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Nintendo Museum has unseen hardware prototypes on display

Brian — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 20:04:28 +0000

In what has come as a surprise to many, a number of hardware prototypes were added to the Nintendo Museum just days before the official opening date. One of the key complaints brought up with the location prior to its opening was that based on what was shown in the Direct and to the press, Nintendo didn’t delve much into...

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Mario Kart tracks that never returned after debut

Ethan — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 04:50:23 +0000

The Mario Kart series is home to many, many different courses, and each new game in the series adds even more to that big number. A ton of old tracks were remade for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s Booster Course Pass, but a select few of them didn’t make the cut. Not just that, but some Mario Kart courses have never...

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Epic Mickey pitch video discovered

Brian — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 04:00:14 +0000

Over the past few days, a pitch video has been making the rounds for an internal pitch made to Disney which would end up being Epic Mickey. Twitter / X account Epic Mickey Wiki circulated the news. Thomas Heimann actually shared the clip towards the start of the year. Heimann says he “personally animated all the shots from the beginning...

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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Switch vs. Wii graphics comparison

Brian — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:46:39 +0000

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD was just announced for Switch today, and a new video offers a graphics comparison that puts it up against the original Wii version. 3DS is technically included here as well, as that was essentially the Wii version at a lower resolution. As far as we know, Donkey Kong Country Returns will now run in full...

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Nintendo of America never planned on bringing Xenoblade to North America despite announcing it at E3

Brian — Sun, 05 May 2024 04:00:13 +0000

These days Xenoblade is one of Nintendo’s bigger franchises – at least when it comes to RPGs – but that wasn’t always the case. The first entry came out in English more than a year after its Japanese launch, and that was for European fans only. It wasn’t until the “Operation Rainfall” fan campaign that Nintendo brought it to North...

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Epic Mickey Rebrushed graphics comparison (Switch vs. Wii)

Brian — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:47:27 +0000

Epic Mickey Rebrushed, a remake of the series’ first game, was announced today and a new graphics comparison from GameXplain gives us a better idea as to how it’s shaping up. The footage used is here is only based on the opening intro instead of gameplay. However, that alone is enough to show what’s been updated. Mickey’s look is slightly...

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Major Minor’s Majestic March designer critical of Nintendo during early Wii development

Brian — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 05:00:45 +0000

You may recall a bit of a niche music game that released on Wii titled Major Minor’s Majestic March. Masaya Matsuura, who worked on games like Vib-Ribbon and PaRappa the Rapper, was one of the main designers involved with the project. Matsuura reflected on Major Minor’s Majestic March in a recent issue of EDGE and had some criticisms for Nintendo....

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Epic Mickey director says “gamers didn’t get it”, but “proud” of the title

Brian — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:16:21 +0000

Warren Spector acted as director on Epic Mickey – as well as its sequel. As a huge Disney fan, it was a big passion project for him. Spector reflected on Epic Mickey and its initial reception while speaking with Venturebeat. As someone who worked on immersive sims before like Deus Ex, this was a big change in terms of what...

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Hideki Kamiya again mentions interest in working with Viewtiful Joe, Okami

Brian — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:32:58 +0000

Hideki Kamiya has again expressed interest in working on Viewtiful Joe as well as Okami. Kamiya – who recently left PlatinumGames and was director on both projects – made a few brief remarks about both IPs in a new video published on his YouTube channel today. As for Viewtiful Joe, Kamiya said that he “actually had the story for a...

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Retro Studios made Portal-esque Wii pitch “Adept”, details on scrapped “The Blob Game” for DS

Brian — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 21:16:36 +0000

Thanks to Did You Know Gaming, we have insight into a couple of short-lived Retro Studios projects – specifically Adept and “The Blob Game”. Adept was playable in a rough state, but was ultimately just a pitch that Nintendo turned out. It was running in the Metroid Prime 3 engine and was intended to show off mechanics. In late 2007...

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