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

Four NASCAR drivers recently gave Mario Kart 64 a go. Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Aric Almirola and Kurt Busch raced in Luigi Raceway to see who’d come out on top. Watch the full video below.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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SEGA is celebrating Sonic’s 25th anniversary with a panel at SXSW panel on March 19. Original Sonic creator Yuji Naka and Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka will be in attendance, as well as other guests such as Roger Smith (Sonic voice actor) and Mike Pollock (Dr. Eggman voice actor).

Here’s an overview of the event:

“Sonic the Hedgehog is turning 25! After racing to the scene in 1991 on the “SEGA Genesis,” the little blue blur has seen it all: the great evolution of gaming – including the rise of online and mobile – international expansion, multiple TV series, and an ascension that’s made him an icon and veritable mascot of gaming itself. This panel will take an in-depth look at his Sonic’s rich history across gaming, TV, merchandise and more, giving fans an inside glimpse directly from key figures in Sonic’s history. Join us as we celebrate the past and look to the future!”

The Sonic the Hedgehog: 25 Year Anniversary panel will take place from 3:30 PM to 4:15 PM.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 72 Comments

Erik Peterson spent many years at Nintendo and contributed to the localization of games for the western market. Today, Peterson announced that he’s leaving the company.

You may recognize Peterson as one of the leading folks behind the Nintendo Treehouse streams, including the ones hosted during E3. He spent 13 years with the Big N.

Peterson posted on Twitter earlier today:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

Last month’s issue of Nintendo Dream has a big interview with Takeshi Yamazaki and Motohide Eshiro from Capcom about all things Ace Attorney. The two developers provided some interesting insight into Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies as well as Ace Attorney 6. It’s several pages long, so we went ahead and made a summary.

The most difficult aspect of developing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies was moving platforms from DS to 3DS. At the time, Capcom hesitated as to whether to keep the series in 2D or make it 3D. Because of the 3DS’ selling point had been about three-dimensional views, they decided to pursue the latter option.

Something similar happened with Ace Attorney Investigations. That title took more time to develop because they needed to create a new gameplay mechanism from scratch. However, when Capcom then made Ace Attorney Investigations 2, they already had the base game set up so they could focus more on the scenario.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 18 Comments

Earlier today, the newly renovated Nintendo NY hosted a special celebration for Pokemon’s 20th anniversary. Nintendo has since sent out some photos from the event. All of the shots can be found in the gallery below.

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

One of the stronger rumors surrounding Factor 5 back in the day was the possibility of the studio creating a new Pilotwings title for the GameCube. In a new video (see below), Liam Robertson looks into these claims and sheds more light on the situation.

As it turns out, there were in fact plans to have a new Pilotwings entry on GameCube at one point. This initially came about in 2001 when Factor 5 was in talks to work on one of Nintendo’s franchises. The new Pilotwings game would have taken some inspiration from the SNES classic, but it sounds like the project would have turned out into something completely different.

Pilotwings on GameCube was never anything too tangible, however. Other than early prototypes, not much was completed. With pressure from LucasArts who helped fund Factor 5’s work on Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike as an exclusive for the struggling GameCube, it was suggested that Pilotwings should be changed into an official game based on The Right Stuff for the Xbox. And after Rebel Strike’s sales disappointed, Factor 5 began pitching its Pilotwings prototype work to publishers as a flight game that would theoretically make use of The Right Stuff IP. Companies showed a lack of interest, however, and the entire project was eventually shelved.

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

The final Nintendo Minute focusing on Fire Emblem Fates is now up for all to see, as posted below. Kit and Krysta take a look at DLC and talk about Revelation in today’s episode.

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

Banpresto is planning on releasing a few Pokken Tournament figures in Japan just in time for the game’s launch. Each one will be priced at 620 yen. For a look at the different figures, check out the gallery below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jake in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments

Nintendo has released an updated version of their financial forecasts as the end of the financial year gets closer, cutting projected profits and total sales. The release cites a decrease in the value of the yen for some of these changes. Some of the more important notes:

-Projected 3DS hardware sales lowered by 1 million units, software sales by 9 million
-Wii and WiiU hardware sales remain the same, but software sale projections increased
-Lowered net sales by 12.3 percent
-Net sales now expected to be lower than last year

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

SEGA has shared new videos for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Japanese arcades.

First, a trailer:

Several gameplay clips in the following playlist:

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