Nippon Columbia releasing “Nintendo Famicom Music” CD in Japan
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The Famicom celebrated its 30th anniversary this past July. To commemorate the occasion, Nippon Columbia will be releasing a large collection of game music in a package called “Nintendo Famicom Music”.
The sounds of so many classics and masterpieces from the NES generation were extracted from actual software, which became clear only recently.
The recorded music sources are as follows:
– ROM Cassette: Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Wrecking Crew, Balloon Fight, Dr. Mario, Famicom Wars, Devil World, Donkey Kong Jr, Donkey Kong 3, Baseball, Soccer, Clu Clu Land, Ice Climbers, Mach Rider, Mario Bros., and Super Mario Bros. 3
– Disk System: FDS BIOS, The Legend of Zelda, Nazo no Murasame J?, Metroid, Kid Icarus, The Adventure of Link, Shin Onigashima, Volleyball, Wrestling, and Super Mario Bros 2
The Nintendo Famicom Music CD will be available on November 20 in Japan. Pricing is set at 2400 yen ($24).
Masuda says that mysterious Pokémon Games Show video is a showcase for the “future” of Pokémon
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Remember this image? It was a snapshot of a video played at last month’s Pokémon Game Show, and it lead to wide speculation about Pokémon fighting games, next-gen open world titles, or something else entirely. Now, Pokémon series director Junichi Masuda has commented on the brief video directly:
– Pokémon series director Junichi Masuda
Don’t take this as confirmation of a game looking just like this, but it sounds like Masuda and co. have been thinking about this sort of thing heavily in the past few months at least.
EA’s Hilleman thanks Miyamoto for training younger gamers, but says he’s “falling down on the job” as Apple fulfills his role
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Longtime EA executive Richard Hilleman shared some… interesting words involving Shigeru Miyamoto at D.I.C.E. Europe today.
Hilleman started out by thanking the legendary Nintendo designer for helping younger players learn about video games. However, he then stated that for the past five years, Miyamoto’s role “has been taken over by a dead guy from Cupertino.” That’s a strange reference to Steve Jobs, no doubt.
Hilleman’s quote in full:
“I thank Miyamoto for that, but he’s falling down on the job. And for the past five years that job has been taken over by a dead guy from Cupertino. We’ve asked for too much time, too much skill, and too much money, sometimes all at once. Customers today… are generally looking for a single fabric of play. They want their game where they want it, when they want it, and at a price they can defend to other people.”
Rockstar’s Dan Houser still interested in making a Bully sequel
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Bully may not carry the same weight as Grand Theft Auto, but it’s very much loved among those who have played the game. A sequel is something that fans have requested for several years.
Rockstar isn’t working on a sequel – as far as we know. However, the company’s Dan Houser has interest in creating a follow-up.
Speaking with Polygon, Houser said:
“I know I want to. Well, hopefully, you never know. There’s a lot of directions I could go with that one, it’s funny.”
Another off-screen Mario Kart GP DX video
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Ubisoft on Wii U and 3DS support, not ruling out Rayman Legends for 3DS, Prince of Persia talk
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CVG has published a new interview with Alain Corre, Ubisoft’s executive director for EMEA territories. The site managed to slip in a few questions about Wii U and 3DS support – including Rayman Legends for Nintendo’s handheld – and also asked about the future of Prince of Persia.
Read on below for Corre’s responses.
Miyamoto believes Aonuma no longer needs him for Zelda, no longer looking “at every minute detail of every game”
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Eventually, there will come a day when Shigeru Miyamoto is no longer at Nintendo. But when that does happen fans won’t need to worry – Eiji Aonuma, Yoshiaki Koizumi, and Hideki Konno are a few of the primary staffers that have become Miyamoto’s apprentices, so to speak.
In fact, when it comes to Aonuma, Miyamoto believes that “he doesn’t need me any more”. Aonuma told ONM in the magazine’s latest issue:
Bootdisk Revolution says “it would be a dream come true to have a game on a Nintendo console”
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Bootdisk Revolution, developer of the 2D action-platformer Bleed, has its fair share of interest in Nintendo.
Speaking with Dromble, the company’s Ian Campbell said “it would be a dream come true to have a game on a Nintendo console.” However, he has yet to speak with the Big N about bringing any games to the Wii U or 3DS.
Campbell said the following when asked if Bootdisk Revolution is interested in releasing titles on systems from Nintendo and Sony:
“Absolutely I’m interested — Sony seems very welcoming to indies, and I think for any developer who grew up in the 80-90?s it would be a dream come true to have a game on a Nintendo console. However I haven’t spoken to either of them yet, which is just as well until I learn how to actually code a game in something other than XNA.”
Seattle Mariners held a moment of silence for Yamauchi during yesterday’s game
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Prior to the Seattle Mariners’ baseball game against the Kansas City Royals yesterday, a moment of silence was held for former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi. Yamauchi passed away last week due to complications stemming from pneumonia.
Yamauchi became majority owner of the Marines in 1992. Nintendo of America took over in 2004, though he still maintained a strong influence over the team.
One fun fact for you: despite his ownership of the Mariners, Yamauchi never actually attended any of the club’s baseball games.
