Nintendo talks business situation in Russia
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Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa as well as the company’s Satoru Shibata discussed the current business situation with Russia during its 82nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders last week.
Russian invaded Ukraine earlier this year. Following that, the payment provider for the eShop in Russia suspended transactions in Russian rubles, causing the store to be in maintenance mode since March 4. This, along with “logistical difficulties”, Furukawa said it is currently “not shipping any products, including physical products, to Russia.” Shibata did also say that the invasion and global inflation “have not greatly affected the progress of the Nintendo Switch business in Europe.”
Nintendo on initiatives it’s taking to deal with information leaks
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Nintendo has commented on initiatives it’s taking to deal with information leaks. President Shuntaru Furukawa shared a few words about this during the company’s 82nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
An investor asked about leaks seemingly in connection to the “Nintendo Gigaleak”. In recent years, information unexpectedly came to light stemming from console source code to development tools and game prototypes. Just a few of the findings can be found here, here, and here – there were many highlights such as Luigi once being planned for Super Mario 64. Many have assumed that the leaks had ties to iQue, a company founded in 2002 to facilitate the release of Nintendo products in China.
Furukawa said the following about how it’s dealing with leaks:
Nintendo on working conditions for its employees
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One topic that came up during Nintendo’s 82nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is working conditions for its employees. President Shuntaru Furukawa and Shigeru Miyamoto both responded.
Furukawa mentioned that Nintendo has “a flexible working schedule” as well as policies “that encourage the use of paid vacation.” That’s along with “improvements in benefits provided to temporary employees” and “a more flexible dress code” that started this year. Furukawa ended his response by stating Nintendo is “discussing strategies to promote the active involvement of women in the workplace.”
You can read Furukawa’s full response below, along with the one from Miyamoto.
Nintendo responds to investor asking for return to F-Zero, says it can’t accommodate all requests for remakes and sequels
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Nintendo’s 82nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders took place a few days ago, and one investor decided to ask about the possibility of revisiting F-Zero and series that haven’t seen a sequel in a long time. President Furukawa responded to the question, as did the company’s Shinya Takahashi.
Furukawa’s comment was short but clear. He mentioned: “Realistically speaking, it would be difficult to develop remakes or sequels for all Nintendo titles you have requested, but we’re extremely glad and grateful that our fans continue to look forward to them.”
Nintendo on contingencies it has in place in the event of a natural disaster
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During Nintendo’s 82nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders last week, the company was asked about what plan it has in place in the event of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.
President Shuntaro Furukawa responded, noting that Nintendo has “a documented response plan and have implemented various proactive measures so that we can restore operations as quickly as possible.” Those that are curious how the Big N would respond regarding titles in the works might be interested to hear that “backups are regularly made for critical information like the data for games currently in development.”
Furukawa’s full words are as follows:
Cuphead, OMORI, and other Nendoroids revealed
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At Anime Expo 2022, Good Smile revealed a slate of upcoming figures, including Nendoroids for Cuphead, OMORI, and more. Other figures such as Shantae and Shovel Knight were previously announced, but we now have updated looks at the upcoming products.
Here’s the roundup of notable Nendoroids shown off today:
2022 approval ratings for Nintendo directors
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Nintendo’s 82nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders took place this week, and during the event, shareholders voted on the election of six directors. That provides us with approval ratings for some of the most important people at the company, including president Shuntaro Furukawa and creative fellow Shigeru Miyamoto.
The full results are as follows:
We generated a new summer Nintendo render out of AI
Posted on 2 years ago by Bryce(@brodee922) in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments
It’s summertime again (at least in the US), and around the time that Nintendo partakes in their sporadic tradition of creating renders of their characters in summer scenes. These are most commonly used for promotional images and can vary from individual renders of characters in a void space (such as this image of Peach with ice cream) or detailed scenes of characters in a natural environment (such as Mario lounging on the beach with sailboats in the background).
However, regardless of the content and the intended use of these images, they almost always cause speculation on upcoming game releases. An example of this comes from 2019 when this artwork of Mario eating a watermelon had people swearing that Super Mario Sunshine was coming to Switch. Since these theories never seem to bear any fruit (Super Mario Sunshine did eventually come to Switch, but there was no relation to the watermelon render), we figured instead of analyzing past renders that Nintendo has released, it might be fun to make our own.
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Chris Pratt on voicing Mario in upcoming movie, says it’s “unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario world before”
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Chris Pratt has again commented on voicing Mario in the upcoming animated movie, stating he’s delivering a performance “unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario world before”.
Pratt told Variety:
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Sonic creator Yuji Naka confirms Michael Jackson wrote music for Sonic 3
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There’s been a longstanding debate as to whether Sonic the Hedgehog 3 features music from Michael Jackson. Discussion surrounding that topic only picked up recently with many noticing that the re-release of the game in the just-launched Sonic Origins replaced a number of tunes. As it turns out, the original speculation was correct.
Yuji Naka, the creator of Sonic, confirmed the news casually on Twitter. Naka appeared to notice that Sonic the Hedgehog 3 now has different music in Sonic Origins, which led him to say the following:
