Crimson Chestnut

Hi! My name is Emily! Disney Adult, Nintendo Gamer, Hogwarts Alum, etc.

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I think it’s already official: Summer 2018 shall be known as the Summer of Waiting in Line for Nothing and/or for Too Long.

The reason? It’s quite obvious...

Exhibit A: TanaCon.

Exhibit B: Build-a-Bear Workshop’s “Pay Your Age” deal.

Exhibit C: The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate booth at EVO 2018!

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WHO WROTE THIS?

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I realized this a long time ago.

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Level 5 is hosting a HUGE viral campaign that’s been spreading around the world to promote the new Professor Layton spin-off game, LAYTON’S MYSTERY JOURNEY: Katrielle and the Millionaire’s Conspiracy. The game will be coming out for iOS and Android on July 20th and for Nintendo 3DS in early Fall 2017! I’ve been already playing since a few days ago! Called Layton World, the campaign will last until September 20th.

See ya later!

-Emily

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“Oh shit, Karen brought her stupid Nintendo thing to the party again. We’re DRINKING, Karen. We’re having CONVERSATIONS.”

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This situation, unfortunately, can happen.

[nintendogamerhead]

ROUND-UP: Nintendo Switch Sales Numbers Are In! NES Classic Is Out

Okay, it’s news round-up time! In case you haven’t heard, the Nintendo Switch is the fastest selling console in Nintendo’s history, selling more than 906,000 units in the United States alone during its launch month, March of 2017. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold more than 1.3 million copies, specifically more than 925,000 copies for the Nintendo Switch and less than 460,000 copies for the Wii U, giving it an attach rate of more than 100%! This makes it the fastest selling Zelda game in its entire series and the fastest selling Nintendo launch title of all time! “That means that Nintendo sold more of this game for Nintendo Switch than it sold Nintendo Switch systems…” Nintendo speculates that Breath of the Wild’s record-breaking sales “may be attributed to people who purchased both a limited edition of the game to collect and a second version to play.” But I think customers are buying the game without the system because the Nintendo Switch is sold out nearly everywhere, and people are angry over it. I’ve even seen YouTube comments written by people who have done this for that reason, raging about it. But don’t worry, be happy. Nintendo is offering a $100 to $20,000 bounty in US dollars to anyone who can hack a Nintendo Switch. They’re doing this through hackerone.com, the same bug bounty company used by Uber. So, if any savvy Switch owner knows a friend who didn’t get to purchase their own system, they can possibly buy another Nintendo Switch for them and then some.

Moving on, the NES Classic Edition, a mini version of the Nintendo Entertainment System, which has 30 NES titles built into it and is only $59.99 USD, is discontinuing very soon in North America. The last batch of NES Classics is releasing this month. The NES Classic, also sold out since its release on November 10, 2016, will finally be on sale today at Best Buy along with the Nintendo Switch, with limited quantities available. (UPDATE: It’s sold out online again.) It’s unclear if the NES Classic Mini, as it is known in Europe, will be sharing the same fate in other regions. The same goes for its Japanese equivalent, the Famicom Mini. But there is a rumor that the development of a Super Famicom Mini is in the works.

In other news, CoroCoro Magazine’s Splatoon manga adaptation, written and illustrated by Sankichi Hinodeya, is getting a US release! You may have already read some fan translations of the manga online, but Viz Media will be printing and re-localizing Volume 1, which is already out in Japan. The English version of Splatoon Volume 1 is coming later this year.

Dang, that was a lot of news. If you want to know more about the overall sales of the Nintendo Switch console and games, Nintendo will be releasing its fiscal year report on April 27th. I’ll make sure to post the link to it when it comes out.

See ya later!

-Emily

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Adventures of a Shiekah Slate Shutterbug

Hi! I’m Chiko from the Treehouse. I am the product marketing lead for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 

a.k.a. Chiko the Destroyer

I’m the middleman between the Zelda development team and various teams within Nintendo of America, and helped support internal and external teams to promote this game in the North American market.  

So, did you see that funny Link selfie on our Twitter account?  If not, you can check it out right here.

What do you think? Personally, I’m not really into real-life selfies, but as Link, I’m all about taking selfies everywhere in this game. There are multiple poses you can choose from, and they’re all really cute and funny!

The self-portrait function is one of many things you can do with the Sheikah Slate’s fifth Rune—the Camera.

Yup. You read that right. The Sheikah Slate has a Camera Rune that allows Link to take pictures of things during his adventure! Things…like the enemies, animals, and weapons you find along the way. Just snap a photo and you can register them in your Hyrule Compendium. For a crazy completionist/wannabe-photographer like me, this is both a dream and a nightmare at the same time! There are more than 380 things you can register in the Compendium. MORE THAN 380!!!! So whenever I find something new to register, I drop whatever I’m doing and take the best photo of it that I can. 

