Spike just recently put up an interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. It’s filled with lots of questions about A Link Between Worlds, such as stealth elements, Ravio’s role, comparisons to New Super Mario Bros. U’s Nabbit, and whether it was ever considered for Wii U (nope). Aside from that, there are also some off-beat topics like localizing Marvelous: Another Treasure (directed by Aonuma many years ago).

You can find some excerpts from the interview below. Spike’s full piece is located here.

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Namco Bandai Europe domain registrations include Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2, One Piece: Unlimited World Red

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Namco Bandai Europe has a whole bunch of new domains under its belt. Last month, the company registered shortpeace-game.com, tenkai-knights-game.com, wwvs-game.com, narutorevolution-game.com, pacmanghostlyadventures2.com, one-piece-unlimited-world-red.com, awakened-legends-game.com, and awakened-legends-vs.com.

Some of these domains are particularly noteworthy. The domain “pacmanghostlyadventures2.com” suggests Namco Bandai has interest in making a sequel to this month’s game, while “one-piece-unlimited-world-red.com” hints at an overseas release of the upcoming Japanese 3DS title.

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Club Nintendo Europe adds Year of Luigi coin

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

Another new reward has landed on the European Club Nintendo site. Starting today, members can pick up a Year of Luigi coin – while supplies last – for 1,500 points.

The gold-colored coin comes in its own green pouch, which measures in at 50mm x 60mm. Regarding the actual coin, it weighs 29g, is roughly 40mm in diameter, and 3mm thick.

You can place an order for the Year of Luigi coin here.

Japanese poll determines most-popular Smash Bros. characters

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Wii, Wii U | 4 Comments

Japan Game Users Association’s GameKun asked a whole bunch of men and women to pick their favorite characters in Smash Bros. How’d the results pan out? Head past the break for breakdown.

New “Final Fantasy Committee” looks to maintain franchise’s quality

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Square Enix is forming a new “Final Fantasy Committee”. By doing so, the company hopes to maintain a high level of quality with the franchise.

Yoshinori Kitase, Hajime Tabata, Naoki Yoshida and Motomu Toriyama will lead the new group. Final Fantasy XV director and series character designer Tetsuya Nomura does not appear to be involved.

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Aonuma unsure if there will be more Zelda remakes, wants to see how Wind Waker HD does

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Two Zelda remakes have come out since 2011. Ocarina of Time 3D hit the 3DS in 2011, and Wind Waker HD just launched a few weeks ago.

Nintendo’s apparent interest in remaking Zelda games brings about the question: could we see more of them in the future?

Series producer Eiji Aonuma isn’t making any commitments. “Remakes are popular now,” he admitted in a 4Gamer interview, “but we don’t know whether or not we will keep doing them from this point forward.” Aonuma is interested in seeing “how well Wind Waker HD does” before making any decisions for the future.

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GAME issues statement breaking street dates, says it “undermines the work” of game creators

Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, General Gaming, General Nintendo, News, Platforms | 3 Comments

“We take compliance with all industry standards and regulations very seriously. It was extremely disappointing to see a number of competitors break street date over Thursday and Friday on Nintendo products across both online and store environments.”

“We are seeing street date breaches occur on a frequent basis and this undermines the work which goes in to creating exceptional launches. We’ve worked very closely with Nintendo in the run-up to launch in order to make them as successful as possible. We have worked with them on every decision taken.”

– GAME category director Charlotte Knight

This comes in response to multiple retailers allowing folks to purchase Pokémon X/Y early, which greatly upset Nintendo and may have caused fines to be issued in certain cases. GAME has been guilty of breaking street dates before, however– just not with such colossal franchises.

Via MCVUK

Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, and Tales collaboration may not be out of the question

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Dragon Quest producer Yosuke Saito, Final Fantasy producer Shinji Hashimoto, and Tales series producer Hideo Baba got together for a V Jump feature this month. At one point in the conversation, the three seemed to discuss some collaboration ideas.

Here’s the conversation in full, as translated by Siliconera:

SEGA can take Sonic in different directions, but don’t expect “Call of Sonic”

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Sonic will always be known for his platforming gameplay, but the series has dabbled in other areas. We’ve seen Sonic in racing, sports, and pinball titles, the Olympics, and even education experiences.

There are no limitations as to where SEGA can take Sonic. Well, except for the shooter genre.

SEGA global Sonic brand director David Corless said in a Nintendo of Europe interview that “there are different directions we can take Sonic” – just don’t expect anything like “Call of Sonic”.

Corless stated:

What, Call of Sonic? The Deadly Edition? (laughs) No, of course there are different directions we can take Sonic. The Sonic Racing series has been a huge success and I think those two titles have really shown what we can do with Sonic outside of platforming. You have to be careful though, you have to make sure you’re complementing the core Sonic experience and you’re staying true to the character. So no Call of Sonic, no…!

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Aonuma on HD development for Zelda, fan feedback, connecting with other users while adventuring alone, more

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 5 Comments

CVG has published an extensive interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. In the discussion, Aonuma commented on the impact of HD development for the series, fan feedback (including the “Zelda cycle”), online connectivity, and a bunch more.

You can find CVG’s full piece here. We’ve also posted the Q&A after the break.