LEGO NES has a special Easter egg hidden inside
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The LEGO NES was only just announced a couple of weeks ago, but the product has already arrived. Its official release date is tomorrow.
What you may not know is that there’s a special Easter egg hidden inside. We’ll be going into more detail beyond this point, so keep that in mind if you don’t want to be spoiled in any way.
LEGO Super Mario dev on early designs, says Nintendo dropped prototypes 6,000 times in quality checks, more
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Nintendo Life has published a new interview with Jonathan Bennink, the lead designer on LEGO Super Mario. Bennink spoke about the earliest designs, how Nintendo dropped the product 6,000 times each time a new build was sent to them, approval for sound effects and getting new voice lines from Charles Martinet, and being able to have meetings with Koji Kondo – which usually doesn’t happen.
Here’s the full roundup of these topics:
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Nintendo leaks: Human NPCs in Animal Crossing, winged Mario in Super Mario World, more
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It’s been nearly a week now since the big Nintendo leak involving game prototypes, source code, and more. But discoveries pertaining to some of the companies older games continue to emerge, and if you’re a fan of history or some of the Big N’s classics, you might be interested in some of the latest findings.
Among the leaks is the discovery of human NPCs in the original Animal Crossing while it was being developed for the N64, and we even have a few images of these characters. Another major finding is are in-development sprites of Mario with wings from Super Mario World.
Here’s the full roundup:
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Moon for Switch finally coming west in August, trailer
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The anti-RPG Moon initially released for the original PlayStation back in 1997, but never saw a western release. Onion Games then brought the title to Switch in Japan last year, and it’s now finally getting a proper English release.
Onion Games confirmed today that it will offer Moon for Switch in the west on August 27. It will be sold digitally via the eShop.
Here’s an overview of Moon, along with a trailer:
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Nintendo Download – July 30, 2020 (Europe) – Fairy Tail, Double Gold Points Fest, more
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Fairy Tail
Instant Sports Summer Games
Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection
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Famitsu sales (7/20/20 – 7/26/20)
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Nintendo Download – July 30, 2020 (North America) – Fairy Tail, Skully, more
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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Fairy Tail – $59.99 (available July 31)
Skully – $29.99 (available August 4)
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons update out now (version 1.4.0)
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Nintendo just issued a 1.4.0 update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s the second summer update for the game, which includes a fireworks event, dreaming feature, and save data backup.
Here’s the full rundown of what’s been added:
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl early builds unearthed, reveal many changes from the final games
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Pokemon Diamond and Pearl were among the many games included in the latest Nintendo leaks. A number of builds have been unearthed, with the earliest one going back to March 14, 2006, which is more than five months before the final release.
Twitter Lewchube has been rounding up the many discoveries on Twitter. They include a possible father figure, a potential different type pairing for Turtwig, graphical changes, different area layouts, and more.
Here’s the full roundup:
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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:
