Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Screenshots, Wii U | 0 comments

Our first look at Ike since his reveal! Sakurai explains how his Eruption attack will work:

You can charge up Ike’s Eruption attack by holding the button down, but remember to release it right before it fully charges to avoid recoil damage. Let go of the button at the moment the sword shines!

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A PR stunt has gone seriously wrong for Watch Dogs in Australia, as Mumbrella report that a bomb squad had to be called to newsstation Ninemsn’s office. Apparently a package arrived with a letter and a small safe, with instructions for the addressee to check their voicemail. Of course with no voicemail to check, a pin was punched into the safe, it started beeping and… Things started to escalate. After checking with other newsrooms to see if they’d received something similar, staff eventually were evacuated and the bomb squad was called. Ninemsn’s Hal Crawford told Mumbrella “This is definitely the other side of the line in terms of what is safe for a PR company to send anonymously to a newsroom. The thing was black, heavy and slightly creepy.” After the bomb squad was called, the safe was carefully opened… and a copy of Watch Dogs was found.

But any publicity is good publicity right?

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment

You’ll be performing a lot of tricks when Mario Kart 8 drops this week, but it’ll probably be because of the speed boost you get as opposed to being able to watch your character pull off some fancy stunts. If you’re curious to see how the characters will look before the game drops (and you know, before blue shells and collecting coins are occupying all your thought power) check out the video below

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It seems Pullblox /Pushmo World will be hitting more than Japan on June 19th as Nintendo of Europe announced today Pullblox world will be coming to the Wii U eShop on June 19th. With the launch they also provided the following information:

• Take control of Mallo for another 250 3D, block-based puzzles
• Different blocks have unique behaviours
• It will be the series’ first Wii U entry meaning it will make its HD debut
• Create your own puzzles in Pullblox Studio and share it via the World Pullblox Fair on Miiverse

To celebrate the release of this new game, owners of either Pullblox and Fallblox will be able to get 30% off Pullblox World if purchased before July 31st.

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Coming from a Nintendo of Europe Press Release Chibi-Robo! Let’s Go, Photo is heading to the 3DS eShop on July 3rd. Here are the details that have been confirmed:

• The game will make heavy use of the system’s cameras for Augmented Reality centered mechanics
• Taking photos of real-life objects with in-game silhouettes will transform them into NostalJunk, sending it into the game
• Earn Happy Points by helping a cast of new characters like a sushi-slinging squid or an eccentric pair of chefs who need Chibi’s help. Happy Points are used to buy more silhouettes
• European players can enter NostalJunk Contests through SpotPass to win exclusive Chibi-Robo costumes for use in-game

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Counting down the days until it’s out in the wild, here’s another look at all the tracks in Mario Kart 8 for those who can’t wait!

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Atlus uploaded three new videos of Persona Q showcasing things like map-making at F.O.E. (Field On Enemy). This footage really shows the game’s parallels to Etrian Odyssey

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Today’s screenshot touches on another minor detail, this time pertaining to how the amount of damage taken affects character models. Previously as percentage got higher on a character in the Smash Bros. series, their models don’t change but as Sakurai explains:

Characters that have heavy damage slowly start to emit steam. When your opponent starts to get nice and smoky, give ’em a solid attack!

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Reviews for Watch Dogs have now started to arrive. Here’s a roundup of the game’s early reviews:

IGN – 8.4/10
GameSpot – 8/10
Polygon – 8/10
Joystiq – 4/5
Videogamer – 7/10
Digitalspy – 4/5
Eurogamer – 7/10
GameInformer – 8.5/10
CVG – 9/10
USgamer – 5/5
Destructoid – 8/10
Giantbomb – 3/5

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Casual Bit Games recently reported that due to a game breaking bug, Insanity’s Blade’s release has been pushed back to June 10. The bug was capable of stopping progression through the game and was potentially the result of removing objects placed within the development program.

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