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One investor at Nintendo’s recent financial results briefing Q&A suggested that the company “abandon the strategy of the expansion of the gaming population and instead focus its business efforts on children and families”. In response, president Satoru Iwata promised that Nintendo has no plans to abandon this demographic, adding: “Families and children are indeed very important audiences for Nintendo. This policy will never change.”

Iwata said:

“First, families and children are some of the most important consumer groups for Nintendo with whom we have been trying to expand the gaming population, and Nintendo has shown and would like to continue to show a strong presence among these groups. Families and children are indeed very important audiences for Nintendo. This policy will never change.”

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More and more consumers are purchasing digital content – even in Japan. A good chunk of Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s sales came from the eShop, and there are a fair amount of 3DS owners who have opted to purchase the downloadable version of Tomodachi Collection.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently commented on the rise of digital sales during the Q&A session of the company’s latest financial results briefing. He confirmed to attendees that Animal Crossing’s digital sales in Japan stand at 10%, while Tomodachi Collection’s digital sales have come in at 10% thus far.

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Last year, a few Mario Kart 7 trophies were added to the European Club Nintendo website as new rewards. Two more trophies have been added to the selection – the Banana Cup trophy and the Mushroom Cup trophy. Each is available for 5,000 stars.

Nintendo UK shared the news through Twitter:

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Ecco the Dolphin creator Ed Annunziata launched a Kickstarter last month for a spiritual sequel called “The Big Blue”. Unfortunately, Annunziata wasn’t able to secure the requested funding. Only $55,765 was raised out of the necessary $665,000 total.

So what’s next for the project? Annunziata plans to downsize his goal in hopes of making a smaller and cheaper version of the original idea so that fans can get a better idea as to what The Big Blue can offer.

“I am absolutely certain that if you could try the game and see how beautiful and unique it will be, most people would not hesitate to back it, and will want to be involved in it’s creation. If you can play Little Blue and feel it you will have much less doubts about the Big Blue.”

Little Blue provides one playable dolphin and one other unannounced sea creature, song mechanics, a couple of “very large” environments, private ocean environments, and 10 or more “significant creatures” including at least one leviathan.

Annunziata intends to make Little Blue available for free. It will be directly linked to the next Kickstarter campaign, The Big Blue, Part 2.

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If you’re in North America, it’s possible to purchase an “authentic” refurbished 3DS/DS system directly through Nintendo’s online web store. Chances are you’ll be receiving a product in much better condition than a similar item obtained at other retailers such as GameStop.

Unfortunately, there are no plans to offer a similar system in Europe at this time.

A Nintendo UK representative told Eurogamer:

“We currently have no plans and have made no announcements for this type of activity in Europe.”

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Nnooo has a new game in the works for the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita. However, the studio has also confirmed plans to release it on at least one Nintendo platform.

Nnooo tweeted a couple of days ago:

Maybe we’ll see Nnooo’s new title on both the 3DS and Wii U eShops?

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A sequel to River City Ransom is on the way, courtesy of Combit Studios.

The NES game was produced by Techn?s Japan – a studio that closed well over a decade ago. While the original team won’t be working on the sequel, Combit Studios will be teaming up with Million, the company behind the GBA port of River City Ransom.

Combit Studios plans to begin a crowd-funding campaign sometime this summer. A release is planned for August 2014.

PC is the only confirmed platform for River City Ransom’s sequel currently, but additional platforms are “under consideration”. Perhaps we’ll see this one on the Wii U or 3DS next year then.

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Nintendo’s online web store has been same for many years now. It has maintained the same old design that we’ve grown accustomed to.

Perhaps inspired by the recent release of the 3DS XL Circle Pad Pro available exclusively through the store, Nintendo has now revamped the site entirely. You can get a look at the new layout here.

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Responding to recent speculation, EA published an official statement about layoffs taking place throughout the company.

The note reads:

In recent weeks, EA has aligned all elements of its organizational structure behind priorities in new technologies and mobile. This has led to some difficult decisions to reduce the workforce in some locations. We are extremely grateful for the contributions made by each of our employees – those that are leaving EA will be missed by their colleagues and friends.

These are hard but essential changes as we focus on delivering great games and showing players around the world why to spend their time with us.

EA’s statement doesn’t give any indication as to how many staffers have been laid off. However, Kotaku’s sources say that as much as 10% of the workforce will now need to look for new jobs.

Other speculation has suggested that the EA Partners label will be shut down in the near future.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Walters also shared that he believed most players did not have a problem with the ending to Mass Effect 3, but rather a smaller group of very loud individuals took to the internet and caused something of a ruckus about it. I think some folks might disagree with that, but who knows… maybe those folks are part of the minority he’s talking about!?

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