16 minutes of Monster Boy footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments
16 minutes of Monster Boy footage is now available based on the game’s playable demo. Take a look at it below.
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Guardians of the Galaxy, Gravity Falls writers penning Detective Pikachu film
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 31 Comments
Variety is reporting that Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch are in negotiations to write Detective Pikachu, the new live-action Pokemon film from Legendary.
Perlman is known for her work on Guardians of the Galaxy, and will be involved with the live-action Captain Marvel film. As for Hirsch, he created the cartoon series Gravity Falls.
As previously mentioned, Toho will distribute Detective Pikachu in Japan. Universal Pictures will be in charge of the movie in overseas territories.
Another Nintendo patent appears involving controller attachments
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 30 Comments
Last week, there was plenty of talk surrounding a recent Nintendo patent published online. What we saw showed a device that allows for parts to be detached and added.
Another notable patent has now appeared. While it was originally submitted in late 2013 and published in early 2014, it was only just updated today. It also shows controller attachments that could be used in conjunction with the device.
You can get a look at the full patent here. We’ve included some images from the filing below.
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First Nintendo code ever written by Satoru Iwata possibly found
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
The first piece of Nintendo code ever written by the late Satoru Iwata may have been discovered in the circuit boards of several old Famicom games. The circuit boards were purchased and discovered by Frank Cifaldi, the head of restoration at developer Digital Eclipse. Calling them an “incredible piece of video game history”, Cifaldi went on to explain the importance of these relics. The four boards he purchased belong to the games Hyper Olympic, Stargate, Soccer and Joust. While all are valuable treasures to a game historian, the most noteworthy item is the circuit board for Joust, as it was programmed by a young Iwata in 1983 as part of deal between Nintendo and Atari that never went through, long before he became the president of Nintendo.
What makes the circuit boards especially valuable is the fact that this is “earlier-than-retail” code, possibly being some of the earliest versions of each respective game. Together with the fact that the Joust code was the first piece of code that the president Satoru Iwata ever worked on, and the Joust circuit board likely predating the official release of the game means that Frank Cifaldi has stumbled upon what is possibly the first piece of code ever written by Iwata. You can find the series of tweets detailing the discovery below.
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Level-5 on cross-media projects, not oversaturing the market, Megaton Musashi
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Forbes was given the opportunity to speak with Akihiro Hino, CEO of Level-5. The two sides talked about topics like the company’s cross-media push, avoiding market saturation, and the brand new project Megaton Musashi.
Head past the break for some excerpts from the piece. You can read the full article here.
More: Akihiro Hino, interview, Level-5, Megaton Musashi, top
First 4 Figures reveals Link on The King of Red Lions statue
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First 4 Figures has revealed its latest effort: a new item featuring Link on The King of Red Lions. With it standing at 25 inches tall from the tip of the mast to the base, the statue is one of the largest pieces in the Zelda line from the company. It’ll come in deluxe full-color packaging, a hand numbered base, and an authenticity card that allows you to purchase the same product number for future pieces in the Wind Waker series.
Like usual, there are two versions of the figure: standard and exclusive. In the exclusive version, bright LEDs pulse rhythmically, giving the impression of flowing water.
The standard version costs $449.99. Alternatively, you can pick up the exclusive version for $479.99. Both ship in Q2 2017.
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SDCC 2016 – 12 & Under Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament videos
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment
At San Diego Comic-Con 2016 last month, Nintendo hosted a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament for players 12 and under. The company has now shared a highlights video, along with recordings of the entire event. Watch them all below.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga coming west, first volume in March
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga is now confirmed for the west. During a panel at Otakon today, VIZ Media announced that they’ve licensed it from Himekawa. The first volume will drop in March 2017.
Japan received the first volume of the Twilight Princess manga in June. New issues are still being printed, so the series will be continuing for quite awhile. Eventually, more volumes will likely be released overseas as well.
The Legend of Zelda 30th Anniversary Music Collection out in Japan next month
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments
Update (8/12): This can now be pre-ordered on Play-Asia.
Update (8/8): Bumped to the top. Past the break, you’ll find a list of games that will be featured in the various tracks.
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Nordic Games reincorporated as THQ Nordic
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Nordic Games is making a significant change to its company today. They’ve been reincorporated, and will be known as “THQ Nordic” going forward.
An official statement reads:
Whilst we take great pride in our Swedish roots and accomplished a great deal under the Nordic Games masthead, we decided it was time to incorporate the THQ name. Those key brands will continue to shape our business in a meaningful way going forward, and THQ Nordic represents a core approach of doing much more than “owning” a highly competitive portfolio of IP. We cherish them, and align them with the very best development resources to expand upon them with the level of experience that communities and established fan bases expect and deserve. Side note – another upside to this whole rebrand thing is we don’t get asked about the Nordic Game parties at Gamescom anymore – it was the other guys who threw them. With this rebrand we are entering the next phase in our company’s evolution.
As of now we have 23 game projects in development, 13 thereof have not yet been publicly announced, but are sure to be in the next months. Needless to say, the majority of these projects are based on former THQ owned IPs and franchises.
Today’s news was accompanied by a new logo, pictured above. About the image, THQ Nordic founder/owner Lars Wingefors said:
“As for the new logo design, we literally stumbled across it when browsing some art files, after we bought the THQ trademark and figured: why not? We hope the reception from our partners is less ambivalent but we’re OK either way. We invite you to our Gamescom booth to play our games and see the logo in large-scale format.”
Source: THQ Nordic PR
