Photos of Nintendo’s 2013 company handbook
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 3 Comments
We’ve already seen Nintendo’s company handbook for 2014. Today, photos have surfaced from the 2013 edition.
It’s quite interesting to look at. The latter pages are particularly impressive, as one of the final sections can be folded to look like Nintendo’s HQ in Kyoto.
Why game sales saw a boost in Japan last week
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Game sales experienced a rather large increase in Japan last week, even though there was no special occasion/holiday. So what happened here?
The rise can be attributed to three factors. Consumers were spending more prior to a 3 percent increase in consumption tax starting on April 1, many Japanese schools were holding a spring vacation, and gamers were receiving payments from Japanese companies, which usually take place on the 25th of each month.
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Fan video: “Mario is destroying my house”
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 2 Comments
Have to admit this is a pretty neat video!
Square Enix teases “Stella Prisma”
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments
Square Enix is teasing another new title known as “Stella Prisma”. You can find the official website here as well as a “New Game’s Voice and Sound” video above, which is the “first public voices and sounds for a new game”.
Stella Prisma is not to be confused with Square Enix’s other teaser launched earlier this week. Some may have assumed it was an April Fools’ joke given that the page launched on April 1, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
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Fire Pro Wrestling creator Masato Masuda passes away
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments
Masato Masuda, known for his work on Fire Pro Wrestling, has died at the age of 48.
Suda51 passed along the sad news on Twitter today, writing:
The creator of Fire Pro-wrestling, Masato Masuda, has passed away. He was 48 years old, still young. I genuinely pray for his happiness in the next world. He was one of the greatest creators of video games and he was my direct teacher. Thank you for giving us our favorite Fire Pro-wrestling. You are the god of it.
In addition to Fire Pro Wrestling, Masuda worked prominently on a number of other titles and series, including F1 Triple Battle and Vasteel.
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Ripstone teasing announcement for this week
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Ripstone is due to make “a sneaky announcement” sometime within the next few days.
The company wrote on Twitter a short while ago:
Heads-up! We've got a sneaky announcement coming this week! What could it be!? All will be revealed! #RipstoneReveal pic.twitter.com/KURYVe3JIA
— Ripstone (@RipstoneGames) April 3, 2014
Anyone have any guesses as to what Ripstone has in store? Hopefully it’s Nintendo-related!
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Nintendo open to revisiting Mario Kart: Double Dash’s dual racers feature
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
The Mario Kart series has yet to see the return of dual racers since Mario Kart: Double Dash. Yet even though this feature hasn’t been revisited, Nintendo is still open to the idea of featuring two racers per cart.
Mario Kart 8 producer Hideki Konno said during a GDC 2014 roundtable session:
“It wasn’t just a simple case of, ‘Hey, we’re not going to do that again.’ We really think the two racers together in one kart of Double Dash was really unique, and we thought it worked really well.”
“We’ve got that in our pocket, so if we come up with any new, cool ideas that utilize having two players racing together, we will definitely grab that and possibly bring it back out.”
“Having two players racing together, it does have a pretty high cost in terms of processing power, so that is an obstacle. That being said, if we could come up with some ways around that processing cost, we may have two players, maybe even three players, racing together. If we could come up with some cool ideas, we’ll definitely use them.”
More: Hideki Konno, interview, Mario Kart: Double Dash, top
Miiverse receives another update, lets you see all popular posts without NNID
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Miiverse has received another small update today. Two small changes have been first.
First, users will now be directed to the Communities screen when logging in to Miiverse on the web. Second, those without Nintendo Network IDs can now view all popular posts as well as comments on those posts.
Here’s the official update news from Miiverse’s Marty:
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Nyannyan Neko Mario Time episode 6
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Peter Moore apologizes for “unacceptable” April Fools’ tweets made on Frostbite account poking fun at Wii U
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 46 Comments
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a big fan of April Fools. That’s one of the many reasons why we shy away from posting related content each year.
That said, one attempted April Fools’ joke did spiral a bit out of control earlier today, and developed into a more mainstream piece of news worth covering.
Essentially, a few tweets were posted on EA’s official Frostbite Engine Twitter account earlier today, which completed backfired. They are as follows:
