Fils-Aime … we have many more developers today working on our content than we did five years ago or even 10 years ago. Internal, right. Exactly. We’ve got that new development building in Kyoto that’s full of hardware and software developers. So we have a lot more development staff than we did at the beginning of the Wii U generation and certainly throughout the Wii generation.

On why Switch requires a phone for voice chat…

Fils-Aime: We actually think that the phone is going to deliver a better, more robust execution. In terms of the APIs that we can build into an app, the fact that phones are ubiquitous, the fact that it allows us to do much more rapid improvements and updates to the service, that’s why we think a phone execution—and specifically a mobile app execution—is going to be better for the consumer.

So let’s be clear. What you’ve seen is the execution by one particular supplier. That is not going to be the only solution.

It’s going to require a phone. It’s going to require a mobile device and be delivered by an app.

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Max Brass is ARMS’ first new DLC character, Spectator Mode coming this month

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Nintendo introduced a new character for ARMS during its Treehouse Live stream today. We have a first look at Max Brass, who is described as the greatest champion in the history of the Grand Prix.

Max Brass will be out this month following an update. ARMS will be getting another update in July which adds a Spectator Mode.

As seen in the 2017 #ARMS Open Invitational, a Spectator Mode for ARMS will be made available this month as part of a free online update! pic.twitter.com/SLHRfzxU57
— Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) June 15, 2017

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Off-screen Starlink: Battle for Atlas footage and more

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No Chao in Sonic Forces

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Chao won’t be present in Sonic Forces. Producer Shun Nakamura and Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka, speaking with IGN, confirmed that they won’t be featured with the site.

Chao were most prominent in the Sonic Adventure games. These creatures, which were essentially digital pets in the games, let players raise their stats, increase levels, take on races, and more.

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Fire Emblem Warriors, round 2 – Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3 2017

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ARMS art director draws special art for E3 tournament

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Mr. Ishikawa, Art Director for #ARMS, was so inspired by the Open Invitational that he drew our champion, @B33ZERK, and Producer Mr. Yabuki! pic.twitter.com/cRNGfvdzG5
— Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) June 15, 2017

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Nintendo considering more Wii U games for Switch, against straight ports, approach to IPs

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This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…

“The internal conversations we have is that on one hand, the development teams would love to showcase their content to a wider base, and certainly in short order the install base on Nintendo Switch will be larger than the install base we ended with Wii U.
“So there is that opportunity. What also drives the discussion, though is ‘what more will there be?’ Meaning, let’s take Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as an example. It needed to be the definitive version of that software for the consumer to be as excited as they are. Pokken Tournament DX with the additional fighters, the additional Pokemon, that was important for it to be an element of the game. What we are internally resisting is just a pure port, versus thinking about how not only do we showcase a game to a wider audience, but how do we make sure that there’s something more? So it’s an active discussion.”

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Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC Pack 1, round 2 – Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3 2017

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Fire Emblem Warriors producer – characters, permadeath teased, New 3DS version

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This information comes from Fire Emblem Warriosr producer Yosuke Hayashi…

– Game will have more than the typical eight to fourteen playable characters that are usually in Warriors games
– Chose characters that there would be a good representation of different weapon types

On permadeath…

“There’s definitely that element included in a way that makes sense for a Warriors game.”

– Content on Switch and New 3DS will be the same

“Of course, we’re talking about two different hardware, so how the game is rendered on the two different kinds of hardware – the specs might be different. In terms of the graphics, for example, the number of enemies of enemies that can appear on the screen [varies], but the gameplay is definitely the same.”

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Reggie on making sure Switch has a steady stream of games

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This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…

“In Kyoto, we have a new research and development center that is full of software developers and hardware developers and, essentially, Mr. [Shinya] Takahashi [general manager of entertainment planning] and his team managing those resources to make sure that, should we have a situation with one game lagging, there’s another game that can be pushed forward.”

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