Gunpei Yokoi was involved with many projects at Nintendo on both the hardware and software front back in the day. But around the time that the unsuccessful Virtual Boy launched, Yokoi left the company. As it turns out though, that system’s failure wasn’t a direct cause of his departure.
Yokoi wrote about leaving Nintendo in the November 1996 issue of Japanese magazine Bungeishunju. Livedoor recently republished his piece, which gives us a chance to hear from him directly.
Kotaku offers the following translation:
Ninatic is bringing back two of its summer events for Pokemon GO as part of the Pokemon GO Summer Tour 2018. Along with Pokemon GO Fest for North America, Safari Zone events will be running in Europe.
After a disastrous inaugural event in 2017, Pokemon GO Fest will be giving things another go. This year’s event will again be held in Chicago between July 14 and July 15. Niantic promises that A Walk in the Park ” will offer a unique, immersive play experience unseen anywhere else that will create a daylong adventure for Trainers.” Exclusive activities are planned.
As for the Safari Zone event, it’ll be held in Dortmund, Germany between June 30 and July 1. According to Niantic, “Activities will expand to Dortmund’s entire city district, inviting players from all over Europe to explore the city’s cultural history”.
Update (5/7): Updated the Switch / 3DS maintenance schedule below.
Original (5/3): Nintendo has a bunch of maintenance lined up for next week. Between Switch and 3DS, five sessions are currently planned.
The current maintenance schedule is as follows:
With InkSplosion releasing on Switch this week, publisher Ratalakia Games has readied a new launch trailer. You can view it below.
In the last couple of days, the official (Japanese) Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account ran a quiz campaign. They posed questions about the game and people could use Twitter’s poll feature to answer them. There were a total of 20 questions and all of them have been answered correctly. As a reward, ten orbs and 5,000 hero feathers will be sent out to all players on May 10th.
Some new quests are up on Fire Emblem Heroes that let you earn some 3 star heroes including Adult Tiki, Gaius and Gunter. You are also able to earn 6 orbs.
Looks like Nintendo is looking to hire a new level designer for The Legend of Zelda. It seems they will be designing events, dungeons, fields and enemies. It’s good to know more Zelda is coming from Nintendo.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018
02./00. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018
03./02. [PS4] God of War #
04./01. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit
05./05. [NSW] Splatoon 2 #
06./04. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies
07./00. [PS4] Utawarerumono: Chiriyukusha e no Komoriuta #
08./08. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
09./00. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation: Genesis for Nintendo Switch
10./00. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Kai – The Erebonian Civil War
11./06. [NSW] The Snack World: TreJarers Gold
12./00. [PSV] Utawarerumono: Chiriyukusha e no Komoriuta #
13./10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild #
14./11. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey #
15./00. [NSW] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy for Nintendo Switch
16./00. [PS4] Doukoku Soshite… #
17./03. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit
18./00. [PS4] Bravo Team |PlayStation VR| #
19./12. [PS4] Far Cry 5
20./13. [PS4] Cities: Skylines – PlayStation 4 Edition
During a live stream on Facebook, WayForward showed off the Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Ultimate Day One Edition with an official unboxing. View it below for a closer look at the full contents.
After it was shown off during the LiveWanderer Ver. 2.00 concert at the Tokyo Kinema Club, the first trailer for Touhou Genso Wanderer: Lotus Labyrinth – though it’s off-screen. While we wait for the official upload, watch the current recording below.
