Nintendo Badge Arcade – North American updates for the week of April 17, 2017
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
Update: Added in Sunday’s updates.
Nintendo Badge Arcade has been receiving daily updates since heading to the 3DS eShop. Because it’s continually updated with content, we’re rounding up all of the additions and changes in a weekly post.
Here’s what’s on tap for the week of April 17:
April 17
– 5 Nikki & Friends panels
– 6 Ashley panels
– 2 WarioWare panels
– 11 Yo-kai Watch panels
– 6 Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival panels
– Thank-you badges until April 20
– 1 free play
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Rain can be deadly for Fire Keese in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 11 Comments
Rain can be an inconvenience for Link while climbing in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But for one of the game’s enemies, it’s actually deadly.
You’ll notice that a Fire Keese’s flames will go out when rain starts to pour. A few seconds later, it’ll perish right on the spot.
Here’s a quick look:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild – messages from Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 29 Comments
In the official Zelda: Breath of the Wild guide, two of the game’s most important developers left messages for readers. Series producer Eiji Aonuma and director Hidemaro Fujibayashi both reflected on creating the massive title.
Aonuma’s message was particularly interesting. In it, he spoke about the developing process of “creating while playing”. Aonuma also touched on not being completely satisfied with development due to “a desire to keep evolving and growing.”
As for Fujibayashi, he touched on the difficulties of trying to rethink Zelda’s conventions. He also said that the team has “on occasion observed things happen in the field that not even we, who created the game, could have imagined.”
We thought it might be interesting to share both of these messages from Aonuma and Fujibayashi. Read the full transcriptions below.
Female Robin and Navarre will be back in Fire Emblem Heroes tomorrow
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 3 Comments
The Japanese Fire Emblem Heroes Twitter account has confirmed that Female Robin and Navarre are both returning in the mobile game tomorrow. You should see them at the usual update time via a Grand Hero Battle. Some special quests are expected as well, but the specifics haven’t been shared just yet.
40 minutes of Kamiko footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch eShop, Videos | 5 Comments
Ahead of its western launch next week, more lengthy footage of the downloadable Switch game Kamiko has surfaced. Another 40-minute video can be found below.
More: Circle Entertainment, Kamiko, Kemco, Skipmore
Miitomo – returning Miitomo Drop stage (4/23/17)
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In celebration of Miitomo’s first anniversary, Nintendo has brought back the “Trick or treat! Happy Halloween” stage as voted in through a Twitter survey. Users can obtain popular items in this coin-exclusive special level.
It includes the following:
– Witch hat (set)
– Witch dress (set)
– Witch boots (set)
– Witch’s familiar
– Jack-o’-lantern mask
– Jack-o’-lantern costume
– Skull mask
– Skeleton suit
The returning stage will be available until April 29 at 6:59 PM PT / 9:59 PM ET.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe allows for four-player split-screen undocked
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 46 Comments
Don’t have a television nearby? Want to play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with three other players? Fortunately, that’s entirely possible.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe does in fact allow for four-player split-screen while playing undocked. You may not have as much real estate to work with, but the feature is there if you want to use it.
Thanks to Zack for the tip.
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Tantalus on Zelda: Twilight Princess HD – landing the job, Nintendo’s involvement, amiibo, dev length, much more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 25 Comments
On the latest episode of Fragments of Silicon, Tantalus CEO Tom Crago stopped by for a chat. A majority of the conversation centered around The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, of which the studio was largely responsible for.
Crago went in-depth about developing Twilight Princess HD. That includes how Tantalus landed the job, Nintendo’s involvement and working with series producer Eiji Aonuma, coming up with the new Wolf Link amiibo and Cave of Shadows functionality, how long it took to come together plus the amount of people involved, and more.
Read on below for Crago’s comments about working on Zelda: Twilight Princess HD.
[Let’s Talk] Potential SNES Mini games
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 23 Comments
A big rumor surfaced this week about Nintendo potentially creating a SNES Mini for release later this year. Whether or not that actually happens remains to be seen. But with the NES Classic Edition / NES Mini being such a big hit, the possibility is certainly there.
So let’s say that Nintendo does move forward with the SNES Mini. What games would you like to be included? Titles such as Super Mario World and Zelda: A Link to the Past would probably be safe bets. Are there any far out games you’d like to see though? What would be your dream lineup? Let us know in the comments below.
Highlights from last week’s topic: April 2017 Nintendo Direct reactions
TumbleSeed file size
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 2 Comments
TumbleSeed is one of the next notable indie titles on Switch. To download it, you’ll need 427MB of free space on internal memory or a microSD card. TumbleSeed should be available on May 2 in both North America and Europe.
