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Some new information about Nintendo and Universal Studios Japan’s partnership emerged earlier tonight from the newest issue of Mainichi Shinbun. Now we have even more details from Sankei Shinbun.

It’s noted in the newspaper that Harry Potter area at Universal Studios Japan needed $400 million. For the Nintendo section, costs could exceed $500 million.

Other than that, multiple attractions/restaurants/stores are being jointly developed between Nintendo and Universal Studios Japan. The Nintendo area may also be “officially announced” to the public sometime before year’s end.

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The newest issue of Mainichi Shinbun has some additional tidbits about Nintendo’s partnership with Universal Studios.

Mainichi Shinbun learned from the boss of Universal Studios Japan that the Mario area will “exceed” the Harry Potter section. He also said that “many” of Nintendo’s IPs are under consideration for the theme park aside from Mario. Finally, it’s once again said that the Nintendo area of Universal Studios Japan will be open by the 2020 Olympics.

Nintendo announced its collaboration with Universal Studios last May. Specifics were not shared at the time, and the two sides have mostly been keeping things under wraps.

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Play-Asia and AmiAmi are now accepting pre-orders for a number of upcoming Pokemon figures. You can reserve the Pokken Tournament-based Mewtwo and Lucario Variable Action Heroes as well as Brock & Geodude & Vulpix and Joy & Chansey from the G.E.M. Series.

Below are links to each:

Play-Asia

Variable Action Heroes – Pokken Tournament: Mewtwo Action Figure
Variable Action Heroes – Pokken Tournament: Lucario Action Figure
G.E.M. Series – Pokemon: Brock & Geodude & Vulpix Complete Figure
G.E.M. Series – Pokemon: Joy & Chansey Complete Figure

AmiAmi

Variable Action Heroes – Pokken Tournament: Mewtwo Action Figure
Variable Action Heroes – Pokken Tournament: Lucario Action Figure
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G.E.M. Series – Pokemon: Joy & Chansey Complete Figure

Note that on Play-Asia, there’s a pre-order deadline for July 17. Item availability is not guaranteed afterwards.

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The Super Mario Uno cards we reported on a few months ago are out now in Japan. Below, MyGamingBoulevard takes a closer look at the deck.

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Stocks, share prices, and other things of that nature aren’t usually something we cover. After all, those tend to fluctuate often, and can do so quickly. However, Pokemon GO has made such an impact for Nintendo that we’re willing to make an exception.

Business Insider reports that Nintendo shares rose roughly 10 percent on Friday. And today, in early trading in Tokyo, shares increased as much as 23 percent. Bloomberg’s David Ingles notes that this is the best one-day move for Nintendo stock since 1983.

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One year ago, late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away. He was just 55.

Iwata passed away on July 11 (it’s now that same day in Japan) of last year. We actually didn’t know about what had happened until a couple of days later. Out of nowhere, Nintendo put up an official notice on its investor relation’s website about the situation.

Looking back on that time, everything felt so surreal. I still remember seeing that notice on Nintendo’s website and questioning if what I was looking at was legitimate. We knew Iwata was dealing with a health issue, but I just couldn’t believe it. I hadn’t seen the news floating around anywhere else, so I was just hoping that it was somehow untrue.

It was an extremely sad period around this time for everyone last year. For me, Iwata’s passing really had an impact – more so than I could have ever imagined. Even though I never knew him personally, I just felt incredibly sad knowing that he wasn’t here with us anymore.

There’s no question that Iwata has been missed over the past 12 months, and that will continue. All we can do is keep his memory alive, remember all that he did for the gaming industry, and how many people he impacted.

Thank you for everything, Satoru Iwata.

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When the new Splatoon amiibo made it to store shelves this past week in Japan, they were accompanied by an amiibo diorama for the Squid Sisters. Check out an unboxing video below, along with another look at Callie and Marie.

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Donkey Kong – and the series itself – is celebrating its 35th anniversary today. The very first game debuted way back on July 9, 1981 in arcades. Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo’s oldest franchises, so it’s great to see that it’s still very relevant today!

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SEGA / Atlus announced this past week that, going forward, Deep Silver will be publishing their games across Europe. It’ll begin with the likes of 7th Dragon III: Code VFD and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse, with the relationship continuing in the future.

SEGA recently took to its official blog and commented on the situation further in a new post. Additionally, the publisher explained why it has chosen not to handle games internally through something like SEGA Europe.

Here’s the full response:

Stop me if you’ve heard this before:

“We’re working on it.”

It’s an oft-used PR phrase that people have come to see as a general throwaway response. And while I can’t speak for every case, I can at least tell you that when it comes to publishing SEGA Japanese IP games (and ATLUS’!) in Europe, it’s true. We are working on it. Or were, really, since we just inked a deal with Deep Silver to release multiple upcoming titles in Europe. Physical versions.

That means that 7th Dragon III Code: VFD will be coming to European regions as both a physical and digital title, which will be published by Deep Silver for the EU territory.

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A new Pokemon Center opened in the Skytree commercial facility within Tokyo, Japan earlier this week. It’s the 11th store that’s been established.

Thanks to Famitsu, we have several photos of the store opening. Hit up the gallery below for the images.

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