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Update: Tweets rolling in. We’ll post them below.

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has shared a few photos on the company’s Instagram account which show some of his favorite office items. Take a look below:

Reggie also shared the following clip, giving a look at the Master Sword inside his office:

We have big plans in store for 2014, and I can’t wait to share with you what’s in this folder! #Regginator

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Actor Danny Wells, who played Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show back in the 80s, has passed away. Wells died last Thursday at age 72. As a bit of an interesting tidbit, Wells’ actual name is Jack Westelman.

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With Coaster Crazy Deluxe having been released just recently, there’s no better time then now to learn more about Frontier’s under-the-radar Wii U eShop title.

We spoke with producer Adam Woods who shared some information about the game, such as why the team decided to bring Deluxe to Wii U. Woods also commented on general topics including the possibility of returning to LostWinds, 3DS support, and more.

You can find the entire interview after the break.

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Back in the day, Rare was one of Nintendo’s top studios. The company really came into its own during the N64 era. Rare ended up creating Banjo-Kazooie, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, GoldenEye 007, and plenty of other prominent titles.

Perhaps it was due to Rare’s success that Nintendo was a bit jealous of the studio. Former staffer and Nyamyam co-founder Phil Tossell has said that “Nintendo were often quite envious of us.”

Tossell told RetroGamer this month, “I got the feeling they thought our games were technically and artistically superior to theirs.” He also spoke about a rumor in which Nintendo recreated all of the textures in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time after seeing what Rare had done with Banjo-Kazooie since Rare’s title “looked better”.

Tossell’s comments came about when asked if Nintendo ever shared code with Rare considering the Big N had a large stake in the company. He said:

No, we never had the Zelda engine or any code they did! We did see an early version of Zelda and that was a big influence on Dinosaur Planet, though. Nintendo were often quite envious of us. I got the feeling they thought our games were technically and artistically superior to theirs. Miyamoto would visit regularly and I heard a rumor they redid all of the textures on Zelda after they’d seen our work on Banjo-Kazooie because our game looked better!

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

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Way back in the day, Hasbro was working on its own gaming console known as “Project NEMO” – later known as Control-Vision. Ken Melville, who was involved with the hardware, told IGN that the company intended to “create a ‘Nintendo-killer’ that could be sold for under $100.”

Hasbro’s chief executive Stephen Hassenfeld held a ‘Name NEMO’ contest amongst the various staffers at the time. There was one rule, though: the ‘N’ had to stand for ‘Nintendo.’

Night Driver, Missile Command and Space Invaders programmer Rob Fulop – another person involved with Project NEMO – explained to IGN that Hasbro “needed a cool-sounding phrase that NEMO would be the acronym for. People were assigned to generate as many sayings as possible made up of the four letters.” Fulop created the winning entry.

“I am proud to say that I won. My winning entry was ‘Nintendo Ends Mid-October.’”

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This is downright bizarre… and hilarious.

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Capcom has made a lottttt of money from Monster Hunter 4 thus far. Wondering how the company intends to use those profits?

You probably won’t be too pleased to hear that Capcom plans to invest further in the mobile scene by opening a new studio in Osaka. 4 billion yen will be used – stemming from Monster Hunter 4’s sales – so that the subsidiary can be established.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 3 Comments

Amazon has a new Wii U and 3DS titles on sale at the moment. You can find a roundup of discounted prices elow.

Wii U

Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – $8.50 (will ship when stock is available)
Assassin’s Creed III – $15
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 – $15
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two – $15
Just Dance 4 – $15
Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth – $15

3DS

Crosswords Plus – $6.82
Cubic Ninja – $7.46
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir – $9
Bit.Trip Saga – $10
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – $10
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights – $13
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Mirror Fate – $15.40

Bonus

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia – $12.24 with code “bookdeal” at checkout

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