A leaked email — which appears to be related to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) vs. Microsoft case (in which the FTC is arguing against Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard and Microsoft is arguing in favor of the purchase) — shows that Microsoft has also been …Read more »
Microsoft has signed a 10-year contract to bring “Xbox games and Activision titles like Call of Duty” to Nintendo consoles, says Microsoft president and vice chairman Brad Smith. Releases will happen on the same day across platforms. Kotaku points out that one reason for this …Read more »
Nintendo is best known as a video game company, but President Shuntaro Furukawa indicated in a recent online presentation that the company is very interested in expanding. And they hope their expansions will bring more people to their video games. The upcoming Super Mario Bros. …Read more »
The plot thickens in the case of voice actress Hellena Taylor and her accusations against Nintendo and Platinum Games. Taylor recently shared some videos online, saying that she wasn’t in Bayonetta 3 (despite playing the titular character in the first two games) because she was …Read more »
The very first trailer for the upcoming The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been released! It was revealed during a Nintendo Direct livestream that’s synced up with New York Comic Con. Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros. and co-producer of the film, gave an …Read more »
Nintendo previously announced plans to close up the eShops for the Wii U and 3DS systems, and now we have an official date for the shutdown of both. Following up on earlier news of a March 2023 window, Nintendo confirmed that the specific closing date …Read more »
Nintendo is looking to boost the “planning and production structure of visual content” according to a new announcement, in which the company revealed that it will be purchasing CG animation studio Dynamo Pictures. The deal, which is expected to close on October 3, will make …Read more »
A Japanese woman named Runa has taken latte art to a whole new level. She has more than 120,000 followers on Twitter (with the account @RunaPocket) where she shares her latest creations, including many otaku themed ones. For example, take a look at how she …Read more »
A Japanese person who goes by Kota online inadvertently started something by tweeting an image of their friend’s old Pokémon Piplup toy. “My friend’s Piplup is really gross,” Kota commented with the image. It could have ended there, but it turns out so many fans …Read more »
Timing for the Super Nintendo World attraction’s west coast debut has been narrowed down, as Universal Studios officially announced plans to open it sometime in 2023. The Orlando park was originally slated to be the first, but COVID-19 delays pushed those plans back to 2025, …Read more »
SEGA SAMMY Group put out statements in both English and Japanese about helping Ukraine. “The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is escalating quickly. We stand with the people of Ukraine as they continue to suffer the consequences of this conflict. SEGA is making a meaningful donation …Read more »
If you’ve been dying to pick up a few more games from the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS eShops, you’ll want to get on that soon. Nintendo announced plans to discontinue online shops for both systems, and it will no longer be possible to make …Read more »
The experience of COVID has given Nintendo some ups and downs. On the up end, for example, were their amazing sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons last year, where more than 10 million units sold within the first six months of 2020. But COVID is …Read more »
Last year Nintendo’s profits boomed during the COVID quarantine. This year, as quarantines are being lifted in many places, Nintendo has likewise seen a drop in sales. “In regard to business risk, the extended impact of both COVID-19 and the global semiconductor shortage creates a …Read more »
Things are really different at this year’s Olympics because of COVID, but it appears the Tokyo Olympics might have been even more different if the pandemic hadn’t begun. And by that I mean different in a good way and very exciting for otaku. Anime News …Read more »
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