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

Vblank Entertainment, the developers behind Retro City Rampage, Retro City Rampage DX, and the upcoming Shakedown Hawaii, want to know what fans hope for/expect for the future of the series. If you want to potentially help steer the direction of the series, take the survey here.

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Who’s that Pokémon Shuffle update? This week, it’s Uxie hitting both the 3DS and mobile versions, Mega Absol returning to both, and both Lugia and Ho-oh hitting the Mobile version.

The Mega Absol stage is a competitive stage, with only the top players getting the better rewards. Absolite will be awarded to the top 50,000 players in Japan, 20,000 in North America, and 12,000 in Europe, with the top 5,000 Japan, 2,000 North America, and 1,200 Europe players getting a Mega Speedup as well. The top 80,000 players in Japan, 30,000 in North America, and 18,000 in Europe will get an Attack Power, and all participants will get a Distruption Delay. The competition runs until March 29th.

Uxie and the Gen II legendary birds will run until April 5th.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS, News, Wii U | 37 Comments

Nintendo UK has released a ton of info on the DLC/Season Pass for the upcoming Hyrule Warriors Legends.

Starting on March 24th, players can order the Season Pass in two forms: one gives all the DLC to the 3DS version of the game, while the other is for both the 3DS and Wii U versions. Starting in the Summer, players can get the Season Pass for just the Wii U version.

The first pack, the “Master Wind Waker” pack will be made available in Late Spring and will only be available for the 3DS game. It will provide 16 new costumes for the “My Fairy” mode and will give a new Adventure map. This pack will cost £1.79/€1,99.

The second pack, “Link’s Awakening”, will arrive in the Summer. For both versions, it will add in a new playable character and a new weapon for Linkle. The 3DS version will also get a new Adventure Map and more costumes for My Fairy. It will cost £6.29/€6,99 for the 3DS version, £4.49/€4,99 for the Wii U version, or £8.09/€8,99 for both.

The third pack is based on Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks and will arrive in the Fall. It will contain a new playable character and a new weapon for Toon Link in both versions, and the 3DS version will get 15 more Fairy costumes and a new Adventure Map. It will cost £6.29/€6,99 for the 3DS version, £4.49/€4,99 for the Wii U version, or £8.09/€8,99 for both.

The fourth and final pack is the “Link Between Worlds” pack , set to release in the Winter. Both the Wii U and 3DS versions will get two new playable characters, and the 3DS version will get 15 Fairy costumes and an Adventure Map. Like the previous two packs, it will cost £6.29/€6,99 for the 3DS version, £4.49/€4,99 for the Wii U version, or £8.09/€8,99 for both.

The Season Passes will cost £13.49/€14,99 for the 3DS version, £8.99/€9,99 for the Wii U, and £15.29/€16,99 for both. Not only do these save money over buying each pack individually, but they also come with a Wind Waker Ganondorf costume.

In addition to all of these, there will also be a Legends Character pack for the Wii U, priced at £10.79/€11.99. It will release in the Summer and contains all of the characters from Legends, as well as Ganondorf’s Trident weapon. The site notes that this is not included in either Season Pass. Also, while Toon Link and Linkle are downloadable through other DLC packs, they will only be able to use the weapons that come in those packs pm the Wii U unless they are unlocked through the Legends Character pack or via codes from Hyrule Warriors Legends.

Additionally, Medli from the Wind Waker will be a free download for both versions of the game. She will release alongside the “Master Wind Waker” pack.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News, Wii U | 15 Comments

Another Mystery Mushroom costume is on its way to Super Mario Maker, this time unlocking manga character Yuu Ayasaki. You can watch the Japanese trailer below. The Event Course and costume should arrive on March 21st.

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Update: The embedded version of the video now has subtitles, thanks to court-records.net!

Thanks to an ongoing Twitter campaign, Capcom has released the 8-minute long animated opening to the upcoming Ace Attorney 6. Note that the video is only available in Japanese and does not currently feature subtitles.

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

A new trailer from Nintendo’s Japanese Youtube page shows off a new course with a Toadette costume, coming soon to Super Mario Maker. The trailer suggests that she will be added tomorrow, March 18th.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News | 9 Comments

Nintendo has set April 27 as the date for its earnings report on the past fiscal year. While we have no idea what all will be discussed, these reports are often where the company details some of their plans for the coming months or year, so it’s a date to keep on the radar.

Here’s the news as relayed by analyst Dr. Serkan Toto:

Nintendo just scheduled the Fiscal Year Earnings Release for April 27. https://t.co/28i2wlniwn

— Dr. Serkan Toto (@serkantoto) March 15, 2016

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Tuesday brings with it the usual Pokémon Shuffle update, this time adding in a variety of Pokémon to catch for both the mobile and 3DS versions. Two brand new stages have been added: a timed stage for Noivern, and a safari stage that will let you catch Hoothoot, Noctowl, Houndour, Houndoom, Pineco, Forretress, and Noibat. Both of these stages will run until March 29th.

Additionally, there are two returning stages. Landorus will run until March 22nd, with players only able to play once a day, but the catch rate increasing every day. Also, special Rotom stages have returned, with Rotom’s form changing daily. Rotom will not be playable on Saturdays or Sundays.

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With the Zero Time Dilemma website open, more details have arisen about the plot, setting, characters and more. While the website is in Japanese, Gematsu has provided translations of the material.

Prologue
-Starts December 31, 2028, in Nevada desert
-Nine men and women wake up in confinement
-Masked person announces the start of “the Decision game”, which they say the survival of the human race depends on
-The nine characters are then divided into three teams: C, Q, and D

About
-Adventure/escape game
-Mysterious character “Zero” has imprisoned the nine characters
-Escaping from the facility requires figuring out six passwords
-A password is revealed every time that a person dies
-Asks if the player will kill the other teams to get all the passwords or find another way

Cinema Part
-During certain “Cinema Parts”, characters will have conversations without text boxes
-Fully voiced

Characters
Team C
-Carlos (voiced by Tomokazu Sugita), a firefighter whose sister has an incurable disease. He also has, in his line of work, saved many lives.
-Akane (voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro), a supposedly ideal Japanese woman, who is actually skilled in trickery and presides over a secret society working towards a peaceful future.
-Junpei (voiced by Tatsuhisa Suzuki), a detective who is pursuing Akane, who was a childhood friend of his.
Team Q
Q (voiced by Aki Toyosaki), a kind boy who wears a strange helmet and has no memory of who he is.
Eric (voiced by Akira Ishida), an ice cream shop clerk, he is normally cheerful but has been known to have a temper.
Mira (voiced by Maaya Sakamoto), she is Eric’s girlfriend. She tends to be emotionless, but her reasoning is that she’s “just insensitive.”
Team D
Diana (voiced by Mamiko Noto), a pacifist nurse who was recommended to the experiment by her boss.
Phi (voiced by Chiaki Omigawa), a blunt but intellectual woman, who joined the experiment with Akane and Sigma to “save the world”.
Sigma (voiced by Daisuke Ono), a 22-year old man whose mind is that of a 67 year-old.
Other
Zero (voiced by ???), the mysterious mastermind behind the Decision Game.
Gabu, a dog that can pass from section to section of the facility. Team members can communicate with the other teams by attaching messages to his collar.

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It seems another Pokémon game will be hitting smartphones. The Pokémon Company just posted a trailer for a new game, currently translated as Pokémon CoMaster. The game is being codeveloped by HEROZ and is slated for a spring release in Japan. We’ll provide more details as we learn them. For now, you can watch the trailer below:

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