Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo | 3 Comments

Pokemon Bank was finally updated this week to include functionality for Pokemon Sun/Moon. To celebrate, Nintendo of Europe presented a challenge to Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda to name as many Pokemon as he can in 20 seconds. See how he did below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch | 30 Comments

Switch game cases are beginning to pop up at Japanese retailers. Twitter user Gaijinhunter stopped by one of these stores, and shared a bunch of photos today. Not only are there images of the cases themselves, but also a couple of shots showing how the size compares to the PSP boxes.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo has scheduled more maintenance for both Wii U and 3DS as well as maintenance specifically pertaining to the use of eShop cards. As far as the schedule goes, both are as follows:

Wii U / 3DS maintenance (online play, rankings, etc.)

– 4 PM PT (January 30) – 8 PM PT (January 30)
– 7 PM ET (January 30) – 11 PM ET (January 30)
– 12 AM in the UK (January 31) – 4 AM in the UK (January 31)
– 1 AM in Europe (January 31) – 5 AM in Europe (January 31)

Using eShop cards

– 10 AM PT (February 7) – 1 PM PT (February 7)
– 1 PM ET (February 7) – 4 PM ET (February 7)
– 6 PM in the UK (February 7) – 9 PM in Europe (February 7)
– 7 PM in Europe (February 7) – 10 PM in Europe (February 7)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [PS4] Gravity Rush 2 (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2017.01.19} (¥6.900) – 74.361 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World # (Nintendo) {2017.01.19} (¥4.700) – 39.555 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Valkyria Revolution (Sega) {2017.01.19} (¥7.990) – 38.197 / NEW
04./01. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue (Square Enix) {2017.01.12} (¥6.800) – 22.758 / 160.555 (-83%)
05./04. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2016.11.18} (¥4.980) – 21.036 / 3.092.277 (-34%)
06./06. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level 5) {2016.12.15} (¥4.800) – 20.831 / 629.229 (-10%)
07./00. [PSV] Valkyria Revolution (Sega) {2017.01.19} (¥6.990) – 18.219 / NEW
08./02. [PSV] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony # (Spike Chunsoft) {2017.01.12} (¥6.400) – 15.943 / 92.110 (-79%)
09./05. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2016.12.01} (¥4.700) – 14.285 / 928.969 (-40%)
10./07. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! (Nintendo) {2016.12.22} (¥4.980) – 8.638 / 269.727 (-48%)
11./03. [PS4] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony # (Spike Chunsoft) {2017.01.12} (¥7.400) – 7.955 / 47.961 (-80%)
12./08. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition] (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥4.990) – 7.456 / 252.874 (-26%)
13./10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 6.824 / 1.090.208 (-23%)
14./09. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV # (Square Enix) {2016.11.29} (¥8.800) – 5.859 / 923.632 (-41%)
15./13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} (¥2.700) – 5.033 / 112.797 (-21%)
16./12. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo) {2016.12.08} (¥4.700) – 4.775 / 156.947 (-35%)
17./00. [PSV] Hana Oboro: Sengoku Denranki # (Idea Factory) {2017.01.19} (¥6.300) – 4.522 / NEW
18./16. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Microsoft Game Studios) {2016.06.23} (¥3.600) – 3.732 / 279.716 (-24%)
19./18. [PS4] Battlefield 1 (Electronic Arts) {2016.10.21} (¥7.800) – 3.432 / 252.485 (-26%)
20./17. [PS4] Watch Dogs 2 (Ubisoft) {2016.12.01} (¥8.400) – 3.037 / 105.648 (-35%)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 120 Comments

Initial Media Create data for the week of January 16 came in earlier this week. However, the sales tracker now provides some extra information about the Japanese market, including an important note about Switch.

Media Create says that Switch pre-orders have already surpassed 80 percent of the system’s initial shipment. While we sadly don’t have a specific number for Switch’s initial shipment in Japan, the fact that it’s already sold through such a high percentage is encouraging. This was also done just after pre-orders opened last weekend.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments

Megami Meguri has managed to reach another big milestone. The game has surpassed 400,000 downloads, Capcom announced today. It was just last month that it was sitting at around 250,000.

Capcom is working on a major update for Megami Meguri, which will introduce various elements including a Photo Mode. New characters will be added in as well.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments

Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find a new stage, along with some brand new items.

“Snowy superstar! Winter Sportswear #1” is the new stage. It includes the following:

– Ski hat + goggles
– Snowboarding gear
– Polka-dot snowboarding gear
– Snowboard

And as far as the new items go, you can nab the following:

– Tattered dragon wings
– Cossack hat
– Outdoorsy fur vest
– Retro chic squares dress
– Mouton boots

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

GameXplain has shared another 45 minutes of Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World. The lengthy gameplay video is posted below.

At this point, we’re pretty much done with our video coverage of Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World. You can search the site for additional gameplay we’ve posted over the past couple of weeks.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Screenshots | 1 Comment

Arc System Works opened a teaser site for Cube Creator DX today. You can find it here. It’s incredibly bare-bones at the moment, and it doesn’t contain any content at the moment.

We do have a few new screenshots from Cube Creator DX. Those are in the gallery below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

Just like GameStop, Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for the standalone Wolf Link amiibo. You can reserve it here. Wolf Link comes out next Friday in North America.

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