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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta bring back the ‘Kno Yo Nintendo’ fan trivia at PAX East. Check it out below.

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SEGA has decided to go ahead with a movie adaptation of Shinobi, one of the company’s classic franchises. Stories International – SEGA’s film and television production studio – will create the film with producer Marc Platt.

Platt said in a statement today:

“We love the Shinobi games and believe that the world of ninjas has never been properly explored onscreen. We now have the opportunity to do just that. With Shinobi, we hope to make a film that honors the essence of the games and brings this fascinating world to life for moviegoing audiences.”

Many of the Shinobi games have previously launched as Virtual Console titles. The most recent entry, Shinobi 3D, came out for 3DS several years ago.

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The new Kirby series amiibo just dropped in Japan this week. You’ll find an unboxing video for all four figures: Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Waddle Dee.

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Emily Rogers has returned with some new speculation about Retro Studios’ new project. As one would expect, this new title would be on NX.

Rogers wrote on Twitter a short while ago that the title in question isn’t Metroid, Donkey Kong Country, or Diddy Kong Racing 2. She adds that the project is planned for 2017.

Below are Rogers’ tweets:

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If you’re in Japan, you can now pick up an amiibo diorama based on Super Smash Bros. (there’s also one for Kirby). Here’s a look at the accessory:

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Update: Amazon has price-matched Twilight Princess HD and Tri Force Heroes.

A variety of games and amiibo are on sale at Best Buy as part of the retailer’s “Deal of the Day”. You can see everything being offered here. Some are in-store only, but many are also online like Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, which is $10 off.

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This information comes from Nintendo’s investors briefing as stated by president Tatsumi Kimishima…

This concludes today’s presentation.

Finally, about three hours ago, at Safeco Field which is the home for the MLB’s Seattle Mariners, Mr. Howard Lincoln, who is the CEO of the team and a board member of Nintendo of America Inc., announced the planned sale of its majority interest in the Seattle Mariners to other members of the team’s current ownership group. An agreement has been reached that Nintendo of America will retain a 10% stake in the team, while the remainder of its holdings will be sold to other members of First Avenue Entertainment LLLP, namely, to other existing minority owners of the team. First Avenue Entertainment LLLP is the limited partnership that owns the Seattle Mariners, and a majority interest in ROOT Sports NW. Closing the transaction is subject to the finalization of legal contracts and approval from Major League Baseball which is expected in August of this year. We will then close the sale and Mr. Lincoln will resign as the Mariners CEO.

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This information comes from Nintendo’s investors briefing as stated by president Tatsumi Kimishima…

Now I would like to explain about the changes in Nintendo’s corporate governance system as resolved in the meeting of the Board of Directors held yesterday. We resolved to transition to a system with an audit and supervisory committee, and to introduce an executive officer system.

The intent of this transition is to create an audit and supervisory committee with a majority of external directors to strengthen the auditing and oversight over the Board of Directors and enhance our corporate governance.

As for the timing of this transition, we will transition once we have the necessary changes to the company statutes approved at the general meeting of shareholders for the 76th fiscal term, to be held this year on June 29th.

The purpose of introducing an executive officer system is to separate business decision-making and oversight from business execution, and to delegate authority for executing business.
This clarifies the responsibility for business execution and enables us to create a flexible management system that can respond quickly and effectively to sudden changes in our business environment.

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This information comes from Nintendo’s investors briefing as stated by president Tatsumi Kimishima…

Along with Miitomo, we also began service on our new membership program, My Nintendo. Consumers can obtain a dedicated Nintendo Account to use the My Nintendo services.

For example, consumers receive Platinum Points for playing Miitomo, and can exchange these points for services related to many of Nintendo’s games, such as in-game items or tickets for use in Miitomo or discount coupons for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games.

Since the launch of global service for Miitomo, the number of My Nintendo users has also been increasing steadily.

We expect that the launch of new applications using the Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing IPs will expand our membership even more.

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This information comes from Nintendo’s investors briefing as stated by president Tatsumi Kimishima…

We plan to release our new concept game system, currently being developed under the codename “NX,” in March 2017.

We will take another opportunity prior to the release to discuss the features and price of the NX, as well as the software lineup for launch.

We do not plan to show the NX at the E3 show in Los Angeles in June. We will introduce the NX at another time later this year.

Our E3 experience will focus on the latest title in The Legend of Zelda series. We have already released The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD for Wii U and Hyrule Warriors Legends for Nintendo 3DS this year. Thirty years have passed since the release of the first title in The Legend of Zelda series, and we have even more in store for the future.

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