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Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Original: A verdict has been reached in Yuji Naka’s insider trading case, and the game developer – known for his previous work on Sonic the Hedgehog and more recently Balan Wonderworld – has been sentenced to prison, but he is unlikely to serve time.

The courts made a final judgement today. The big part of the story is that Naka has been given a prison sentence of two years and six months. However, sine he’ll be seeing a four-year suspension, that should allow him to avoid jailtime. He has also been given a couple of fines of two million and 170 million yen.

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Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 0 comments

Mortal Kombat 1 just put out its latest trailer, with Warner Bros. and NetherRealm Studios focusing on Lin Kuei. The video includes a look at Smoke and Rain plus Cyrax, Sektor, Frost, and more.

As a brief recap, here’s what to expect from Mortal Kombat 1:

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Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of July 6, 2023. The latest releases include The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Oxenfree II, and more.

Here’s the full roundup:

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Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 0 comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:

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Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Nintendo just shared more information about the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 5 DLC, including a release date and new tracks. We also have a trailer.

The Cherry Cup will include Los Angeles Laps (Mario Kart Tour), Sunset Wilds (Mario Kart: Super Circuit), Koopa Cape (Mario Kart Wii), and Vancouver Velocity (Mario Kart Tour). The Feather Cup, meanwhile, adds Daisy Cruiser (Mario Kart: Double-Dash!!), Moonview Highway (Mario Kart Wii), Athens Dash (Mario Kart Tour), and the recently-revealed Squeaky Clean Sprint. Each course can be played locally or online.

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Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Nintendo’s latest annual report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, which was just issued today, outlines the salaries of the company’s top directors including president Shuntaro Furukawa and Shigeru Miyamoto.

As the head of Nintendo, Furukawa earns the most with a salary of $2.51 million. Miyamoto follows in second with $2.02 million. The rest of the list rounds out with Shinya Takahashi (one of the hosts in the last Nintendo Direct) at $1.61 million, Satoru Shibata at $1.91 million, and Ko Shiota at $910,000. Note that these figures were converted from yen.

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Posted on 1 year ago by Nicholas Serpa in Previews, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Over the years, I’ve made a few attempts at the Soulslike genre – most notably via Bloodborne and the recent Demon’s Souls remake – but have yet to find one that I truly want to sink a lot of time into. I think it’s just a matter of preference, as I don’t have much patience for games that don’t respect the player’s time or are needlessly opaque and difficult – but at the same time, I love games with moderately challenging, strategic real-time combat. It’s why I was so curious to try out Another Crab’s Treasure at Summer Game Fest; finally, here’s a Soulslike game that seems purpose-built for relative genre newcomers like me. After going hands-on with the game, I think this could be the first Dark Souls-inspired game I actually complete.

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Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Masahiro Sakurai published a new video on his YouTube channel today about Kid Icarus: Uprising, which goes over the game’s development and he touches on aspects such as the controls. Additionally, he once again expressed interest in seeing a re-release, though that would be “difficult”.

Sakurai starts out by going over the initial history, with late president Satoru Iwata asking him to provide input about the 3DS’ specs and create a game for the hardware. He wanted to develop something for the core audience and ended up going with a third-person shooter. Kid Icarus was chosen due to demand for a new title and Pit’s appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

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Posted on 1 year ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments

Tetris 99 will host its 34th Maximus Cup soon featuring Pikmin 4 as a new theme, Nintendo just announced.

Any Nintendo Switch Online member can participate by playing the game’s online mode during the event period. Players can earn points based on their placement in each match. Once you hit 100 points, the theme will be unlocked. The theme includes background art, music, and Tetrimino designs inspired by Pikmin 4.

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Posted on 1 year ago by Nicholas Serpa in Previews, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Anyone who owns a cat is probably well aware of how quickly they can turn from cuddly, loveable fluffballs into zooming creatures of chaos. While I can’t say I always understand why they feel compelled to, say, scratch at our brand-new barstools or knock over a cup of coffee that I just placed on the counter, perhaps the upcoming sandbox-exploration game Little Kitty, Big City will give me some answers, or at least let me empathize with them a bit more. I was able to play 45 minutes of Double Dagger Studio’s debut game at Summer Games Fest recently, and I’m already floored with it.

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