Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

Since last year, it’s been possible for North American and Japanese users to redeem eShop download codes without turning on their Wii U or 3DS. Unfortunately, European Nintendo fans have had to wait a while for that feature to become available in their region. That time has now come – visit this URL, log in with a European NNID and you can start entering download codes. Pre-ordering games and remotely downloading them still doesn’t work, but hopefully that’s a feature that will be added in the near future.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Videogamer.com obtained a statement from Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata regarding Satoru Iwata’s death:

Nintendo of Europe is today mourning the passing of Mr Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s Global President. It is difficult to put into words the sadness we feel at this time. Mr. Iwata was a strong leader, a unique figure in the gaming industry and an important part of Nintendo’s history. He was a visionary in every sense of the word and we will miss him dearly.

Just as Mr. Iwata challenged us to always push forward, we will ensure his legacy lives on through our ongoing work to always surprise and delight our fans. At this time our thoughts are with his family.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

From The Wall Street Journal:

“I am surprised at this sudden news and overcome with sadness,” Mr. Miyamoto said in a statement issued through the company on Monday. He said he would maintain the game-development stance that he and Mr. Iwata established and work with developers to create the kind of future successes that the late president would have wanted.

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Posted on 8 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. Splatoon – Nintendo

2. Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo

3. Lego Jurassic World – Warner Bros. Interactive

4. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo

5. Super Smash Bros for Wii U – Nintendo

6. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo

7. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo

8. FIFA 13 – Electronic Arts

9. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo

10. Mario & Sonic at the Sochi Winter Games 2014 – Nintendo

3DS

1. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom

2. Lego Jurassic World – Warner Bros. Interactive

3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

5. Pokemon Omega Ruby- Nintendo

6. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire- Nintendo

7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

8. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo

9. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Nintendo

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

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Posted on 8 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

Source: Chart-Track

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

A new feature was announced for the upcoming 3DS version of Dragon Quest VIII today – Camera Mode, which allows you to take a picture of the top screen, which is then saved to your 3DS’ SD card. However, this feature is not just for taking screenshots – you can get special requests from NPCs who ask you to take pictures of rare monsters and hidden items and who will reward you for doing so. When taking pictures of your party members, you can also have them take special poses.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo announced today that both the 3DS and Wii U versions of Super Smash Bros. will undergo maintenance on July 13th/14th, depending on your location. Both online play and leaderbords will be affected. The exact times are below:

Europe: July 13th (11PM) to July 14th (2AM)
UK: July 13th (10PM) to July 14th (1AM)
North America (EDT): July 13th (5PM to 8PM)
North America (PDT): July 13th (2PM to 5PM)
Japan: July 14th (6AM to 9AM)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments

Seems like Nintendo is fairly confident that the Animal Crossing spin-off Happy Home Designer will do well in Japan. The company announced today that the first shipment of the game will consist of 500,000 units. This includes both the regular version of the game as well as the one that will be bundled with the NFC reader. Both versions will come with one amiibo card.

Recently, both Splatoon and Fire Emblem Fates were basically sold out in Japan in their first couple of weeks on the market. It’ll be interesting to see how well Happy Home Designer does and if Nintendo calculated the demand appropriately this time.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Comcept have published the latest Mighty No. 9 development update, this time focusing on the various sound creators working on the game. The four people highlighted in the blog post are Manami Matsumae, who was the lead composer, Ippo Yamada, who was in charge of sound production and composed various stage BGM, Takashi Tateishi, who composed the BGM for stage 7 and Masahiro Aoki who composed the BGM for stage 4.

Make sure to watch the video below which features a sneak peek at some of the music in the game, plus some of the (Japanese) voice work.

Visit the Mighty No. 9 website for the full blog post.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Bandai is releasing a Denpa Men card game in Japan. Starting from August 8th, booster packs containing six cards each will be available in stores. However, it’s not just a simple card game – each card contains a code that can be redeemed in the 3DS game Denpa Ningen no RPG Free to get Denpa Men and free items.

Since Denpa Ningen no RPG Free is currently Japan-only, a release of the card game in the West seems fairly unlikely, unfortunately.

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