Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News | 0 comments

With all the big Pokémon news from earlier today, it’s easy to forget that Pokémon Shuffle is due for an update! This week brings a repeat run of a new Mega competion, for Steelixite, as well as a new, special stage for Entei, some repeats, and a brief Victini stage.

The Mega-Steelix stage is, as usual, a competition, where the top players by region will earn various prizes. The top 15,000 players in Europe, 22,000 in North America, and 60,000 in Japan will earn the Steelixite, with other prizes as follows:
-Raise Max Level: Top 1,200 (EU), 1,800 (NA), and 5,000 (JP)
-Mega Speedup: Top 3,800 (EU), 5,600 (NA), and 15,000 (JP)
-Disruption Delay: Top 20,000 (EU), 30,000 (NA), and 80,000 (JP)
-Attack Power: All players who don’t get the Steelixite
The competition will run until August 9.

A special stage for Entei has also appeared. Though Entei is able to be caught in the main game, this stage may drop an Entei Skill Booster or a Raise Max Level. This stage will run until August 9.

Meanwhile, the Daily Pokémon (#3), Ash-Greninja, and Reshiram stages are returning until August 16. The Daily Pokémon Stage (#3) features Girafarig, Kecleon, Shuckle, Relicanth and Spiritomb, changing on a daily basis.

Finally, a Victini stage has appeared. It will drop extra Experience Points, but will only last until August 3. Also, it can only be played once without spending any Jewels.

Good luck, trainers, and may your combos be as high as an Alola Exeggutor’s neck!

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in Mobile, News | 10 Comments

The latest incidents with Pokémon GO (removal of the footprint display, shutting down third-party tracking sites) caused quite a stir in the community. Niantic has now offered up a statement on these changes. For the footprints and the 3-step glitch, they stated that the feature itself was confusing and that they were working to improve it. For third-parties, they suggest that that these services were harming their services and making things, such as expanding to new countries, more difficult. They also note that the game is coming to Brazil soon. You can read their full statement below:

Trainers,
As many of you know, we recently made some changes to Pokémon GO.
– We have removed the ‘3-step’ display in order to improve upon the underlying design. The original feature, although enjoyed by many, was also confusing and did not meet our underlying product goals. We will keep you posted as we strive to improve this feature.
– We have limited access by third-party services which were interfering with our ability to maintain quality of service for our users and to bring Pokémon GO to users around the world. The large number of users has made the roll-out of Pokémon GO around the world an… interesting… challenge. And we aren’t done yet! Yes, Brazil, we want to bring the game to you (and many other countries where it is not yet available).
We have read your posts and emails and we hear the frustration from folks in places where we haven’t launched yet, and from those of you who miss these features. We want you to know that we have been working crazy hours to keep the game running as we continue to launch globally. If you haven’t heard us Tweeting much it’s because we’ve been heads down working on the game. But we’ll do our best going forward to keep you posted on what’s going on.
Be safe, be nice to your fellow trainers, and keep on exploring.
The Pokémon GO team

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS | 0 comments

A few new Pokemon themes will be arriving on the European 3DS eShop on Friday, August 5. The first theme features several Pokemon with Substitutes, the second features Gardevoir and Gallade, and the third features Latios and Latias. These themes were previously only available in Japan.

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The retail version of FAST Racing Neo is now available to pre-order on Amazon. The game will cost €24.99 and is currently only available for Europe. It will release September 30, and it includes the main game and its upcoming DLC tracks.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News | 4 Comments

While many of this year’s Pokemon celebrations have made sense, this one is a little more…bizarre. Japan’s official Pokemon YouTube page has posted an animated music video, featuring a catchy tune and everyone’s favorite useless fish, Magikarp. Watch it below:

Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS, Images | 4 Comments

The Japanese Kirby: Planet Robobot website has updated again with more concept art. This time, it focuses on designs for the various forms of Kirby’s Robobot armor. Check them out below:

At first, HAL planned to name it Powered Armor, and have five different type of robots:

– Multi-Leg Cannon Pod
– Jet Fighter
– Gear
– Spanner
– (Screw) Driver

However, this idea didn’t get approved, so they decided to choose just the Spanner type and made about 100 designs for the Robobot.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News, Switch | 27 Comments

After last night’s Level-5’s livestream, Nintendo Enthusiast reached out to them about potential for their announced games to be on NX. Level-5 neither confirmed nor denied working on NX projects, instead stating “We can’t confirm any releases for the NX, but we very much enjoy working with Nintendo.” With Nintendo’s secrecy about the NX, it’s not too surprising to be given a vague answer.

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will be having maintenance tonight. During this time, network services will be unavailable. Since the maintenance is only listed for the Wii U version, it is most likely just to fix network issues and will not be a balance patch. The times are:

– 5:00 PM PT – 7:00 PM PT (July 28)
– 8:00 PM ET – 10:00 PM ET (July 28)
– 1:00 AM in the UK – 3:00 AM in the UK (July 29)
– 2:00 AM in Europe – 4:00 AM in Europe (July 29)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Update: Bumped to the top. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow codes are now $8 on Amazon.

Best Buy is running a pre-order bonus on Pokemon Sun and Moon for the day. If you pre-order one of the games, you can then save 15% on a Nintendo eShop card, ranging from $10 to $50 in credit. Best Buy is also offering codes for the digital versions of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow at a 20% discount for the day, priced at $7.99.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in Videos | 0 comments

Ninja Smasher arrived on the 3DS eShop last week, and you can check out some footage below, courtesy of Nintendaan.

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