NHK published an interview with Koji Kondo, who has been composing music for the Super Mario Bros. games since the very first entry on the NES. The discussion delved into various topics including his work on the first title, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and more.
Given how rare it is to see Kondo involved with such an in-depth interview, we went ahead and translated the full talk. You can read it below.
Nintendo dropped some news out of nowhere late on Tuesday that it’s moving forward with a live-action movie based on The Legend of Zelda. We don’t have many details just yet, but Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad will act as producers. Nintendo and Arad Productions will be producing it together while Sony Pictures Entertainment is involved with financing. In case you missed it, we have the full news here.
Rather than going the animated route as we saw with Super Mario, Zelda will be the first live-action Nintendo movie of the modern era. And since we know so little about it, that leaves for plenty of speculation.
Would you like to see the movie adapt the story of a specific game? Who do you think should be cast as Link? Let us know in the comments.
Gameplay has come in for the new Switch version of Air Twister. The title, a fantasy endless shooter from Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki, came to Nintendo’s console this week.
Everything you need to know can be found in the following overview:
Merge Games and Alchemist Interactive prepared a launch trailer for Spells & Secrets. The title, a comfy rogue-like adventure, came out this week.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
Tying in with the launch of Berzerk: Recharged, we have a launch trailer for the game. Atari and Sneakybox shipped the reimagining of the classic title this week.
Additional information can be found in the following overview:
Dream Town Island has been announced as the latest sim game for Switch coming from Kairosoft. It will be available on November 16, 2023.
Here’s an official overview as provided by the eShop listing:
Salt and Sacrifice saw its Switch debut this week, and new gameplay is available. The release also includes “The Traitor’s Tomb” update with a bunch of additional content.
Here’s some information about the game:
If you’re looking to save big on games like Digimon World: Next Order and Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series, you can do so with a November 2023 Switch eShop sale Bandai Namco is currently hosting. These titles are currently at their lowest prices ever, and several other releases are included.
Here’s the full rundown:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe brought along its version 3.0.0 update this week with Wave 6 of the Booster Course DLC, and while Nintendo’s patch notes covered some other aspects we weren’t originally expecting, balance changes have been discovered. Fans have gotten to work to see what changed with vehicles. We also have tidbits about new characters Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Pauline, and Peachette.
Mario Kart Blog was the first to post about the balance changes. Meester_Tweester then compiled everything into a readable format for English fans.
