2 hours of Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination footage
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GameXplain has posted 2 hours of footage from Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination. The lengthy video can be found below.
Zelda: Twilight Princess manga kicks off on February 8
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Update: Side-note about the five volumes of complete version manga previously announced. It will begin with the Complete Version of Ocarina of Time, out on March 10.
We knew that The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess would be receiving its own manga thanks to an announcement made earlier this week. An official press release has now been sent out, confirming that it will begin on February 8. New content will be issued bi-weekly.
The series will be published at Shogakukan’s manga app Manga One. If we hear anything about an official translation, we’ll be sure to let you know.
22 minutes of Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination footage
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A lengthy gameplay video showing Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination is now available. Take a look at it below.
Zelda: Twilight Princess HD tweet (2/2/16)
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“Malo” is touching upon another aspect of Twilight Princess HD with today’s new tweet on the series’ Japanese Twitter page. Today’s message focuses on the Ooccoos.
Here’s the translated tweet:
“…It’s Malo. This is the ‘Auntie’ who would teleport you instantly in and out of dungeons… I can’t unsee her as an alien… Originally she should’ve looked a bit more like human… but what happened here…”
And some concept art:

Super Mario Maker – 6.2 million courses, play count over 400 million
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6.2 million courses have been created in Super Mario Maker thus far, Tatsumi Kimishima has revealed. The Nintendo president announced the news during the company’s financial results briefing a little while ago. He also divulged that 400 million play counts have been recorded, an average of over 64 plays per level.
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Miitomo – pre-registration on Feb. 17, release in and outside Japan in mid-March
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 2 Comments
One topic Nintendo addressed during its financial results briefing today is Miitomo.
The early word out of today’s event is that the app will launch in mid-March in Japan. This will be followed abroad during the same month on iOS and Android.
Miitomo pre-registration begins on February 17, with plans to launch next month in 16 countries and 8 languages. The latter includes English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, and Russian.
Development lag causing delay of Nintendo’s sleep monitoring device
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima shared a small update on the company’s quality of life initiative during a press conference earlier today. The device intended to measure sleep quality was originally planned for March, but was moved to April or beyond due to development lagging behind.
Kimishima shared a tiny tidbit about the 3DS as well. He mentioned that the system had trouble raising sales during the year-end holiday season, though digital download games and amiibo figures sold favorably.
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Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination – full intro
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Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination has now released in Japan, and footage is starting to come in. You can watch the full intro below.
Japanese 3DS themes (2/2/16)
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A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the full lineup:
Dragon Ball Super – 200 yen
One Piece – 200 yen
Shantae (x2) – 200 yen each
Mighty Switch Force! – 200 yen
Nemuneko Friends – 200 yen
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Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 3DS pre-load up in Japan, block size
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Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on 3DS can now be pre-loaded on the Japanese eShop. To do so, users will need 4948 blocks of free space.









