Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 68 Comments

For the first time since the list’s inception in 2001, Nintendo is not part of the world’s top 100 brands. Interbrand, the company compiling the list, looks at the financial performances of companies and how their brands contributed to that and how they are expected to contribute in the future.

Interbrand Japan CEO Yuki Wada said that the reason Nintendo didn’t make the list was because of the company’s failure to keep up with the changes in people’s lives, as evidenced by the fact that they only decided to start releasing smartphone games this year.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Mega Absol is the latest competition in Pokemon Shuffle. To get the Absolite, you need to place in the top 12,000 in Europe, top 20,000 in North America or the top 50,000 in Japan. If you place in the top 2,400 in Europe, top 3,800 in North America or top 10,000 in Japan, you get a Mega Speedup on top of that. Placing in the top 17,000 in Europe, top 27,000 in North America or in the top 70,000 in Japan gets you two Attack Power Up items. Placing below those thresholds gets you a Jewel. The competition runs till October 12th.

Making its debut in Pokemon Shuffle is the Legendary Pokemon Palkia. You have until October 19th to catch it.

Its counterpart Dialga makes a return in case you missed it the first time around. You have until October 12th to catch it.

Finally, don’t forget that the Latias Escalation Battle is still going on for another week.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s Wii U/3DS specific charts are as follows:

Wii U

1. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo

2. Lego Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive

3. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo

4. Skylanders Superchargers – Activision Blizzard

5. Splatoon – Nintendo

6. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo

7. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Nintendo

8. Disney Infinity 3.0 – Disney Interactive Studios

9. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo

10. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo

3DS

1. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Nintendo

2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo

3. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

5. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo

6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

7. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

8. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS – Nintendo

9. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom

10. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual Formats

All Formats

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

STARWHAL – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00

Mario Sports Mix (Wii download software) – €14.99 / £13.49 / CHF 21.00 until 15/10/2015. Regular price €19.99 / £17.99 / CHF 28.00

Whispering Willows – €9.99 / £7.99 / CHF 9.00

Wii U Virtual Console

Mario Golf (N64) – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (SNES) – €7.99 / £5.49 / CHF 11.20

Dig Dug II (NES) – €4.99 / £3.49 / CHF 7.00

Pocky & Rocky with Becky – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

3DS Download

3D Sonic The Hedgehog 2 – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00

eShop Sales

Wii U

Citizens of Earth – €4.99 / £4.00 / CHF 8.00 until 22/10/2015. Regular price €11.99 / £9.99 / CHF 16.80

Little Inferno – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99 until 15/10/2015. Regular price €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 13.99

3DS

Citizens of Earth – €4.99 / £4.00 / CHF 8.00 until 22/10/2015. Regular price €11.99 / £9.99 / CHF 16.80

Retro City Rampage: DX – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.69 until 22/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €8.99 / £7.99 / CHF 12.99

Secret Agent Files: Miami – €5.99 / £4.49 / CHF 5.99 until 22/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €7.99 / £5.99 / CHF 7.99

Jewel Match 3 – €4.99 / £3.99 / CHF 4.99 until 22/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €6.99 / £4.99 / CHF 6.99

Funfair Party Games – €4.99 / £3.69 / CHF 4.99 until 22/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €6.99 / £4.99 / CHF 6.99

Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D Download Version – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00 until 29/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00

Permanent price drops

3DS

Toy Stunt Bike – €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 4.20 (previously €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00)

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

As of today, Club Nintendo is closed in all regions – except Australia and New Zealand. Due to performance issues on the website, Club Nintendo Australia will continue to operate until October 8th. You have until that date to spend your stars and claim your rewards in the Club Nintendo catalogue.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Gaming, News | 3 Comments

Game developer Level-5 and advertising / PR company Dentsu have teamed up and created Level-5 abby Inc., which is described as a “multi-media entertainment company”. The company’s name was formed by taking the “a” from “all” or “anything” and the “bby” from “hobby”.

The company’s purpose is to bring Level-5’s various franchises to a worldwide audience in a variety of forms, such as games, toys, animation, comics and more. The company states that its three “tentpole” franchises are Yo-Kai Watch, Little Battlers eXperience and Snack World. The company is headed up by CEO Akihiro Hino, who is the founder and president of Level-5, and COO Yukari Hayakawa.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival will launch in Europe on November 20th, essentially taking over the release date spot of the delayed Star Fox Zero. The image above shows what exactly you’ll get when you buy the game in stores: the game itself, an Isabelle amiibo, a Digby amiibo and three amiibo cards.

Also hitting store shelves on November 20th are several other new amiibo. One of your options is a 3 pack containing K.K. Slider, Reese and Cyrus. You will also be able to buy all of those separately, in addition to Tom Nook, Mabel and Lottie.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo have uploaded a new CG trailer for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, which launches tomorrow in Europe. Check it out below:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

I’m sure most of you are familiar with GameCenter CX, the Japanese show where the host, Arino, plays through various retro games. It has now been revealed that you can unlock Arino as a Mystery Mushroom costume if you beat various stages that he has designed. Further details aren’t clear at the moment, like how these stages will be distributed and if they will be available outside of Japan as well. We will keep you updated; in the meantime, check out the reveal video below.

There’s also a special GameCenter CX episode featuring Super Mario Maker:

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