Believe it or not, you could easily spend hundreds of hours just trying to complete your Compendium!

Animals and weapons are normally easier to photograph with your camera, but oh, boy, I don’t even know how many times I’ve gotten killed by enemies while trying to get close enough. I’m too busy trying to get their photos instead of trying to take them down… NOTE TO SELF: KILL THEM FIRST, THEN TAKE A PHOTO! Wait…no, it doesn’t work that way. I guess I do have to take their photo before killing them. Boo.

That reminds me… If you get killed before saving your game, all those glorious photos you so lovingly captured will NOT be saved in the Compendium. In other words, you’ll have to START OVER AGAIN. So be careful! (Good thing the game won’t track how many times I die taking photos of enemies…)

Oh, also, Nate over in Localization told me about a neat way to take photos. When he photographs a new weapon he’s found, he has Link hold it in his hands at the location he found it, and then takes a selfie. When you do that, your photo will be registered in the Compendium instead of just the weapon.

WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA! Why didn’t I think of that?!

AAAAAAAND, last but not least, there’s an easy way to locate nearby items. You can set your Sheikah Sensor to locate any item registered in your Hyrule Compendium, and then search for that item! Do you even know what that means?! That means, if you’re craving a certain dish, but you’re out of a specific ingredient, you can set your sensor to that ingredient, and just run around the area. When it’s close by, the sensor will let you know by beeping, just like when you set your sensor to “Shrines” and walk within range of one. I’m mostly using this sensor functionality for one thing: I set it to “Bokoblin,” so I can make sure I won’t miss any of their camps. (Remember, Bokoblins are not human! It’s OKAY to jump on them while they’re peacefully enjoying their evenings around the camp fire, admiring their giant meat dinner. IT’S OKAY.) And thanks to this sensor, I’ll be able to find EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. OF THEIR DINNERS.

MMMMM, GIANT MEAT!!!! YUM!

A couple more tips for fellow completionists and photographers:

The Sheikah Slate’s Camera has a surprisingly good zoom-in function. It lets you take some pretty great close-up shots of flowers and bugs!

Ahh, the outdoors is so relaxing…

When you find a new stable, make sure to go inside, even if you don’t care to stay the night. Inside each stable you can find a poster showcasing a local dish and its recipe. But don’t worry—you don’t need to have all of the ingredients right away. Just take a photo of the recipe! It will be saved in your photo album (separate from the Hyrule Compendium) for you to use as your own recipe book!

Mmm… Crepes! 

I hope you enjoy experimenting with the Camera Rune too!

—Chiko B.

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So can you guess what movie I went to see today?

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You may recall seeing a drawing of a dog with a face that looks like two Joy-Con attached to a Joy-Con Grip, which quickly became a meme after the Nintendo Switch reveal trailer dropped. Well, Seattle-based Nintendeal has just reached their goal of $1,000 on Kickstarter to release a dog’s mouth decal sticker to put right on your Joy-Con Grip to make it look like the now iconic image of the Nintendog Switch Switch Puppy. You can still donate as low as $4 to get one or more stickers until March 5th.

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Meet our new neighbors on the Saturday morning Disney XD Anime Block!

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Wow. 😳

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Santa Stop Her

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before its too late

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“Nintendo Switch - Unboxing with Mr. Shibata”

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I liked Shibata's unboxing better than Kit and Krysta's. Just saying.

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Legends tell of a Nintendo Switch kiosk, just like this one, that pops out of nowhere in the middle of nowhere. Whether it be the desert, a field of grass, or a ski resort mountain, this kiosk could show up anywhere. If the stars are correct, it should be appearing on February 23rd in California from 8:30am to 4pm, on February 28th in Colorado from 8:30am to 4pm, and on March 3rd in New York from 9am to 5pm. Legends also state that John Cena might even show up. This is not a meme, guys. Go and find that kiosk!

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UM, BigBang is nominated for a Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Global Music Star. So if you're a kid or a kid-at-heart, go and vote!

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Lemony Snicket's Advice on Writing a Nice Thank-You Note

1. Do not start with the thank you.

2. Start with any other sentence. If you first say, “Thank you for the nice sweater,” you can’t imagine what to write next. Say, “It was so wonderful to come home from school to find this nice sweater. Thank you for thinking of me on Arbor Day.”

3. Then you’re done.

I recommend learning how to write a very good thank-you note. A child who can write a nice thank-you note can turn into a cocaine dealer five years later and be remembered as the child who wrote nice thank-you notes.

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