One teenager has been stopping by the Best Buy in Valley Stream, New York every day to play Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Keeping in line with the holiday spirit, associates from the store’s Appliances Department chipped in collectively to get him a console of his own before Christmas.
The heartfelt moment was recorded on camera:
One of the Best Buy employees apparently offered to drive the teenager home so that he wouldn’t have to walk home alone with it. Even though the video has resulted in negative comments, it’s nice to see that there’s some good in the world!
Fans were able to submit a bunch of questions to Shigeru Miyamoto when he showed up for the Super Mario Run event at the Apple Store in SoHo a few days ago. At one point, he was asked if there was any character he wanted to develop or felt very passionate about that didn’t make it. He pointed to two franchises: Fox McCloud (Star Fox) and Pikmin.
Miyamoto said:
“Yeah, I always wanted Fox McCloud to be a bit more popular than he is. But I think one more would be Pikmin. So I think these two, I’ll need to put some more energy into.”
With Pikmin, we know that a new side-scroller is coming to 3DS in 2017. Miyamoto has also previously mentioned Pikmin 4 which one would assume is a different game.
Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:
United States
* Save 20 percent on pre-orders with Amazon Prime or Best Buy’s GCU. 20 percent off pre-orders on Amazon Canada as well. On Amazon UK, it’s £2 off.
Wii U
Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Darksiders Warmastered Edition – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
3DS
Dragon Quest VIII – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop (pre-order for case)
Runbow Pocket Deluxe Edition – New 3DS only – Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy
Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo bundle (new) – GameStop
Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (pre-order for capybara plushie) – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario Sports Superstars – Amazon, GameStop
Accessories
8Bitdo NES30 Classic Edition Set with Bluetooth Retro Receiver (new) – Amazon
HORI Nintendo 3DS Pokemon Moltres Travel Pouch – Red – Amazon
HORI Nintendo 3DS Pokemon Articuno Travel Pouch – Blue – Amazon
HORI Nintendo 3DS Pokemon Zapdos Travel Pouch – Yellow – Amazon
Books
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 5 Amazon
Canada
Wii U
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition
Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3DS
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Runbow Pocket Deluxe Edition – New 3DS only
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns
Accessories
HORI Nintendo 3DS Pokemon Moltres Travel Pouch – Red (new)
HORI Nintendo 3DS Pokemon Articuno Travel Pouch – Blue (new)
HORI Nintendo 3DS Pokemon Zapdos Travel Pouch – Yellow (new)
Books
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 5
UK
Wii U
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3DS
Dragon Quest VIII (new)
Books
The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4
Miyamoto says Nintendo conducted Minecraft-like experiments on N64, some designs “were very similar”
There’s one additional excerpt from Glixel’s new interview with Shigeru Miyamoto that we wanted to give the spotlight to.
As part of the discussion, Miyamoto was asked if he’s playing games other than the mobile title Neko Atsume. This led him to speak about his enjoyment and respect of Minecraft.
Interestingly, Miyamoto told Glixel that Nintendo conducted “a lot of experiments that were similar to that back in the N64 days”. There were apparently “some designs that were very similar.”
Miyamoto’s full words:
“I do like Minecraft, but really more from the perspective of the fact that I really feel like that’s something we should have made. We had actually done a lot of experiments that were similar to that back in the N64 days and we had some designs that were very similar. It’s really impressive to me to see how they’ve been able to take that idea and turn it into a product.”
Glixel has a new interview up with Shigeru Miyamoto. But whereas most discussions with Nintendo’s legendary developer have focused specifically on Super Mario Run, this one is a bit more general.
While speaking with the site, Miyamoto spoke about working with his core team of four for thirty years, his role with development, inspirations and influences, relationship with Mario, and the similiarties between Apple and Switch. He also mentioned that younger staff “are taking the lead on Switch development”.
We’ve rounded up the notable responses from Miyamoto below. For the full interview, head on over to Glixel.
Update: Added in Sunday’s updates.
Nintendo Badge Arcade has been receiving daily updates since heading to the 3DS eShop. Because it’s continually updated with content, we’re rounding up all of the additions and changes in a weekly post.
Here’s what’s on tap for the week of December 5:
December 5
– 18 Super Mario Maker panels
– 6 Mega Man panels (2 with 1 day left, 2 with 2 days left)
– 6 Mario character panels (2 with 1 day left)
– Super Mario holiday theme offer until 12/29
– 1 free play
A number of new Nintendo deals are live across Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop. We’ve rounded up everything below. If Amazon price-matches anything else, we’ll add them to this post.
Amazon
Paper Mario: Color Splash for $40 (Prime) (was $59.99)
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse for $29.99 (was $49.99)
Monster Hunter Generations for $24.99 (temporarily out of stock) (was $39.99)
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson – Double D Edition for $19.99 (was $29.99)
Best Buy
Buy 1, get 1 40% off Nintendo-published Wii U / 3DS games
15% off eShop cards
Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack for $39.99 (was $74.99)
LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack for $34.99 (was $89.99)
Monster Hunter Generations for $24.99 (was $39.99)
Runbow Deluxe Edition for $19.99 (was $29.99)
GameStop
New 3DS XL systems for $175, including Galaxy Style
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse for $29.99 (was $49.99)
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Wii U) for $19.99 (was $39.99)
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson for $19.99 (was $29.99)
SteamWorld Collection for $19.99 (was $29.99)
Captain Toad and Mario Party amiibo bundles for $19.99 (was $39.99)
Since the initial announcement of Switch, some indie developers have cancelled previously-confirmed plans for Wii U outright while others decided to move their projects to the new console. Hive Jump appears to be one of the exceptions. In a recent Kickstarter update, the team spoke about its commitment to an early 2017 release.
Another engine was actually brought on “to help accelerate production and finish this version.” The Hive Jump “programmers, testers and artists are working on lots of optimization tasks to get the best possible performance.”
Graphite Lab said of the Wii U version’s progress on Kickstarter:
Localization is underway on Brave Dungeon, the newest 3DS eShop game from Inside System. A video has been prepared (see below) showing a work-in-progress translation. Circle Entertainment will likely be publishing the game in North America and Europe sometime in 2017.
Back in October, Rayman creator Michel Ancel managed to uncover the original ROM for the first game on SNES after 20 years. Ubisoft planned to bring it to Nintendo’s old console at one point, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Since Ancel discovered the news about his discovery, a video actually surfaced. It may not be long and sound is absent, but it does show the SNES version in motion.
Video of the cancelled SNES version of Rayman:https://t.co/AJCIES9emE pic.twitter.com/8KNlRZXFiI
— VGDensetsu (@VGDensetsu) October 25, 2016
Ancel was also at IndieCade Europe late last month where he spoke about Rayman on SNES. Thanks to that, we have the off-screen image above.
