Update: Side-note about the five volumes of complete version manga previously announced. It will begin with the Complete Version of Ocarina of Time, out on March 10.
We knew that The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess would be receiving its own manga thanks to an announcement made earlier this week. An official press release has now been sent out, confirming that it will begin on February 8. New content will be issued bi-weekly.
The series will be published at Shogakukan’s manga app Manga One. If we hear anything about an official translation, we’ll be sure to let you know.
A lengthy gameplay video showing Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination is now available. Take a look at it below.
“Malo” is touching upon another aspect of Twilight Princess HD with today’s new tweet on the series’ Japanese Twitter page. Today’s message focuses on the Ooccoos.
Here’s the translated tweet:
“…It’s Malo. This is the ‘Auntie’ who would teleport you instantly in and out of dungeons… I can’t unsee her as an alien… Originally she should’ve looked a bit more like human… but what happened here…”
And some concept art:
6.2 million courses have been created in Super Mario Maker thus far, Tatsumi Kimishima has revealed. The Nintendo president announced the news during the company’s financial results briefing a little while ago. He also divulged that 400 million play counts have been recorded, an average of over 64 plays per level.
During Nintendo’s financial results briefing today, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima delivered an update about My Nintendo.
The My Nintendo point program will begin in March in 39 countries. There will be Platinum Points like the prior Club Nintendo and Gold Points for coupons. My Nintendo is starting with a points program, coupon, emails, and web downloads. It’ll expand to friends list, cloud data, and in-store.
Kimishima also reiterated that the first goal is to quickly have 100 million people registered with My Nintendo.
One topic Nintendo addressed during its financial results briefing today is Miitomo.
The early word out of today’s event is that the app will launch in mid-March in Japan. This will be followed abroad during the same month on iOS and Android.
Miitomo pre-registration begins on February 17, with plans to launch next month in 16 countries and 8 languages. The latter includes English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, and Russian.
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima shared a breakdown of the most popular amiibo during CY2015. We have the top 10 for North America, Europe, and Japan.
Below are the results:
North America
1. Link
2. Bowser
3. Toon Link
4. Mewtwo
5. Sonic
6. Pikachu
7. Classic Mario
8. Pac-Man
9. Mega Man
10. Ganondorf
Europe
1. Classic Mario
2. Link
3. Squid
4. Green Yarn Yoshi
5. Mario
6. Smash Mario
7. Pikachu
8. Boy
9. Toad
10. Inkling Girl
Japan
1. Inkling Girl
2. Squid
3. Inkling Boy
4. Mario
5. Classic Mario
6. Modern Mario
7. Isabelle
8. Kirby
9. Green Yarn
10. Digby
amiibo shipments are now at 31 million globally. 9 million of these were sent out in the last quarter, which is actually the largest amount thus far.
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima shared a small update on the company’s quality of life initiative during a press conference earlier today. The device intended to measure sleep quality was originally planned for March, but was moved to April or beyond due to development lagging behind.
Kimishima shared a tiny tidbit about the 3DS as well. He mentioned that the system had trouble raising sales during the year-end holiday season, though digital download games and amiibo figures sold favorably.
Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination has now released in Japan, and footage is starting to come in. You can watch the full intro below.
A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the full lineup:
Dragon Ball Super – 200 yen
One Piece – 200 yen
Shantae (x2) – 200 yen each
Mighty Switch Force! – 200 yen
Nemuneko Friends – 200 yen
