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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Best Buy will be holding a “Nintendo Family Game Demo Day” at over 100 stores this weekend. Consumers will be able to go hands on with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and Pokemon Art Academy. There will also be giveaways and deals. If you show up at the Culver City store in Los Angeles, there will be a photo-op with Mario.

Best Buy’s “Nintendo Family Game Demo Day” will take place between 11 AM and 4 PM. Check out this link for a lineup of participating locations.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, Screenshots | 12 Comments

With the recent dual-wielding Samus selling for a whopping $2500, it was only a matter of time before we would come across more  would surface.

A new challenger is approaching… Now we have seen a defective Peach amiibo join the ranks.

A seller on ebay has just posted what appears to be at this time a legitimate defective Peach who seems to have forgotten her legs.

Currently this listing is too new to see if it will rise to the heights of the recently sold Samus, with just a few bids currently listed I am sure we will see more and more people wanting to take advantage of this latest defect.

Check out the screenshots below and see what you think:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 15 Comments

Last year, Nintendo held an event at the Los Angeles Zoo to celebrate the launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. The company went as far as to hire an actor – Parker Mills – to wear a Donkey Kong costume.

Mills has now filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, claiming that he was denied breaks and was not provided with the required ice pack to cool him down as he talked to zoo guests. The actor’s attorneys say that he suffered an aortic dissection and was forced to undergo surgery to implant a permanent heart defibrillator.

Mills’ lawsuit ultimately alleges, as reported by the LA Times, “that the company ambassador who was hired to escort him and oversee and control his activities failed to provide the proper oversight.”

Nintendo has not yet shared an official comment about the situation.

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Majesco Entertainment’s future continues to look grim. Former vice president of publishing Casey Lynch is no longer with the publisher, and said in a tweet that the company is “downsizing”.

The message reads:

Meanwhile, Game Informer attempted to reach Midnight City communications director John Kopp via email, but was presented with an auto-reply stating that he is also no longer with the company.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 9 Comments

We’ve still yet to see a proper reveal of FAST Racing Neo. The game was announced last year, and only screenshots have trickled in since then.

Shin’en probably hasn’t had much to say since the team is very busy with development. Art director Martin Sauter told Nintendo Life that FAST Racing Neo is the studio’s “biggest project we’ve worked on for a long time.”

It still sounds like Neo won’t be released in the near future. Shin’en has “something running and the gameplay is fine”, though content still needs to be added.

Sauter said:

Definitely, it is the biggest project we’ve worked on for a long time. It’s just much more work to get that quality level of racing on consoles this generation has given us, so we have to look at; we can’t deliver at a level below that. The Wii U is a great machine, so we need to add so many things to hit that level and we’re pretty sure we can achieve that, but it takes time to build it up and put it together. We’re in a good way though, we have something running and the gameplay is fine, so we just need to add content.

The core of the game is basically done. It’s just content now, which is a lot of work. We’re small, it needs time, but I’m very optimistic that you’ll see something that Nintendo console fans can be happy with.

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Club Nintendo Europe now has 8-Bit Mario Festive Gift Wrapping Paper. The reward, which costs 2,000 stars, was added in today. An order can be placed here.

The 8-Bit Mario Festive Gift Wrapping Paper features two pieces of wrapping paper – one blue, one red. Each measures 60cm x 84cm and is decorated with a classic Mario design in a metallic finish.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

Update: The “Master Quest” portion of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses is actually planned worldwide. You’ll notice that some of the locations include Boston and even Japan.

Plus, we now have Nintendo’s North American announcement – find that after the break. We learn that Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Majora’s Mask

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest is kicking off in Europe next year.

Nintendo just announced the news through a message published on its Twitter account a short while ago.

For the full lineup of dates, check out this link.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, News, Wii, Wii U | 1 Comment

Earlier this year Dutch electronics company Phillips, filed a lawsuit against Nintendo for what they felt was a patent infringement related to their patent on “Virtual Body Control Device” as well as “User Interface System Based on Pointing Device.

Initially Phillips was asking for not only monetary compensation but also a ban on selling the Wii and Wii U.

Then in June in the UK High courts, Phillips won an early victory with Nintendo set to appeal.

Now today we learn that the two companies have now reached an agreement with Nintendo releasing this statement:

Nintendo today announced that it has entered into a global patent license agreement with Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHIA). As part of the agreement, Nintendo and Philips will cross license portions of each company’s patent portfolio. This agreement ends patent invalidity proceedings brought against Philips by Nintendo in multiple countries, as well as patent infringement proceedings brought by Philips against Nintendo.
“We are pleased to have reached agreement with Philips, as it demonstrates that both companies recognize the importance of intellectual property rights,” said Martina Franke, European General Counsel of Nintendo of Europe. “Nintendo has a substantial IP portfolio and a long history of developing innovative products while respecting valid intellectual property rights of others.”
Financial details and other terms of the license agreement will not be disclosed.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 1 Comment

The Samus amiibo had some interaction with the Moscow Metro gates, though it wouldn’t actually let you board the transit system for free. Here’s a look at whether some of the amiibo figures work with the Boston subway. The results probably shouldn’t shock you!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 1 Comment

alistdaily has a new interview up with Scott Moffitt, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Nintendo of America. You can find the full discussion here, though there are a couple of noteworthy excerpts that we’ve highlighted below.

On the topic of how eSports has played in the success of Super Smash Bros., Moffitt said:

There does seem to be a ton of pent-up demand for this franchise. ESports has helped to rekindle gamers’ love for this franchise and really prepare the environment for a fantastic launch. I do believe that the record sales are due to a lot of the pre-awareness activity that has gone on, including eSports. The 3DS game also helped satisfy gamers’ demand temporarily before the Wii U game. ESports is one of the things that has helped drive the pre-launch excitement for this game to a fever pitch.

Moffitt also said the following on how the Nintendo gaming audience differs from that of Sony and Microsoft:
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