New App For Smartphone Printer “instax mini Link”

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We propose a new way to enjoy Nintendo Switch ™ and instax mini Link!
New app for smartphone printer “instax mini Link”
Easily turn the world of various games such as “Animal Crossing: New Pokemon Snap”, “Super Mario”, and “New Pokemon Snap” into check prints

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) has selected favorite scenes and characters from all games of Nintendo Co., Ltd.’s “Nintendo Switch” for smartphone printers “Cheki” and “instax mini Link” (hereinafter “Link”). A smartphone app for “Link” that can be printed with ^{* 1} “instax mini Link for Nintendo Switch” will be released on April 30th. This will create a new printing experience that will allow you to check the world in the game.

Memorial moments in “Animal Crossing: New Magnificent Forest”, commemoration of clearing the course in the “Super Mario” series, best shots and rare characters of characters in “New Pokemon Snap” ^{* 2} (scheduled to be released on April 30, 2021) There are various scenes in the game that you want to keep as screenshots, such as encounters with. These screenshots and videos recorded on Nintendo Switch can be easily made into check prints with “Link” through a dedicated app, and filed as a collection or displayed in the room ^{* 3 to} make the game world and characters more familiar. You can feel it.

Fujifilm’s “Link” is a smartphone printer that can output smartphone images to high-quality instax prints via Bluetooth ^{* 4} from a dedicated app . You can edit images on the dedicated app, combine images with various frames installed in the app, and cut out and print the best shots from videos. It is small and lightweight, weighing about 200g in the palm of your hand, and has excellent portability. Since its launch in October 2019, it has been well received by many customers as a tool that allows you to have a good time anywhere without missing an opportunity.

In addition to the traditional way of enjoying this “Link”, the newly provided dedicated application “instax mini Link for Nintendo Switch” allows you to save the scenes and characters in the game that you want to keep in the Nintendo Switch. It is possible to make a screenshot of or a cropped image of a video as a check print. When you select an image saved on Nintendo Switch, the QR code will be displayed on the game screen, and when you read it with the dedicated app, the image will be transferred to your smartphone and displayed on the app. You can print the image as it is, or you can enlarge / reduce it or trim it to print it.

The screen design of this dedicated app can be selected from three types: “Animal Crossing: New Pokemon Snap”, “Super Mario”, and “New Pokemon Snap”, and you can enjoy the app operation while feeling the world of games and characters. In addition, as a design for “frame print” that can print by combining various frames and images, in addition to the 36 frame designs provided by the conventional dedicated application for “Link”, character design of 3 types of games 59 points are available. You can enjoy printing by combining a frame designed with the character of your favorite game with an image. This dedicated app can be downloaded ^{* 5} for free and used.

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This time, along with the launch of the dedicated app, we will release a new “Link” of the new color “Ash White (Red & Blue)”. While using ash white as the base color, the print output section is red, and the power button on the front of the main unit is blue. The new color “Ash White (Red & Blue)” is a popular character Pikachu designed to commemorate the new game software “New Pokemon Snap” for Nintendo Switch to be released on April 30, in addition to the release of the printer separately. A limited number of sets with the “Link” silicon case will also be on sale.

FUJIFILM will continue to expand the world of “instax,” an instant photo system that allows you to enjoy printing immediately when you take a picture

<About promotion>
The value and excitement unique to instax “Cheki”, which allows you to leave a fun experience in the game as a form, will be widely promoted mainly on online, social media, and stores with a catch phrase of “Character Cheki!” I will.

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* 1 Free app for Android devices and iPhones. It can be obtained from Google Play for Android devices and from the App Store for iPhone. Android and Google Play are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google Inc. iPhone and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc. The iPhone trademark is used under license from Aiphone Co., Ltd. In addition, some countries and regions cannot download the dedicated smartphone app “instax mini Link for Nintendo Switch”.

2 © 2021 ※ Pokemon. © 1995-2021 Nintendo / Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK Inc. © 1999 Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc. Developed By BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. Pokemon, Pokemon · Pokémon is a registered of Nintendo, Creatures, Game Freak It is a trademark.

* 3 Limited to personal use.

* 4 The Bluetooth ^® word mark and logo are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and FUJIFILM Corporation uses these marks under license.

* 5 The smartphone app “instax mini Link for Nintendo Switch” can be used not only with the new color “Ash White (Red & Blue)” printer, but also with the current lineup of “Ash White”, “Dusky Pink”, and “Dark Denim”.

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1. Product name
(1) Dedicated smartphone app “instax mini Link for Nintendo Switch”
* This application can also be downloaded free of charge to those who are using the current lineup of “Link”.

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(2) Smartphone printer “Cheki” “instax mini Link Ash White (Red & Blue)””

(3) Smartphone printer “Cheki” “instax mini Link Ash White (Red & Blue)” Pikachu Design Silicon Case Set

2. Offer start date
Dedicated smartphone app “instax mini Link for Nintendo Switch”
April 30, 2021
The smartphone printer “Cheki” “instax mini Link Ash White (Red & Blue)” and Pikachu Design Silicon Case Set will also be released on April 30th.

3. Price
(1) Free download
Both (2) and (3) are open prices

4. Main features of the dedicated app
(1) “Switch direct print function”
You can easily check print the game screen (still image / video) screenshots taken with Nintendo Switch with the smartphone printer “Link” by simply scanning the QR code displayed on Nintendo Switch.
① Select a screenshot image from “Album” on Nintendo Switch.

(2) The QR code for Wifi connection will be displayed.

③ Launch the dedicated application “instax mini Link for Nintendo Switch”.

④ Press the “Switch Direct Print” button, read the QR code, and connect the Nintendo Switch to your smartphone.

⑤ After connecting, read the QR code displayed again and transfer the image to your smartphone.

⑥ Switch to the print screen and just print!

(2) The design of the dedicated app can be selected from 3 types of character designs
The screen design of the dedicated app can be selected from three types: “Super Mario”, “Animal Crossing: New Pokemon Snap”, and you can enjoy the app operation while feeling the world of games and characters.

* Screen design is subject to change.

(3) “Frame print” designed with popular game characters
59 frames with 3 types of game characters have been added as a design for “frame print” that allows you to print by combining various frames and images, which is one of the popular functions of “Link”. You can enjoy printing by combining the design frame and image of your favorite game. You can choose from about 100 “frame prints” including the frames we have provided so far.