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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 7 Comments

Nintendo World just recently opened an art display for Splatoon. Those who stop by the store can check out various images from the game. There’s even some recognition of the related Iwata Askss discussion.

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

We may have the next retailer-exclusive amiibo on our hands.

Target has started putting up listings for the next round of Smash Bros. figures, including Dr. Mario. This has sparked speculation that the amiibo will be an exclusive since it hasn’t appeared in inventory systems for other stores.

Of course, any sort of retailer exclusivity for Dr. Mario hasn’t been confirmed at this time. We’ll need to wait for more information before we know how the situation will play out.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 174 Comments

Cliff Bleszinski, known for his work on the Gears of War franchise, has commented on the situation surrounding Chris Pranger via Twitter. Pranger was fired from the company earlier this week following his appearance on a podcast.

Needless to say, Bleszinski isn’t happy with Nintendo’s handling of the situation. Here are his comments in full:

We probably won’t ever know about the specifics surrounding Nintendo’s decision to let Pranger go. But if he broke an NDA (which is what many assume at this point), there’s unfortunately no getting around that.

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

Yesterday we learned that Animal Crossing amiibo cards would cost $6 per pack (6 cards in each) here in the United States. In the UK, we now know that packs will be £3.49.

The Nintendo UK store now has its listing up for the Animal Crossing amiibo cards here. Each pack contains three cards, and one of these will always be a special one.

There are also now various bundles for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer to choose from on the Nintendo UK store. You can find all of the offerings here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 140 Comments

The name Chris Pranger should ring a bell if you’ve kept an eye on the site over the past few weeks. Pranger recently appeared on a Part-Time Gamer podcast to talk about working at Nintendo Treehouse and a number of other topics.

Unfortunately, Pranger has stated on his Twitter account that he was fired from Nintendo. We don’t know about the specifics, but he likely said something he wasn’t supposed to during the podcast – perhaps a broken NDA.

You never like to hear about someone losing their job. I wish Pranger the best of luck in the future, and hopefully he’ll land somewhere new soon!

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

Unseen64’s latest video takes a look at the original vision for Rayman 4, which was in development for just under a year over at Phoenix Studio for several platforms such as the GameCube. The studio hoped to bring Rayman back to its roots and deliver a surreal, meta story. Unfortunately, the project ended up seeing cancellation. Unseen64’s full report is in the video below.

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

Based on a listing from Walmart, the Animal Crossing amiibo card packs will only cost $5.96. Each pack comes with a total of six cards. You’ll basically getting a card per dollar!

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

GameStop’s live stream schedule for GameStop Expo 2015 is in. In terms of Nintendo titles, the following games will be shown on September 2:

10:30 AM PT / 1:30 PM ET – Super Mario Maker
12:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM ET – Little Orbit titles
12:45 PM PT / 3:45 PM ET – Mega Man Legacy Collection
4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET – Disney Infinity 3.0

GameStop will be streaming these games (and more) on both YouTube and Twitch.

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

In just a matter of weeks, a comic anthology for Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright will be released. Amazon Japan has it listed for August 31 with a 910 price point.

Following on September 25, Fire Emblem Fates will be receiving a four-panel manga. This will be sold for 740 yen.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

The brand new Mega Evolution special is coming out in Japan sometime this fall and a new trailer has just been released as well as a new poster for the film. It’s been rumored for a while now that a mysterious green blob-like Pokémon has been seen from the most recent Pokémon movie, Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and just a few days ago we got a better look from a leaked CoroCoro scan of next month’s issue showing clearer images of the brand new Pokémon. Now, however, in this brand new trailer, we get to finally see what it looks like in motion!

Check out the new trailer for the upcoming special below:

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