Paper Mario: The Origami King producer elaborates on series’ NPC restrictions
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Around the release of Paper Mario: The Origami King, we heard from producer Kensuke Tanabe that the team is no longer able to modify Mario characters or make original characters that extend to the Mario universe. Tanabe has now commented on the situation further as part of an interview with GamesRadar.
Tanabe mentioned that the developers can’t “graphically represent individual characteristics” like age and gender when it comes to the Toad NPCs. He added that writer Taro Kudo “has been grappling with this difficult challenge since Paper Mario: Sticker Star”.
Tanabe’s full words:
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy first details, debut trailer
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Koei Tecmo and Gust today shared the first details for Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy, which was announced for Switch last week. Information pertains to new gameplay abilities and the first storyline teases.
Here’s the full rundown:
Nintendo leaks: Animal Crossing N64 unused characters, cut Mario Kart 64 track, more
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The Nintendo leaks that have sprung up since late last week are continuing as fans are still combing through the many files and assets. We have another batch of interesting findings relating to a number of N64 games. With Animal Crossing for instance (which only made it to Japan on the N64), a few unused characters have been found from early development. Fans have also shared footage of a beta dungeon in Zelda: Ocarina of Time, images of another scrapped Super Mario 64 enemy, and even a look at a cut Mario Kart 64 track.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Smash Bros. Ultimate to feature blue spirits in latest Spirit Board event
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Later this week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be hosting its latest Spirit Board event. Blue spirits will be featured, and by defeating them, you can earn more gold than you normally would.
The latest Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board event goes live on July 31. Just like previous ones, it’ll last for three days.
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Nintendo leak: Super Mario 64 beta models for Yoshi and Whomp
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Continuing on the recent Nintendo leaks, fans have been able to uncover and construct a couple of beta models from Super Mario 64. Along with an early look at Yoshi, we also have an interesting design for the Whomp enemies.
Here’s a look at both:
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Studio MDHR shares update on Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, will feature team’s “most detailed and complex animations” yet
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During an interview with Geoff Keighley as part of Summer Games Fest, Studio MDHR shared an update on Cuphead’s The Delicious Last Course DLC.
COO Maja Moldenhauer mentioned that 2020 “just threw everyone for a loop, and we’re still working on it.” The DLC is “taking us a little longer than we thought, but we want to make it a memorable experience,” she said.
Moldenhauer also teased that The Delicious Last Course will have “some of our most detailed and complex animations that we’ve ever done.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Summer Update – Wave 2 incoming – fireworks, dreaming, save data backup
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Nintendo has detailed the second part of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ summer update.
The first part of the update will add fireworks shows, which take place each Sunday. A dreams feature will also be made available in which you can visit other islands, though nothing there is permanent. And most significantly of all, players will finally be able to back up their save data if they’re a Nintendo Switch Online member, though you’ll have to go through Nintendo customer service to recover anything that’s lost. Nintendo is working on a function to move users and save data to another system, which will launch later in 2020.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Summer Update – Wave 2 goes live on August 30. We have more details and a trailer below.
Tetris 99 – 15th Maximus Cup announced, features Paper Mario: The Origami King
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Nintendo has announced the 15th Maximus Cup for Tetris 99. This time around, Paper Mario: The Origami King will be featured. Players will be able to unlock a theme based on the game.
The 15th Maximus Cup goes live on July 31 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET. You’ll have until August 3 at 11:59 PM PT / August 4 at 2:59 AM ET to collect 100 event points and unlock the theme.
Nintendo leaks: Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time beta enemies, unreleased Mario Kart 64 items, more
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Since our last report on the new Nintendo leaks, a bunch of additional findings have been publicized online. Much of what has been found over the past day or so pertains to N64 titles, including beta/unused enemies for Super Mario 64 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time. We also have a look at scrapped items for Mario Kart 64 and more.
Here’s the roundup of notable discoveries:
Fairy Tail getting Photo Mode update next week, new characters and costume as DLC
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Fairy Tail will be receiving a Photo Mode update next week, Koei Tecmo and Gust have announced. It’ll be made available in the form of a free update.
Also announced today is new DLC for the game. Lyon Vastia, Levy McGarden, Lisanna Strauss, and Elfman Strauss will be added as new playable characters. Note that Lisanna Strauss and Elfman Strauss are packaged together.
Lastly, on the same topic of DLC, there will be 48 pieces of costume DLC arranged into three sets. They are as follows:
