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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Update (8/29): Bumped to the top. We’ve added in Nintendo’s official video below – quality is a bit better!

Nintendo’s Damon Baker held a presentation at Nindies@Night and made a few announcements with indie developers. You can now watch a recording of the full event below.

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Interview quotes from Nintendo’s Damon Baker have continued to pour in. Baker’s latest comments are once again indie focused. In Game Informer’s interview, he discussed how the uniqueness of the company’s hardware can be beneficial for developers, the company’s interest in brainstorming ideas with ideas, and more.

We’ve picked out some excerpts from the interview below. The full discussion is located here.

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Here’s a bit of interesting news. On September 16, Disney XD will be hosting a broadcast of the Nintendo World Championships 2015. I wouldn’t have expected this to air on television – especially since the event took place a few months ago – but it’s a neat move nonetheless!

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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has now gone live. This week, Kit and Krysta get ready for Super Mario Maker by playing past entries in the franchise. Check out the full video below.

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Game Informer has new quotes up from Yacht Club Games’ Sean Velasco and Nintendo’s Damon Baker. Between the two, we learn about how the Shovel Knight amiibo came to be (including how Miyamoto said “no” to one of the pitch documents), third-party amiibo in general, and more.

Continue on below for a roundup of Velasco and Baker’s comments. The original interview is located here.

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Most recently, Mighty No. 9’s was on track for a September 15 launch. But the game was pushed back a few weeks ago, and will now ship in Q1 2016 instead.

The team behind Mighty No. 9 is hoping to make up for the delay to its backers with a special trial on PC. All backers will have access to the download starting on September 15, and it will run for a full month. Included are four stages, relevant cut-scenes, a variety of voice and subtitle options, and Challenge Mode stages 1-6.

Head past the break for the full notice from Comcept and Inti Creates about today’s news.

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Polygon recently caught up with Nintendo’s Damon Baker for a chat about all things indie. Baker talked about how the company doesn’t tend to buy exclusives, its openness to multiplatform titles, and more.

You’ll find a summary of what was shared below. Head on over here for the full discussion.

On how Nintendo as a whole has responded well to the different Nindie initiatives…

“Fortunately, the company has been really receptive of it. They’ve embraced the opportunities that we’ve presented to them, and they see the justification.”

On how Nintendo has been supporting indies for a long time, even though the company doesn’t always get the headlines for it…

“I think the other platforms have come out there, and they’ve done a really good job of amplifying their independent support message, and they’ve gained a lot of traction and a lot of visibility for that.”

“I think we’ve stuck to our strategy for some time. We were the first console to promote self-publishing and to allow it on our platforms. And that was going back to the WiiWare and the DSiWare days.”

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Shovel Knight is making big waves in the amiibo scene. This is the first time that a company other than Nintendo is handling the distribution of its own figure, and it’s the first licensed amiibo.

In a recent interview, Nintendo’s Damon Baker said that the company “is certainly open” to the possibility of more indie/third-party amiibo. He also said that the Big N will “continue looking at proposals” and “there’s every opportunity”.

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Update: Most of the amiibo are gone. Dr. Mario and the Splatoon 3-pack are up though!

Target has opened pre-orders for the wave 5B amiibo. Consumers can now reserve Dr. Mario, Olimar, Ganondorf, Zero Suit Samus, and Classic Mario 30th Anniversary. Get your pre-orders in here.

Here’s a link to each one specifically:

Dr Mario
Olimar
Ganondorf
Zero Suit Samus
Classic Mario 30th Anniversary

Target is also taking pre-orders for the Splatoon 3-pack restock here, and Rosalina here.

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As the closure of Club Nintendo Europe draws near, the rewards site has been updated with new rewards on a regular basis. Yet another item was added in today, and it will surely be a hot commodity.

Members on Club Nintendo Europe can now order the Nintendo Sound Selection – Endings and Credits for 3,000 stars. This features a 30-track, double-disc collection of credit rolls and ending themes from the NES days all the way up to Wii U. It also comes with an accompanying hard-back book which has extensive liner notes in English, with Japanese artwork and screenshots.

Orders for the reward can be placed here. We have a few additional shots below.

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