Pokemon GO – message from the creators, no change in Nintendo forecast
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News, Videos | 7 Comments
Pokemon GO is now available in Japan. To celebrate, Niantic’s John Hanke and Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda shared a few words. Most of the message is from Hanke, though Masuda’s comments are unfortunately available in Japanese only.
In any case, here’s the video:
Aside from the video, Nintendo issued a notice on its investor’s website about its forecast in response to Pokemon GO. Essentially, things are staying the same from now. You can read the full message below.
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Japan receives another promo video for Miitomo
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Following last week’s video, Nintendo put out another new promo for Miitomo today. View it below.
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Miitomo – new Miitomo Drop stage and items (7/22/16)
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Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find a new stage, along with some brand new items.
“Stealing the beach scene! Vacation Vogue #1” is the new stage. It includes the following:
– Knit bikini bandana (set)
– Knit bikini top (set)
– Knit bikini bottom (set)
– Flotation device
And as far as the new items go, you can nab the following:
– Flaring fashionista hat
– Sheer floral shirt
– Summery skirt w/ gradient
– Sheer striped socks
– One-strap beach sandals
– Surfboard
– Far-future headgear (set)
– Far-future suit (set)
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Miitomo gets Super Mario collaboration
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Miitomo’s latest collaboration is with none other than Super Mario. There are a lot of activities going on relating to T-shirts, including a Twitter vote and much more.
Here’s the full rundown:
Starting 7/22/2016, vote for your favorite design via our Twitter poll, and the winning tee will be available via My Nintendo!
Here are the designs you can vote for:
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Pokemon GO live in Japan
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Update: Download links are here: iOS and Android
The wait for Pokemon GO in Japan is finally over, for the most part. We’re hearing that the game’s servers are now live throughout the country. There don’t appear to be download links yet, but those who nabbed the game through the likes of APK files have already started to play.
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New Pokemon GO details uncovered through data mining
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Pokemon GO data miners are up to their usual tricks, and have uncovered some previously-unknown information about the game by peering through its files. The latest information concerns the level cap, tidbits about currently uncatchable Pokemon, and more.
Here’s the rundown from Pokemon Fortress:
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Pokemon 3DS games and apparel receive big boost in the UK stemming from Pokemon GO
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 4 Comments
In the UK, Pokemon is getting a huge sales boost on 3DS thanks to Pokemon GO. GfK numbers from last week show a 145 percent increase in combined sales of previous Pokemon titles on Nintendo’s handheld.
MCV shares the following data about the Pokemon boost:
Top selling Pokemon games for week ending July 16 (sales increase %)
1. Pokémon Alpha Sapphire – 148%
2. Pokémon Omega Ruby – 148%
3. Pokémon X – 238%
4. Pokémon Y – 188%
5. Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon – 65%
These five games in total –148%
Pokémon Total – 145%
MCV also heard from licensing sources that Nintendo has raised projections for Sun and Moon. Speaking of those two games, both are among the top ten most pre-ordered games on Amazon.
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Pokemon GO – someone has caught all of the available Pokemon in the United States
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Although Pokemon GO has only been available for a few weeks, someone has already managed to capture all of the available creatures. Reddit user ftb_hodor accomplished the feat after walking 153.2km.
ftb_hodor’s Pokedex is at 142. Five cannot be obtained just yet, and three appear to be region-locked. These Pokemon in question include Farfetch’d, Mr. Mime, Kangaskhan (exclusive to Asia, Europe and Australia respectively) the three legendary birds, Ditto and Mewtwo.
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Pokemon GO still suffering from server issues
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Pokemon GO may have gotten a (small) update today, but it didn’t fix one of the game’s biggest problems. Many users are unable to connect to the app currently. And when that happens, Pokemon GO is basically dead – there’s not much you can do when you can’t connect to the servers.
All that can be done is to wait for Niantic to improve the situation. Japan is supposed to be getting Pokemon GO soon, so that may add to the server load. Once things settle down, hopefully Niantic can turn its attention to the servers.
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Pokemon GO version 1.0.3 / 0.29.3 now live
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Niantic has said that they would be updating Pokemon GO regularly, and so far they’ve hold true to their promise. A new update for the game is available. Players can download version 1.0.3 / 0.29.3 as of now.
Admittedly, the update doesn’t do a whole lot. The official patch notes say that minor text fixes have been implemented.