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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 17 Comments

My Nintendo has a variety of ways to earn Platinum Points – playing Miitomo especially can earn you some points pretty quickly. Still, there’s a way to get 10 Platinum Points on the website itself – scroll down to the bottom of the site and click on the block in the bottom right corner. Then just keep clicking on your Mii to earn 10 Platinum Points! It’s pretty much just a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things, but it’s a cute little easter egg nonetheless.

Credit goes to NeoGAF user Gaspard for finding this out.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Update: And here’s the full list for North America:

My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 1000 Platinum Points
Miitomo – Mario Suit – 250 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 1 game ticket – 85 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 5 game tickets – 420 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 10 game tickets – 250 Platinum Points (1 time only)
15% discount on Zelda: Wind Waker HD – 750 Platinum Points
15% discount on Yoshi’s Woolly World – 750 Platinum Points
15% discount on Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 600 Platinum Points
15% discount on Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 450 Platinum Points
15% discount on Super Mario 3D Land – 450 Platinum Points
30% discount on Splatoon – 140 Gold Points
30% discount on Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 100 Gold Points
30% discount on Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – 100 Gold Points
30% discount on Ultimate NES Remix – 70 Gold Points
30% discount on Punch-Out!! – 50 Gold Points
Super Mario 64 (Wii U) – 90 Gold Points
New Super Mario Bros. U DLC: New Super Luigi U – 170 Gold Points
Pikmin 3 Mission Mode DLC: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – 20 Gold Points
WarioWare: Touched! (3DS) – 1000 Platinum Points
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS) – 35 Gold Points
Donkey Kong Country Returns – 230 Gold Points
Metroid Fusion (Wii U) – 60 Gold Points
Super Punch-Out!! (Wii U) – 70 Gold Points
My Nintendo Theme 1: Mario – 200 Platinum Points
My Nintendo Theme 2: Donkey Kong – 200 Platinum Points

My Nintendo just went live in Europe – here’s a list of the rewards (and their price) which are currently available:

• My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 1000 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – Mario Suit – 250 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 1 game ticket – 85 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 5 game tickets – 420 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 10 game tickets – 250 Platinum Points (1 time only)
• 20% discount on Yoshi’s Woolly World – 600 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on Pullblox World – 150 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on Mario Kart 7 – 700 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 300 Platinum Points
• 40% discount on Splatoon – 100 Gold Points
• 40% discount on The Wonderful 101 – 120 Gold Points
• 50% discount on Metroid: Other M – 60 Gold Points
• 40% discount on Super Mario 3D Land – 110 Gold Points
• 40% discount on Tomodachi Life – 100 Gold Points
• 50% discount on Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move – 30 Gold Points
• Super Mario 64 (Wii U) – 90 Gold Points
• New Super Mario Bros. U Add-On Content: New Super Luigi U – 90 Gold Points
• Pikmin 3 Add-On Content: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – 20 Gold Points
• WarioWare: Touched! (3DS) – 1000 Platinum Points
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS) – 35 Gold Points
• Metroid Fusion (Wii U) – 60 Gold Points
• Super Punch-Out!! (Wii U) – 70 Gold Points
• My Nintendo Theme 1: Mario – 200 Platinum Points
• My Nintendo Theme 2: Donkey Kong – 200 Platinum Points

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 15 Comments

Update: My Nintendo is now live in North America and Australia too!

My Nintendo, Nintendo’s new rewards program, is now live across Europe! Access it here to start earning points and redeem them for rewards.

We will keep you updated once it goes live in other regions.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

It was reported yesterday that Nintendo of Korea is laying off around 50 staffers, close to 80 percent of its workforce. Kotaku is now relaying information from Gameple following an official comment from the company. Nintendo has no plans to pull out of the Korean market, and all games currently planned will be released in South Korea as scheduled. It was added that Nintendo of Korea’s restructuring decision was made due to the current business environment.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

We’ve covered the departure of Nintendo employees in the past. We now have news about another staffer leaving the company – specifically from the Treehouse – following an unfortunate situation that has developed over the last few months.

Rapp confirmed that her employment was terminated by Nintendo on Twitter today:

I’m not going to go into any of the specifics, though you can find a bit more on things by visiting Alison’s Twitter page here. You never like to hear about someone losing a job, so I wish her the best of luck in the future.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

n-Space, a developer with over 20 years of game developing experience, is shutting down.

The news was originally passed along by artist Ben Leary. He shared the following on Twitter yesterday:

n-Space hasn’t done too much with Nintendo platforms as of late, but the company’s work can be seen across several Nintendo platforms. The studio teamed up with the Big N on Geist, created the Call of Duty games on DS, made Heroes of Ruin on 3DS, and more.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

A physical sticker book based on Nintendo Badge Arcade has just been released in Japan. The 32-page book features 301 stickers of popular badges from the likes of Mario, Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Nikki, Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball, and more.

This is up on Amazon Japan right now here for 648 yen. It’ll take 2-4 weeks for shipping though.

Here’s a look at some of the stickers:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

This month’s issue of RetroGamer has an interview with a number of former Rare employees. One section has some staffers reflecting on the studio’s relationship with Nintendo, which was a two-way street.

Chris Seavor told the magazine that Rare came up with jet skis in Wave Race 64 while Shigeru Miyamoto suggested ties in Donkey Kong Country:

“Bottom line, everybody won: Wave Race 64 was originally with boats until Tim suggested Jet Skis and in Donkey Kong Country he didn’t have a tie until Miyamoto added one.”

Another ex-Rare staffer, Chris Sutherland, also noted that Miyamoto’s input was crucial when it came to another element of Donkey Kong Country:

“The ground slap that Donkey Kong performed in the DKC series originated as a suggestion from Miyamoto.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 1 Comment

The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

Nintendo’s relationship with McDonald’s when it comes to Nintendo Zones in Germany is ending. Today, it was announced that these hubs will no longer be available throughout the country starting on April 1. Nintendo will share news about new providers and locations for Nintendo Zone in the future.

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