During its E3 2015 Direct, Nintendo used muppet versions of Shigeru Miyamoto, Reggie Fils-Aime, and Satoru Iwata in little sketches between announcements and gameplay demos. They were delightful.
Now, Nintendo has released a video of Shigeru Miyamoto visiting Jim Henson's Muppet Studios. The video, which you can watch below, is essentially six-minutes of Miyamoto fanboying out.
It's sweet to see Miyamoto discussing the Muppets and Jim Henson's studio with the same kind of reverence that many video game players would have for him and his creations. Clearly, the muppets are one of the sources of that quintessential child-like delight that Miyamoto's game's inspire.
"I've admired Jim Henson studios for a very long time," Miyamoto says during the video. "When I was young, I didn't want to be a puppeteer, but the person who makes the puppet."
"So the fact that we were able to do this together is just great for me. I never even dreamed that one day my own puppet would be made by the Hensons."
During it's E3 Direct, Nintendo revealed more about the new Star Fox game for Wii U. The game
Steam Link, on the other hand, lets you stream games from a PC in a different room to a TV. You'll have to have your own gaming rig to take advantage of a Steam Link, but it costs only $50. If you just want a Steam Controller to connect to your PC, that also costs $50.
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Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has said the company will not abandon the . He did, however, say the company is "calling it a 'new concept' ... not thinking of [it] as a 'simple replacement' for the 3DS or the Wii U."
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has discussed the company's policy of not discounting digital content and discussed plans to increase the value of these full-price digital releases in the future.
One of the commonly cited benefits of distributing content digitally is that it allows savings to be passed on to consumers. Nintendo, however, rarely makes the necessary discounts to deliver this to its players.
Speaking in an investor meeting, which was translated by Twitter user .
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