Officially #TheLegendOfZelda will go to theaters as Nintendo confirmed today & surprisingly, the movie will be co-developed along Sony Pictures and Arad Productions Inc. with Shigeru Miyamoto & Avi Arad as producers & Wes Ball directing. Years ago, reportedly Nintendo cancelled an unannounced joint venture with Netflix to bring a The Legend Of Zelda production to the streaming service after Nintendo blamed Netflix on leaking the information on purpose, ignoring that Nintendo isn't a fan of hyping with rumors. Boy, I bet Netflix regretted doing that. After the expected success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie co-developed by Illumination, rumors about a second production focused on the Zelda franchise didn't wait, only to both Nintendo & Illumination to deny reports, but of course, The Minions maker would have love to work. #Gaming #GamingNews

Rumored to be the final full year of #Nintendo Switch, Nintendo reported 334.9 billion of yen in revenue and 1.133 billion of software sales, but overall is a 4% in decline compared to last year. Nintendo still forecast for 15 million Switch sales goal. On the other hand...president Shuntaro Furukawa has denied to investors briefing developers about a Nintendo Switch successor & dismisses multi-screen patent. Probably is a desire to contain the narrative & control the hype until is announcement time. #Gaming #GamingNews

Analogue announced that they are already in motion with their next open FGPA hardware, focused on #Nintendo64 and will be called Analogue 3D. No price/release date announced, but device will output 4K, BT 2.4 and support up to 4 controllers like the N64. #Gaming #GamingNews

Update 17.0.0 for #Nintendo Switch was deployed without details. Data miner OatmealDome dissected it and revealed to include the latest SDK build, OS rebuild, HOME set of messages update & banned words list update including Japanese slangs for testicles. #Gaming #GamingNews

#FZero99 #NintendoSwitch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVUhL7NvXl8

Just like when a failed redacted document was leaked on the Internet, it seems that the Court of North California District needs to have double-check on their office clerks. Because there was a massive leaks of findings and evidence regarding #Xbox that were filed during the failed FTC Preliminary Injunction against Microsoft on attempting to buy Activision Blizzaard. The leaked documents highlights all plans that Microsoft have for this decade including a buying spree with names like Nintendo (it will be the 2nd time since late 90's attempt), WB Games, Valve and more. AS for Xbox Hardware, despite Phil Spencer confirming that there will be no mid-gen upgrade, we could see an All-Digital Xbox Series X (no Blu-Ray ROM) by 2025 & new custom Xbox controller in 2024. Microsoft tentatively aims for 2028 to say/launch what's next for Xbox hardware. It will be interesting on the reach that Xbox wants to stretch as there are visions of maybe a proper Nintendo Switch answer for the next main hardware as an "hybrid" computing and also, a Cloud-Ready Xbox console was mentioned. Now that Stadia is out of the picture, Microsoft is already developing Game Pass Cloud Servers upgrades to prepare Xbox as a proper PC gaming streaming and no longer exclusive Xbox Series X environment. Talking about Stadia, Microsoft was wary on chances to compete, but after the first rumors of Immersive Stream, the corporate version of Stadia, was a new priority rather Stadia itself, CEO Satya Nadella asked Xbox team about any opportunities & how they see why Google failed. At the Preliminary Injunction hearing, it was revealed that Microsoft chose NOT to upper up their Cloud Gaming offering & let Stadia take the lead, precisely because Microsoft knew that it will be used against it in case of a massive purchase, like the Activision Blizzard deal. Finally in gaming software related, The Elder Scrolls VI was originally slated for a 2022 release, but Starfield took priority. Before the purchase of ZeniMax Studios and Bethesda, works on the next DOOM game, Dishonored 3 & a Ghostwire Tokyo sequel were in the pipeline. Finally, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3 remaster are also in development, meanwhile, it was mentioned that Rockstar Games is working on the next-gen upgrade of Read Dead Redemption 2. There is an expectation that more things will go public in a matter of days. #Gaming #GamingNews

I am not gonna lie, I had my hype level tuned down as if there were big surprises, it would not have for anything prior Holidays 2023. Might tell you my takeaways of the #NintendoDirect next week on YouTube.

A while ago, #Nintendo submitted a big set of patents locally at Japan that if granted, makes many mechanics of the new Zelda as proprietary. Now it was revealed that Nintendo submitted a new one where details a joystick that contains a ‘magnetorheological fluid’ (MRF), which changes viscosity depending on the intensity of a magnetic field. The move is BIG as one of the negative aspect on the life of the Nintendo Switch was the issue known as "drifting" where a joycon sticks could not maintain its absolute zero position provoking troubles for moments that you need 100% of CONTROL of characters/camera movements. But Nintendo lack of "rush" on solving this situation only limiting to special discounts and a short-lived repair program (legally obligated to add the insult), made the issue almost impossible to solve unless gamers resorted on 3rd parties. I believe this is Nintendo saying "HELL NO BE ON THIS CRAP AGAIN" on the next Nintendo hardware, heavily suggested to be announced on Spring 2024 and launching at the second half of 2024. #gaming #gamingnews

Charles Martinet and Shigeru Miyamoto finally explained was it is behind the #Mario Ambassador role that will have him removed from voicing Super Mario characters anymore. Pretty much, he will be the face of Nintendo in Mario-related Nintendo media tours. #Gaming #GamingNews

Insiders are doubling down on reports that #Nintendo brought a Nintendo Switch successor prototype at Gamescom 23 & demoed a optimized build of TLOZ: Breath Of The Wild & the Unreal Engine 5 Matrix demo to key partners. We are expecting 2024 to be THE year. #Gaming #GamingNews