Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in News | 17 Comments

Developer RCMADIAX recently spilled the beans on their release plans for the first quarter of 2017 on Twitter, mentioning 8 titles in total for the 3DS and Wii U.

The 8 titles in question were not mentioned by name, but RCMADIAX made clear on their Twitter account that 2 were intended for release on the New 3DS and the remaining 6 are headed to the Wii U. Furthermore, the developer briefly detailed their lineup for the Nintendo Switch. There are 6 to 9 titles slated for release by the end of the 2017 holiday season, with the first being seen around the second or third quarter of the year. You can view the tweets for yourself below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

There’s now some footage of Mario Kart 64 for the Wii U Virtual Console to watch on YouTube, thanks to the guys at GameXplain. You can watch the video below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

After a reported five years of searching, the first advertisement for what would become the Nintendo Entertainment System has been located.

Hidden a few pages into a 1984 issue of Consumer Electionics is the first advertisement for the NES, in the form of a prototype known as the Advanced Video System, or AVS. Found by archivist Frank Cifaldi on eBay, he parted with a measly $6.99 for what he considered an “extremely lucky” find.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in Rumors, Wii U | 15 Comments

If the Xbox store webpage is anything to go by, it seems that Yooka-Laylee will be released in April.

The page has Yooka-Laylee listed for release on April 11. A Brazilian retailer also posted its own release date of April 7 for physical versions. While this is by no means an official confirmation, one could assume that we’re likely close to an actual official announcement from Playtonic in the near future.

The only slightly concerning thing here is that a physical version of Yooka-Laylee is nowhere to be seen. Missing out on a retail release wouldn’t be entirely surprising given the state of the console, but we’ll have to see what Playtonic and Team17 are planning.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in Mobile, News | 32 Comments

According to an interview by Mashable.com, Super Mario Run will require an online connection for all three game modes due mainly to “security elements”.

It seems Super Mario Run will be one of the only Nintendo games to require a constant online connection to function, according to Shigeru Miyamoto. While Miyamoto said that Nintendo attempted to have the World Tour mode be playable offline, but it proved unfeasible due to how World Tour affects the other modes, and how these modes rely on network saves. 

When asked about the online requirement and if there were any plans for an offline mode, Miyamoto had this to say:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in Mobile, Videos | 0 comments

IGN has uploaded some new direct feed footage of the Super Mario Run demo to YouTube. You can watch the footage below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in News, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

After several delays, we finally have a confirmed release date for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. The game will release digitally for Wii U on December 20th in both Europe and North America.

Made public in a Kickstarter update, WayForward shared the news and noted that retail versions are still on the way.

If you’re curious about the retail versions, look to Xseed for an announcement shortly! Spread the word! Half-Genie Hero is just a couple of weeks away!

Furthermore, for those who backed the game on Kickstarter and are waiting for their Backer codes, WayForward had this to say:
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Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in News, Switch, Wii U | 29 Comments

Geoff Keighley, the well-known games journalist and host of The Game Awards, recently sent out an empty tweet that contained only an image of a symbol from Zelda: Breath of the Wild in it. You can find said tweet below.

That was followed by a tweet from Nintendo of America that now confirms an “exclusive look” at the game. It’s as follows:

The Game Awards will air on December 1st.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

Some more footage of Aqua TV has swam onto YouTube, this time showing off some of the DLC for the game. You can view the footage below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 2 Comments

The newest episode of Play Nintendo is now available on YouTube. The focus of this episode are the new features in Pokemon Sun and Moon, such as riding Pokemon and the new legendaries. You can watch the full video below.

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