Engadget published a few new quotes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. With Super Mario Run taking the spotlight this month, the discussion focused on mobile.
Reggie spoke about Satoru Iwata’s comments from 2011 and how Nintendo’s stance on mobile has changed since then. He also talked about how Pokemon GO has given 3DS a big boost and spoke about how Switch won’t be negatively impacted.
Head past the break for Reggie’s comments. Read Engadget’s full piece here.
Pokemon GO has managed to make the list as one of Facebook’s most discussed topics this year. It came in third, beating out popular events and people like the Olympics, Super Bowl, and Muhammad Alie.
The full list is as follows:
1. U.S. Presidential Election
2. Brazilian Politics
3. Pokémon Go
4. Black Lives Matter
5. Rodrigo Duterte and Philippine Presidential Election
6. Olympics
7. Brexit
8. Super Bowl
9. David Bowie
10. Muhammad Ali
The list above is based on data between January 1 and November 27.
53 minutes of footage from The Alliance Alive was shown during a Famitsu live stream today. We’ve posted the full recording below.
Earlier today, we heard rumblings of a new Switch exclusive from Any Arts Production known as Seasons of Heaven. French outlet Gameblog has now come forward with the first screenshots and art. You can check them out below.
Seasons of Heaven, based on the French novel of the same name, is focused around a group of survivors in a post-civilization world. Yann – a young boy with Asperger’s syndrome – and his French bulldog Ani are the primary characters, and both will be playable. The game is running in Unreal Engine 4.
We’ll be seeing even more of Seasons of Heaven next week. Gameblog is promising first gameplay and a developer interview next week.
Pokemon GO’s partnership with Starbucks is now official. A post on the official website shares details about what’s ins tore.
First, 7,800 Starbucks stores in the United States will become PokeStops and Gyms later today. On top of that, Starbucks is making the special-edition Pokémon GO Frappuccino.
Here’s the official notice from Niantic:
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Bridge Constructor Playground – $9.99
Teslapunk – $9.99
Wii Retail on Wii U
Metroid: Other M – $19.99
Wii U Virtual Console
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon – $9.99
Nintendo World Report now has a video up containing 14 minutes of footage from the English version of Dragon Quest VIII. Watch it below.
Nintendo provided a new update on Pokemon Sun/Moon sales over on its Twitter page. In just twelve days, the two games have sold over 2.1 million copies.
According to Nintendo:
#PokemonSunMoon has sold over 2.1 million units in 12 days on sale in Europe! Thanks for playing, Trainers! pic.twitter.com/a7EqVI2WKr
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) December 8, 2016
Nintendo said last Wednesday that Pokemon Sun/Moon had sold over 1.5 million units in Europe. That included 368,000 units sold in the UK in the first week.
Three new snowman-themed Miitomo rewards have been added to My Nintendo. The Snowman Brooch costs 100 Platinum Points, and the Snowman Long-Sleeve Tee and Cosy Snowman Leggings cost 150 Platinum Points each. All three rewards are available until February 28th, 2017.
Laura Kate Dale teased that a Switch exclusive game will be revealed in December, but didn’t give any details beyond that. However, it seems like we may already have a pretty good idea of what the game is going to be.
The screenshots of the game that Laura has posted bear a striking resemblance to artwork shown on the homepage for the book “Seasons of Heaven” (original French title: “Les saisons du paradis”). This book by French author Nico Augusto has been adapted into an audio book – more interestingly, however, a game adaptation of the book is also in the works; the “game” tab on the book’s website doesn’t show anything at the moment, however. The rest of the website is nonetheless worth checking out – the art shown there focuses heavily on the little boy wearing a backpack, his dog and the distinctive tower in the distance – all elements that are present in the screenshots Laura has posted. More tellingly, Augusto tweeted the following on Monday:
https://twitter.com/NicoWav/status/806241075769839616
A not-so-subtle hint at a possible Switch game, right? Any Arts Production seems to be the developer of the game.
None of this is an official confirmation just yet, but all signs seem to be pointing at this being the Switch game that Laura Kate Dale talked about.
