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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch | 51 Comments

Update: Bumped to the top. All done. Some interesting responses from Tatsumi Kimishima, Shigeru Miyamoto, and others. We’ve rounded everything up below.

Original: Nintendo’s 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is currently underway. We’ll be reporting on any news from the event as it happens below, courtesy of NStyles and cvxfreak.

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– Zelda: Breath of the Wild sales at 2.76 million units on Switch
– Zelda also sold 1.08 million copies on Wii U
– Total sales for Zelda at 3.84 million
– Switch sales at 2.74 million units during the most recent fiscal year
– Mario Maker and Kirby were well-received on 3DS
– Pokemon GO has helped sales of past Pokemon games; hardware sales up outside Japan
– On mobile, Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes well received
– NES/Famicom Mini also did well
– amiibo sales dropped due to lack of new games
– Assets increased by 172 billion yen
– Debt has increased by 82 billion yen, secondary assets up by 90 billion yen
– Nintendo focused on increased the populace’s access to Nintendo IP
– Working on growing game hardware & further establishing smart device biz
– Outside of games, USJ Super Nintendo World and other efforts are being made to increase appeal to past and future Nintendo fans
– 3DS sales surpassed 66 million
– 3DS software sales are on firm ground
– New 2DS XL and new games like Pokemon UltraSM/3rd party titles on the way
– Nintendo will work to continue the smart device games with new apps; Miitomo, Mario Run, FE Heroes released thus far with different concepts
– Nintendo Classic Mini Super Famicom out in Japan on 10/5, elsewhere in September; designs match what each region got originally
– Nintendo values creativity/originality and will release products that surprise consumers
– Nintendo Dividends: 430 yen/share
– Some talk about election/re-election of board members; Genyo Takeda is not seeking re-election

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 10 Comments

One of the big feature requests Switch owners have at the moment is the ability to backup and transfer save data. Thankfully, this is something that Nintendo was apparently thinking about before the system even launched.

The full Switch SDK leaked online today. We’re not really going to discuss it much here, but a couple of excerpts from official documents are worth pointing out.

The first concerns a save data transfer feature that will be released in the future:

In the future, we plan to provide a feature to transfer account save data among multiple consoles. As a result, there is the possibility that user accounts with uninitialized account save data will be added. Note that your design must work without issue, even in this case.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 12 Comments

Super Bomberman R users can download the game’s latest update. Version 1.4 began distribution tonight.

Tonight’s update is highlighted by the inclusion of new Konami characters – specifically Vic Viper Bomber, Simon Belmont Bomber, and Pyramid Head Bomber. Four new VS stages have also been added to the shop along with two new series of accessories.

Below are the full patch notes:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 16 Comments

Update: Patch notes added below. Pikmin racing suit added for Pikmin-themed amiibo, several changes and improvements.

OriginalNintendo just started to distribute a new update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. If you have the game, version 1.2.0 is now available.

Nintendo has not yet published the patch notes for today’s update. We’ll add them in here when we have them.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

Update: NIS America confirmed the delay, and said it’s “to accommodate the manufacturing and production of the game.”

Original: Culdcept Revolt was originally planned to arrive in the west in a couple of months. NIS America had dated the game for August 29 in North America and September 1 in Europe. Unfortunately, it now appears to be facing a delay.

The latest Culdcept Revolt trailer issued today shows a new October 3 release date for North America. As for Europe, the new date looks to be October 6.

We’ve reached out to NIS America to officially confirm the delay. 

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 5 Comments

Psyonix has teamed up with Adult Swim and Adult Swim Games for a new partnership within Rocket League. As part of the game’s second anniversary update, players will have access to free customization items. Rick and Morty will be available as Antennas, along with ‘Cromulon,’ ‘Mr. Meeseeks,’ and ‘Mr. PBH’ Toppers, an ‘Interdimensional GB’ Rocket Boost, and ‘Sanchez DC-137’ Wheels. The ‘Cromulon’ Topper can drop as a Painted item as well.

Switch owners won’t have to worry about being left behind. On Twitter, Psyonix confirmed that the same content will be distributed on Nintendo’s platform.

Rocket League will be out on Switch this holiday.

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With Netflix’s new Castlevania animated series just a little over a week out, the show’s voice cast has been announced. Producer Adi Shankar and actor Graham McTavish unveiled the lineup in a new video that we have below.

Here’s the lineup in list form:

– Graham McTavish: Dracula
– Richard Armitage: Trevor Belmont
– James Callis: Alucard
– Alejandra Reynoso: Sypha Belnades
– Emily Swallow: Lisa Tepes
– Matt Frewer: The Bishop
– Tony Amendola: The Elder

Netflix’s Castlevania animated series debuts on July 7.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 3 Comments

Magical Drop II is the latest game to have entered Hamster’s Arcade Archives lineup of NeoGeo games on Switch. Find some footage below.

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Nicalis has a new video up of The End Is Nigh showing what the game looks like on Switch’s screen. Have a look at some off-screen footage below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 37 Comments

Famitsu sent Nintendo a few questions about the newly-announced Super NES Classic Edition / Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom. The publication was able to get a couple of answers from the company about its new hardware.

First, Famitsu asked how the games were chosen for the Super NES Classic Edition overseas and the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom in Japan. Nintendo explained:

“It depends on the game’s popularity, whether people were familiar with it, and number of units sold. We carefully hand picked each title to ensure the game lineup appealed to a large audience, so it makes the SNES Classic an easy purchase.”

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