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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 49 Comments

Since a mainline Pokemon has never graced a Nintendo home console, fans of the franchise are waiting to see if and when it will make an appearance on Switch. Of course, there has been plenty of speculation regarding a third version of Pokemon Sun/Moon for the platform.

When asked about Switch in a new Spanish interview, Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda said:

“Without a doubt, Nintendo Switch is the future, but we will have to wait until it goes out on the market and study how it can benefit from Pokemon. When people have it, we will have too see and deeply study how to use it so we can think how the next entries of Pokemon are going to be and how the saga can benefit from the new console.”

Masuda also mentioned that Pokemon has always evolved with Nintendo consoles, and will continue to do so. With the technology that’s available, they’ll explore how to highlight the series’ important aspect of communication.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 3 Comments

The second generation of Pokemon are officially coming to Pokemon GO. Togepi, Pichu, as well as select Pokemon from Gold and Silver are live in the game. These can be found by visiting and spinning PokeStops to acquire Eggs.

This is just the beginning of the Johto region’s presence in Pokemon GO. What’s available in Pokemon GO today are the first of more creatures coming to the game “over the next few months.”

Pokemon GO players can also encounter a special-edition Pikachu, who comes wearing a festive hat to celebrate the holiday season. It’ll be in the game through December 29 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET.

Head past the break for today’s full announcement.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Retail

Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure – €34.99 / £28.99 / CHF 49.00

Wii U Download

Pikmin 2 (Wii) – €19.99 / £17.99 / CHF 28.00

Breakout Defense – €7.00 / £7.00 / CHF 10.00

Scribble – €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 2.99

Teslapunk – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 12.99

Test Your Mind – €1.99 / £1.99 / CHF 3.00

3DS Download

Johnny Dynamite – €1.49 / £1.29 / CHF 2.10 until 05.01.2017, regular price €1.99 / £1.29 / CHF 2.10

Kutar Apple – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar Burger Factory – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar Concert Staff – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar End Credits – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar Jump Rope – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar Magic Ball – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar Powder Factory – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar Quiz – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar Ski Lift – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

Kutar Tube Rider – €0.99 / £0.99 / CHF 1.20

New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console

Demon’s Crest (SNES) – €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF 11.20

3DS DLC

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Lore 1: Parellel Universes –  free

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Lore 2: Observation Explained –  free

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Extra Difficulty Levels –  free

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – The Inverted Pyramid – €1.99 / £1.49 / CHF 2.80

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – A Godslayer Needs Jewels – €2.99 / £1.99 / CHF 4.20

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – A Trip to Hawaii – €2.49 / £1.79 / CHF 3.50

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Explosive Epidemic in Mikado – €1.99 / £1.49 / CHF 2.80

7th Dragon III Code: VFD Quest: Code: Lucifer! – Free until 22.12.2016, regular price €1.99 / £1.49 / CHF 2.80

7th Dragon III Code: VFD Quest: To My Beloved Unit 13 – Free until 22.12.2016, regular price €1.49 / £0.99 / CHF 2.10

7th Dragon III Code: VFD Quest: Allie’s Death March – Free until 22.12.2016, regular price €1.49 / £0.99 / CHF 2.10

3DS Themes

Amanojaku – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

Bad?End?Night – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

Karakuri Pierrot – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

Aa, Subarashiki Nyan-Sei – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

Tale of the Deep-sea Lily – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Mario is here to stay. As Nintendo’s biggest franchise – and one of the biggest in general – there are plenty of additional adventures in store for the future. Shigeru Miyamoto is unsure about where Mario will be taken down the road, though technology will play an important role.

Miyamoto was asked about where he sees the future of Mario going during the Super Mario Run event at the Apple Store a few days ago. He reflected on a poll conducted after Super Mario Bros. launched, and how Mario was more popular than Mickey Mouse. Miyamoto realized at the time that “Mickey Mouse was a character that had evolved with the evolution of cinema and animation, and so it was then when I felt that if I want Mario to continue to survive as a character, then Mario needs to evolve with technology and video games.” And so Mario’s future will depend on the technology Miyamoto stumbles upon in the future.

