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* <b>August 17, 2011</b> - Nintendo of America is currently holding a ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]'' promotional sweepstakes in conjunction with [http://aircombatusa.com/ Air Combat USA]. The winner gets to experience one of Air Combat USA's flights, which simulates the movements fighter pilots as in combat. This sweepstakes is only open to residents in the U.S. and Canada, however. Check it out [http://apps.facebook.com/flylikefox/ here] if interested! In other news, Hidetomo Komaki, a one-time chief Concept Artist at [[List of Star Fox game developers#Namco|Namco]], had recently released a bunch of his old, never-before-seen concept artwork, based on ''[[Star Fox: Assault]]'', via his [http://tomotomore.blogspot.com/ personal blog]. The artworks are now [http://starfox-online.net/index.php/gallery/album/40-concept-art/ permanently hosted on StarFox-Online]. Take a look at them, as they make great references for fanart or otherwise. | |||
* <b>August 10, 2011</b> - Not exactly related news, but since the situation is very similar to that that happened in Japan, I would personally say this is a notable mention. Nintendo of America recently confirmed that they are going to release the third official color of the [[Nintendo 3DS]] - Flame Red - in North America. Just like in Japan, the new color will coincide with the release of ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]'', meaning it will arrive on September 9, 2011. There is still no word whether the new color will be released in other regions as well. The new color will be the same price as the other colors, which will be 169.99 USD after Nintendo's critically notorious, official price-cut that will be established in two days from this date. For those of you who already own a Nintendo 3DS, are you eligible in the [http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/07/faq_nintendo_ambassador_program_and_free_eshop_games Ambassador's program] yet? | * <b>August 10, 2011</b> - Not exactly related news, but since the situation is very similar to that that happened in Japan, I would personally say this is a notable mention. Nintendo of America recently confirmed that they are going to release the third official color of the [[Nintendo 3DS]] - Flame Red - in North America. Just like in Japan, the new color will coincide with the release of ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]'', meaning it will arrive on September 9, 2011. There is still no word whether the new color will be released in other regions as well. The new color will be the same price as the other colors, which will be 169.99 USD after Nintendo's critically notorious, official price-cut that will be established in two days from this date. For those of you who already own a Nintendo 3DS, are you eligible in the [http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/07/faq_nintendo_ambassador_program_and_free_eshop_games Ambassador's program] yet? | ||
* <b>July 21, 2011</b> - So much news coming in all of a sudden! First off, ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]'' is enjoying a promising success in Japan, as the game sold over 32,000 copies in the first week alone, which made it the number one Nintendo 3DS game, and the sixth best game overall in the Japanese charts last week. Part of the success could possibly attribute to the new Flare Red Nintendo 3DS color release. In other news, Nintendo of America finally launches [http://starfox643d.nintendo.com/ their own official website] today, and although it uses a subsite URL, the page actually makes use of the StarFox.com domain, albeit as a mere redirect. Also, with the launch of the website comes even better news for the U.S. fans to rejoice, as NOA actually decided to bump up the release date from Sunday to Friday, which means the new official North American release date is now September 9, 2011 - the same day as the European release date! This is likely done in part to avoid the game clashing with the 10th Memorial of the [[wikipedia:September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks]]. | * <b>July 21, 2011</b> - So much news coming in all of a sudden! First off, ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]'' is enjoying a promising success in Japan, as the game sold over 32,000 copies in the first week alone, which made it the number one Nintendo 3DS game, and the sixth best game overall in the Japanese charts last week. Part of the success could possibly attribute to the new Flare Red Nintendo 3DS color release. In other news, Nintendo of America finally launches [http://starfox643d.nintendo.com/ their own official website] today, and although it uses a subsite URL, the page actually makes use of the StarFox.com domain, albeit as a mere redirect. Also, with the launch of the website comes even better news for the U.S. fans to rejoice, as NOA actually decided to bump up the release date from Sunday to Friday, which means the new official North American release date is now September 9, 2011 - the same day as the European release date! This is likely done in part to avoid the game clashing with the 10th Memorial of the [[wikipedia:September 11 attacks|September 11 terrorist attacks]]. | ||
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* <b>July 20, 2011</b> - Attending the [http://www.comic-con.org/cci/ Comic-Con] in San Diego tomorrow? Nintendo will be there too, and they are going to allow the public to play an assortment of game demos, even for games that are yet-to-be-released. One of these games is the U.S. version of ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]''! In other news, Nintendo of America had released a brand new trailer for ''Star Fox 64 3D'' today. Check it out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZPZPScDoUE over here]! | |||
