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Nintendo World has been closed for several weeks of renovation as it rebrands to Nintendo NY. Today, the grand reopening was held. Take a look at some photos from the event below.

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During the DICE Awards tonight, Satoru Iwata was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime accepted the reward for Iwata and then delivered a speech about his former boss and friend.

Here’s the full segment:

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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has been writing columns in Famitsu for a long, long time. In next week’s issue, his 500th piece will be published. It’ll be in April that Sakurai has had columns featured in Famitsu for 13 years.

To commemorate the milestone, a special live stream will be held on Famitsu’s Nicovideo page on March 10 at 9:30 PM Japan time. The main contents of this broadcast stream will be mentioned in Sakurai’s upcoming column. Japanese fans can also submit questions on Famitsu’s website for a chance to have them be answered.

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Back in the day, if you experienced issues with your SNES, a Counter Tester would be needed to determine issues with specific components in the console. Similar hardware was made for the NES as well. You can get a close look at the SNES Counter Tester in the video below.

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At the DICE 2016 “Franchise Fever: Pursuing Ideas and Big Audiences” panel earlier today, Vertigo Entertainment president and The LEGO Movie producer Roy Lee was asked what his dream movie project would be. His response? Nintendo.

Lee explained:

“Mine would be Nintendo. I think Zelda, Mario, and the whole universe of characters would be perfect for a Lego Movie type of [film]. I don’t have the rights to it, but I would love to. That would be my Holy Grail.”

Adrian Askarieh, CEO and president Prime Universe Films, also commented on the same question. He believes that Nintendo could have success at the box office, and just needs to find people to put something together.

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Shadow Mewtwo was created in close collaboration with the minds behind Pokemon for Pokken Tournament. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the creature is a canonical part of the overall universe.

In an interview with Polygon, Pokken Tournament producer Masaaki Hoshino said:

“When we were originally coming up with the design, we worked very closely with The Pokémon Company and Game Freak to make sure everything was right. What happened was, we at Bandai Namco had the idea of making a really cool dark-colored Mewtwo, so we had one of our designers take a crack at it and then presented that to The Pokémon Company and Game Freak. They all thought it looked really cool, so then we worked together to brush it up.”

“Because everyone really liked Shadow Mewtwo, I have a personal hope that they’ll continue to use it, but it’s not really our decision, unfortunately.”

Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada, who is also working on Pokken Tournament, weighed in as well:

“For this game, it is kind of a spin-off from the main series. It takes place in this area called the Ferrum Region, which means something like ‘Iron Region,’ playing back into the Tekken connection. So, within the context of this spin-off, [Shadow Mewtwo] is obviously a canonical character. Of course, how The Pokémon Company and Game Freak decide to use the character is up to them, but I think Mr. Hoshino’s passion for the character might inspire them and encourage them to use it!”

Polygon also reached out to The Pokemon Company and asked if Shadow Mewtwo can be considered canon. To that, a representative said “No comment.”

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It’s an entirely possible to delete a Nintendo Account. Doing so will result in the major loss of information, however.

When attempting to ditch a Nintendo Account, Nintendo warns users that they’ll lose a whole bunch of data. This includes your “mission status”, points, and rewards with My Nintendo, digital content purchased/required that is linked to your Nintendo Account, save/user data of apps linked, and special offers.

You can find more support information regarding Nintendo Accounts here.

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Nintendo has gone live with pre-registration for Miitomo. Get involved by visiting the page here, clicking the “Pre-register” button, and then creating or logging in to your Nintendo Account.

All users who pre-register a Nintendo Account to Miitomo will automatically receive My Nintendo Platinum points. My Nintendo and Miitomo are both launching sometime next month.

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Nintendo World Report has put together an unboxing video for the new Fox McCloud statue that GameStop is selling. Give it a look below.

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It’s now possible to register for a Nintendo Account. This functionality was previously made available in Japan towards the very end of 2015, but has now opened for gamers around the world.

Simply visit the link here. You can then sign up with your Nintendo Network ID, Facebook, Google Plus, or Twitter login. Alternatively, it’s possible to make a Nintendo Account entirely from scratch.

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