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Nintendo News Recap.
Mostly an uneventful week headlined by
the Censorship heavy Fire Emblem Fates. Not bad, but also not good.
Like most of the time.
New Releases:
- PixelJunk Monsters – Wii-U Download-Software
- Digger Dan DX – Nintendo 3DS Download-Software
- Fire Emblem Fates – Nintendo 3DS Game Card
Three games. Yes three games is all we've got this week in Europe. Of course Fire Emblem is a huge release, but I with the censorship and bad translation it's not really a compelling one. Apart from that we get two Indie games, which honestly don't look all that interesting.
Miitomo:
This week mostly
consists of good news for Nintendo and we'll start with Miitomo.
Nintendos first Smartphone app has been a big success and this week
they announced another milestone. Miitomo has been downloaded over 5
Million times on Android Devices alone. With this success at their
backs it's secured that Nintendo will support Miitomo for a long
time. So good news for anyone enjoying the app.
Nintendo:
To
secure it's position in the Future Nintendo has started to look into
other business ventures beyond Video Games. This isn't something new,
the Home of Mario and Link was once the owner of several Love Hotels
(basically hotels in Japan, where you go to get it on like Donkey
Kong). In an official document Nintendo has now announced which
fields exactly will get a closer look in the future. Some may not be
too surprising. The Licensing of their IPs to 3rd Party
sources has been talked about time and time again. Also the interest
in health products is not too surprising, when you look back at their
plans with Quality of Life. The once surprising entrance in the list
is, however, to invest and manage restaurants. A Nintendo themed
restaurant chain surely could become a huge hit. These new guidelines
will come into effect on 29th June, incidentally the date
of the next Investor meeting.
In an
interview with the Japanese website Asahi Nintendo President Tatsumi
Kimishima announced Nintendos plans to enter the movie making
business. He declared the company’s desire to create a system where
most of the work can be done by themselves. Of course this can't be
done within a year, but according to Kimishima he hopes that it won't
take more than five years. He also said that they are looking into
which of their IPs should become their first movie. And lastly it
seems that, after the disaster of the Mario Movie from 1993, Nintendo
wants to stay clear from Live Action and concentrate on Animation
Movies. Hopefully this plan bears fruit and the Nintendo Cinematic
Universe culminates in several years into a Smash Bros. Movie. Hell
Yeah.
Source:
http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-exploring-movies-wants-first-one-ready-within-next-2-3-years/
Kirby:
Kirby is back on the 3DS, and after the excellent Kirby Triple Deluxe
two years earlier, his fans are happy for more. In less than a month
we can finally rain destruction down onto our enemies. To get people
into the mood for this Nintendo has released a new overview Trailer
for Kirby: Planet Robobot.
Mario:
Like stated earlier Nintendo is looking to use their IPs more
aggressively with 3rd Party Partners. One of this project
has now been announced. Mario is getting his own Monopoly Version. It
is designed in the classic 8 Bit Style of the original Super Mario
Bros.
If you're a fan of Monopoly and Mario this may be worth it. But I as
Austrian will always prefer DKT.
Mario Maker:
While Miitomo is a success on Smartphones and Splatoon is tearing up
Japan many may forget that good old Mario is still Nintendos biggest
Star. This was cemented this week with the announcement of new
Milestones for Super Mario Maker. The game has sold already over 3.5
Million Units World Wide. Not too shabby o nan install base of 12
Million. Also 7.2 Million Levels have been created and shared online.
Nintendo of America was nice enough to summarize these impressive
numbers in one picture.
Splatoon:
While I haven't been able to participate in the last Splatfest I can
bring you good news. The better side has claimed Victory in the
battle between Costume Party and Gala. Team Gala won both, in
membership and number of victories. Well done my fellow Ladies and
Gentlemen. Well done.
Source: The Squid Sisters
Fire Emblem:
This last week an interesting interview was released by Game
Informer. In this the producer of the Fire Emblem Series, Hitoshi
Yamagami, and the director, Kouhei Maeda, talked about the release of
the series in the west. Here are the most important information
pieces from the Interview:
- Yamagami was the one who had the idea bringing Fire Emblem to the West and talked with developer Intelligent Systems about it.
- Intelligent Systems wasn't sure if the series would have enough appeal to western audiences and feared that it won't sell enough.
- But Yamagami was confident that it was the right move and the audience would grow from it.
- Maeda thinks that Super Smash Bros. was the first time many players were introduced to the series and wanted to find out more about it.
- Without the success of Awakening there wouldn't have been a future for the series.
- Perma Death as an option instead of the only possibility helped getting new players into the series.
- Yamagami felt bad when players were forced to care for a character, level him up and help him grow, only for that character to die.
- The decision to release Fire Emblem Fates in to different versions was done because the developers wanted players to face a difficult decision even before buying the game.
Also for anyone interested here is the launch trailer for Fire Emblem
Fates:
Nintendo
Selects:
And lastly we got the announcement that new titles for Nintendo 3DS
will be joining the Nintendo Selects.
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.
- New Style Boutique
- Paper Mario Sticker Star
- Lego City Undercover: The Chase begins
These
new titles will join the line on 24th
June. Are you looking forward to one of them?
And that was it for this week. Enjoy your games and enjoy the
weekend.
And as always
thanks for reading
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