With each year that goes by, longtime game creator and Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto receives more and more questions about his role at the company. Miyamoto hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down at 71, but his role has transitioned into things such as focusing on the Mario movies. Super Mario Run in 2016 was actually his last official role as director.
During Nintendo’s shareholders meeting today, Miyamoto was once again asked about his role when it comes to game development given his age. As we’ve heard before, the younger generation is now taking center stage. However, Miyamoto pointed out that he’s “very involved with Pikmin Bloom” – the game actually just received a new feature this week, which we have details about here.
Project Lumina provided a sales update on Melty Blood: Type Lumina today, revealing that total shipments and digital sales have surpassed 500,000 copies. That’s based on worldwide data across all platforms. News about the milestone was posted on social media.
The last count for Melty Blood: Type Lumina was 400,000 in March 2023. In a little over a year, 100,000 copies were added to that total.
Melty Blood: Type Lumina is currently available on Switch. You can find a ton more coverage from us here.
Nintendo introduces new IPs from time to time, but the company is certainly known for its franchises. Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, and Animal Crossing are just some of the series that fans have come to love over the many years that the Big N has been around.
According to Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi, Nintendo is considering both sequels and new IPs. That news comes from the company’s latest shareholders meeting that took place earlier today.
Gaming companies have long been affected by information leaks, and Nintendo is no stranger to that. Over the years, various “insiders” have come forward to share news about upcoming games before they’re announced.
We previously heard that some Nintendo leaks came about due to private YouTube videos being accessed by a Google employee. However, it goes beyond that. Pyoro is one such person who was known for leaking contents from Nintendo Directs – though that may now be over after some fans seemed to have uncovered his methods.
Super Mario Run has seen a bit of a resurgence over the past few months, and that continues with a limited time Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD event.
Luigi’s Ghost Hunt missions are now appearing in the mobile title. If you complete three missions, you’ll earn the Luigi & Poltergust 5000 Statue. After finishing six missions, you’ll receive the King Boo Statue. Finally, once you’re done with nine missions, Nintendo will provide the Fleeing Polterpup & Luigi Statue.
June 18: Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is in development for Switch, NIS America and Nippon Ichi Software announced during today’s Nintendo Direct. We’ll be seeing it in 2025.
Phantom Brave has largely been absent since its original PlayStation 2 debut. NIS is now finally returning to the IP with a proper sequel.
Here’s what we know thus far:
Celica: Of Echoes is coming to Fire Emblem Heroes as a new Emblem Heroes, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems just announced.
Celica was originally featured in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, though she also appeared in Fire Emblem Engage. The same event will allow players to summon previously-released 5-star Legendary and Mythic Heroes.
Close to a year after its digital debut, Virgo Versus the Zodiac is now receiving a physical release on Switch. Tesura Games is planning production.
Fans can choose between a standard copy or collector’s edition. If you go with the latter, you’ll get the soundtrack digitally, holographic stickers, a 55cm cloth map, character cards, Virgo gold pin, and collector’s box.
F1 Manager 2024 is coming to Switch, Frontier Developments revealed today. The game launches on July 23, 2024.
F1 Manager 2024 is an officially licensed Formula 1 management game, and the series will be appearing on Switch for the first time. This version promises “feature parity to other platforms, including the powerful livery and logo creation tools in the brand new Create A Team mode, allowing fans to turn their dream designs to reality.”
We have the following overview from Frontier:
