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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 139 Comments

Update (10/25): Koizumi relayed many of the same points made to Famitsu as he did with 4Gamer. Also mentioned is that we can look forward to more than just Nintendo’s traditional IPs on Switch.

Original (10/23): 4Gamer published a new interview today with Super Mario Odyssey producer Yoshiaki Koizumi. It was mainly about that game as you would expect, but the piece also contained some talk about the Switch in general. It’s worth noting that Koizumi was the overall general producer of the Switch hardware.

Towards the end of its interview, 4Gamer brought up how Switch is getting a number of big games at a steady pace in its first year. The site almost feels like Nintendo compressed a five-year console cycle into just one year.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Tyler(@tylerlelliott) in General Nintendo, Interviews, News, Switch | 24 Comments

In a recent interview, GQ sat down with Super Mario Odyssey director Kenta Motokura and producer Yoshiaki Koizumi in preparation for the launch of the upcoming Mario title. Motokura and Koizumi discuss deciding on new environments, creating Cappy, delving into Mario and Peach’s relationship, and maintaining Mario’s longevity as a character and franchise.

We’ve rounded up the notable quotes below. You can read the interview in full here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 17 Comments

Redbull caught up with Andrew Newey from Sidebar Games for a chat about the hit Switch game Golf Story. Newey commented on the project’s Wii U origins, how Nintendo was involved, and a cut idea involving a split-screen two-player story mode.

Read Newey’s responses about these topics here. You can find the full interview on Redbull here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

The next episode of the Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon introduction video series with Game Freak is here. Shigeru Ohmori and Kazumasa Iwao talk about new Pokemon, returning Legendary Pokemon, the amount of Pokemon, and their favorite Pokemon in the Alola region. Watch the video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 28 Comments

Earlier this year, Cliff Bleszinski launched his new shooter LawBreakers at Boss Key. GameSpot decided to ask if a Switch version is possible.

Bleszinski started out his response by offering quite a bit of praise for Switch. He feels that the system’s concept is “brilliant” and Nintendo “really knocked it out of the park with this one.”

Bleszinski told GameSpot:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 22 Comments

Eurogamer published a new interview today with Sonic Forces producer Shun Nakamura. Nakamura commented on the reaction to Sonic Mania, the Switch version of Sonic Forces, and his big interest in wanting to make Samba de Amigo for Switch.

You can find these comments from Nakamura below. The full interview is up on Eurogamer here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 29 Comments

Game Freak has a delicate balance going on at the moment. The studio is currently wrapping up Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon for 3DS. But as we found out at E3, Game Freak is also shifting towards Switch with its very first Switch project.

On the bright side, handling two big projects doesn’t seem to be an issue for the company. In an interview with GameSpot, Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon producer Shigeru Ohmori noted how the latest 3DS games can be thought of “mainly as a project for our younger staff to work on and grow and develop their skills, while perhaps the more veteran, established members of the company can work on the upcoming [Switch] project.”

Ohmori explained:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Had it not been for the Super NES Classic Edition, Star Fox 2 may have been lost to history. The game was never intended to be released after Nintendo canned it due to the impending launch of the N64. That’s despite the fact that Star Fox 2 was essentially complete.

A couple of decades later, Star Fox 2 finally made its debut on the Super NES Classic Edition. Famitsu decided to ask Nintendo how the release happened. In an interview with Famitsu, Kazuhiro Maruyama, Takao Shimizu, and Kazuyoshi Nishi explained the situation.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 30 Comments

The very first thing we ever saw from Super Mario Odyssey was New Donk City. And it’s no ordinary city: Mario is running and jumping around with realistic people around him.

The concept of New Donk City may seem strange for a Mario title, but there was a purpose behind it. Director Kenta Motokura explained to Game Informer this month why it made sense for players to be interacting with a more realistic city.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments

Game Freak shared a new aspect of Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon in an interview with Eurogamer Portugal. We have a bit of news about Mantine Surf.

Director Kazumasa Iwao stated that points earned from Mantine Surf can be used to get items and have Move Tutors teach your Pokemon moves that they couldn’t learn in last year’s games. It’s similar to other enhanced versions, sequels, and remakes of Pokemon games. However, it’s not yet known if points can be obtained through other methods or if the points are Battle Points.

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