A Pokemon Direct has been announced for January 9th

It’s very likely that this wasn’t the Direct presentation that you were expecting to be announced this week, but Nintendo has announced that a Pokemon Direct will be occurring on January 9th at 9:30am Eastern Time. The Direct will be “roughly 20 minutes long” and contain “new Pokemon information”. Obviously, Nintendo tweeted the Direct announcement,…

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Platinum Games partners with Tencent

Platinum Games has announced today that they’ve partnered with Tencent and have received vital capital investment from the Chinese company. This will allow the teams to follow their ambitions including possibly moving into self publishing. Platinum Games will continue to remain independent. Here’s the full statement from the company: We would like to announce we…

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Japan: Nintendo has filed trademark applications for Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Splatoon & The Legend Of Zelda

For the first time this year, Nintendo has filed applications for some trademarks in Japan. This time, it is for Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Splatoon & The Legend Of Zelda. The reason behind the trademark filings is, apparently, for merchandising reasons. The Pikmin trademark was for “approximately 200 purposes related to merchandising”, and the other 3…

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