Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, DSiWare, News, Wii Shop Channel, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

Nintendo isn’t slowing down with its plans for maintenance, as its digital shops will be down for a few hours next week. The Wii U and 3DS eShops, Wii Shopping Channel, and DSi Shop will be unavailable for a few hours on Monday.

The schedule is as follows:

– 12 PM PT (January 23) – 4 PM PT (January 23)
– 3 PM ET (January 23) – 7 PM ET (January 23)
– 8 PM in the UK (January 23) – 12 AM in the UK (January 24)
– 9 PM in Europe (January 23) – 1 AM in Europe (January 24)

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 82 Comments

Kotaku sent over a bunch of questions to Nintendo about Switch. The big N dodged quite a few of them, but many were answered any provide very interesting information.

As part of the Q&A, Nintendo said Switch may get external USB hard drive support, commented on how Miis work, said video-streaming services may arrive in a future update, talked about the system’s region-free nature, and more. Find the notable highlights below.

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

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of December 2016. The results can be found below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 5 Comments

Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon have sold over four million copies in the United States, Nintendo announced today. The two specifically stand at 4.5 million since launching in late November. Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were also the second and third best-selling games during the month of December as reported by NPD.

Nintendo also said today that the last quarter of 2016 was the “best-selling quarter for software in Nintendo 3DS history”. 7.3 million copies of first-party Nintendo games were sold during that period. For the seventh month in a row, sales grew year-over-year thanks to the likes of Pokemon, Super Mario Maker, and evergreen titles such as Mario Kart 7.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

Update: These have now sold out (thanks Jason).

Original: Over on the official Nintendo UK store, pre-orders are open for the new Zelda: Breath of the Wild amiibo. The two Link versions, Zelda, Guardian, and Bokoblin are in stock. Find them all here.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 13 Comments

According to the latest data from mobile app store market intelligence group Sensor Tower, Super Mario Run has slipped out of the top 50 grossing iOS apps in the U.S. It’s now sitting at the 52nd spot.

One significant reason for Super Mario Run’s decline on the charts is due to the way it handles monetization. Rather than offering a free-to-play model like the upcoming Fire Emblem Heroes, Mario instead is a one-time $10 payment.

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

A short while ago, Nicalis tweeted out a picture (now deleted by the way) suggesting that Cave Story and 1001 Spikes are on the way to Switch. There was one additional game at the very end which was clipped out, so it wasn’t entirely clear what that was. Now gamers have pieced things together, and it seems that Nicalis is also planning Hydra Castle Labyrinth for Switch.

Hydra Castle Labyrinth is a 2D platformer / action-adventure game created for PC. Similar to Castlevania, players explore a big dungeon and gather items along the way to process.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch, Wii U | 21 Comments

Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a massive world to explore. At last year’s E3, Nintendo said that the Great Plateau represents an extremely small percentage of the game even though it was pretty spacious itself.

So just how big is the world in Breath of the Wild? Reddit user have put together an estimate and rough size comparison based on various calculations, the results of which are above. Wind Waker’s size is off, though the others should be somewhat close.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 4 Comments

Indie developer Vertex Pop has announced a new Switch game Graceful Explosion Machine, a “dazzlingly intense shoot-em-up”.

We have the following overview:

“Skillfully pilot the advanced Graceful Explosion Machine (GEM) fighter while blasting swarms of crystalline enemies with your ludicrously overpowered quad-weapon array! Lost in deep space, you’ll shoot, dash and combo your way through jewel-hued alien worlds, fighting to find a way home.”

Graceful Explosion Machine will release during Switch’s launch window. You can expect the game on the eShop sometime during spring.

Nintendo of America indie game manager Kirk Scott said of the news:

“Graceful Explosion Machine fits perfectly as a premiere indie game in our launch window lineup. It reflects the diversity and breadth of the kinds of top-notch games we’re looking for on the Nintendo Switch system.”

Watch a trailer for Graceful Explosion Machine below:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

We have another round of news about Shovel Knight. First, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment will launch first on Switch during the system’s launch window for $24.99 and $9.99 respectively. That would indicate today’s earlier news of an April launch applies to Wii U and 3DS instead of Switch.

Specter of Torment and Shovel Knight co-op will be playable on Switch for the first time at PAX South later this month.

Yacht Club Games is also announcing today that Shovel Knight Sound Test Mode is on the way. It’ll come to all versions of the game as a free update.

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