Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment

Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

United States

* Save 20 percent on pre-orders with Amazon Prime or Best Buy’s GCU. 20 percent off pre-orders on Amazon Canada as well. On Amazon UK, it’s £2 off.

Wii U

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure (new) – Amazon, Best Buy
Darksiders Warmastered Edition – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

3DS

Pokemon Sun and Moon Dual Pack – Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Sun – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Moon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Dragon Ball Fusions – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Dragon Quest VIII – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Runbow Pocket Deluxe Edition – New 3DS only – Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (pre-order for capybara plushie) – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario Sports Superstars – GameStop

amiibo

Animal Crossing amiibo cards series 4 – Best Buy
Link (8-Bit) – Best Buy, GameStop
Link (Zelda: Ocarina of Time) – Best Buy, GameStop
Link/Zelda (Zelda: Wind Waker) – Best Buy, GameStop

Books

Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages – Amazon
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard – Amazon
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: collector’s edition – Amazon (save $16)
Pokemon Sun/Moon: Official Collector’s Vault Edition – Amazon (save $8)
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4 – Amazon

Canada

Wii U

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

3DS

Pokemon Sun and Moon Steelbook Dual Pack
Pokemon Sun
Pokemon Moon
Dragon Ball Fusions
Runbow Pocket Deluxe Edition – New 3DS only
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Books

Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: collector’s edition (save $9)
The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4

amiibo

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome amiibo Cards 6 Pack

UK

Wii U

Darksiders Warmastered Edition

3DS

Pokemon Sun
Pokemon Moon
Pokemon Sun Steelbook
Pokemon Moon Steel Book
Animal Crossing: New Leaf + amiibo Card
Super Mario Maker for 3DS
Picross 3D: Round 2
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
7th Dragon III Code: VFD

Books

Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: collector’s edition
Pokemon Sun/Moon: Official Strategy Guide Collector’s Vault
The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments

The latest issue of CoroCoro has been delivering some official news about Pokemon Sun/Moon. A couple of new Ultra Beasts were shown in scans on Friday, but another image from the magazine has emerged showing yet another one.

The scan above provides a look at UB-05 Gluttony. Unfortunately, CoroCoro doesn’t go into any details about the creature. We’re only able to see its design.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 59 Comments

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is at it again. After having very positive things to say about Switch during the company’s latest financial call earlier in the week, he’s now spoken about it very positively with GamesBeat, noting that “it was such a ground-breaking design.”

When asked why NVIDIA went after Switch, Huang said:

“We’re dedicated to the gaming market and always have been. Some parts of the market, we just weren’t prepared to serve them. I was fairly open about how, when this current generation of consoles was being considered, we didn’t have x86 CPUs. We weren’t in contention for any of those. However, the other factor is whether we could really make a contribution or not. If a particular game console doesn’t require our special skills, what we can uniquely bring, then it’s a commodity business that may not be suited for us.

In the case of Switch, it was such a ground-breaking design. Performance matters, because games are built on great performance, but form factor and energy efficiency matter incredibly, because they want to build something that’s portable and transformable. The type of gameplay they want to enable is like nothing the world has so far. It’s a scenario where two great engineering teams, working with their creative teams, needed to hunker down. Several hundred engineering years went into building this new console. It’s the type of project that really inspires us, gets us excited. It’s a classic win-win.”

Huang mentioned a few days ago that people will be “amazed” by Switch. He also believes that NVIDIA’s relationship with Nintendo could last as long as two decades.

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Posted on 7 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 November 7:

November 7

– 7 Splatoon panels
– 6 Animal Crossing panels
– 1 Nikki Swapnote panel
– 6 Monster Hunter panels
– 6 cartridge/systems panels (3 with 1 day left, 3 with 2 days left)
– 4 Pokemon panels
– Animal Crossing theme offer until 11/10
– 1 free play

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 10 Comments

Believe it or not, Monster Hunter Stories wasn’t made by Capcom. Instead, it was actually Marvelous who handled it for the most part. Capcom may have been on board for some creative aspects – and publishing of course – but it was Marvelous who put the project together.

Monster Hunter Stories’ credits also show that Ken Awata directed the game. We unfortunately don’t know much about his history, aside from the fact that he was involved with games such as The Last Story and Blue Dragon.

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

Plenty of Pokemon Sun/Moon developer interviews have been popping up as of late. In the latest issue GamesTM, the trend continues. Producer Junichi Masuda and director Shigeru Ohmori spoke with the magazine on a wide array of topics.

We’ve included some of the more interesting comments below. Between the two, there was talk about why there have been regular Pokemon Sun/Moon news updates, fan theories, thoughts on hardware for the series’ future, and more.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

XSEED is currently working on releasing Exile’s End on the Wii U eShop. While you wait, get a feel for what the game has to offer with the footage below.

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

We’ve known about Jakks Pacific’s Trophy Series and Prototype Series figures for some time now. But before the weekend started, some new ones were shown on Twitter.

For the Trophy Series, the new additions are Ganondorf and Tanooki Mario. Toon Link and Olimar are being added to the Prototype Series.

Store exclusives seem to be involved here. With the Trophy Series, they can only be found at Walmart. Target has the exclusive on the Prototype Series.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 74 Comments

Many, many years ago, Sony was working on the SNES PlayStation. It would have acted as as add-on for Nintendo’s classic console, allowing it to read discs. But unfortunately, it ended up getting cancelled.

Now in a new interview, we have some rare behind-the-scenes information about what was happening with the SNES PlayStation. Dwango head Nobuo Kawakami interviewed Shigeo Maruyama, who was once the the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment as well as the former chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment. Maruyama talked about the situation with the SNES PlayStation and also offered insight into the mind of Ken Kutaragi, who largely was the person who pushed for the device’s development.

Head past the break for our full translation.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk, Wii U | 56 Comments

Sooner rather than later, the Wii U will be meetings its end. The Switch will be here to replace it in just a few months. And if that wasn’t enough, Nintendo said this week that production of Wii U will be ending in Japan soon. The final shipments for the fiscal year were also already sent to North American retailers.

With Wii U on its way out, I was thinking it might be nice to hold a dedicated Let’s Talk topic to the system. Four years later, how do you feel about it? Do you believe Wii U was an overall failure, or does it have redeeming qualities? What’s your favorite game on the console? Share your thoughts with us below!

Highlights from last week’s topic: What are you playing? – November 2016

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