Splatoon – Carbon Roller and Custom Dual Squelcher weapons due out today
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Nintendo is bringing another two weapons to Splatoon later today. Players will soon have access to the Carbon Roller as well as the Custom Dual Squelcher. Both should arrive at 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT / 3 AM in the UK (Saturday) / 4 AM in Europe (Saturday).
Check out the gallery below for images of Splatoon’s Carbon Roller and Custom Dual Squelcher.
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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Wii U Virtual Console footage
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Along with Kirby Squeak Squad, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards also hit the European Wii U Virtual Console this week. View some footage from the N64 title below.
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Another Japanese Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden video
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Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden hit Japan earlier this month, but Bandai Namco prepared another new video for the game. That can be seen below.
In North America, Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden is shipping on October 20. Europe is getting the fighter on October 16.
Octoling becomes playable in new Splatoon hack
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Have you ever wanted to play as Octoling in Splatoon? Well, now that’s possible – through a hack that is. Have a look at the video below.
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Nintendo Zone Viewer service has ended
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The Nintendo Zone Viewer service has come to an end. In the past, Nintendo provided unique and location specific content through different hotspots.
3DS users can still access other services from Nintendo Zone locations, including free Internet at more than 29,000 hotspots across North America.
Nintendo writes in its discontinuation notice of the Nintendo Zone Viewer:
What’s Changed:
The Nintendo Zone Viewer service, which provided unique, location specific content for Nintendo 3DS family systems’ users via Nintendo Zone hotspots, has been discontinued.
Note:
This change does not affect any other services available through Nintendo Zone. Nintendo 3DS family systems users can continue to enjoy free and automatic Internet connection at more than 29,000 Nintendo Zone hotspots across North America and enjoy network services such as online game play, Nintendo eShop, Miiverse, Internet Browser, SpotPass, StreetPass Relay Points and video-on-demand services. The wireless icon in top-left corner of the Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu will turn blue when users are in range of a Nintendo Zone.
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Details from Nintendo’s 75th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 128 Comments
Update: All over! You can find the information rounded up below.
Nintendo’s 75th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is currently progress. We’ll be posting everything that was shared during the event below, courtesy of translations from Cheesemeister.
Intro
– New 3DS selling well, but the old 3DS did not, so HW sales were 8.73m. SW selling well. Pokemon, Smash numbers.
– Mario Kart 8 at 5.11m, Smash Wii U at 3.65m. Wii U HW 2.88m.
– Entertainment has value, centering on dedicated platforms. Providing premium experiences only available on such. Making more SW.
– Xenoblade for New 3DS released. Rhythm Heaven, FE: if released. Supporting 1st-party and strong 3rd-party SW.
– On Wii U, Splatoon, Yoshi’s Woolly World, and Super Mario Maker are being released.
– Card-based and yarn amiibo are being released. The NFC dongle for old 3DS and 2DS being released. Looking to increase demand.
– Supporting amiibo on Smash 3DS with the NFC dongle.
– About DeNA, starting smart device apps this year. Smart devices different from dedicated consoles, so even w/ same IP, adapting play styles to suit smart devices will maximize value and drive the expansion of the gaming population.
– Continuing with film adaptations and character merchandising to increase mind-share of IPs. Ex: Universal agreement. More later.
– Making a marketing appeal for the IPs through experiences only possible at theme parks.
– Making progress with QOL. (No details given.)
– 1st measure: distribution of dividends.
– 2nd measure: selection of board members.
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Miyamoto develops Nintendo’s devs by having them work on a bunch of different things
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Nintendo’s Yugo Hayashi is the director of Star Fox Zero. Prior to this, he was involved with level design on Zelda: Twilight Princess and directed Wii Fit.
Having developers work on a variety of different projects is part of an intentional plan from Shigeru Miyamoto. In an interview with Kotaku, he explained:
Miyamoto: In terms of trying to develop a developer I always try to get them to do lots and lots of different things. Mr. Aonuma is kind of always working on Zelda but for most other people I like to try to get them to try lots of different things. So someone who worked on the art direction for Zelda would then go on to Wii Fit U. That’s kind of how I like to do things. And now Mr. Hayashi is working with me pretty much every day.
Hayashi and Miyamoto went on to discuss something a bit random. Hayashi actually mentioned that he feels that him being the closest to Miyamoto in terms of seating helped him land the job for Star Fox Zero.
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Kirby Squeak Squad Wii U Virtual Console footage
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Kirby Squeak Squad hit the European eShop today as one of the latest Wii U Virtual Console downloads. For those that are interested, footage from the game can be found below.
Off-screen The Legend of Legacy English footage
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Footage from The Legend of Legacy’s English build has come in from E3 2015. Check it out below.
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Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi believes Miyamoto could extend his creativity beyond games
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Shigeru Miyamoto has been responsible for some of Nintendo’s biggest gaming franchises. Without Miyamoto, the likes of Mario and Zelda wouldn’t exist today.
Nintendo games will always be the most important element for Miyamoto, but the company’s Shinya Takahashi feels that his creativity could be extended into other areas. Speaking with USA Today, Takahashi stated:
“For me, because it’s Mr. Miyamoto, I want him to continue making things as long as he wants to continue making things. I really think that Mr. Miyamoto will continue to be creative — and not just in the area of video games.”
