Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 78 Comments

Miitomo is now available to download in both North America and Europe. You should be able to grab the app for both iOS and Android.

On iOS, you can access Miitomo through this link. The Android version is located here. Of course, Miitomo is free to download.

Miitomo is version 1.1.0 around the world. That means it should include the features that were added to the Japanese version yesterday.

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

Next week, Teyon will be bringing Mebius’ downloadable 3DS game Doll Fashion Atelier to the eShop in North America. It’ll be available on April 7 for $4.99.

Here’s an overview of the dress-up simulation game:

Follow your infinite imagination and sense of fashion to create one-of-a-kind stylish dolls!

Choose a doll from 5 different themes: Pretty, Gothic, Victorian, Princess or Antique, and dress it up in stunning clothing pieces! There are over 600 items available, including clothes, shoes, accessories, hairstyles, make-ups and more! Add a frame and a background, draw a doodle and take a photo with a camera on your Nintendo 3DS.

Players will also be able to show their doll collections by creating albums and saving them to your SD card or sharing them on Miiverse.

Source: Teyon PR

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

Yesterday, Nintendo held a special event for kids at the San Francisco Public Library to teach kids about the basics of video game design. Special workshops were hosted by Nintendo game experts in which they were introduced to level design using Super Mario Maker.

According to the company, “Kids were split into groups and given hands-on time with the game and shown the ins and outs of video game level design”. They were also “encouraged to work together to design their own courses in the game, producing some remarkably creative results.”

Super Mario Maker players can play through one of the created levels by entering the following code in the game’s Course World: E02B-0000-020F-B9DA. It can also be found by visiting the Super Mario Maker Bookmark site.

Source: Nintendo PR

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

It was reported yesterday that Nintendo of Korea is laying off around 50 staffers, close to 80 percent of its workforce. Kotaku is now relaying information from Gameple following an official comment from the company. Nintendo has no plans to pull out of the Korean market, and all games currently planned will be released in South Korea as scheduled. It was added that Nintendo of Korea’s restructuring decision was made due to the current business environment.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 305 Comments

Nintendo has released a statement in light of today’s news about the firing of Treehouse employee Alison Rapp.

It reads in full:

“Alison Rapp was terminated due to violation of an internal company policy involving holding a second job in conflict with Nintendo’s corporate culture. Though Ms. Rapp’s termination follows her being the subject of criticism from certain groups via social media several weeks ago, the two are absolutely not related. Nintendo is a company committed to fostering inclusion and diversity in both our company and the broader video game industry and we firmly reject the harassment of individuals based on gender, race or personal beliefs. We wish Ms. Rapp well in her future endeavors.”

I closed the thread in our original post from earlier today. After a couple of minutes of the news being added to the site, some derogatory and hurtful comments were being thrown around. I’ll see how things go with this post, though anything out of line will be removed. We welcome all discussion here, but please remember be respectful of others.

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

PlayEveryWare has prepared one final patch for Elliot Quest in Wii U. This is available in North America right now, with Europe following on April 7.

Also on April 7, Elliot Quest will be coming to new territories. It’ll be launching in Australia and New Zealand on that day.

Here’s all of the news from PlayEveryWare’s Twitter page:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

In Europe, Chompy Chomp Chomp Party will be available starting tomorrow (North American version coming soon). Watch a bit of gameplay below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments

Mario Party 2 just recently landed on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console. Take a look at a few minutes of footage below.

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

We’ve covered the departure of Nintendo employees in the past. We now have news about another staffer leaving the company – specifically from the Treehouse – following an unfortunate situation that has developed over the last few months.

Rapp confirmed that her employment was terminated by Nintendo on Twitter today:

I’m not going to go into any of the specifics, though you can find a bit more on things by visiting Alison’s Twitter page here. You never like to hear about someone losing a job, so I wish her the best of luck in the future.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 7 Comments

A pair of 3DS games have been discounted on GameStop. Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. can be had for just $10 while the Chibi-Robo: Zip-Lash amiibo bundle is down to $20. Both are pretty fair prices, I’d say!

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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