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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 68 Comments

Update: Here’s a statement from The Pokemon Company:

“Prior to the event this weekend, our community of players made us aware of a security issue. We gathered information and gave it as soon as possible to the authorities at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center who acted swiftly and spearheaded communication with the Boston Police Department. Due to quick action, the potential threat was resolved. The Pokémon Company International takes the safety of our fans seriously and will continue to ensure proper security measures are a priority.”

According to a report from MyFoxBoston, two men from Iowa were arrested “after allegedly threatening violence to attendees at the Pokemon World Championship in Boston.” Police became aware of threats made on social media this past Thursday, and the two suspects were stopped after trying to enter the event a few hours later.

It was later discovered that the two men several guns in their vehicle that they did not have licenses for. Additionally, police found a 12-gauge shotgun, an AR-15, several hundred rounds of ammunition and a hunting knife. Once arrest warrants were missed, police made the arrests on Friday afternoon at the suspects’ hotel.

The final day of the 2015 Pokemon World Championships took place today. Things could have potentially ended very badly, but police fortunately were able to take care of the situation.

Thanks to superphillip32 for the tip.

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Earlier today, Nintendo World held a special event for LBX: Little Battlers eXperience. Fans were given an opportunity to play the 3DS game and watch an exclusive screening of two new episodes from the television show. You can take a look at some photos from the event below.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Marques Y. (left), 10 years old from Toronto, Canada, reacts to winning a 3-on-3 battle in Little Battlers eXperience, the new Nintendo 3DS game based on the popular Nicktoons TV show, as his father Randolph G. watches. Nintendo partnered with Nickelodeon for an exclusive screening of two new episodes of Nicktoons’ LBX: Little Battlers eXperience TV show at the Nintendo World store in New York on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. Attendees were able to play the new Nintendo 3DS game based on the show with experts from Nintendo. The new game lets players customize their own mini robots using more than 4,000 parts and battle other players’ robots.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, fans gather at the Nintendo World store in New York on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, for an exclusive advance screening of two new episodes of Nicktoons’ LBX: Little Battlers eXperience TV show. Fans were also able to play the new Nintendo 3DS game based on the show with experts from Nintendo. The game, which is now available, allows players to customize their own mini robots using more than 4,000 parts and battle other players’ robots.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, players compete in 3-on-3 battles in Little Battlers eXperience, the new Nintendo 3DS game based on the popular Nicktoons TV show. Game-play activities were part of a larger event hosted by Nintendo and Nickelodeon at the Nintendo World store in New York on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015. In addition to playing the game, lucky fans were able to attend an exclusive screening of two new episodes of the TV show before they air on Nicktoons later this fall.

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We have a few images showing off the Game & Watch amiibo, which are in the gallery below. The figure will be available in both North America and Europe next month.

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The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has now gone live. This week, Kit and Krysta cover Nintendo school goodies. Check out the full video below.

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E3 2015 was held a couple of months back, but Fortune just put up a few more quote from Shigeru Miyamoto today. This time around, we’re able to read up on some additional thoughts from Miyamoto when it comes to movies.

Here’s what he shared about the topic:

“We’ve had, over the years, a number of people who have come to us and said ‘Why don’t we make a movie together—or we make a movie and you make a game and we’ll release them at the same time?’ Because games and movies seem like similar mediums, people’s natural expectation is we want to take our games and turn them into movies. … I’ve always felt video games, being an interactive medium, and movies, being a passive medium, mean the two are quite different.”

“As we look more broadly at what is Nintendo’s role as an entertainment company, we’re starting to think more and more about how movies can fit in with that—and we’ll potentially be looking at things like movies in the future.”

This isn’t the first time in recent months that Nintendo has talked about the possibility of pursuing movies. Before his passing, during the company’s 75th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Satoru Iwata mentioned that character licensing “may take various forms including, for example, images or even movies or TV programs.”

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Yesterday some news emerged confirming that Target will be the only store in the U.S. to be selling the Dr. Mario amiibo. In similar news, we’re now hearing about another retailer exclusive.

If you’re in Canada and want to get your hands on the Bowser Jr. figure, you’ll need to make a purchase at Toys “R” Us. It’s also worth mentioning that the amiibo will likely be exclusive to the retailer in the United States as well given how Lucario and Greninja were handled.

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Back in February, Nintendo filed a patent in the United States for a “Stationary Game Apparatus, Game Apparatus, Game System, Recording Medium and Speed Control Method”. It was finally published and made available to the public today.

Here’s the abstract that may give you some insight into what the patent is about:

An example system includes an internal hard disk drive storing a program and/or data, a communication unit transmitting/receiving a program and/or data via a network, and a processor executing a program stored in the hard disk drive to perform game processing. The example system is not provided with an optical disk drive for reading out a program and/or data from an optical disk.

Nintendo also makes mention of a controller with a display screen as well as Speed Control Processing.

There’s plenty more information from the filing here. Although this is quite interesting, remember that Nintendo (and other companies for that matter) don’t always act on patents.

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The Luigi’s Mansion 2 diorama is once again available on Club Nintendo Europe. It’s a bit pricey, as it costs 7,000 stars. Those who are interested (and can afford it!) can place an order here.

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CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) registration forms have been filed by Nintendo of America for a number of hard to find amiibo figures. Among those included are the Splatoon 3-Pack, Little Mac, Villager, Ike and Marth. Historically, amiibo figure restocks occur around one or two months after their CPSIA registration.

Hopefully this shows Nintendo’s commitment to making all amiibo figures more easily available to consumers, and will make the amiibo hunt a little less strenuous for collectors.

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Nintendo has confirmed speculation that the Dr. Mario amiibo will be a retailer exclusive in the United States. The company’s official site notes that this figure will only be sold by Target at launch. On September 11, consumers can begin purchasing the Dr. Mario amiibo.

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