Doug Bowser says their release schedule was impacted “some” by the pandemic, especially “during the earlier days”

Although the Polygon interview with Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser contained a lot of lengthy but vague answers, sometimes non-answers, he did talk about a topic that had not really been discussed much by Nintendo of America. They talked about how much the ongoing coronavirus pandemic impacted their release schedule. Nintendo of Japan’s comments…

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Doug Bowser about the limited-time Mario 35th releases: “we wanted to celebrate in unique & different ways”

Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser did a lengthy interview with Polygon, where they talked about a wide variety of Nintendo-related topics. One of the topics they discussed was the multiple Mario games that are becoming unavailable to purchase and play after March 31st, 2021. According to Doug Bowser, there’s a reason for that. It’s…

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Japan: Square Enix trademarks Chocobo Grand Prix

Square Enix has clearly been carefully watching how the recent influx of karting games have been performing from a sales point of view as they have recently trademarked Chocobo Grand Prix. Trademarks were made for “Chocobo GP” and “Chocobo Grand Prix” on Tuesday, 1st December. As news publication Gematsu reports, these new trademarks could be…

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Indie World Showcase roundup for 15th December 2020

The Nintendo Switch system offers access to a treasure trove of indie games, with even more arriving before the end of this year and into 2021. Today, Nintendo unveiled a new Indie World Showcase presentation, which includes some notable surprises in its upcoming game launch calendar. Highlights of the video include Among Us,the riotous social-deduction…

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