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We covered this pretty heavily last week, but the official English transcript for Nintendo’s 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is now live. You can read it in full here. There isn’t anything new compared to what we posted a few days ago, though it’s worth a read if you missed it the first time around!

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In North America, Nintendo is starting to hand out a special coupon by email to My Nintendo members who are celebrating their birthday. Those who receive it can save 30 percent on a selection of titles.

Based on information floating around, these appear to be the eligible games:

Wii U

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Mario Party 10
Splatoon
Super Mario Maker
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Yoshi’s Woolly World

3DS

Kirby Triple Deluxe
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario Kart 7
New Super Mario Bros 2
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

If you do get access to the coupon, you’ll see it under the notifications section on My Nintendo.

Thanks to Jose for the tip.

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A few years ago, Disney came out with a new Mickey Mouse short that has the famous character making his way through Tokyo. For a brief couple of moments, there’s a scene that pays homage to Mario with classic sound effects and all.

Game Informer decided to ask Shigeru Miyamoto about the short at E3 last month. He hadn’t seen it, nor did he know about its existence at all. After looking at the video, he did say, “Is copyright an issue for them to use our sounds? [Laughs] It’s very flattering. We finally got a cameo together.”

Ask Game Informer said that this meant Mickey Mouse could be used in one of his games, Miyamoto shook his head and responded, “They are very strict. [Laughs].”

We’ve posted the full Mickey Mouse short below for those that are interested. The Mario homage comes in at the 2:25 mark.

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Gamer “Requag” has taken on the task of recreating Pokemon FireRed in Minecraft. It runs through a virtual Game Boy Advance by using structure blocks, which are designed for map makers.

The project isn’t finished just yet. Functions like combat and dialogue aren’t included at this time, but they should be added in later on.

Here’s a look at the progress thus far:

To test out Pokemon FireRed in Minecraft, players need version 1.10 of the game.

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My Nintendo is kicking off July with a new mission. Each time you answer the featured question on Miitomo, you’ll earn two Platinum Coins. This can be completed once per day.

You can check out all of the missions on My Nintendo here.

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Camp Miiverse is returning for its third consecutive year. Starting on July 14, Nintendo fans can participate in some fun on the site.

Camp Miiverse will be held for a week and is featuring popular games for Wii U/3DS. For each competition, a side in a team will be chosen. Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, and Splatoon are just some of the titles that will be highlighted during Camp Miiverse week.

Here’s the full notice from Miiverse:

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As promised, a speedrun for Super Mario Bros. 3 was held on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. Mitch Fowler, who has a world record for the game, stopped by to take on the game once more. Watch the full segment below.

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta share some more gaming confessions. See the full episode below.

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Nintendo’s 2016 CSR Report was published yesterday. It’s only in Japanese for the time being, though some interesting information has already been translated from the document.

Here’s an updated look at the employee counts for Nintendo companies, subsidiaries, etc.:

Nintendo Company Limited (Global) – 5,120 Total Employees
* Nintendo of Japan – 2,009 Employees
* Nintendo of America – 1,257 Employees
* Nintendo of Europe – 868 Employees
* Nintendo of Australia – 75 Employees
* iQue – ? Employees
* Mario Club – 305 Employees
* ND Cube – ? Employees
* Nintendo European Research & Development – 30+ Employees
* Nintendo Network Service Database – ? Employees
* Nintendo Technology Development – 30+ Employees
* Nintendo Software Technology – 50+ Employees
* Retro Studios – 70+ Employees
* Monolith Soft – 109 Employees
* 1-Up Studio – 30 Employees
* NES Merchandising – ? Employees

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Yo-kai Watch originally came to Japan in 2013. However, it wasn’t until last year that the franchise appeared in North America.

In an interview with USgamer, Hino talked about the wait for Yo-kai Watch in the west, telling the site:

“In Japan, Level-5 is a known company and we have a good relationship with various companies. But here in the west, it takes time to actually build a relationship with some of the big companies. Since Level-5 isn’t just known for just its name, we have had to build up a level of trust, which we see as one of our biggest challenges.

We realized that our company was finally mature enough to set up a company here. So we think that was one of the factors.”

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