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

Nintendo will be restocking three amiibo in Japan next month. According to a tweet posted on the company’s Japanese Twitter account, Villager, Captain Falcon, and Little Mac will be available once again in early May. Hopefully we’ll soon begin seeing some amiibo restocks in the west as well!

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Reader Socke1986 sent along a few additional photos from the fourth wave of Smash Bros. amiibo. Check them out in the gallery below. If you’re in Germany, you might find some of the new figures on store shelves!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments

Way back in 1994, American developer Teknocrest was making a SNES JRPG for Taito called “Brimstone”. Not much is known about the project, but one programmer shares the following information about its development:

Yeah it was basically another RPG that Teknocrest “promised” to make for Taito.

Funny thing is they had all this artwork, but no programmer. So I was hired to make a SNES “demo” of Brimstone.

Anyways I made something up in about a week, and Taito greenlighted the project.

But about a month later they decided to put Brimstone on hold and put priority on porting Lufia….and it all went downhill from there…

Unseen64 has a few art pieces from Brimstone here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 97 Comments

Let’s Talk #4: The future of 3D Mario games

3D Mario platformers have done quite a bit since Super Mario 64 launched for the N64 back in 1996. We’ve seen Mario leap into paintings, explore a tropical island, and even travel through space. Super Mario 3D World, the series’ latest entry, also allowed for four-player multiplayer for the first time in a 3D Mario game.

So what’s next? Where do new 3D Mario games go from here? That’s the topic for this week’s Let’s Talk!

If I’m being completely honest, I’d want to see Super Mario Galaxy 3 above anything else. I absolutely adored the Galaxy games on Wii, and would be very interested to see what Nintendo could do with the idea on another console.

That’s not to say I’m against other possibilities! Actually, I’d also be open to another game like Super Mario 64. I feel like a lot of people would love to see a sequel to that game, or something that follows a similar sort of path.

The one thing I absolutely don’t want is another game like Super Mario 3D World. I did like Super Mario 3D Land on 3DS (a lot!), and thought World was pretty good. But now I’d like for Nintendo to move on from that overall type of game.

And now it’s your turn! Where do you want to see 3D Mario platformers go from here? Do you have any ideas for new titles? Sound off in the comments section, and be sure to check out some of your highlights from last week’s topic below!

Last week’s topic: Which Wii games do you want to see on New 3DS?

IndigoRift

If Kirby’s Return to Dreamland happened, I might consider purchasing it. Otherwise, if the Wii game isn’t something that’s hard to find, I really don’t care to see any ports. They need to catch up on N64 and GCN first.

mofi

Something that allows for short intensive bursts gameplay wise. I don´t know maybe Galaxy, MadWorld, Muramasa or something like that

Hexodious

If they make a port of Pandora’s Tower and The Last Story, then i’ll buy the New 3DS in a heartbeat.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

UDON and Capcom have been prepping an English version for The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies. And based on an Amazon listing, the art book should be out on June 9.

Below is the official description:

Objection! Phoenix Wright is back! After a hiatus as the lead protagonist of series, the original Ace Attorney has returned as the series’ top defense lawyer. The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies collects the artwork behind the latest installment in the popular Capcom franchise. Included are character designs, pin-ups, storyboards, character profiles, and much more!

Those who pre-order The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies on Amazon can save $14.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 53 Comments

Lu Yang, a principal test engineer at Nintendo, has listed “next generation (unannounced) consoles” on his LinkedIn profile. For what it’s worth, Yang previously worked at Microsoft and spent a few years as a software development engineer for Windows Phones.

Here’s the full blurb:

Nintendo
February 2014 – Present (1 year 3 months)Redmond
Platform Tools for current (Wii U) and next generation (unannounced) consoles.

Obviously we know that NX is on the way, so perhaps what’s listed on Yang’s profile isn’t too surprising. We’ll be hearing more about that system next year!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 19 Comments

Update 4: You can now order the Splatoon 3-pack.

Update 3: Wario in stock.

Update 2: Inkling Girl gone.

Update: Pac-Man out of stock.

Walmart is taking pre-orders for a few of the upcoming amiibo. You can reserve the Pac-Man figure along with the Inkling Boy and Inkling Girl amiibo at the moment.

Apparently, Walmart put up pre-orders for Lucina and a few other amiibo in the very early hours this morning. I really don’t understand why retailers continue to do these sorts of things at crazy times!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

Nintendo has been searching for a new PR Agency in the UK for a little while now and it seems that they have now found a new agency to work with. Pretty Green has been selected to handle the PR for Nintendo in the UK, replacing its previous agency 77PR. Pretty Green’s client roster includes; Nando, Virgin Media, and John Lewis. Their first big focus will be Splatoon as it is gearing up for launch soon.

Nintendo UK’s Jo Bartlett, Head of Communications said this of the new partnership:

We’re excited to be welcoming the PrettyGreen team into the Nintendo family. They’ve shown themselves to be creative and strategic in their thinking and we’re looking forward to working with them to deliver some fantastic campaigns for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS in the months to come.

Pretty Green’s founder, Mark Stringer stated:

As an Agency we have a reputation for helping brands define and redefine creative culture and Nintendo is one of the most iconic brands out there; few can lay claim to having played such a consistent role in providing worldwide family entertainment for so long! It’s great to be embarking on a new journey with the Nintendo Team at such an exciting time for the brand.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 35 Comments

Update 2: Bumped to the top. Another email has been found. Arad said in one message that Keiko Erikawa, one of the founders of Koei Tecmo, was “instrumental to the Mario deal” – likely because of her relationship with Nintendo.

Update: We’ve posted a couple of other email exchanges below. It sounds like Sony was interested in Nintendo’s full stable of IPs!

You may remember that, last year, there was talk about Sony securing the rights to a Mario movie. That news came about due to a leak within Sony – specifically emails between top executives within the company and producer Avi Arad.

As it turns out, Sony wasn’t just interested in Mario. WikiLeaks has now obtained emails which reveal that the company was very much interested in creating a Smash Bros. movie as well. It seems that Arad would have been involved with this film, too.

Just like the Mario movie, specific details are not available at this time. There’s a good chance that both projects will never happen!

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

Update: All gone.

Fry’s has now opened pre-orders for the Robin, Charizard, Wario, and Splatoon amiibo. Get yours here. I’m sure this won’t last too long!

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