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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 23 Comments

Around the launch of Super Mario Odyssey, Japanese website 4Gamer conducted an interview with producer Yoshiaki Koizumi. It was a pretty big discussion, with Koziumi touching on all sorts of points. He talked about how Nintendo went about developing the game, the “Jump Up, Super Star” theme song, Pauline’s inclusion (an interesting note on Nintendo’s original plans for her), the higher age rating compared to past titles, and more.

Towards the start of the interview, when asked about the theme of Super Mario Odyssey being “journey”, Koizumi first described that their initial concept was to make “a new Mario that continues to stick in people’s minds” and they thought of new ideas that couldn’t be put into past Mario games. Among them, the one that can be put in rather well was the term “journey”.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

Jason Michael Paul has been producing The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses concert for the past several years. It’s the only major concert has done, but it’s not for a lack of interest.

Earlier in the year, Paul said he wanted to make a Nintendo All Star concert. In a new interview with GamesIndustry, he also stated that ht’s created a proposal for a Super Mario symphony that he hopes will stick. Unfortunately, Paul noted that his idea for a Super Smash Symphony won’t happen since it’s “too complicated.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 2 Comments

Today, The Pokemon Company announced that the total shipments of the Pokemon games have surpassed 300 million units worldwide. The latest games, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, gave the franchise another boost when they launched on 3DS last week.

Today’s figure includes 76 Pokemon-related games from February 1996 all the way up until November 2017. Sales from downloads are included.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 10 Comments

Update: Full patch notes added below. Massive amount of additions and changes.

Original: Splatoon 2’s huge update has just arrived. Version 2.0.0 has dropped, bringing along new stages (they’ll be rolled out gradually), gear, hairstyles, music, smaller improvements, and so much more.

Nintendo has yet to release the patch notes for the new Splatoon update. As soon as they’re available, we’ll add them in here. For now, you can read a big overview of the update nintendoeverything.com/splatoon-2-updates-incoming-on-november-23-december-new-stages-gear-amiibo-functionality-clam-blitz-more/.

The next Splatoon 2 update is scheduled for mid-December. When it goes live, players will be able to participate in a new Clam Blitz mode.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Aqua Moto Racing Utopia – €34.99 (available November 24)
Let’s Sing 2018 – €35.99 until December 24; regularly €39.99 (available November 24)
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Gold Edition – €59.99 until November 30; regularly €74.99
MXGP3 – €49.99
Poi: Explorer Edition – €15.99
Portal Knights – €29.99
Snow Moto Racing Utopia – €34.99 (available November 24)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle Gold Edition – $79.99
Portal Knights – $29.99
Resident Evil Revelations – $19.99 (available November 28)
Resident Evil Revelations 2 – $19.99 (available November 28)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 9 Comments

Nintendo posted a special treat on its Japanese YouTube channel today. We’re able to get a look at the recording process for some of the music in Splatoon 2. If you’re interested, check out the video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 13 Comments

It’s been over two years since late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away. The loss is something that many haven’t forgotten, including Pokemon developer Game Freak.

In Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon, the games pay tribute to Iwata. We won’t go into the details for those who want to experience it for themselves, but we have a look at the tribute below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 32 Comments

Nintendo has kicked off a new eShop sale in North America. Games on Switch, 3DS, and Wii U have been discounted by up to 75% off.

Here’s the full lineup of games and how much they’ve been discounted by:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 43 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Switch – 86,999
New 2DS LL – 29,013
PS4 – 18,126
New 3DS LL – 11,074
PS4 Pro – 8,176
2DS – 3,113
Vita – 3,090
New 3DS – 280
Xbox One X – 143
Xbox One – 104
PS3 – 46
Wii U – 43

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Switch – 79,958
PS4 – 20,021
New 2DS LL – 10,323
New 3DS LL – 7,296
PS4 Pro – 6,037
Vita – 3,210
2DS – 1,484
Xbox One X – 1,344
New 3DS – 266
Xbox One – 121
PS3 – 41
Wii U – 36

And here are the software charts:

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