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Everyone is awaiting the Nintendo Direct February 2021 later today and the same can be said for Masahiro Sakurai. The director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate regularly shares some handmade screenshots of the game on Twitter, using developer-only camera angles. However, Masahiro Sakurai also regularly shares some of his thoughts via tweets. Now, Masahiro Sakurai
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According to Japanese publication Friday (via Hachima, summarized and translated by Doug Dinsdale), voice actress Rika Matsumoto — who voices Satoshi (Ash) from the Pokemon anime — allegedly took advantage of Japanese government covid-19 relief grants relief. Due to the global pandemic, the Japanese government offered to help support artists suffering from the impact of
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CrossfireX is the upcoming shooter from Smilegate Entertainment and Remedy. For the release, Smilegate is handling the multiplayer segment, while Remedy comes in to put together the single-player campaign. The split in development was always going to make things a little trickier than if it were a single studio; however, COVID-19 seems to have introduced
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Remember the Nintendo shareholders meeting on June 26, where Nintendo mentioned the Switch production, slowed down due to Covid-19, is going back to normal soon? Now, the Kyoto cards game company published an official report of the meeting. Various questions were asked at the meeting including how work conditions at Nintendo changed with the pandemic.
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Nintendo, whose factories in China were stopped due to the covid-19 pandemic, mentioned Nintendo Switch production will be going back to normal soon. Nikkei reported that Nintendo held a shareholders meeting at its headquarters in Kyoto on June 26. Shuntaro Furukawa, sixth and current president of Nintendo in Japan since June 2018, answered questions regarding
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CERO, the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization, announced it will resume activities on May 7. In a statement published on May 4, the organization announced it will start rating Japaneses games again while strengthening measures to ensure the safety of its employees. Here’s a quick translation of the statement: “Our Organization was temporarily closed due to
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Today, Bethesda Softworks announced that they donated a million dollars to various COVID-19 relief efforts. With much of the world forced into isolation, many forced out of work, and front-line health care workers struggling to acquire the supplies they need, donations like these can do quite a bit to help. Obviously, it’s not going to
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In a recent report from Nikkei Asian Review, it was revealed that Nintendo is looking to increase Switch production by 10% from last year. This is all in light of the growing demand for in-home entertainment as people look for something to do during their coronavirus isolation. While Nintendo doesn’t make the Switch itself, they
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It seemed like only a matter of time at this point until San Diego Comic-Con 2020 was going to be canceled or postponed from its slated July show dates, and today, the news was finally made official. Announced via the Comic-Con website, the organization behind SDCC stated that the convention has indeed been outright canceled
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