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Super Mario Maker – “Pink Parasol Mystery Mushroom” footage (direct-feed)

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The Great Ace Attorney – fifth promo video

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Super Mario Maker – Yoshi on a Super Mario Bros. Airship (off-screen)

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Reggie on the Skylanders partnership, amiibo shortages, Wii U sales, more

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The quotes below comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…

On how the partnership with Activision for Skylanders SuperChargers came about…

Reggie Fils-Aime: Activision came to Nintendo at the outset of Skylanders development four years ago. So there was always this thought of, wouldn’t it be great if Nintendo [intellectual property] could somehow be integrated into the game?

Jump forward to last year’s E3, when we introduced amiibo, (Nintendo figurines that work with its games) and we articulated our strategy of having figures that could work across games. At the same time, Activision shared with us their vision for their next installment of Skylanders that would include vehicles. And that’s when the conversation became serious.

On why Donkey Kong and Bowser were chosen…

Fils-Aime: Skylanders is all about creatures. So as we looked at our roster, those two fit the game. They’re much more creature-like in their gameplay mechanics and their movements, so those were the two that we agreed would make sense.

On the business strategy behind the collaboration…

Fils-Aime: It was a great opportunity for Activision to create something special that would play only on the Nintendo platforms. It was an opportunity to create these figures that would work on both the Skylanders games, as well as all the compatible games that either Donkey Kong or Bowser plays in. And so it really was an opportunity to do something unique but fit what each company was trying to do.