Miyamoto’s full comments:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 6 Comments

Nidhogg is Messhof’s side-scrolling fighter featuring two players. It debuted in 2014, and now the indie studio is working on a sequel.

EDGE pointed out in its issue last month that development on Nidhogg 2 has been quicker, and it’s coming to more platforms at once. Given that as well as how the Switch controllers line up well with the game’s concept, the magazine asked about potential interest in the new console.

Messhof’s response was certainly encouraging. Co-founder Kristy Norindr said: “It looks awesome, and it’s perfect for Nidhogg.”

We’ve attached trailers for both Nidhogg games below to give you a better idea about what the gameplay offers.

Would you like to see either of the Nidhogg games – or both – on Switch?

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 143 Comments

Fans were able to submit a bunch of questions to Shigeru Miyamoto when he showed up for the Super Mario Run event at the Apple Store in SoHo a few days ago. At one point, he was asked if there was any character he wanted to develop or felt very passionate about that didn’t make it. He pointed to two franchises: Fox McCloud (Star Fox) and Pikmin.

Miyamoto said:

“Yeah, I always wanted Fox McCloud to be a bit more popular than he is. But I think one more would be Pikmin. So I think these two, I’ll need to put some more energy into.”

With Pikmin, we know that a new side-scroller is coming to 3DS in 2017. Miyamoto has also previously mentioned Pikmin 4 which one would assume is a different game.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 25 Comments

There’s one additional excerpt from Glixel’s new interview with Shigeru Miyamoto that we wanted to give the spotlight to.

As part of the discussion, Miyamoto was asked if he’s playing games other than the mobile title Neko Atsume. This led him to speak about his enjoyment and respect of Minecraft.

Interestingly, Miyamoto told Glixel that Nintendo conducted “a lot of experiments that were similar to that back in the N64 days”. There were apparently “some designs that were very similar.”

Miyamoto’s full words:

“I do like Minecraft, but really more from the perspective of the fact that I really feel like that’s something we should have made. We had actually done a lot of experiments that were similar to that back in the N64 days and we had some designs that were very similar. It’s really impressive to me to see how they’ve been able to take that idea and turn it into a product.”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 18 Comments

Glixel has a new interview up with Shigeru Miyamoto. But whereas most discussions with Nintendo’s legendary developer have focused specifically on Super Mario Run, this one is a bit more general.

While speaking with the site, Miyamoto spoke about working with his core team of four for thirty years, his role with development, inspirations and influences, relationship with Mario, and the similiarties between Apple and Switch. He also mentioned that younger staff “are taking the lead on Switch development”.

We’ve rounded up the notable responses from Miyamoto below. For the full interview, head on over to Glixel.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 2 Comments

Back in October, Rayman creator Michel Ancel managed to uncover the original ROM for the first game on SNES after 20 years. Ubisoft planned to bring it to Nintendo’s old console at one point, but it wasn’t meant to be.

Since Ancel discovered the news about his discovery, a video actually surfaced. It may not be long and sound is absent, but it does show the SNES version in motion.

Ancel was also at IndieCade Europe late last month where he spoke about Rayman on SNES. Thanks to that, we have the off-screen image above.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

In its issue last month, Retro Gamer published a large feature on Pokemon which takes a look back at the series’ earliest days up to the present. It included a number of comments from people with big connections to the franchise, including Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori. Masuda is well-known as the producer at Game Freak while Sugimori drew the original 151 Pokemon.

Masuda in particular shared some interesting comments about the process in which Game Freak went to work on the original games, how the team was limited by the Game Boy hardware, and localization overseas. Sugimori talked about why each new Pokemon generation tends to see no more than 100 creatures.

We’ve included these statements from both Masuda and Sugimori below.

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