The voice of Scrooge McDuck has passed away
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 20 Comments
Alan Young passed away yesterday at the age of 96.
One of Young’s more iconic roles was voicing Scrooge McDuck. He most recently provided the character’s voice in DuckTales Remastered, and was also involved with titles such as Disney Magical World.
There’s no question that Young’s work as Scrooge McDuck will always be remembered. We wish his family well during this tough time.
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Nintendo Minute – gaming confessions
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 9 Comments
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta share some of their gaming confessions. Check it out below.
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Kirby series, Isabelle amiibo pre-orders live on Amazon
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Update 2: Animal Crossing cards series 4 are up on Amazon.
Update: Bumped to the top. All of the Kirby amiibo are now live here.
Individual links:
Kirby
Meta Knight
King Dedede
Waddle Dee
Additionally, Isabelle pre-orders are open. Get the Summer Outfit version here and Winter Outfit version here.
Amazon has opened up pre-orders for one of the new Kirby series amiibo. You can now reserve Waddle Dee here (save 20% with Prime). The other Kirby figures aren’t up yet strangely, but I imagine they’ll be available soon! Keep an eye on this link for the Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight amiibo.
SEGA says it’s “very interested” in releasing Atlus games in Europe
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Atlus and NIS America recently terminated their relationship. In Europe, it’s an interesting situation. The two sides no longer working together means NIS America won’t be handling any of Atlus’ releases in Europe going forward.
SEGA SVP of commercial publishing John Clark relayed to MCV that the company is “very interested” in taking over NIS’ role. He said:
“We’re very interested in bringing all of the group’s Japanese content not just to the West, but to Europe in particular. We are always trying to find a way. And that’s an on-going process. That’s something we are continually assessing and talking to and if there are really strong opportunities to support the Japanese content in Europe, we’ll do it.”
You would think that SEGA would want to be in charge here since they’re Atlus’ parent company. Hopefully it all works out in the end!
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New Nintendo job listing pops up for “IP Art Asset Specialist”, related to movie work
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 12 Comments
Nintendo has put up a new job listing on its website for an “IP Art Asset Specialist”. Among other things, this person will be involved with evaluating artwork for use in movies.
Here’s the full rundown of expected responsibilities:
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Update: All Splatoon – Callie and Marie amiibo can be pre-ordered on Amazon France
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Update (5/19): All of the new Splatoon amiibo are now available for pre-order on Amazon France. They’re all up here
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Original (5/18): The new Callie and Marie amiibo can now be reserved on Amazon France. Callie is available here
while Marie is located here
We’ll let you know about other retailers as they begin taking pre-orders.
New Monopoly set features Super Mario Bros.
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments
USAopoly has been dealing with Nintendo-licensed products for awhile, and now you can add another one to the list. A new Monopoly set based on Super Mario Bros. is in the works, and it’ll even be a collector’s edition.
The set has six 8-bit styled tokens featuring Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad, Super Mushroom and 1-up Mushroom. There’s also a custom designed 8-bit styled board along with custom goal poles and castles (instead of houses and hotels) plus the “? Block” and Warp Pipe in place of the Community Chest and Chance Cards.
USAopoly lists Monopoly: Super Mario Bros. Collector’s Edition as “coming soon”. There are some claims that it’s already available, though it doesn’t seem to be in stock in places like Amazon. Regardless, look for it soon.
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Nintendo announces new Articles of Incorporation, setting up for new businesses
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Today, Nintendo announced new Articles of Incorporation. Although the document may seem like a bunch of confusing mumbo jumbo, there is actually a purpose to it all.
These new Articles of Incorporation are a means for Nintendo to set itself up for new businesses. Medical and health devices, “computer software”, managing/investing in “eating establishments”, and IP licensing are all mentioned. Specifics were not detailed, though Kantan Games CEO Dr. Serkan Toto believes it may partially refer to Nintendo’s quality of life initiative or theme park plans.
The Articles of Incorporation go into effect on June 29. That’s the same day as Nintendo’s 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
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M2 president interested in seeing Alien Syndrome as a 3D Classic
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
There’s a new interview on SEGA’s website with Yosuke Okunari, Kagasei Shimomura, and Naoki Horii. The three developers spoke about the SEGA 3D Classics Collection, which you can read in full right here. One section in particular is worth mentioning specifically.
Shimomura brings up some of the game ideas that were considered before Power Drift was settled on. That eventually leads Horii to say that he wants to see Alien Syndrome realized as a 3D Classic in the future. Adding to this, the team “did a little test on it to see how it would turn out and it was great.” It’s just that there would be a significant amount of effort doing that for all stages.
Here’s the complete interview excerpt:
KS: So rewinding a little bit, before we settled on Power Drift, we had a couple of titles to choose from for this. We talked about Alien Syndrome, Golden Axe, Turbo Out Run, and even Columns.
NH: (looks at the lineup list) These are pretty bold choices.
– I’d like to see Alien Syndrome someday. Stereoscopic 3D would be really effective in that game.
NH: Oh that game is amazing. We did a little test on it to see how it would turn out and it was great. Although, doing every single stage would be quite an effort.
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My Nintendo Europe says benefits are coming for email readers
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments
My Nintendo only just launched about a month and a half ago, but it will be expanded over time. That means new rewards will be added and the service itself will have more to offer.
One feature members can look forward to in the future are bonuses for email readers. In an official notice on the European version of the site, Nintendo mentions that these users will be able to receive “more benefits” such as “subscriber-exclusive Nintendo eShop discount offers or early access to certain content.” That sounds quite intriguing!
