Original (10/3): Now that the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Steve and Minecraft amiibo have gone out, the next figure in the pipeline is Sephiroth. A first look at the figure was recently posted by Twitter user zaypiie. The source is a bit unclear, but it’s thought that the photo was snapped at some sort of convention.

Sephiroth was officially confirmed for the Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo line in October 2021. We knew the type of pose he’d have, but we had yet to see what it actually looks like in person – of course, now we have a proper photo.

Developer says Nintendo no longer allows games showing uncensored breasts

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According to developer Gamuzumi, Nintendo has changed its approach to content it allows on its platforms, and no longer permits uncensored breasts to be shown in games approved for systems like Switch.

The studio was hoping to bring Hot Tentacles Shooter to the eShop in the near future. But earlier this month, Gamuzumi said “Nintendo is increasing their restriction about what can be published or not on their consoles” and after sending the title for review, the team was told that it might not fit console policies.

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Nintendo officially forms Nintendo Pictures, shares website and details

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A few months ago, Nintendo announced the planned acquisition of visual content company Dynamo Pictures, with the intent to integrate it into Nintendo under the name “Nintendo Pictures”. That acquisition has just closed today, with Nintendo revealing a new logo, opening an official Japanese website, and releasing some information on the new division.

For the most part, they’ve reiterated what was said in the original acquisition statement; the plan is to have Nintendo Pictures produce visual content based on Nintendo IP, although what kind still hasn’t been specified. The website does also state that they’ll provide motion capture recording services, which was a field Dynamo Pictures worked in, but is otherwise mostly barren.

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Sakurai shares development details on Kirby Super Star

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Following his previous videos detailing development on Kirby’s Dream Land and Kirby’s Adventure, Masahiro Sakurai has released a new video on his channel providing a closer look at Kirby Super Star’s development.

Sakurai mentions that the game was created with two core ideas in mind; two-player simultaneous play, and an “omnibus” collection format. The first of these was actually something requested by Shigeru Miyamoto, who had apparently been wanting to implement two-player simultaneous multiplayer into the Super Mario Bros. series, but couldn’t find a way to make it work with the fast-paced nature of those games.

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New details uncovered for rejected Retro Studios Zelda spin-off, Heroes of Hyrule

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Several weeks ago, Did You Know Gaming? released a video providing details on a couple of cancelled spin-off games that Retro Studios (of Metroid Prime fame) had pitched to Nintendo for The Legend of Zelda series. Since then, they’ve managed to acquire new information on one of these two projects via an official 22-page document, a strategy game planned for the Nintendo DS titled Heroes of Hyrule.

The game would have featured a plot mostly exempt of Link, in which a young boy named Kori finds a book that, unbeknownst to him, was used to seal away Ganon 100 years ago. He would have gathered pages of the book unaware of its true purpose in order to learn more about the stories held within, which detail the adventures of a Goron, Rito, and Zora hero who venture to Ganon’s Castle in a effort to free Link from his evil clutches.

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SEGA explains why it went forward with the Sonic the Hedgehog movies

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SEGA Sammy senior executive officer Toru Nakahara, who has also acted as a producer on the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, has provided some insight into the backstory and why the company decided to pursue films for the franchise.

In an interview with Pia, Nakahara said that even though Sonic has been a popular video game character in Japan, due to many factors including SEGA withdrawing from hardware department after the Dreamcast, there were times when Sonic was unable to flourish.

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Super Mario Bros. animated movie getting figures from Jakks Pacific

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According to listings on Amazon, Jakks Pacific is working on a number of figures based on the Super Mario Bros. animated movie.

Products have been spotted for most of the main characters – Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Toad. It’s unclear if there’ll be more, but that’s what Amazon has listed for now.

Ed Sheeran song “Celestial” to be featured in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

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The Pokemon Company has announced a partnership with music superstar Ed Sheeran, and the two sides have teamed up with a new song, “Celestial”. This will appear in Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet.

The “Celestial” video, which was directed by the award-winning Yuichi Kodama, is inspired by Ed’s childhood fascination with the franchise. It features some of his favorite Pokemon such as Pikachu, Squirtle, Machamp, Snorlax, and more. The video follows a typical day in Ed’s life with a Pokemon twist and has a unique ‘sketch’ themed art direction from Yu Nagaba, whose style is reminiscent of the doodles that Ed drew of his Pokemon as a child.

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Nintendo game tester says they were reprimanded and eventually fired after asking leadership about unions

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Back in April, we heard that a NLRB complaint was filed after an unnamed worker claimed that Nintendo and global hiring firm Aston Carter violated their legally protected right to unionize. Axios now has more information.

The complaint was filed on behalf of Mackenzie Clifton, a veteran Nintendo game tester. Clifton claims Nintendo and Aston Carter had them fired in February because they asked Nintendo management a question about unions.