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

With summer in full swing, Nintendo has kicked off a new National StreetPass Weekend in North America. The event runs through Sunday.

Those who have a 3DS system can connect to a hot spot and partake in StreetPass functionality included in various games. Nintendo also encourages fans to race against others in Mario Kart 7 with the Community Code 56-5948-2194-6571.

Thanks to Jose for the tip.

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Miitomo’s latest collaboration is with none other than Super Mario. There are a lot of activities going on relating to T-shirts, including a Twitter vote and much more.

Here’s the full rundown:

Starting 7/22/2016, vote for your favorite design via our Twitter poll, and the winning tee will be available via My Nintendo!

Here are the designs you can vote for:

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Both versions of Yo-kai Watch 3 sold a total of 632,000 copies in its first week (July 16 and July 17). Media Create now reports that they sold through 63.07 percent of the initial shipment.

Unsurprisingly, Yo-kai Watch 3 obtained the highest first week sales of all games released so far since the start of the year. However, the series saw a big decline in comparison to the last entry. Yo-kai Watch 2, which debuted in July 2014, experienced first week sales of 1,317,000 copies with a 92.16 percent sell-through rate. It also did not manage to match the spin-off title Yo-kai Watch Busters. That game arrived in July 25 with 694,000 copies sold in its first week and a 73.60 percent sell-through rate.

On the hardware front, New 3DS sales sold 136.68 percent when compared to last week. Since Yo-kai Watch 3 connects with NFC and related toys, it is thought that this has caused an urge in the demand to trade off from the old 3DS.

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Update: Download links are here: iOS and Android

The wait for Pokemon GO in Japan is finally over, for the most part. We’re hearing that the game’s servers are now live throughout the country. There don’t appear to be download links yet, but those who nabbed the game through the likes of APK files have already started to play.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 41 Comments

Metroid Prime: Federation Force features a Samus decoy. The inflatable doll can be used to distract enemies, and use the tactic to your advantage. Here’s a look at it in the game:

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Pokemon GO data miners are up to their usual tricks, and have uncovered some previously-unknown information about the game by peering through its files. The latest information concerns the level cap, tidbits about currently uncatchable Pokemon, and more.

Here’s the rundown from Pokemon Fortress:

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

The Gurumin Twitter account is currently hosting a fan Q&A session, and has shared some new details in the process. We’ve rounded up the information thus far below and will add in new tidbits assuming more are posted.

– Fully 3D
– “some redrawn help stuff”
– New lower screen
– Could come to Wii U or NX if the game does well
– Not using the same textures as the PC version since it’s technically impossible
– Moving a traditional 3D platforming game to true stereoscopic 3D has been the greatest challenge
– Can switch headgear on the lower screen
– Will support the C Stick on New 3DS
– 30 FPS
– Based mainly on PSP version (which has more costumes)
– 3DS theme is “very likely”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

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

1. Overwatch
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. Doom 2016*
5. Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End*
7. NBA 2K16
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
9. Destiny: The Taken King
10. Minecraft*

Note: for the first time, NPD is starting to include digital sales in its reports. Games marked with the asterisk do not include digital sales. Also keep in mind that NPD’s format has changed – this is a revenue ranking rather than unit rankings.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Nintendo has just added a new item to today’s maintenance schedule. Splatoon will be undergoing maintenance for around two and a half hours starting in ten minutes.

Here are the relevant times:

– 3:30 PM PT – 6 PM PT
– 6:30 PM ET – 9 PM ET
– 11:30 PM in the UK – 2:30 AM in the UK
– 12:30 AM – 3:30 AM in Europe

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A potentially dangerous situation was thankfully avoided at the Pokemon World Championships back in 2015. Two men were put under arrest after threatening violence to attendees. Unlicensed guns were found in their vehicle, along with several other weapons.

Those men – James Stumbo and Kevin Norton – have now pled guilty to charges that they brought a rifle, shotgun, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition to the Pokemon World Championship last summer. Both will serve two-year sentences of prison and two years of probation. Stumbo and Norton had also previously served 335 days since they were arrested.

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