At the recent China Joy gaming expo, China Mobile’s booth featured a few Nintendo characters in one of its displays. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi (plus Sonic) were included – as shown in the photo above.

Kotaku approached China Mobile about their use of Nintendo characters, and was told that the company had received permission through various app developing and publishing partners to include them in promotional material.

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3DS and 2DS “Made For Play” tour 2014 highlights

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Sean Bean comments on his appearance in GoldenEye 007

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Actor Sean Bean portrayed James Bond’s nemesis Alec Trevelyan in the 1995 film GoldenEye. He also appeared in the video game GoldenEye 007 created by Rare.

One fan recently asked Bean in a Reddit AMA what it was like being in the classic title. He said in response:

Oh, it’s good, it’s great! Especially because it’s so popular, it’s like, quite unique really. It was such a big hit. But I think I’ve seen him. I think my head looks a bit square innit.

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Image: Here’s a lovely piece of art from Nintendo featuring Link and Majora’s Mask

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Nintendo has been sending out an email to Japanese Club Nintendo members, which contains a lovely piece of art to celebrate the Hanabi festival. It’s a Zelda-centric piece featuring Link and Majora’s Mask. I wouldn’t say this hints at a Majora’s Mask remake as some have speculated, but it’s nice to look at in any case!

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Nyannyan Neko Mario Time episode 17

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Yoshi’s proper name is “T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas”, according to Nintendo’s 1993 character guide

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Console Wars author Blake Harris has been tweeting out photos from Nintendo’s 1993 character guide. In it, we see that Yoshi’s proper name is… “T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas”. There’s also a personality profile for Mario.

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Nintendo Minute – “Kno’ Yo’ Nintendo”

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Activision approved Gun 2, but Neversoft put its resources into Tony Hawk instead

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Activision gave Neversoft the go-ahead to create a sequel to Gun, but the studio was forced to drop the project due to a lack of manpower. Former president Joel Jewitt told Game Informer this month that it would have been impossible for the studio to take on Gun 2 in addition to another skateboarding title.

He said:

“(Neversoft) had a bunch of guys that fought really hard over on the Activision side and we got the sequel approved, and then we more or less had to make the call over here that we couldn’t do it for business reasons. We just didn’t have the manpower to make [Gun 2] and another skateboarding game. We had to take our engine to the next level, because we were [moving to] the Xbox 360. We had to put everybody back on the [Tony] Hawk franchises.”

The first and only Gun game launched in 2005. It ended up on several platforms, including the GameCube.

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Yes, Sheik is a woman

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Since The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s launch, most had been in agreement that Sheik is a woman. After all, Sheik is Zelda when all is said and done.

But just to clear up any potential uncertainty, Polygon caught up with Nintendo senior product marketing manager Bill Trinen for an official answer. He told the site: “The definitive answer is that Sheik is a woman — simply Zelda in a different outfit.”

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