* <b>July 15, 2011</b> - [http://www.nintendo.com.au/ Nintendo Australia] finally launched their [http://gamesites.nintendo.com.au/starfox/en_AU/index.php own official teaser website for ''Star Fox 64 3D''], but unfortunately they still have yet to announce the release date for the Oceania region. Nintendo of America are the only ones left to put up their own official website. Another bit of news you mostly already known, ''Star Fox 64 3D'' is now available in Japan since yesterday! If you wish to import the game, you need to have a Japanese Nintendo 3DS as they are region-locked, unfortunately. Also, although unrelated directly to Star Fox, Nintendo Co., Ltd. had launched a new color for the Nintendo 3DS alongside the game - the [http://www.starfoxwiki.org/w/images/5/55/3DS.jpg Flare Red edition] - the third official color which was originally revealed way back in E3 2010. <b>July 16 Update</b>: Oh wait! Silly me. Looks like the people of Oceania (Australia and New Zealand generally) will be getting the game on September 15, 2011, four days after the U.S. release. They did not post the date on the game's own site, but I found it elsewhere. | * <b>July 15, 2011</b> - [http://www.nintendo.com.au/ Nintendo Australia] finally launched their [http://gamesites.nintendo.com.au/starfox/en_AU/index.php own official teaser website for ''Star Fox 64 3D''], but unfortunately they still have yet to announce the release date for the Oceania region. Nintendo of America are the only ones left to put up their own official website. Another bit of news you mostly already known, ''Star Fox 64 3D'' is now available in Japan since yesterday! If you wish to import the game, you need to have a Japanese Nintendo 3DS as they are region-locked, unfortunately. Also, although unrelated directly to Star Fox, Nintendo Co., Ltd. had launched a new color for the Nintendo 3DS alongside the game - the [http://www.starfoxwiki.org/w/images/5/55/3DS.jpg Flare Red edition] - the third official color which was originally revealed way back in E3 2010. <b>July 16 Update</b>: Oh wait! Silly me. Looks like the people of Oceania (Australia and New Zealand generally) will be getting the game on September 15, 2011, four days after the U.S. release. They did not post the date on the game's own site, but I found it elsewhere. | ||
* <b>July 6, 2011</b> - In case you have not noticed, yesterday [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ Nintendo Co., Ltd.] unveiled a new interview in their popular "Iwata Asks" column. This time around the host, Nintendo president and CEO, [[wikipedia:Satoru Iwata|Satoru Iwata]], had taken some time to interview Star Fox creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], ''[[Star Fox 64]]''’s writer Mitsuhiro Takano, Nintendo EAD’s game planner Yusuke Amano, and [[Q-Games]] founder and president [[Dylan Cuthbert]], who is also apparently ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]''’s game director. This interview officially confirms that Q-Games co-developed the game’s remake. In this interview, we find a lot of interesting tid-bits surrounding the development of ''Star Fox 64 3D'', as well as other kinds of interesting information, like Cuthbert's initial days in Japan, which was sometime before he eventually worked on what became ''[[Star Fox (game)|Star Fox]]''! You can check out this and more in the interview '''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/interview/anrj/vol1/index.html over here]'''. Of course, you have to know some Japanese to actually understand what these people are talking about. Like all of the "Iwata Asks" interviews, this one will eventually be translated and put up on [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/ NOA]’s and [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/iwata_asks_12108.html NOE]’s websites. However, I doubt this will happen too soon, as this interview was released just in time to market the game, since it will see its Japanese debut in less than two weeks from now! In the meantime, we will check into any available ''worthwhile'' alternatives for the English-speaking masses. | * <b>July 6, 2011</b> - In case you have not noticed, yesterday [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ Nintendo Co., Ltd.] unveiled a new interview in their popular "Iwata Asks" column. This time around the host, Nintendo president and CEO, [[wikipedia:Satoru Iwata|Satoru Iwata]], had taken some time to interview Star Fox creator [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], ''[[Star Fox 64]]''’s writer Mitsuhiro Takano, Nintendo EAD’s game planner Yusuke Amano, and [[Q-Games]] founder and president [[Dylan Cuthbert]], who is also apparently ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]''’s game director. This interview officially confirms that Q-Games co-developed the game’s remake. In this interview, we find a lot of interesting tid-bits surrounding the development of ''Star Fox 64 3D'', as well as other kinds of interesting information, like Cuthbert's initial days in Japan, which was sometime before he eventually worked on what became ''[[Star Fox (game)|Star Fox]]''! You can check out this and more in the interview '''[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/interview/anrj/vol1/index.html over here]'''. Of course, you have to know some Japanese to actually understand what these people are talking about. Like all of the "Iwata Asks" interviews, this one will eventually be translated and put up on [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/ NOA]’s and [http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/iwata_asks_12108.html NOE]’s websites. However, I doubt this will happen too soon, as this interview was released just in time to market the game, since it will see its Japanese debut in less than two weeks from now! In the meantime, we will check into any available ''worthwhile'' alternatives for the English-speaking masses. | ||