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Speaking with Examiner, executive VP of sales at Nintendo of America Scott Moffitt spoke about the company’s commitment to indie titles and developers.

Moffitt told the site:

“We’ve really been embracing the independent development community and there is a lot of really great indie content coming to our platform, more so than [before] on Wii or predecessor systems. Our eShop is stocked with great indie games, so we try to rotate them through and promote them from time to time with developer support.”

Examiner also asked Moffitt if Nintendo will work with Playtonic when it comes time to promote Yooka-Laylee. Regarding this, he said:

“We’ve show a much more open stance to indie developers, so never say never.

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The Mewtwo amiibo will arrive in Europe on October 23, Nintendo has announced.

Today’s news comes straight from the company’s official Twitter account:

Nintendo has yet to say when the Mewtwo amiibo will be available in North America.

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The new Rare Replay package contains a pair of interesting videos. We get to learn about the making of Banjo-Kazooie as well as Conker’s Bad Fur Day. Both videos can be viewed below.

As a bonus, we’ve posted one more video after the break. Staffers talk about what makes a Rare game in it.

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Nintendo UK has announced its 2015 Summer Tour. The company will be bringing a selection of Wii U and 3DS games to five locations nationwide, including Super Mario Maker and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash.

Here’s the full lineup:

– Splatoon
– Yoshi’s Woolly World
– Super Mario Maker
– Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
– Super Mario 3D World
– Mario Kart 8
– Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
– Tomodachi Life
– Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
– Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
– Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
– Animal Crossing: New Leaf

The Nintendo Summer Tour will take place at the following locations between August 12 and September 13:

12th – 17th August – Manchester Arndale
20 – 24th August – Intu Derby
27th – 31st August – Westfield London
5 – 6th September – Intu Metrocentre, Tyne and Wear
12th – 13th September – Intu Braehead, Glasgow

Along with playable games, visitors can also step inside “Mario’s World”. This is an area of the stand featuring a life-size Piranha Plant statue and giant green pipes. There will also be Mario themed rewards such as hats, moustaches and a limited edition Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary pin. Attendees can also take photos in front of an Animal Crossing themed board and check out the current and upcoming amiibo collection.

Source: Nintendo PR

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

Nintendo has once again come out victorious in a patent case in a federal court in Washington state. Here’s the news straight from the Big N:

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 5, 2015 – On Aug. 4, 2015, Nintendo won a patent case in a federal court in Washington state, which marks two such wins in separate cases just a few weeks apart. On July 9, 2015, Judge Ricardo Martinez issued a ruling in the latest case that sided with Nintendo on 10 out of 10 disputed issues regarding the scope of the patent. The rulings led the patent holder, Secure Axcess, LLC, to agree that Nintendo’s well-known hand-held systems, including Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DS, do not infringe. Secure Axcess is a patent-assertion company that originally filed suit against Nintendo and 11 retailers of Nintendo products in a Texas court in January 2013. Since then the case was transferred to the Washington court, where it has now been dismissed.

“We are very pleased with the court’s rulings and outcome in this case, and will continue to vigorously defend our innovative products against patent lawsuits,” said Devon Pritchard, Nintendo of America’s General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Business Affairs.

In the case against Nintendo that was dismissed on July 17, a federal court judge found that eight of Nintendo’s popular hand-held systems, including the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance systems, do not infringe a patent asserted against those products by Quintal Research Group, Inc.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 27 Comments

“New” is often a word that Nintendo uses in game titles. Have you ever wondered by this is so? During the latest Part-Time Gamers podcast, Chris Pranger from Nintendo Treehouse explained its heavy usage.

“In Japanese, ‘new’ is exotic and sounds cool,” he said. “That is the exact reason why ‘new’ is on so many titles.”

Pranger went on to say that, on numerous occasions, they’ve told the developers that “new” doesn’t bring about the same sense excitement as it does in Japan. But these game creators feel that it isn’t an issue so long as the the word isn’t offensive or confusing.

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

Nintendo recently created functionality on its European website that allows users to log in with their Nintendo Network ID.

One of the first steps is to link your Nintendo Network ID to your Club Nintendo account. In doing so, you’ll be awarded with 750 stars. Logging into the site with your Nintendo Network ID also means you’ll be logged into Club Nintendo (and vise versa).

You can give the new feature a try on Nintendo of Europe’s site here.

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 12 Comments

As we reported earlier today, a few Super Mario toys will be sold at McDonald’s in the UK starting on August 12. Each one will be included in Happy Meals. Nintendo Life has since posted photos of the different items, which can be viewed in the gallery below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 4 Comments

The latest video from the “React” YouTube channel has kids giving Pokemon Snap a look. Watch the video below.

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Nintendo appears to have started a new video series called “Nintendo Challenge”. In this first video, JC Rodrigo, Bill Trinen, and Erik Peterson take on Smash Run in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS. Watch it below.