These elements are now being saved for a later date.

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Activision announced in June that Skylanders Academy, the animated show based on its popular toys-to-life game series, will debut on Netflix this fall. A specific premiere date was shared today.

Netflix will have the first Skylanders Academy episodes on October 28. Season 2 is also in the works, and is planned for late 2017.

Here’s an overview of the show:

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