Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom final pre-launch trailer airing on April 13
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Nintendo is continuing to hype up The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, this time by announcing that a new trailer will be airing tomorrow, April 13. The video will go live at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM in the UK / 4 PM in Europe.
Nintendo doesn’t typically share announcements about trailers, but Tears of the Kingdom is obviously a different beast. It seems that this one will actually be live streamed.
Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy announced for Switch
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Today, publisher THQ Nordic and developer Frozenbyte announced Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy. The game will be released on Switch this summer.
First details can be found in the following overview:
Aliens: Fireteam Elite cloud version on the way to Switch
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Switch will soon be receiving a cloud version of Aliens: Firetime Elite, eShop listings reveal. A release is planned for April 26, 2023.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite will have both a standard edition and Ultimate Edition, priced at $29.99 and $59.99 respectively. The latter includes the base game, Pathogen DLC expansion, Endeavor Pass, and Endeavor Veteran Pack.
Here’s an official overview of the game:
A spoilery Super Mario Bros. Movie discussion | Nintendo Everything Refresh Ep. 050
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie dropped in theatres around the world last week, and it’s jam-packed with Nintendo references, incredible animation, and even new lore! In this episode of Nintendo Everything Refresh, your hosts Nick and Nicolas will share all their favorite moments from the film (with spoilers – you’ve been warned!), talk about the implications of a potential sequel, and weigh whether all the concerns about voice acting were warranted. In our news segment, we’ll be talking about the Xenoblade 3 OST release. the impending launch of Pokemon Stadium on Switch Online, the next Harvest Moon game, and more!
Super Bomberman R 2 release date set for September
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Original (4/9): Konami has come through with a final release date for Super Bomberman R 2. According to a Japanese eShop listing, the title will launch on September 14, 2023.
Super Bomberman R 2 was previously announced for Switch last summer. Konami provided a general 2023 launch window at the time.
The game will include numerous features, including a stage editor. More information can be found in the following overview:
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Nintendo going after Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom art book leaker
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A couple of months ago, a massive leak surfaced for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that essentially revealed everything from the game’s art book. It was a surprise for a few reasons. For one thing, the leak happened several months before the official launch. We also don’t typically see leaks of that scale for Nintendo products.
Nintendo understandably wasn’t happy with the situation, and is now looking to track down the original leaker. TorrentFreak reports that the company “has homed in on a specific Discord user and is now trying to obtain their identity.”
Miyamoto says Nintendo was hesitant to make a backstory for Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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Mario games are always about the gameplay, with the story often having a minimal impact. However, with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the plot and its characters needed to take center stage. This created an interesting dilemma of sorts for Nintendo.
If you’ve seen The Super Mario Bros. Movie or any of its trailers, you obviously know that there’s more to Mario compared to the games – including a bit of a backstory. But Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said Nintendo felt some hesitation there since “we want Mario to be without restrictions” and going into more of his character “might become a disadvantage for future games.”
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[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – April 2023
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A new month started up last week. Now that we’re in April, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Have you been playing through some of the more recent releases on Switch like Atelier Ryza 3? Maybe you’re playing one of the latest classics that have been added to Nintendo Switch Online? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
Nintendo made sketches of Mario’s parents that were never used, brought back for the movie
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie director Aaron Horvath has revealed that Nintendo previously made sketches of Mario’s parents that went unused. However, they resurfaced from the company’s vault for the new film.
The Mario family is brought in a bit for the new movie, and it turns out that Nintendo was “fully on board with this cinematic representation of Mario and knowing that he’s not just going to be a guy who appears from a pipe and says ‘Wahoo!’ and then he’s off on his adventure,” according to Horvath. He told Polygon that the idea here was to show that “he’s a real guy with a real life and real problems.”
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Miyamoto on why Nintendo has been reluctant to make movie adaptations for its games
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Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed why Nintendo has been hesitant to have its games adapted into movies.
To say this is a field that Nintendo hasn’t explored much would be an understatement. After taking Mario to the big screen with a live action film in 1993, the company hasn’t done much with other adaptations. That finally changed this week with The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was created in partnership with Illumination.
