Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments

Swap Fire normally costs $14.99 on the North American Wii U eShop. Either the developer is feeling extra generous, or someone made an error as the game is currently showing as free.

Even if you’re not interested in Swap Fire, it might be worth “purchasing” regardless. We’re hearing that it’s giving users 20 Gold Points on My Nintendo.

You can order Swap Fire from Nintendo’s website here. It should probably be up on the eShop itself as well.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

A few new games out came out this week on the Wii U and 3DS eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Swap Fire
3. Brain Age
4. Zelda: Majora’s Mask
5. Super Mario World
6. Mario Kart 64
7. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
8. Mario Party 2
9. Super Mario 64
10. Super Mario Bros. 3
11. Zelda: Skyward Sword
12. Super Mario 3D World
13. Zelda: A Link to the Past
14. Super Mario Bros.
15. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
16. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
17. Pokemon Snap
18. Mario Party 10
19. The Legend of Zelda
20. Star Fox 64

Videos

1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
2. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Expansion Pass
3. Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
4. Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Life in the Ruins
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
6. Switch Hardware Overview
7. Splatoon 2 Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
8. Super Mario Mash-Up Pack for Minecraft: Wii U Edition
9. Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 2016 Trailer
10. Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017
11. Switch Parental Controls
12. Arms Nintendo Switch Presentation Trailer
13. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 1
14. Super Play Time – Splatoon – Get Kraken with Pro Tips
15. Pokken Tournament TV Spot
16. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 3
17. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
18. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
19. Yoshi’s Woolly World Adventure Guide Episode 2
20. Super Play Time – Splatoon – First Dip

Source: Wii U eShop

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 6 Comments

Nintendo of America put up a couple of additional videos for MAR10 Day on its Twitter account a few hours ago. In both, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Shinya Takahashi, and Shigeru Miyamoto were asked about the one game they’d play if they were stuck on an island. Find their responses below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 3 Comments

Brand new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe footage was just shown on the PAX Twitch stream. We’re able to get a first look at the likes of Shine Thief and Renegade Roundup, along with footage of courses revealed today. View the gameplay below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Switch, Videos | 10 Comments

This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta try out Super Bomberman R’s multiplayer with a couple of friends. Watch the full episode below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 5 Comments

N++ may have a shot at landing on Switch. In a new blog update from developer Metanet Software, the team expressed interest in bringing the game to Nintendo’s new system.

The studio wrote:

While we’re at it, why not a quick update on the future in general? We’re hoping to bring N++ to more platforms, specifically the Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch. In a perfect world, we’d love to bring it to the PSVita as well.

With the limited resources we have, we’re not going to be able to do everything we would like to, but we’re determined to keep supporting N++ and bringing it to as many players as we can, because — especially with the Ultimate update — this is the best game we’ve ever made, and more people deserve to know about it!

N+ came to the DS back in the day, so it would be fitting to have the new game on a Nintendo platform as well. We’ll keep a lookout for any announcements in the future.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 54 Comments

One of the early problems some users have reported experiencing with Switch concerns the Joy-Con disconnecting during play. We’ve gone over that enough times, so we don’t need to touch on explaining it further. However, Nintendo did provide a new statement to TIME about the situation.

“The number [of Joy-Con replacement or repair requests received] is not significant, and is consistent with what we’ve seen for any new hardware we have launched,” a representative said.

We heard from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime earlier today that the company is looking into potential issues, and wants to hear from consumers via its support line if they experience anything. The same goes for the dock scratching Switch’s screen.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 68 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild breaks many of the series’ conventions. Among these is the lack of Link’s iconic hat, which has long been a staple of the series.

In an interview with Polygon, Breath of the Wild art director Satoru Takizawa told Polygon that due to the rise of graphic fidelity, it’s tough “to make that hat look cool.”

He said:

“As the graphic fidelity has increased it becomes more difficult to make that hat look cool. As the game becomes more realistic it’s difficult to present it in a way that’s appealing.

If you look at Twilight Princess, I really made the hat long, so it would flap in the wind and move around. But because of that people were like ‘What’s he got? What’s in that hat?’ We’re reaching our limits as to how we can make it look cool.”

Takizawa added that with Skyward Sword, he attempted to make Link’s hat diminutive and giving it much less motion, but “we’re reaching our limits as to how we can make it look cool.”

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

The latest issue of MCV has a listing of the best-selling games in the UK for the month of February. The results are posted below, based on data collected between January 29 and February 25.

As far as physical software sales by platform goes, here are the results:

01 (01) PlayStation 4 – 549,361 (+6.80%)
02 (02) Xbox One – 403,775 (+9.04%)
03 (03) Nintendo 3DS – 79,618 (+10.53%)
04 (04) Xbox 360 – 35,259 (-73.43%)
05 (05) PlayStation 3 – 21,610 (-70.00%)
06 (07) Nintendo Wii U – 20,473 (-40.00%)
07 (06) PC Software – 18,198 (-63.08%)
08 (08) Nintendo Wii – 4,550 (-55.00%)
09 (09) PlayStation Vita – 2,275 (-64.00%)
10 (10) Nintendo DS – 1,137 (-55.02%)

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