Nintendo has no plans to sell refurbished systems in Europe
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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.”
Nnooo has plans to bring its next game to at least one Nintendo system
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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:
Don’t worry, it will RT @vook64: Oooh so @_nnooo is now a licensed PS4 developer. Hopefully their game still heads Nintendo-side eventually.
— Nnooo (@_Nnooo) April 26, 2013
Maybe we’ll see Nnooo’s new title on both the 3DS and Wii U eShops?
Combit Studios planning River City Ransom sequel
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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.
Nintendo refreshes online web store
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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.
EA sees major layoffs
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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.
Mass Effect writer confirms he’s writing for the new game in the series, says most folks probably didn’t mind the ending to ME3
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– Mass Effect series writer Mac Walters
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!?
Nintendo issues another statement about E3, will have smaller event at Nokia Theater
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While Nintendo won’t be having its typical media briefing at E3 2013, the company is still very much involved with the expo. Attendees will be able to play a number of titles – including some for the first time such as Mario’s new Wii U outing and Mario Kart.
It also appears that Nintendo will be hosting a small event at Nokia Theater – the same venue where the Big N has held its E3 presentations.
A statement from Nintendo of America reads:
Era’s Adventure now features a slightly less-looking Yoshi
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Remember “Era’s Adventures”? It’s the Android release that took Yoshi from the Nintendo-produced games and throws the character into a random 3D action game.
Nintendo has since got in touch with developer Botond Kopacz, who has confirmed that a new version of Era’s Adventure has been put out. The title now makes use of a character looking slightly less like Yoshi.
“Yes, and they did with rightly since the original Era was Yoshi’s character. The new Era is also similar to Yoshi but we are cooperating with Nintendo about the changes required by them but till that time the only thing that we could do is to re-color it, remove the carapace and some other parts and make some changes in “Eras” head shape.”
Is it just me, or does the character still resemble Yoshi quite a bit?
You can’t make new posts through Miiverse’s web interface, can grab screenshots
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Miiverse launched for the PC (and some mobile devices) today. It does offer a number of functions made available through Wii U, but there are some drawbacks.
You can make posts through Miiverse’s newly-launched browser interface. The thing is, you can’t actually create new ones. It’s only possible to make comments by replying to others.
On the bright side, Miiverse now allows you to view and grab screenshots posted in communities and save them to your PC – a convenient function.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said during a financial results briefing today that Miiverse is in beta for PC and mobile devices. Over time, we’ll likely see additional features added to the interface.
Nintendo financial results briefing – April 2013 – full transcript
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I’m not going to flood the site with extra content from Nintendo’s financial results briefing that you probably won’t care about, but you can find the full presentation here. The more-important points are scattered about on the homepage. You can also find a pretty good summary of points here.
