Included with Nintendo’s latest financial results was news concerning longtime employee Genyo Takeda. Takeda, a “Technology Fellow” who worked at the company for well over 40 years, is retiring as of June.
Takeda isn’t leaving Nintendo entirely, however. President Tatsumi Kimishima addressed Takeda’s status during the Q&A session of a financial results briefing this week. According to Kimishima, he will still be on hand as an adviser, as Nintendo needs his support to educate younger staff. His relationships, experience, and knowledge are also key.
Kimishima reiterated the same comments with Nikkei, noting that Takeda is a very important talent and has been involved with the development of hardware down to Switch with his leadership. After his resignation, he will not only be supporting the development of new technology, but will also instruct younger staff.
At Niconico Chokaigi 2017 this weekend, Nintendo is holding a special tournament for ARMS. The first day of fights can be found below, complete with footage of Helix in action.
Project Mekuru has a new name. Over Fence is now calling the Switch title Battle Sports Mekuru, and also released a brief trailer that we’ve posted below.
Battle Sports Mekuru is planned for early summer in Japan. Over Fence will have more news to share on May 8.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is impacted by a bit of an odd bug. If you have more than 100 friends on Switch, you won’t be able to create a private room with friends online. A message will pop up stating that you don’t have any friends, and you should add some by going to the Home Menu.
We’re hearing that deleting some people from the list solves the problem. The bug might be popping up due to Nintendo not optimizing the code from Mario Kart 8 for Wii U. On that system, there was a limit of 100 friends.
Prima is teaming up with Nintendo once again on a guide. When Splatoon 2 launches this summer, a guide will also be available.
Amazon has the following information about the guide:
Complete Walkthrough: Fully detailed single-player walkthrough to help you solve every puzzle, splat every enemy, and conquer every boss.
Detailed Maps: Find every collectible and uncover every secret.
Claim Your Turf: Multiplayer strategies from Splatoon experts give you the edge in online battles.
Personalize Your Style: Complete details on how to unlock all weapons, headgear, clothes, and more.
Get Ready to Ink: Strategies for all the new and returning weapons, including the all new Splat Dualies.
The Splatoon 2 guide is up for pre-order on Amazon here. It’s currently $4 off.
Thanks to Wagner C for the tip.
Yesterday, First 4 Figures unveiled its latest work: the Amaterasu Life Size Bust. The news was accompanied by a making of video with additional details, which you can watch below.
Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter is an unexpected, new SNES game from former SNK staffers. The 2D fighter features “eight special moves for the player to master as well as super moves that makes use of a three-level meter” across Story, Versus, Survival, and Practice modes.
Thanks to Amazon, we now have the boxart for Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter. Take a look at the image above.
Headup Games is working with Nicalis to bring The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ to Europe before the end of Q2. When the announcement was made, it was also suggested that the two sides would partner on future releases on well.
Nicalis officially said on Twitter this week that Headup Games will be handling Cave Story+ in Europe. No word on a release date as of now, but the confirmation is nice to have in any case.
EU players, @HeadupGames is handling publishing Cave Story+ for you. Oh Yeaah!!! https://t.co/xynAtrg40H
— Nicalis, Inc. (@nicalis) April 27, 2017
Charles Martinet – otherwise known as the voice of Mario – voiced several lines in Runner2. For Runner3, he reprised his role as The Narrator. Martinet’s work just wrapped up this week.
Speaking about Martinet’s involvement and the story in Runner3, Choice Provisions writes on its blog:
“As you may already know, Charles Martinet very graciously agreed to return for his role of The Narrator. What you don’t know, however, is that he has quite a few more lines this time around! Like, way more!
The story of Runner3 is going to be a little more substantial than what you’ve seen in the previous Runner games. We won’t let it obstruct the gameplay, certainly, but if you’re the kind of player who’s interested in learning a little more about the wacky world of Runner3, that option will be there for you. I don’t want to tell you how to play your video game, of course, but I do highly recommend you seek out the story we’ve woven throughout the game. We’ll do a blog post soon about what that kind of pursuit would look like.”
Choice Provisions also has a preview of Martinet’s voice in Runner3. Listen to it here.
A video has come in showing the Valentia Complete edition for Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. This was a special version of the game containing extra goodies. For a look at the limited edition, view the following video:
