Wii U / 3DS maintenance taking place tonight into tomorrow
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Wii U and 3DS both underwent maintenance last night. Later today and carrying into tomorrow, that’ll be happening once again.
The schedule is as follows:
– 6 PM PT – 2 AM PT
– 9 PM ET – 5 AM PT
– 2 AM in the UK – 10 AM in the UK
– 3 AM in Europe – 11 AM in Europe
The maintenance period will affect certain network services such as online play, rankings, etc.
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Producer on Splatoon’s future
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments
This week’s issue of Famitsu has an interview with Hisashi Nogami, the producer of Splatoon. One portion of the discussion touched on the game’s future.
Famitsu asks if it really is the end for Splatfests. According to Nogami, it was originally decided to run Splatfests for a year. Nintendo was able to continue those events, but they feel now is the right time to have them come to a close.
As for the future specifically, Nogami feels that the game is done. Nintendo has stopped with Splatfests and updates, but they’d still like to build excitement through events such as Splatoon Koshien tournaments. When asked about something like a sequel, Nogami said that Splatoon has been raised together with the fans who have been playing it, and they’d like to continue heading in that direction in the future with the utmost care.
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Nintendo 3DS Direct to be held on Thursday
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 116 Comments
A new Nintendo Direct focusing on the 3DS will be hosted on Thursday, Nintendo has announced.
The presentation will be shown at the following times:
– 7 AM PT
– 10 AM ET
– 3 PM in the UK
– 4 PM in Europe
We’ll have a live stream and post going with the Nintendo 3DS Direct before it happens. The official page is located here.
Note: Nintendo says there will be no NX talk during the Direct.
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Paper Mario: Color Splash – Rescue V Episode 3
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Nintendo just released the third video in a multi-part series about a squad of toads helping Mario in Paper Mario: Color Splash. We have today’s clip below.
Famitsu review scores (8/30/16)
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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Salt and Sanctuary (PS4) – 8/9/8/9
Tokyo Xanadu eX+ (PS4) – 9/8/8/8
F1 2016 (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/8/8
Bound (PS4) – 7/8/7/9
Volume (PS4/PSV) – 7/8/7/8
Yuukyuu no Tierblade: Lost Chronicle (PSV) – 7/7/8/8
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger: Battle Cube Puzzle (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
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Rumor: NX has a split d-pad, share button
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors | 74 Comments
A few days ago, Let’s Play Video Games put up a report claiming that NX will make use of advanced vibration technology and motion sensing in new controllers intended to replace the Wii Remote. The site has now followed with additional unconfirmed information regarding the current version of development hardware.
Let’s Play Video Games writes that developers have access to a split d-pad as well as some sort of share button, similar to that of the PlayStation 4. The button features a small icon of a camera and will let users upload still images and video on Miiverse, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Images or video can also be saved to external memory devices, which then can be ultimately moved to PC.
Let’s Play Video Games offers up the following mockup:
Just like last week’s report, these latest rumors are unconfirmed. It’ll stay that way until Nintendo has something official to say about its new system.
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Bandai Namco’s TGS 2016 lineup
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Bandai Namco’s lineup for the 2016 Tokyo Game Show is now live. You can access the page here.
Bandai Namco intends to have live streams during the show. Currently, however, a schedule has not been announced.
Head past the break for Bandai Namco’s full TGS lineup, courtesy of Gematsu.
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A-Train 3D Neo heading to 3DS
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Artdink published A-Train 3D back in 2014 in Japan. Last year, Natsume localized the game for North America and Europe. Now Artink is developing a new version.
A-Train 3D Neo (or perhaps we should call it A-Train 3D: City Simulator Neo) is coming to Japan on December 1. Other than the regular package at 4,860 yen, there will be also a “Beginner’s Pack” that comes with an official guidebook priced at 5,378 yen.
A-Train 3D Neo improves upon features from the vanilla version. Additionally, the eight extra scenarios that were offered as paid DLC will be included here. Compatibility with data from the vanilla version is planned as well.
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Niantic gives an update on Pokemon GO bans
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments
Niantic has posted an update on the situation surrounding bans in Pokemon GO. Some accounts have been unbanned – mainly from players who were unaware about what they were getting into with add-on map apps. However, most accounts that were previously banned for violating Terms of Service will not be adjusted.
Here’s the full update from Niantic:
We continue to work to ensure the integrity of the game and the health of our servers by blocking unauthorized access and at times by banning offending accounts. This includes blocking bots, data scraping operations, and banning end user accounts associated with those activities. Some players may not have realized that some add-on map apps do more than just show you nearby Pokémon. Each end-user app can be used as a collection tool by the app creator, invisibly collecting and forwarding data to the app creator with or without the knowledge of the end user. These apps can have an effect similar to DDoS attacks on our servers. Because of this we have had to ban some accounts associated with using these add-on map tools, leading to confusion by some users about why they were banned. This is a small subset of the accounts banned.
As a result of some changes made to our infrastructure, we are now able to unban this set of accounts. Add-on maps which scrape data from our servers still violate our Terms of Service and use of them may still result in an account ban going forward. Accounts whose sole purpose was to scrape data are not being unbanned. Accounts which used apps or websites to remotely capture Pokémon, battle or deploy on Gyms, or harvest resources from PokéStops are also not being unbanned. Our main priority is to provide a fair, fun, and legitimate experience for all players, so, aggressive banning will continue to occur for players who engage in these kinds of activities.
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Yoshi’s Woolly World, Captain Toad, Mario Party 10 reduced to $30 each on the eShop
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments
Three Wii U games from Nintendo have had their prices permanently reduced on the eShop. Yoshi’s Woolly World, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and Mario Party 10 are now $30 each. The discounts come ahead of the new amiibo bundles in North America next week.
