Miyamoto, Tezuka comment on Nintendo Game Seminar 2013
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments
Longtime Nintendo staffers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka have offered a few thoughts about the upcoming Nintendo Game Seminar 2013. The event kicks off in July and will last through next March. This year’s seminar will be the first in three years for the company.
For Miyamoto and Tezuka’s comments, read on below.
“This is a new trial to teach what game design is about and getting people together to have fun while thinking and creating. I invite you to please try and participate.”
– Shigeru Miyamoto
Mewtwo officially has a new form
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Last week, rumors of a new Mewtwo-like Pokemon were finally confirmed. Original speculation indicated that this would be a new Mewtwo form rather than a brand new Pokemon, but the official announcement made this unclear.
Thanks to the latest issue of CoroCoro, we now have some clarity. The magazine confirms that Mewtwo will have a new form – yes, the Pokemon shown last week – and notes that its new shape has formed after being awakened.
[Afternoon Opinion] The problem with “always-online”, and why everyone is missing the point
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, General Gaming, General Nintendo, Podcast Stories | 0 comments
it’s on your guys’ mind either which way.
Author: Austin
NintendoEverything is, quite obviously, a Nintendo-centric website. We deal in the happenings over at the Big N– occasionally branching out and discussing things that are going on industry-wide– but by and large we are happy to keep concerned only with the things that our favorite developer and publisher does. It’s more than enough to keep someone busy for months on end after all, and usually the topics that are being discussed on a grander scale (downloadable content, violence in video games, etc) don’t affect “us” too much, because Nintendo is usually “behind the times” when it comes to keeping up with trends.
Ah, but today, something has come up that I think is worth discussing despite that fact: This idea of “always-online”. This concept that my console, game, or PC must be connected to the internet at all times in order to play the games I want to play, or use the services I want to use. There are two arguments being made:
1) “Always-online is the future. It’s an advancement in technology that we have to get with in order for the gaming industry to move forward.”
2) “But what if I don’t have a stable internet connection? It’s ridiculous that I wouldn’t be able to play games because of technical hiccups.”
Personally, I think both of these arguments are a load of things-that-are-bad-arguments.
Photos of the Club Nintendo Japan Tomodachi Collection Premium Book
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Best Buy teases “big gaming announcement” for Monday
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments
Best Buy Canada teased a new game reveal through its Canadian Reward Zone Gamers Club Twitter account on Monday. That turned out to be Batman: Arkham Origins. Today, the retailer is teasing yet another gaming announcement.
Best Buy just wrote on Twitter:
Another big gaming announcement Monday! Any Gamers Club members have any ideas what it could be? #RZGC
— RZ Gamers Club(@BBYC_GamersClub) April 12, 2013
Given that the first tease turned out to be related to a brand new game, Best Buy is probably teasing something similar here. FIFA 14? Something else?
What do you guys think?
Criterion not working on Need for Speed: Underground after all
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Well, so much for the rumor that Criterion Games is working on a new version of Need for Speed: Underground. Criterion creative director Alex Ward took to Twitter earlier today in light of the recent speculation and indicated that the team has moved on from remakes and reboots.
He wrote:
Totally fake.Remakes and Reboots? #movedon
— Alex Ward (@AlexanderJWard) April 12, 2013
Criterion is working on a new racer – it’s just not Underground.
Nintendo to host ‘Nintendo Games Seminar’ for university students in Japan, first time in three years
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
For those unaware (like I was until this morning!), Nintendo used to host something they called “Nintendo Games Seminar” at the University of Japan where they would help and encourage aspiring game developers to make games of higher quality with a higher success rate. It was a way for Nintendo to not only influence the direction that young developers would take with their careers, but also to find new talent to hire when the seminar was over. Now, they’re restarting the program:
– Seminar will run from July 2013 to March 2014
– Must be an under/post-graduate student at a University in or around Tokyo or Osaka
– 12 participants per location (Tokyo/Osaka)
– Choose between programming, graphic design, or sound
– Seminar will focus on developing games with Nintendo’s “Web Framework”
– More details on May 13th
Rumor: Criterion working on Need for Speed: Underground
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 0 comments
Criterion Games’ next racer could be Need for Speed: Underground.
EGM got its hands on a logo – shown above – that could be included on the game’s boxart, but cautions that it could be a mockup. The publication has heard rumblings of Criterion working on Underground and the “image is most likely linked to a real project currently in development.”
Need for Speed: Underground would presumably be a unique take on the 2003 racer and its sequel. According to EGM, the new game iis set in an original Bayview setting rather than the area featured in Underground 2.
Nintendo’s stock jumps by 11% due to currency value changes
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
You may have heard the news that Nintendo’s stock is on the rise, up 11% in one day after they announced their third party support over the next couple of months via a press release. Don’t excited though: Japanese stock-buys aren’t suddenly loving the company again. The cause of the jump seems to be a shift in value of the yen against the euro, meaning that anyone exporting products from Japan to Europe will be seeing an increase in gains for the time being.
That’s not to say that people might not be suddenly on board with the Big N again or that the increase isn’t substantial (it’s the biggest jump since 2008), but chances are that this is more of a financial-jargon reason than anything we should be invested (pun) in as gamers. As Renegade Kid’s Jools Watsham put it:
Thanks to Captain N for the tip.
Ubisoft’s E3 2013 press conference dated
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
It’s that time once again, folks. The first E3 2013 press conference has been dated. Today, Ubisoft confirmed that it will hold its annual E3 media briefing on June 10 – the day before E3 actually begins.
No word yet on what will be shown. Games such as Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Rayman Legends, and Splinter Cell: Blacklist are all likely.
