Video: Shigero Miyamoto gives children design advice during Mario Maker E3 preview
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Another off-screen Mario Maker video
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Splatoon to feature voice chat?
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Word on the street is that Splatoon will include voice chat functionality. That information apparently comes from a Nintendo representative, but hasn’t been officially confirmed just yet. Still encouraging to hear in any case!
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Xenoblade Chronicles X is a spiritual sequel to the Wii game
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Xenoblade Chronicles X isn’t a direct followup to Xenoblade Chronicles. Rather, Nintendo has confirmed that the game acts as a spiritual successor with the two sharing some of the same philosophical notes. Nintendo’s Treehouse division shared the news during a live-stream of the game yesterday.
Reggie talks Splatoon, Nintendo “constantly generating new IP”, lots more
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GamesBeat published a new interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime just a few minutes ago. We’ve picked out some of the more notable points below, though you can find the full thing here.
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Disney Interactive president believes Disney Infinity will become a $1 billion franchise
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Disney Interactive has high expectations of Disney Infinity going forward. President Jimmy Pitaro recently told Reuters, “We will be a billion-dollar franchise.” The next entry in the franchise, Disney Infinity 2.0, launches in September.
Aonuma wants to rethink/reconstruct puzzle-solving in Zelda Wii U
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It’s sounding like there’s a lot that will be changed in The Legend of Zelda for Wii U. After all, the development team has been trying to rethink some of the series’ conventions.
One of Zelda Wii U’s changes seems to involve puzzles. Producer Eiji Aonuma, speaking with Kotaku, said, “I wanna kinda rethink or maybe reconstruct the idea of puzzle-solving within the Zelda universe.”
Check out the following exchange between Kotaku and Aonuma:
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Miyamoto confirms co-op mode and two-screen cut-scenes for Star Fox Wii U
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Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed a couple of notable elements about the recently-announced Star Fox game for Wii U.
First, Nintendo will be including an optional co-op mode in which two players command one Arwing with one flying the ship and the other shooting from it. Miyamoto also spoke about two-screen cut-scenes in which you’d get one view on the television, and another on the GamePad.
You can find all of Miyamoto’s comments below.
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Another couple of off-screen Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS videos
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Reggie – Amiibo price talk, no Wii U price cut, won’t be force to release a new console soon, sales vs. PS4/Xbox One, lots more
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The Seattle Times has put up a massive interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. There’s quite a lot of important topics, so we’ve included a good part of the interview below. You can find The Seattle Times’ full article here.
