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This month’s issue of RetroGamer has an interview with a number of former Rare employees. One section has some staffers reflecting on the studio’s relationship with Nintendo, which was a two-way street.

Chris Seavor told the magazine that Rare came up with jet skis in Wave Race 64 while Shigeru Miyamoto suggested ties in Donkey Kong Country:

“Bottom line, everybody won: Wave Race 64 was originally with boats until Tim suggested Jet Skis and in Donkey Kong Country he didn’t have a tie until Miyamoto added one.”

Another ex-Rare staffer, Chris Sutherland, also noted that Miyamoto’s input was crucial when it came to another element of Donkey Kong Country:

“The ground slap that Donkey Kong performed in the DKC series originated as a suggestion from Miyamoto.”

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Earlier this month it was announced that Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice would release September 27 in North America. Up until now European fans have been in the dark about when they would receive this newest offering from everyone’s favourite hedgehog.

Today Nintendo announced that the release date for Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice in Europe is September 30.

In an interview with 4Gamer, some of the cast and crew of the upcoming Phoenix Wright anime gave more details on the upcoming show. Director Ayumi Watanabe and main game developer Shu Takumi teased that there will be a section of the show that shows Phoenix’s past, based on lines dropped in the first game.

Some other notes from the interview (translated courtesy of Court-Records member Ash):

-Yuki Kaji (Phoenix’s voice actor) was a fan of the games before landing the part
-Both Kaji and Aoi Yuki (Maya’s voice actress) were eager to say the iconic “Objection!”
-This is the first regular role for Masashi Tamaki (Miles Edgeworth’s voice actor)
-Tamaki first tried to do a realistic voice for Edgeworth, but was told to make it more pretention
-Director Watanabe thought the games had already been made into an anime before joining the project
-Developer Shu Takumi sees the series as a “destiny”, since the original game was set in 2016
-Takumi was originally going to leave the series in the hands of the animation team, but was convinced to take a more active role
-Anime will contain many direct references to the games, including using the music

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The First Print Edition of Star Fox Zero is currently up for pre-order for UK buyers, from GAME. Click here to get your order in. The tweet from Nintendo UK notes that there are only a limited number of copies, so get in quick!

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Epic Dumpster Bear is due out around the world on the Wii U eShop next week. Log Games is bringing out the title on April 7 in North America, Europe, and Australia.

Epic Dumpster Bear supports off-TV play, Miiverse stamps, and unlockable bonus levels that use the Wii U GamePad to solve puzzles.

Check out a trailer for the game below.

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At WonderCon this past weekend, JC Rodrigo from the Nintendo Treehouse hosted demos for both Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard. Both can be found below.

If you happen to have a Japanese Wii U, you can now pick up Mario Party 2 from the eShop. The download is quite small given its 75MB size. Now we just need to know when it will be releasing in the west!

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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the full lineup:

Animal Crossing: Gardening Weather – 200 yen
Rune Factory 4 – 200 yen
Story of Seasons – 200 yen
Finding Ojipockle + – 100 yen
Assassination Classroom – 200 yen
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash – 200 yen
Bakuon!! (x2) – 200 yen
Anne Happy? – 200 yen

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Starfy has been revealed as the latest costume addition in Super Mario Maker. After completing a new Event Course later this week, players will be able to obtain the new outfit.

Here’s a trailer for Starfy:

Starfy is going to be available in Japan starting on April 1, so it’ll probably be available in North America on March 31 during the evening.