The latest interview concerning The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes has come from Kotaku, who spoke with director Hiromasa Shikata. Shikata discussed the game’s story (and why the different characters all look like Link), confirmed that there is no overworld map, touched on the game length, and more.

As usual, you can head past the break to see what Shikata said. You can also give Kotaku’s piece a look here.

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Nintendo: Wii U has a lot of quality games, NX shows company’s commitment to dedicated game hardware

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 37 Comments

The Financial Post has posted a few more comments from Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s vice president of sales and marketing. Moffitt mainly commented on how the Wii U has plenty of quality games, and how NX shows the company’s commitment to dedicated gaming hardware.

Here’s a quick roundup of what was shared:

On how Wii U still has a lot to offer…

“Our job and our goal is through our first-party games, to build the installed base up so that it makes it easy for third-party publisher to bring their third-party content to our systems.”

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Nintendo and Monolith Soft on their relationship, JRPG term, state of the Japanese market, more

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

During E3 last week, GameSpot conducted an interview with some developers from Nintendo and Monolith Soft. Those staffers are as follows:

Hitoshi Yamagami – Producer, Nintendo
Genki Yakota – Director, Nintendo
Tetsuya Takahashi – Executive Director, Monolith Soft
Koh Kojima – Director, Monolith Soft
Shingo Kawabata – Producer, Monolith Soft

In the interview, GameSpot asked all of these developers about the relationship between Nintendo and Monolith, the “JRPG” term, how the Japanese market is at present, and more. Head past the break for their comments. You can also access GameSpot’s original article here.

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Another look at the cancelled Super Mario Spikers

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii | 2 Comments

Last September, Unseen64 pulled back the curtain on Next Level Games’ cancelled Wii project “Super Mario Spikers”. The site’s Liam Robertson has now given the project another look in a new video, which you can view below.

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Fire Emblem Fates male customization footage

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Another video has come in for Fire Emblem Fates. In this latest one, we get a look at male customization. Check out the video below.

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Fantasy Pirates hitting the European 3DS eShop next week

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EnjoyUp Games is planning yet another title for the 3DS eShop. Fantasy Pirates is on track to hit Europe next week – July 2 specifically. Pricing is set at €1.99.

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Super Sonico in Production, Toushin Toshi pulled from the Japanese eShop due to Imageepoch closure

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

With the closure of Imageepoch, two of the company’s games have been removed from the 3DS eShop. Super Sonico in Production and Toushin Toshi are no longer available digitally. At least those who purchased them previously can still access these titles from the eShop!

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