Pre-orders open for the first volume of the Zelda: Twilight Princess manga
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments
We recently learned that VIZ Media would be handling the English version of the Zelda: Twilight Princess manga. Amazon has now opened pre-orders for the first volume here (Amazon Canada here).
VIZ had previously confirmed plans to have Twilight Princess’ initial volume ready in March, but Amazon seems to offer a more specific date of March 7. We also have a price point: $10.
Toys-to-life sales shift from amiibo and Skylanders to LEGO Dimensions and Disney Infinity in the U.S.
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments
According to the NPD Group, spending on gaming-related accessories – including toys-to-life figures – is experiencing a five percent dip year-over-year. That amount came in at $117.1 million last month in the United States. While sales of amiibo and Skylanders have fallen, LEGO Dimensions is up, as is Disney Infinity.
NPD analyst Sam Naji says there was “a 34 percentage point shift in dollar share” from Skylanders and amiibo to Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions. “Although total spend for interactive gaming toys declined by 3 percent compared to last year, consumers spent an additional 55 percent on Disney Infinity accessories and $3 million on Lego Dimensions, which launched in September 2015,” Naji said.
Disney Infinity’s bump can almost certainly be distributed to retailer discounts on toys following the cancellation of the series. With amiibo, new releases have slowed, though things may pick up when the new Mario line launches in November.
Shin’en confirms next project will be on a Nintendo console
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in General Nintendo, News | 28 Comments
In a recent interview with Nintendon.com, Shin’en Multimedia confirmed that their next project will be with Nintendo. Shin’en Multimedia, creators of FAST Racing Neo, recently confirmed that while their next project is a secret, it will be on a Nintendo console.
The studio was asked what it would like to do after FAST Racing Neo. In response, Shin’en said:
The problem is I can’t talk about it. I’d really like to talk about it, but if I say anything…. let me put it this way: we’re very happy to work with Nintendo, we’ll keep doing it and our next project will be with them. We’re also carrying out new experiments and creating new prototypes, but I can’t talk about this either, because they’re so deep in their initial stage that there would be no point talking about it now.
Mario featured during closing ceremony of the Olympics, Japan’s prime minister gets in on the fun
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Update: Here’s a video recording:
#Tokyo2020 already stepping the game up!!! pic.twitter.com/HBbDZCAztS
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The 2016 Olympics have come to an end. To close out the event, a special ceremony was held, and it featured a surprise “appearance” from Nintendo’s most well-known franchise.
A video was shown of Mario as the Olympics finish in Rio, but transitions to the next event to be held in Tokyo four years from now. It even featured Japan’s prime minister wearing Mario’s signature hat. Naturally there was a Warp Pipe as well!
We’ll add in a video when that comes online. For now, view a few screencaps below.
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Nintendo sells majority stake in the Mariners for $661 million
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments
We’ve known for a few days now that Major League Baseball has approved the sale of Nintendo of America’s majority stake in the Seattle Mariners. An additional notice has since been posted on Nintendo’s investor relations website, confirming a sales amount of $661 million.
Just like we heard last week, “it will take some time to calculate and confirm the impact of this sale”. Nintendo intends to share this information once it’s available.
Nintendo of America still retains 10 percent ownership in the Mariners.
Today’s latest notice can be found below.
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Concept art shows cancelled Epic Disney Racers
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
Within the past week, we heard about the scrapped Epic Donald, which would have been the third entry in the overall Epic Mickey series. Aside from that, Disney was also tossing around the idea of a spin-off project called “Epic Disney Racers” at some point.
The game was to include characters from the main Disney animated canon as well as ones from Epic Mickey. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, The Mad Doctor, Scrooge McDuck & Huey, Dewey and Louie, and Cruella De Vil have been shown in concept art.
Aside from that, there’s not too much else to go on. Co-op appears to have been considered, and the ability to attack other racers with a character exclusive weapon, such as Mickey’s brush, Oswald’s remote, and Dewey/Louie’s exploding money bags. You’d also be able to see damage on the vehicles.
Concept art of Epic Disney Racers can be found below. It’s thought that the project ended early in development.
Nintendo on the demographic for NX, stronger relationship between teams
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 250 Comments
On Friday, Nikkei Trendy published a new interview with Shinya Takahashi, General Manager of Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development. There’s admittedly not a whole lot in the discussion that’s new. However, it does offer some additional perspective on some topics, including NX.
At one point, the interviewer brings up how when Wii was being released, he heard that a part of the plan to get the system next to a television in living rooms was to make a game console that moms wouldn’t hate. That prompted Nikkei Trendy to ask if there plans like this for NX.
Takahashi said in response:
“I can’t talk about this in detail yet, but we are aiming so that neither people who like games nor moms dislike it. I think that I want to release a game device that both customers who have much experience in gaming and customers who haven’t played much can enjoy greatly.”
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Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1 cover and back
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 3 Comments
Amazon has given us a look at the cover for The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2. What we have above is the cover. The second image below shows off the back.
The first Legendary Edition for The Legend of Zelda comes out in November. It includes two volumes of the Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa.
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Nintendo considered Fire Emblem and Pokemon crossover before moving on to Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 21 Comments
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE certainly had an interesting development cycle. At one point, it was considered for 3DS. The team also thought about various genres. But in the end, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE was made for Wii U as a mostly unique RPG that borrows some elements from Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei.
Going back well before development started, the game’s origins also have some ties to Pokemon, strangely enough. Nintendo director Hitoshi Yamagami revealed in a Nintendo Dream companion booklet at the end of last year that the company’s Kaori Ando “proposed a plan” that would have featured Pokemon and Fire Emblem. However, since a different proposal was floating around at the same time which would eventually become Pokemon Conquest, the idea was abandoned.
Here’s what Yamagami and Ando had to say about the situation, as translated by kantopia:
Nintendo Minute – “Back to School Survival Tips + Giveaway”
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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta share some survival tips for going back to school. The two also give away a few Nintendo goodies. Check out the full episode below.
