Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Nintendo kicked off a beta version of its new Creator’s Program on YouTube last week. If you missed out on the news, it’s essentially a program that allows YouTube users to earn a percentage of revenue from certain Nintendo-related content.

Nintendo said on its website that videos are processed in “two to three days.” However, there are reports that many YouTube users have not yet seen approval on their first round of creations. Nintendo at least seems to be aware of the problem – which was caused by a high volume of applications – and will look to process videos “as quickly as possible.”

The full statement reads:

Thank you very much for participating in the Nintendo Creators Program. Due to your enthusiasm for the program, we’re receiving a higher volume of applications to register channels & videos than expected. It is taking longer than we anticipated to confirm the applications. We appreciate your patience as we work through them as quickly as possible.

There are a few things that you can do to help expedite the process. Please check the following points before you register your channels and/or videos. Please note that we are not able to register channels and videos that are not in line with our Terms of Service.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 30 Comments

Nintendo appears to be cooking up a couple of special Mario amiibo. “Children’s Product Certificates” for gold and silver figures have been spotted on the company’s website. That would make this official, though we haven’t heard anything out of Nintendo – so we’ll mark this a rumor for now.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

The recently announced The Legend of Zelda: A link to the Past Manga is available for pre-order on Amazon US.

Release date is May 5 and it is currently listed at only $16.94

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Nintendo has set a new date for its latest financial results meeting: February 17.

Originally, the briefing was scheduled for last week. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata fell ill, however, and it was postponed.

The upcoming meeting is primarily aimed at investors and analysts. We usually get a ton of interesting goodies out of these things. I imagine that will be the case again next week.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Did you know that the monsters in Capcom’s Monster Hunter games feature animations that are done by hand? The only exceptions are certain cut-scenes where a small amount of motion capture is involved.. But for the most part, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate director Kaname Fujioka informed Siliconera that “animators create monsters’ motions by hand as it requires more careful craftsmanship as they talk with the game designers.”

He said:

“For cutscenes, there are cases where we utilize motion capture techniques for monsters which might have similar skeletal structure to human beings such as the Palicoes. However, in most cases, our animators create monsters’ motions by hand as it requires more careful craftsmanship as they talk with the game designers. It’s very important that the motion and the game mechanics are properly intertwined for the gameplay. When we try to showcase a monster’s personality and expressions, we reference frameworks from real life beings and habitats to make them believable. We visit zoos and aquariums and also watch documentary films for reference material.”

It’s necessary for Capcom to nail the animation of monsters since the series is about pattern recognition. The way monsters react give players clues about how they should proceed.

“It’s important for us that players understand what kind of tactics they need to use. We give clues to players on how a monster may act based on its various expressions, and emotional and behavioural states (such as alarmed, enraged, exhausted, etc.) We plan for the monster’s behaviour first, so we keep in mind things such as distance between the player and the monster, logic behind the monster’s behaviours, and so on.”

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

Capcom posted its nine-month financial results today for the period ended December 31, 2014.

The company’s revenue decreased by 36 percent to ¥47.8 billion even with decent sales from Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. One bright spot is that Capcom’s operating income rose by nearly 10 percent to ¥6.5 billion.

Specifically regarding Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Capcom says they were “largely in line with the plan”.

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This is one of the more impressive gaming feats I’ve seen in awhile!

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Well, this is certainly disconcerting! The official product page for the Rosalina amiibo appears to have been removed from Target’s website. That doesn’t bode well for the figure’s future at the retailer…

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