Former Nintendo of America chairman Howard Lincoln thanked in DKC: Tropical Freeze credits
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Random, Wii U | 3 Comments
Howard Lincoln, former chairman for Nintendo of America, is thanked in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze’s credits. The news is hardly earth-shattering, but it’s an interesting nugget. Lincoln was last thanked in a Nintendo game for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption – not Donkey Kong Country Returns. By including Lincoln in the Tropical Freeze credits, Retro could be trying to thank him for helping establish the company.
Video: Super Mario Bros. completed with lowest score possible
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 2 Comments
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Video: Samus appears in Spelunky mod
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Mario-themed golf bag heads to Japan this summer
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Japanese golf accessory company Enjoy Caddie Bag will release a Mario-themed golf bag this summer. Pricing is set at a hefty 50,925 yen – roughly $497.
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Nintendo UK opens “Nintendo Girls Club” channel on YouTube
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Random | 8 Comments
Nintendo UK has launched a new “Nintendo Girls Club” channel on YouTube, accessible here. It contains various videos for titles such as Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Art Academy, and Style Savvy.
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Watch tons of people trying to play Pokemon Red on Twitch through chat commands
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Random, Videos | 8 Comments
So this is kind of a crazy thing. Twitch users – thousands upon thousands, might I add – are attempting to play through Pokemon Red by entering commands on chat.
It’s almost been four days. How long will it take to complete?
Thanks to Carlos D for the tip.
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Nintendo once patented an illumination system
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random, Wii | 8 Comments
Way back in August 2010, Nintendo filed a patent for an illumination system, which would seem to work with Wii in some fashion. The item was just published for viewing in the US database today.
Here’s an interesting abstract included with the filing:
An illumination system includes an information processing device capable of communicating with a server via a network and an illumination device capable of receiving a signal from the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception portion and a lighting control portion. The reception portion receives instruction data from the server, and the instruction data indicates an instruction to cause the illumination device to emit light in accordance with a television broadcast image and/or audio. The lighting control portion outputs a control signal to the illumination device, and the control signal controls lighting by the illumination device based on the received instruction data. The illumination device sheds visible light in accordance with the control signal.
For what it’s worth, the original patent contained drawings in which the Wii is shown. It doesn’t seem like it’d be too tough to bring the tech over to Wii U, though whether Nintendo still has interest in the idea is unknown.
