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San Diego Comic-Con 2016 has begun. Nintendo is at the show, but also has a special setup at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. View some photos of the area below, courtesy of Nintendo Life.

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Nintendo just sent out a new (and great) trailer for the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition. You can watch it below.

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The Nintendo UK is now accepting pre-orders for the Nintendo Classic Mini. Reserve the hardware here. Different options are on the store, including ones that are bundled with a keychain, Mario soft toy, and messenger bag.

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In the UK, Pokemon is getting a huge sales boost on 3DS thanks to Pokemon GO. GfK numbers from last week show a 145 percent increase in combined sales of previous Pokemon titles on Nintendo’s handheld.

MCV shares the following data about the Pokemon boost:

Top selling Pokemon games for week ending July 16 (sales increase %)

1. Pokémon Alpha Sapphire – 148%
2. Pokémon Omega Ruby – 148%
3. Pokémon X – 238%
4. Pokémon Y – 188%
5. Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon – 65%

These five games in total –148%
Pokémon Total – 145%

MCV also heard from licensing sources that Nintendo has raised projections for Sun and Moon. Speaking of those two games, both are among the top ten most pre-ordered games on Amazon.

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Legendary Pictures has secured the movie rights to Pokemon, according to Hollywood Reporter. Additionally, the first film to be produced will be “Detective Pikachu”.

Specifics about the project have not yet been shared. However, we know that it will be live-action, with plans to begin production next year.

Toho will handle distribution of Detective Pikachu in Japan. Meanwhile, Universal Pictures will be in charge for the overseas release.

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Level-5 held a live stream earlier today, and briefly touched on the new Inazuma Eleven game which will be properly unveiled next week. Fans decided to bring back Axel Blaze following a vote.

The full results:

Gouenji Shuuya – 21.3 percent
Aphrodi (Afuro Terumi) – 15.8 percent
Gran (Hiroto Kiyama) – 12.7 percent
Kazemaru Ichirouta – 12.6 percent
Fudou Akio – 11.9 percent
Kidou Yuuto – 10.7 percent
Sakuma Jirou – 6.0 percent
Ichinose Kazuya – 5.0 percent
Reize (Midorikawa Ryuuji) – 4.2 percent

Level-5 Vision 2016 will take place on July 27. Expect to hear more on the Inazuma Eleven title, a new Professor Layton, Snack World, and the company’s next cross-media project then.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 28 Comments

Update: Gaming Reinvented posted an article last month about how someone without the proper authority (outside of Nintendo) has been issuing takedown notices. We can’t say that this situation was a fake claim as only the company was included in the email, and not a specific name. It’s enough to cast some doubt on this though, and should be taken with a grain of salt unless more information is provided.

If it is a fake claim, then that’s a pretty big issue. Tumblr in that case would be removing content without verifying the DMCA sender.

Tumblr users are starting to receive notices regarding the removal of fan art from blogs following takedown requests from Nintendo. The company is taking issue with art that is pornographic in nature.

Details about the situation beyond this are unclear. However, there’s some speculation that art related to Princess Peach are being claimed.

If you’re interested in seeing the removal email, head past the break.

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Nintendo’s 2016 Annual Report is now available. For those that are interested, head on over here to check it out. There doesn’t appear to be anything overly new (yes, NX is still coming next March), but it provides a nice recap of some information.

Here are a few highlights:

Net sales: U.S.$4,464 (millions of dollars)
Operating income (loss): 290 (millions of dollars)
Number of employees: 5,064 [633 temporary]
3DS global hardware sales: 6.79 million
Wii U global hardware sales: 3.26 million
3DS global software sales: 48.52 million
Wii U global software sales: 27.36 million
Reginald Fils-Aime and Satoru Shibata are now Executive Officers of Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe respectively

And the single note about NX:

Nintendo is also devoted to the development of a gaming platform codenamed “NX” with a brand-new concept, which will be launched in March 2017 globally.

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The official website for the Kirby Cafe is now open. Access it here.

Kirby aficionados in Japan will be able to attend the cafe during three different dates. A location in Osaka will be open on August 5, followed by Nagoya on August 24. It will also appear in Tokyo at some point.

Here’s a look at the menu:

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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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