Monolith Soft sets up new R&D division, expanding its game engine
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As shared in a new interview published today, Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft has not only set up a new R&D division, but is also expanding its game engine.
CCO and director Tetsuya Takahashi has been in charge of overseeing the R&D team for roughly a year. Xenoblade lead programmer Michihiko Inaba is the group’s producer and director.
Speaking about the need for an R&D team with CGWorld, Takashi shared the following (rough translation):
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Fuse ability was originally more ambitious
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Fuse was was of the new mechanics introduced in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but it turns out that Nintendo originally had grander plans for the feature. Details about its development were shared during the CEDEC 2024 presentation that took place a little while back.
According to director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, one of the original ideas for Fuse in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom let players combine multiple objects. The team also considered an option for the pattern in which the result of sticking the two things together would change into something else. Additionally, while Nintendo thought about having the ability to select the orientation of the fused materials, it was cut as sword orientations in this game were not a feature, making the angle meaningless.
[Let’s Talk] What are you playing? – October 2024
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A new month just started up a few days ago. Now that we’re in October, we want to know what you’ve been playing.
Are you journeying your way through Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom? What about other recent games like Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, The Plucky Squire, or Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.
Nintendo Museum has unseen hardware prototypes on display
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In what has come as a surprise to many, a number of hardware prototypes were added to the Nintendo Museum just days before the official opening date.
One of the key complaints brought up with the location prior to its opening was that based on what was shown in the Direct and to the press, Nintendo didn’t delve much into its history here. However, this has been rectified a bit. Now that the museum has just started to open, fans have discovered that many prototypes are on display, including the earlier times with the Super Famicom and Virtual Boy, extending into the Wii U era. Some have been shown publicly before, but many have not.
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F-Zero inspired by back Back to the Future Part II, Batman
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Takaya Imamura had a legendry career at Nintendo where he spent over thirty years at the company, working on franchises like F-Zero and Star Fox.
In a recent interview with Famitsu, Imamura shared some insight into the inspiration for F-Zero. Along with the second Back to the Future movie, it also looks like the team was influenced by Tim Burton’s Batman. He went as far as to say that director Kazunobu Shimizu wanted to emulate the Batmobile.
Our translation of the interview excerpt is as follows:
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Dog Man: Mission Impawsible release date set for December, first trailer
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Dog Man: Mission Impawsible, which was announced for Switch not too long ago, already secured a release date. Mindscape and Dav Pilkey revealed today that it’s launching on December 6, 2024.
Dog Man: Mission Impawsible was first made known last month. Mindscape only said at the time that the game was planned for this year.
Learn more about it in the following overview:
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Nintendo Download – October 3, 2024 (North America)
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It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download report for the week of October 3, 2024. The latest releases include SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game, Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Famitsu sales (9/23/24 – 9/29/24)
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F-Zero Climax and F-Zero: GP Legend joining Nintendo Switch Online
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Two more games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online, with the service soon adding F-Zero Climax and F-Zero: GP Legend. Both are slated for October 11, 2024. If you’re a subscriber to the Expansion Pack tier of Switch Online, you’ll be able to access them when they’re made available next week.
F-Zero Climax is particularly notable as the GBA game never left Japan. F-Zero: GP Legend launched in North America and Europe in 2004 after it debuted in Japan the year prior. These titles were made by Suzak, a studio that closed down in 2012.
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F-Zero 99 1.5.0 update out now, patch notes
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Nintendo is still supporting F-Zero 99, and a major update went live just a short while ago featuring the new Grand Prix Ace League.
That’s not all though. The game also received a new round of tracks, new machine decals, an Expanded Practice Mode. Even this is just the surface of things as the game has received a bunch of adjustments and fixes.
The full rundown is as follows:
