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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

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A Super Mario 30th anniversary video landed on Nintendo’s Japanese YouTube channel today. We’ve posted it below.

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Nintendo is releasing a new Mario vs. Donkey Kong 3DS theme in Japan very soon. For 200 yen, it will be possible to obtain the theme shown below. It’s out on Thursday.

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Members of the Cognitive Modeling Group at Germany’s University of Tubingen are working on something called the “Mario AI Project”. The team is attempting to make an artificially intelligent Mario agent that becomes aware of himself and his environment. Mario can also make decisions about what to do based on spoken instructions. Take a look at the video above to see what progress has been made thus far.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 60 Comments

The Associated Press has published a truly noteworthy interview with Shigeru Miyamoto. There is such a wide array of interesting questions and answers asked that we’re posting the discussion in full below.

Here’s an overview of topics addressed:

– amiibo cards
– The open world of Zelda Wii U
– Star Fox Wii U and how the game will play
– The Sony hack, and how a Mario film is unlikely
– Mario taking on a new role/appearing on a new game on Nintendo’s next platform
– A tease for what lies ahead after Wii U: “we have production lines that are working on ideas for what the next system might be”

Head past the break for all of Miyamoto’s juicy comments!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

Another physical reward has landed on the European Club Nintendo website. For 3,500 stars, members can pick up the Mario Golf Balls.

The reward features Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi golf balls. The box measures approximately 9.5cm x 9.5cm x 4.5cm, and the ball materials are rubber and synthetic resin.

View some photos of the Mario Golf Balls below. The reward can be ordered here.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in General Nintendo, News, Rumors | 16 Comments

Several internal Sony e-mails have been leaking to the press over the last week following a particularly nasty hacking incident, and some uncovered by Buzzfeed appear to contain some interesting Nintendo-related details. According to leaked e-mails between producer Avi Arad and Sony higher-ups, Arad had landed the rights for Sony Pictures Animation to produce an animated film based on the popular Super Mario Bros. series:

“I am the proud father of mario the animated film [sic],” producer Avi Arad told Sony studio chief Amy Pascal in an email dated Oct. 23, 2014, with the subject line “Mario.” Arad then forwarded Pascal separate images of him with Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, the latter of which included the message, “Happy ceo, lets get together, it’s the mother load. [sic]”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 3 Comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

Nintendo has announced a new promotion for Europe that allows new 3DS owners to obtain a free game. You’ll find all of the information you need to know below.

To take part in the Nintendo 3DS Winter 2014 Bonus Game Promotion all you have to do is;

Register a Nintendo 2DS, Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 3DS XL system with Club Nintendo between 11th September 2014 and 12th January 2015 (23:59 local time); and…
Register a copy of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (releasing 3rd October ), Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (both releasing 28th November) with Club Nintendo between 3rd October 2014 and 12th January 2015 (23:59 local time), and fill out the software registration survey – a required action if the copy of the game is purchased at retail.

Once you complete that you can select a free download code of one of the following games;

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Yoshi’s New Island
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Mario Golf: World Tour
Mario Party: Island Tour
Pokémon Art Academy

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments

Nintendo-Online published an article today analyzing the development team of the Super Mario series over the last 29 years. While it was written in German, it does come with a chart showing how the size of the development teams shifted over time. You’ll find the chart attached above.

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