Are you playing some of the recent Switch releases like Fairy Tail or Crysis Remastered? Going through the new summer update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons? No matter the case, let us know in the comments below.

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Sakurai on staging characters for visual appeal, Min Min’s unique input methods in Smash Bros. Ultimate

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In Masahiro Sakurai’s 609th column for Famitsu, the Super Smash Bros. director talked in-depth about the thought process behind staging characters for visual appeal. He also revealed the reason for switching up Min Min’s input methods in Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Check below for the column’s full translation by Nintendo Everything’s Oni Dino.

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[Interview] Swery on Deadly Premonition 2 – returning to the series, future, more

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Prior to the launch of Deadly Premonition 2, Nintendo Everything was able to speak with director Hidetaka Suehiro. We wanted to ask about returning to the IP, what lies ahead for the future, and more. Swery also spoke about his approach to development when it comes to Deadly Premonition, and the importance of the story.

You can read up on our full discussion all about Deadly Premonition below.

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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.

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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: