Zelda: Breath of the Wild director comments on the reward for finding all Korok seeds
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 36 Comments
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a massive amount of Korok seeds to collect. Attempting to do so requires a great deal of time, as several hundred are scattered across Hyrule.
There will be a reward waiting for you once you’ve found every last Korok Seed. The thing is, it’s not exactly helpful or valuable – it’s more comical in nature.
Japan’s best-selling games of November 2017
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 2 Comments
The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of November 2017 (which includes debut sales for Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura). You can check out the full results below.
UK software sales (Week ending 12/23/2017) – Switch/Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Switch
1. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. 1-2 Switch – Nintendo
5. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
6. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
7. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
8. Rayman Legends Definitive Edition – Ubisoft
9. FIFA 18 – EA
10. Sonic Forces – SEGA
Wii U
1. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
2. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
4. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
5. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
7. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
8. Splatoon – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Ultra Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Miitopia – Nintendo
7. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
8. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
9. Mario Party: The Top 100 – Nintendo
10. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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Nintendo on its approach to the Zelda timeline, understands fans’ appreciation for it
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 58 Comments
The Zelda timeline has always been something of great interest for fans of the series. On the other hand, Nintendo tends to be a bit timid when talking about it. Although the series has been around since the late 80’s, it wasn’t until just a few years ago that Nintendo published an official timeline in Hyrule Historia.
With the arrival of the latest Zelda game in March, fans are curious as to where Breath of the Wild officially stands. You won’t get much of a concrete answer out of Nintendo concerning timeline placement, but its developers are aware of interest from fans.
Switch eShop currently down, plus upcoming maintenance
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News, Switch, Switch eShop, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 26 Comments
Update 4: All of the eShops are back up.
Update 3: Hearing reports that the Switch eShop may have gone down again, or is still down for some. Will continue to monitor.
Update 2: Switch is back up. So currently, Wii U and 3DS are the only systems impacted as of 1:40 PM ET.
Update: Bumped to the top. Wii U and 3DS eShops are now down as well.
Original: Since early this morning, the Switch eShop has been offline. Nintendo hasn’t said what the cause is, but one possibility is an influx of traffic. It’s Christmas after all, and there could be a whole lot of people receiving the system as a gift today.
Nintendo has only said the following about the situation:
More: maintenance
Minecraft Norse Mythology Mash-Up Pack trailer
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Minecraft added a new Norse Mythology Mash-Up Pack on both Switch and Wii U this week. Check out a trailer for the DLC below.
Aonuma on Zelda winning top honors at The Game Awards, The Champions’ Ballad DLC, end of development
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 4 Comments
Famitsu published a new interview this week with Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma. It was pretty interesting, with Aonuma talking about Breath of the Wild winning “Game of the Year” at The Game Awards, including his mindset at the time and why he started out by saying “Thank you America!” He also spoke about The Champions’ Ballad DLC, and confirmed that development on the game has concluded.
We’ve prepared a translation with the most notable parts from Famitsu’s interview. You can read it below.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild devs on the thinking behind Shrines and Divine Beasts, lack of long dungeons
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 33 Comments
Breath of the Wild was a complete reinvention of the Zelda formula, and many past staples were either discarded or reworked. One example of this is the dungeons. Whereas past Zelda titles featured long, unique dungeons with and a particular item to obtain, Breath of the Wild instead mostly has a ton of smaller Shrines scattered throughout the world and a few Divine Beasts that are thematically similar.
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and Breath of the Wild directed Hidemaro Fujibayashi commented on Nintendo’s approach to Shrines and dungeons in the debut episode of the Nintendo Power podcast. We’re first able to hear from Fujibayashi, who explains that big dungeons would mean that players would spent too much time there.
UK: Nintendo is the third biggest publisher of 2017, sales by platform
Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii, Wii U | 27 Comments
GamesIndustry has provided new information about gaming sales in the UK this year. The site breaks down the top five publishers by UK sales as well as sales by platform.
In terms of publishers, Nintendo ranks third when it comes to boxed sales. That’s behind EA (16.8%) and Activision Blizzard (15.6%), but ahead of Ubisoft (9.7%) and Sony (8.3%).
GamesIndustry also has the following breakdown of sales by platform in 2017:
More: Chart-Track, sales, UK
Wii U and 3DS image share maintenance schedule
Posted on 6 years ago by Joshua in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
With the insane amount of online maintenance scheduled for the coming week, something even more has just been added to the pile: Wii U and 3DS Image Share. The full schedule is below.
Wii U and 3DS Image Share
– 6:00 PM PT (December 21) – 9:00 PM PT (December 21)
– 9:00 PM ET (December 21) – 12:00 AM ET (December 22)
– 2:00 AM in the UK (December 22) – 5:00 AM in the UK (December 22)
– 3:00 AM in Europe (December 22) – 6:00 AM in Europe (December 22)
People have been saying that all this coming maintenance may be a precursor to new online methods from Nintendo.
