General Nintendo

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

Nintendo is now an adopter of Adobe’s Systems’ “Adobe Marketing Cloud”. The technology can be used in the digital marketing space.

Nintendo plans to use the Marketing Cloud on its different channels including the Wii U eShop. The company will be able to monitor online sales from the store, understand consumers’ needs, and grasp user trends. Additionally, Nintendo hopes to use the tech to strengthen communications and content deployment.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Random | 0 comments

Breaking news: Satoru Iwata is having a birthday today. Nintendo’s head honcho turned 53 years-old.

Iwata has been a busy man with the recent Nintendo Directs. Here’s hoping he was able to enjoy his birthday!

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

This is not a joke. There is another Nintendo Direct today. Really.

A Japanese presentation will be shown at noon Japan time. That should be 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST.

Just a heads up: don’t expect too much. Since this is a Nintendo Direct mini, the stream will be brief, and there won’t be a whole lot of news.

All we know at the moment is that the video will be very short. It’s unclear if this will focus on a specific game or something else entirely. We’ll know soon!

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Podcast Stories, Rumors | 0 comments

Guitar Hero games pretty much used to be a yearly series. Year after year Activision would churn out new entries.

But in 2010, Guitar Hero came to a screeching halt. Warriors of Rock was the last release, and it doesn’t sound like Activision will be refreshing it anytime soon.

Interestingly, before Activision put the hammer down on Guitar Hero, Vicarious Visions was working on Guitar Hero 7. It was only midway through its development that the project was canned and Guitar Hero entered retirement.

Kotaku spoke with a source and corroborated rumored details about the title, which we’ve posted below.

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Since its inception, the Tales series has shipped over 15 million units. All games released since Tales of Phantasia hit store shelves in 1995.

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Weekly Shonen Jump’s latest magazine has gone on sale, and it’s brought along an interesting revelation. “Project Versus J”, a brand new title, is teased in the issue.

The magazine doesn’t actually have any details about the mystery project, but calls it the “ultimate Jump game”. One Piece’s Luffy, Dragon Ball’s Goku, and Toriko are all pictured in the first scan.

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 0 comments

The graphic pictured above is the entire release schedule for Japanese Nintendo games in January. Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 is the only title confirmed for release next month. And that’s across all of Nintendo’s platforms – Wii U, 3DS, DS, and Wii.

That’s kind of crazy knowing that the schedule includes first and third-party releases. Where are the games, Nintendo?! Maybe we’ll see some release date announcements tomorrow through Nintendo Direct?

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Have you heard about Twilight Symphony? It’s a 3-disc orchestral rearrangement of music consisting of pieces from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Originally, the soundtrack was expected to be with fans by November. Orders were never sent, however.

Orders were pushed back for one important reason: Nintendo got involved Twilight Symphony. Zelda Reorchestrated has revealed that Nintendo took interest in the initiative and decided to lend a hand rather than going after the project with their lawyers.

An email from Zelda Reorchestrated reads:

Some of the top people at Nintendo have taken notice of the project and have become involved in an advisory capacity. This is the largest fan-project of its kind, and the first time that a lot of this material will be legally available to the public beyond the game that made it popular.

Nintendo wants to make sure our entire project is consistent with their brand identity. Joypad Records is currently working with Nintendo’s head of copyright to make sure that this release complies with their wishes, above and beyond what is required by law. However, most of the changes Nintendo has asked us to incorporate are cosmetic, and should not affect the audio quality or physical packaging of Twilight Symphony as originally advertised.

Because of this, discs aren’t expected to be finalized, pressed, and shipped until early-to-mid December. Unfortunately this also impacts the digital release, so we are unable to distribute the digital album until we receive the green light from Nintendo. Fear not! Pre-order customers are still alotted a download code for the digital album, which you will recieve by e-mail, before the physical albums ship! The time frame has simply shifted. We hope that you now understand why.

Those who payed for a copy of Twilight Symphony can now expect their orders before December 25. International orders could take slightly longer to arrive. The digital release will launch on the Joypad Records website, and through iTunes.

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

“It is a challenging market, and challenging in a number of ways. From a gameplay immersiveness standpoint, from price point and business model standpoint, I mean it’s $40 for some of those games and you can get great experiences – not necessarily comparable experience, but great nonetheless – for seven dollars on a tablet. Our relationships with Sony and Nintendo are important and we continue to support them by creating games on both [Vita and 3DS] platforms. Beyond that the market’s going to speak ultimately as to the viability of those products.” – Activision’s Vice President of Mobile Development, Greg Canessa

Well, I think the market is speaking fairly strongly on the issue! The 3DS just recently surpassed the lifetime sales of the Gamecube (yes, after just two and a half years being out), it’s halfway to meeting the lifetime sales of the SNES, and two-thirds of the way to meeting the N64’s lifetime sales. On top of that, it’s still outselling the original DS on a week-to-week basis!

Vita isn’t doing so hot, but I think the 3DS’ performance alone speaks to how healthy/unhealthy the portable gaming market is.

Via CVG

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 0 comments

Link chopping off heads? I can’t see Nintendo ever allowing for something like that in a Zelda game.

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