More Wario Land: Shake It! Wii U footage (Wii download)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
More footage of Wario Land: Shake It! (one of today’s European Wii U downloads) is now available. Take a look at the new video below.
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Japan Q1 2016 sales – best-selling games, publisher split, top 5 games on 3DS and Wii U
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
New data reveals the best-selling games in Japan in Q1 this year, based on sales calculated between January 4 and April 3. Yo-kai Sangokushi is already in the top three despite only having been out for about a week.
Here’s the full lineup:
01./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3
02./00. [PSV] Dragon Quest Builders: Alefgard o Fukkatsu Niseyo #
03./00. [3DS] Yo-Kai Sangokushi
04./00. [PS4] Dark Souls III
05./00. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders: Alefgard o Fukkatsu Niseyo
06./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter Generations #
07./00. [PSV] Kan Colle Kai #
08./0x. [WiiU] Splatoon #
09./0x. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
10./00. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales
More Star Fox Guard footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 4 Comments
A few more minutes of Star Fox Guard footage is in, following up on the video we posted a few hours ago. Get a look at some additional gameplay below.
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Nintendo Badge Arcade version 1.3.1 out now in North America
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments
Nintendo Badge Arcade has been down for a few hours of maintenance today. The downtime has ended, and a new update has been pushed out: version 1.3.1. It takes up 600 blocks of space.
The new version of Nintendo Badge Arcade can be grabbed from the eShop. Alternatively, you can just start the application itself.
Unfortunately, it’s not quite clear what’s new in Nintendo Badge Arcade. There are new badges today and you can participate in a fun little text adventure upon starting the app. You’ll get two free plays as well.
eShop Super Spring Sale now live in North America
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 32 Comments
Nintendo has kicked off a new sale on the North American eShops. A bunch of titles have been discounted across Wii U and 3DS, most of which by up to 30 percent.
Here’s the full lineup:
Wii U
Art of Balance – $6.29 (was $8.99)
Badland: Game of the Year Edition – $8.39 (was $11.99)
CastleStorm – $4.99 (was $9.99)
Duck Hunt – $3.49 (was $4.99)
DuckTales Remastered – $4.99 (was $14.99)
Extreme Exorcism – $8.99 (was $12.99)
F-Zero – GP Legend – $4.89 (was $6.99)
Final Fight One – $5.59 (was $7.99)
Konami Krazy Racers – $4.89 (was $6.99)
Mach Rider – $3.49 (was $4.99)
Mario Kart 8 – $41.99 (was $59.99)
Mario Party 10 – $34.99 (was $49.99)
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – $34.99 (was $49.99)
SteamWorld Dig – $6.99 (was $9.99)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – $13.99 (was $19.99)
Teslagrad – $9.99 (was $14.99)
Trine Enchanted Edition – $10.49 (was $14.99)
Wii Fit U – $20.99 (was $29.99)
Wii Party U – $28.19 (was $39.99)
Photos of the Disney and My Melody New 3DS cover plates
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, New Nintendo 3DS | 0 comments
Several New 3DS cover plates arrived in Japan today. There are four new ones based on Disney as well as plates for My Melody. Photos of each can be found below.
Monster Hunter Generations – Prowler trailer
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments
A new Monster Hunter Generations trailer has come online highlighting the Prowler mode in Monster Hunter Generations. This features makes it possible to play as a Felyne in the game. Check out today’s video below.
More: Capcom, Monster Hunter Generations, top
Wario Land: Shake It! Wii U footage (Wii download)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
Wario Land: Shake It! hit the European Wii U eShop today as the newest Wii download. View some footage below.
More: Good Feel, Wario Land: Shake It!
GoldenEye 007 director found a weakness in the N64, could have caused another delay
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
Originally, Nintendo hoped to have the N64 out on the market by Christmas in 1995. The console ended up with a delay though, and wouldn’t be ready until several months later in the following year. Although Nintendo cited a need for more software to be completed, a former Silicon Graphics engineer contended that the extra wait stemmed from issues with the console’s chips.
Ex-Rare staffer and GoldenEye 007 director Martin Hollis was invited to Silicon Graphics before the N64 launched. He actually found a weakness within the hardware, which could have potentially caused another delay had it been addressed.
Hollis told Nintendo Life:
I got to travel to SGI in Mountain View to write test code that would run on some of the few ‘golden chips’ – this is the terminology for the first chips which come off the production line. From the initial run there were very few working chips, and SGI kept them in-house, so a few developers would fly out to use them for a week. I think I might have been the only ‘worker’ from Rare, although Chris Stamper travelled.
I wrote a piece of code which displayed spinning icosahedrons; as many as possible until the framerate dropped below 60Hz. The head of the project at SGI was not too pleased to discover what the performance of the machine was in terms of triangles per second. He asked to see my code in the hope it was inefficient. It wasn’t. He later told me that SGI very nearly did another spin of the hardware to fix the issue, which was with the memory interface.
More: interview, Martin Hollis, N64, top
Video: European eShop highlights – March 2016
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Nintendo released a new video today showcasing a few European digital game highlights from March 2016. You can watch it below.
