Since the passing of Satoru Iwata, we’ve heard some interesting stories about the late Nintendo president. For instance, he was said to have worked from his hospital bed on various projects and kept in touch with The Pokemon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara on Pokemon GO.
The latest issue of Toyo Keizai has a Nintendo feature, and offers additional background information as to how Iwata approached his work while being ill. It seems that he wrote frequent messages aimed at all employees after leaving the hospital. Thinking about Nintendo’s future, it sounds like he wanted to leave the things he inherited from his predecessors to others.
On HMV, a retailer listing for RPG Maker Fes provides the official boxart. We have a look at the packaging image above.
Niantic is in the process of rolling out a new Pokemon GO update. On iOS, the game is being updated to version 1.7.0 while it’s 0.37.0 on Android.
The latest patch implements Buddy Pokemon as well as support for Pokemon GO Plus. You can find the full notes and announcement straight from Niantic below.
In Europe, Gear Gauntlet is slated for the Wii U eShop next week. An early look at the game can be found below with footage.
IGN has now published its full interview with Shigeru Miyamoto about Super Mario Run. Among the responses, Miyamoto touched on when development truly began, the various modes, the fact that it’s a different experience compared to the console games, pricing, and more.
We’ve rounded up the interesting comments from Miyamoto below. You can read IGN’s full article IGN.
A massive amount of footage from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice has come in, and you can watch it all below. Note that it actually begins at the 2:11:23 mark.
When Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice launched on the eShop this week, new 3DS themes were also made available. You can get a close look at them below.
We shared some footage from Futuridium EP Deluxe on New 3DS yesterday, but a video has now surfaced with direct-feed gameplay. Watch it below.
Recently, Atlus hosted a live stream on Twitch to show off the English build of Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse. Head past the break for the full recording containing 90 minutes of footage.
