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Later this month, Square Enix will be hosting a Dragon Quest 30th anniversary birthday countdown special live stream. This will be shown on Niconico at the following times on May 26:

– 5:30 AM PT
– 8:30 AM ET
– 1:30 PM in the UK
– 2:30 PM in Europe

MC Ayana Tsubaki, Dragon Quest series executive producer Yuu Miyake, and Dragon Quest series creator and game designer Yuji Horii will be on the broadcast. The group will count down to the May 27 30th anniversary of the Dragon Quest series.

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Last week, we heard that Nintendo and Vans are parterning on some new sneakers. We saw several designs that are in the pipeline, but as it turns out, there are a few more in the works.

Here are the rest (including one that’s actually sandals):

The Nintendo and Vans sneakers are expected out next month. Based on what’s listed on German shoe store 43Einhalb, they could range from $50 to $100 when converted from Euros.

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Wes Copeland retook the Donkey Kong record this past week with 1,218,000 points, and essentially achieved a “perfect” game as he did not lose a single Mario in the process. Copeland was the previous record holder in January, but was topped by Robbie Lakeman last month who obtained a score of 1,190,000.

On Facebook, Copeland indicated that this is his “last record score.” Lakeman may be done as well, having chimed in on the situation with the following message: “I’m not lucky enough. Good enough, but not lucky enough.”

Here’s a look at Copeland’s playthrough:

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A new month is here! We entered May last week, so that means we want to know what you’ve been playing. Have you started up something entirely new for the month? Or maybe you’re continuing something you started a little while back? Whatever the case, let us know in the comments below!

Highlights from last week’s topic: This week’s big Nintendo news

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s episode, Kit and Krysta start off a new series called “Backlog Buster”. The first game they’re tackling is EarthBound having not played it before. Check out the full episode below.

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ICv2 put up a new interview this week with VIZ Media senior editorial director Beth Kawasaki. In it, Kawasaki discussed the success of Yo-kai Watch and also shared some information about The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition.

Continue on below for some excerpts from the interview. You can read the full piece here, which includes some talk about Pokemon (including a cookbook coming this year).

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Update (5/6): Bumped to the top. Added in Nintendo’s official announcement after the break.

Original (5/5): At the end of March, twelve games were announced as finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The actual inductees have now been announced.

Six new titles will be joining the World Video Game Hall of Fame. The lineup is as follows:

• Grand Theft Auto III
• The Legend of Zelda
• The Oregon Trail
• The Sims
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Space Invaders

In case you’re curious, the inaugural class from last year included:

• Doom
• Pac-Man
• Pong
• Super Mario Bros.
• Tetris
• World of Warcraft

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Aside from highlighting the upcoming Zelda game, Nintendo isn’t doing a whole lot at E3 this year. That being said, the company will be hosting a presentation for “business partners that will showcase key launches and programs through Holiday 2016.” Nintendo has conducted similar events in the past.

The presentation will be held on June 14 between 9 AM and 10 AM PT (12 PM ET and 1 PM ET). Keep in mind that it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing much from this. If nothing else, it’s interesting to see this part of Nintendo’s E3 traditions is still alive!

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Just like last year, The Pokemon Company has provided its 2015 brand licensing results through License! Global.

The Pokemon Company took the 29th spot on the list with $2.1 billion in total retail sales of licensed products worldwide. This includes media such as video games, anime, the trading card game, and more.

That result stacks up pretty favorably to 2014. In that year, The Pokemon Company generated $2 billion.

License! Global’s report contains the following blurb on Pokemon:

The Pokémon 20th anniversary kicked off with the brand’s first ever Pokémon Super Bowl ad during Super Bowl 50, which was viewed by more than 110 million people during the game and watched more than 26 million times on YouTube. The spot encourages fans to Train On. Four Mythical Pokémon video game character distribution events will take place at participating GameStop locations throughout 2016, with one being distributed quarterly. TOMY International, Pokémon’s master toy licensee, has also created special Mythical Pokémon figures and plush to celebrate 20 years of Pokémon. Pokémon TCG fans can celebrate 20 years of Pokémon with the Pokémon TCG: Generations expansion. Highly anticipated Pokémon video games launch in 2016, including the fast-action fighting game for the Wii U, Pokkén Tournament, which launched in March. Also, the seventh generation of Pokémon video games, Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, will launch in time for holiday season for the Nintendo 3DS family systems.

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Update: Here’s an interesting find from reader Andrew:

When you reported on the new Zelda page for the Nintendo @ E3 2016, the link takes you to a site introducing Nintendo’s E3 plans. It also includes two instances of Hylian text. If you go into the page source, these sections (I think) are denoted with HR-Z (which might stand for “Hyrulean Zelda”). The Hylian text just reads “THELEGENDOFZELDATHELEGENDOFZELDATHE” so there’s no additional information, but it might come in handy to build a cipher code in case Nintendo releases any new information on the game that does have the new Hylian language.

Nintendo has opened its official website for E3 2016 following today’s announcement regarding plans for Zelda Wii U. Access it here. There’s not too much there, but it does recap the information shared today.

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