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Tatsumi Kimishima, the new president of Nintendo, outlined his plans for 2016 in the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. Dr. Serkan Toto was kind enough to share an overview.

Here are the key points:

– Wants to surprise fans with new ideas rather than building on old ones
– Nintendo will in 2016 release “details” on the NX
– Kimishima claims the expansion to smartphones and theme parks, but also to movies and TV anime (via character licensing) is progressing
– Believes it’s vital for Nintendo to experiment with new business models
– First smartphone app reconfirmed for launch in March
– Smartphone apps with Nintendo’s famous characters promised for 2016
– He wants to bring the company’s financials to a new level
– The plan is to bring profits to 100 billion yen ($855 million) in “several years”
– This would be 4 times of last year’s profit

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The “React” channel on YouTube is back with another video. This time around though, instead of having teenagers react to a particular game, their knowledge is put to the test to see if they’ve heard of classic game themes. Check out the results below.

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Some Animal Crossing fans are already getting their hands on the second wave of amiibo figures for the series. Below, you can watch an unboxing video for Kicks and Celeste.

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The Skylanders SuperChargers Nintendo combo packs are out now in the UK. These include Bowser and Donkey Kong, along with their respective vehicles. There’s just one thing: both packs are exclusive to Smyths Toys. Pricing is set at £24.99 each.

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All amiibo figures Nintendo have shipped thus far have a protective piece preventing consumers from using them while in the box. However, Yacht Club Games opted for a different approach with Shovel Knight. It’s actually possible to scan the character without removing him from the box.

Speaking with Polygon, Yacht Club’s David D’Angelo said the team went in this direction due to fan feedback. He explained:

“We got a lot of feedback from fans before release who wanted to be able to scan the amiibo inside the packaging so they could still use the figure [in-game] while keeping it as a collector’s item. We didn’t see much issue with their request: while you can stand with a 3DS in store and try to scan it — we didn’t think that was actually something people would do due to the nature of the content we were making.”

Nintendo was completely fine with Yacht Club’s decision, and signed off on having Shovel Knight ship without the protective piece.

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This month’s EDGE review scores are now available. Here are the full verdicts from the latest issue:

Rainbow Six: Siege – 6
Amplitude – 8
Nuclear Throne – 8
Dirt Rally – 8
Earth Defence Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair – 6
EVE: Gunjack – 6
SteamWorld Heist – 8
FAST Racing Neo – 6
Guns Up – 3

EDGE also has a piece outlining its awards for 2016. Nintendo was chosen as top publisher, while Splatoon was selected as the best Nintendo game.

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Late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will be honored at the 19th D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony. When the event takes place on February 18, Iwata will be remembered with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

A few Nintendo games have also been selected as nominees for various awards. Those are as follows:

Action Game of the Year

Destiny: The Taken King
HELLDIVERS
Just Cause 3
Star Wars Battlefront
Splatoon

Family Game of the Year

Guitar Hero Live
LEGO Dimensions
Rock Band 4
Super Mario Maker
Tearaway Unfolded

Handheld Game of the Year

Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space
HELLDIVERS
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
Yo-Kai Watch

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

Destiny: The Taken King
Halo 5: Guardians
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Rocket League
Splatoon

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Aside from some news about Pokken Tournament, this month’s issue of CoroCoro also had an update on Pokemon the Movie XY & Z 2016. The magazine talks about how Volcanion hates humans – why this is so and what happened to make it hate them. CoroCoro also teased a World Exclusive Scoop Poster and a major announcement that will affect the entire world for the movie.

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Square Enix made it known during the Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation today that the company is partnering with Universal Studios Japan on a collaboration for the series. But like many announcements and news coming out of the event, details were practically nonexistent.

Square Enix announced a few other non-gaming things involving Dragon Quest as well. These include the Dragon Quest Live Spectacle Tour, museum, more concerts with composer Koichi Sugiyama, and 30th anniversary books.

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Update: Right out of the gate, no Dragon Quest XI news. Well, that’s that!

Square Enix will be kicking off its Dragon Quest 30th Anniversary Project Presentation live stream at 12 AM ET / 9 PM PT (30 minutes from now). We’re expecting to at least see/hear more about Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, and Dragon Quest XI may make an appearance as well.

View the stream as it happens below. We’ll keep an eye out for any Nintendo-related news.

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