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A bit of new information about Universal and Nintendo’s partnership was reported last month. At the time, it was confirmed that the collaboration between the two sides would extend to Japan. Sankei West shares a few more nuggets on this front in a new article.

Universal Studios Japan plans to spend 40 billion yen (should be roughly $350 million if I’m converting correctly!) on Nintendo attractions, which will be housed on the left side of the park’s main gate. The plan is to have the work done by 2020 in time for the Summer Olympics. It’s a large-scale investment – about the same scale as the Harry Potter-themed area that opened in July 2014.

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s episode, Kit and Krysta reflect on their time at Nintendo NY for the Pokemon Day celebration and trip to the local GameStop to check out the Pokken Tournament Early Access Competition. Take a look at the video below.

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Amazon Canada has started taking pre-orders for a bunch of upcoming amiibo. This includes Roy, Ryu, Famicom R.O.B., and the next wave of Animal Crossing figures/cards. The various items can be reserved here.

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Disney Interactive is among the latest companies to be pulling away from E3. GamesBeat received confirmation from the publisher that it will not have a booth at this year’s expo in June. Disney will instead opt for “additional direct to fan engagements through the summer this year.”

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Simon Gerges and Lee Jackson, two former staffers from Rare, have joined on with Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic. Both have already started putting their skills to the test at the studio.

Gerges is an experienced engineer, have been previously hired 12 years ago by Playtonic co-founder Chris Sutherland. He worked on the Banjo-Kazooie, Kameo and Kinect Sports franchises.

Jackson is a QA manager who was involved with the likes of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and the Viva Piñata series.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 44 Comments

Nintendo’s Kensuke Tanabe has long been associated with Retro Studios. While working with the company, Tanabe acted as producer (or co-producer) on all of its games – the Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country titles. Now, however, the two sides “are allegedly no longer on good terms,” according to a report from Liam Robertson.

Here’s one excerpt from Robertson’s report:

“Last year, I was investigating Tanabe with regards to this. This involved speaking to a number of developers who had worked alongside him. The way in which they all described Tanabe’s directorial style was fascinating. Their words built up a portrait in my mind of a Gordon Ramsey esque figure who strived for perfection and berated anything short of it. It’s difficult for me to fully convey my impressions of him without explicitly detailing the anecdotes shared with me in confidence, which could compromise those involved; but I will try my best to elaborate.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 12 Comments

What was Shigeru Miyamoto’s favorite movie of 2015? That honor goes to Star Was: The Force Awakens.

Speaking with Game Informer, Miyamoto shared some thoughts as to why he was impressed with the film:

“There were a lot of good movies last year. One movie that I would have to talk about is Star Wars. It was a movie that I was very worried about. I really enjoyed the original three movies. But as they started to rely more on CG and computer graphics, I gradually stopped watching the Star Wars movies.

I felt that for the people who were taking that on that it was a very big challenge for them. My expectation is that they’d maybe find a way to barely meet that challenge. But when I saw that movie, I was very impressed with what they were able to do.

As a creator, I really respected their ability to take on the challenge and bring back some of the feelings that people had the first time they watched the movies. I really liked that some of those actors from Episode IV came back after all these years, and you can see how they had aged. As a fan, it was a really great movie.”

Miyamoto also discussed his favorite games of last year: Splatoon and Super Mario Maker.

“I haven’t seen as many video games. Two of the games that I have been really happy with. One is Splatoon. We had a very young staff work on that game; particularly in the Japanese market, they’ve introduced a whole new genre of shooter.

And then Super Mario Maker, which Mr. [Takashi] Tezuka worked on, we’re seeing a lot of dads are playing together with their kids. That’s made me really happy.”

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Nintendo and Google have teamed up for a neat little promotion surrounding The Legend of Zelda. Today, if you access Google Maps, you’ll notice that Link is actually used as the street view icon. You can check this out for yourself right here.

Thanks to the bunch of you who sent in a news tip about this.

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IGN has another comparison video available for Star Fox Zero. Based on the game’s latest footage, the site puts it up against Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Assault for Corneria and Fortuna.

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Yesterday, Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter page posted news about the new Nintendo Direct. Makiko Ohmoto, the voice of Kirby, ended up re-tweeting the news a few hours ago. That’s set off speculation that Kirby will be featured in some form during today’s presentation – be it a new game or something else. Whether that actually happens remains to be seen.

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