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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 11 Comments

Haruki Satomi, CEO of SEGA Games, conducted an interview with Famitsu earlier this month. He talked about wanting to make quality games, and learn from its subsidiary Atlus.

Most fans reacted positively to what Satomi shared with Famitsu. He has since commented on the reaction, in which he told Siliconera:

“Seeing our fans across the world respond to our recent interview with Famitsu, lets us know we’ve made the right first step in acknowledging who we are and where we want to be. Sega is dedicated to bringing you quality gaming experiences and becoming a brand you love and trust again.”

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If you’re still looking for a Jigglypuff amiibo, you should head on over to Target’s website. The figure is currently in stock on the retailer’s website. To place an order, check out the official page here.

Thanks to Mike for the tip.

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Raru, a retailer in South Africa, has listed the Mewtwo amiibo for release on October 23. Nintendo has naturally not confirmed such a date.

We tend to be cautious when it comes to retailer listings, but Raru’s listing is interesting. You may recall that they leaked the Splatoon amiibo and game’s launch date before the information was announced. This doesn’t necessarily confirm that the Mewtwo date is accurate, but it may be worth paying attention to.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Footage has been uploaded to YouTube showing Luigi’s Mansion Arcade, which recently came to Japan. We’ve posted the video below.

In the footage, you can see the new bomb item. This can be thrown at shielded Greenies to break their defense and make them immediately susceptible to capture. It’s a bit different compared to how things were handled in Dark Moon, since Luigi usually needed to reveal them using the Dark Light first, weave his way behind it, flash it with the strobe light to make the Greenie drop its armor, and then repeat flash it again to activate the capture sequence.

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Amazon has shared more information about the upcoming release of the Palutena amiibo, which is exclusive to the retailer in the United States.

Consumers can begin placing orders for Palutena at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT this Friday. There will be a limit of 1-per customer. Additionally, 1-Click Ordering will be disabled.

Amazon says it will “have ample quantities of this amiibo”. However, the figure is still expected to sell out due to “very high” demand.

Head past the break to read up on Amazon’s full email that was just sent out to customers. We’ll have another reminder on Friday, but you’ll want to keep track of this page.

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

Donkey Kong wasn’t always a shoe-in for the new movie Pixels. In an interview with Wired, director Chris Columbus stated that the character wasn’t included in the first draft of the script.

It was only after several months of meetings with Nintendo that the company signed off on having Donkey Kong featured in Pixels. Nintendo eventually felt that the film team would “treat Donkey Kong with respect and the proper gameplay”.

Columbus said:

“I was excited because the script had a Centipede sequence and a Pac-Man sequence, but what the first draft of the script did not have was Donkey Kong. After months and months of meeting with the board of Nintendo they agreed that we were going to treat Donkey Kong with respect and the proper gameplay, which was very important, and bringing Donkey Kong into the film was a slam-dunk for us.”

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After looking through various comments on Miiverse, Nintendo has decided to clarify some details about the social network’s upcoming redesign.

Here’s the rundown from Nintendo’s “Erika”:

Miiverse’s redesign was announced earlier this month. It should be going into effect sometime this summer.

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Following the passing of Satoru Iwata, Game Center CX producer Kan Tsuyoshi wrote an editorial column about the situation. Much of his piece talked about the time when Iwata came in for an episode of the show.

If you never saw that video, you should definitely give it a look below – it’s great stuff. As for Tsuyoshi’s piece, that can be found after the break (courtesy of Greg Lescoe).

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Ever since Pokken Tournament’s original announcement, there hasn’t been too much talk about bringing the game west. We’ve heard small rumblings about the possibility, but nothing too concrete. That has since changed thanks to comments from Dave & Busters senior VP Kevin Bachus.

Bachus revealed during a Reddit AMA that Dave & Busters has plans for Pokken Tournament location tests in the United States. He said:

Yes. We will be testing Pokken. Candidly both NAMCO and I are more optimistic about that title and our typical guests than Tekken.

Bachus didn’t reveal any additional information, and specifics haven’t been shared. We do at least have some sort of confirmation that Pokken Tournament is coming overseas!

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Nintendo provided a European release date update for the 8-bit Mario amiibo over on its Twitter account. The Classic Colors Mario variant is reconfirmed for September 11, which we heard about previously. It’s also now known that the Modern Colors edition is due out on October 23.

Nintendo’s official tweet reads:

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