A look at Paper Mario: Color Splash’s world map
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You might be surprised to hear that Paper Mario: Color Splash has a fairly extensive map. Judging by an image of it which has surfaced online, there will be plenty of levels to explore and places to visit.
The map doesn’t reveal anything overly spoilerish, but to be on the safe side, we’ve placed it after the break.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition – October 2016 update trailer
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Next Tuesday, Minecraft: Wii U Edition will be receiving the Chinese Mythology Mash-Up Pack. On top of that, a new update is coming on the same day, which will bring about some new features. Take a look at what’s in store through the video below.
A few more NES Classic Edition details, Wii U Virtual Console comparison images
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 7 Comments
We heard more about the NES Classic Edition towards the end week through a new announcement from Nintendo. In the meantime, various outlets have also been sharing some hands-on impressions with some additional details.
Here’s a roundup of information from various outlets:
– Each game keeps its original presentation quirks (Ex: blank line on the left of screen in Mario Bros. 3)
– Press the reset button to visit the Home Menu
– Option to reduce screen burn-in
– Auto-shudown setting
– 8 languages
– English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Netherlands, Portuguese, and Russian
– Demo screensaver mode that shows a tug of war between Mario and Luigi if you leave it idle
– You’ll also see big pixel-art versions of characters
– Games run both brighter and sharper than on the Wii U Virtual Console
– No option to stretch games to fill a widescreen
– Option dims the screen after a certain amount of idle time
– Legal notices included
– Legal notices mentions an open-source license
– Nintendo didn’t say what’s in the machine, what emulator it’s running
– A little “lock” icon is on the four save slots
– This lets you lock the saved game in place so someone else can’t save their game on top of it
Lastly, we’ve attached some images comparing the NES Classic Edition to the Wii U Virtual Console below.
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Another round of Paper Mario: Color Splash concept art – characters, locations, more
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Following the initial batch of Paper Mario: Color Splash concept art that surfaced yesterday, we have more images, and significantly more this time around. The latest art shows a few more characters, but also locations and even elements like art style concepts. It’s all incredibly interesting to say the least.
Just like last time, we’re posting the gallery past the break. Some may consider some of the images to be spoilerish in nature.
Full North American Paper Mario: Color Splash site open
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The North American Paper Mario: Color Splash website was previously in a teaser state, but it’s now open in full. Head on over here to access it. Footage, screenshots, and game details are all present.
Photos of the Disney Magical World 2 event at Nintendo NY
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Disney Magical World 2 is a couple of weeks from gracing the west, so an event was held at Nintendo NY earlier today to celebrate. Hollywood Records recording artist Olivia Holt was in attendance.
Nintendo passed along some photos from the event, which we have below. Descriptions of the different images are included after the break.
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October 2016 My Nintendo rewards now live
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Update: Bumped to the top. There’s now one new reward in North America: Ultimate NES Remix at 30 percent off for 900 Platinum Points.
September has passed, and we’ve now entered a new month. Since October is here, My Nintendo has updated. New rewards are now available in Europe. As for North America, there aren’t really any updates yet (as of this post’s publishing), but the Mario and Donkey Kong 3DS themes have returned.
In any case, here’s what’s new in Europe:
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Paper Mario: Color Splash – Super Mario Bros. 3 stage footage
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In one of its recent trailers, Nintendo showed that Paper Mario: Color Splash has a stage that’s practically straight out of Super Mario Bros. 3. View some footage of the level below.
More NES Classic Edition footage
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Another video has popped up with footage of the NES Classic Edition. Get a look at the menus, Bubble Bobble, Kirby’s Adventure, Super Contra, and Super Mario Bros. 3 below.
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Circle Entertainment localizing Mercenaries Saga 3, publishing other games this month
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This past week we found out about Mercenaries Saga 3, which lands on the Japanese 3DS eShop next week. Unsurprisingly, Circle Entertainment is localizing the game, and we might be seeing it very soon. The English version is almost ready to be submitted to Nintendo in both North America and Europe.
Aside from Mercenaries Saga 3, other Circle-published games are on the way. Mr. Pumpkin Adventure (Wii U) and Fairune 2 (3DS) should be out next month as well as ASH (3DS) for Europe.
