Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 12 Comments

A couple of notable sales are currently running on Amazon. Bayonetta 2 is down to $20.79 while Skylanders SuperChargers Dark Edition is available for $28.60. Remember, Bayonetta 2 is standalone and doesn’t include the original game, but you can grab that one from the eShop.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 9 Comments

Road Redemption’s release on Wii U came into question this week following a message posted on the game’s Kickstarter page. All is well though, as DarkSeas’ Jason Tate has now clarified the situation.

Wii U remains a part of DarkSeas’ release plans. Furthermore, the team intends to include GamePad support for local multiplayer without splitscreen. It’ll just take a little longer to port Road Redemption to Wii U compared to the PS4 and Xbox One.

Tate told Eurogamer:

“What yesterday’s communication meant to do was shed a little more light on our development process. It’s easier to optimise our PC version of Road Redemption for Xbox One and PS4. We benefit from each of those optimisations as we make further optimisations for Wii U. Our goal is to for Wii U owners to have the exact same experience as their PS4 and Xbox One brethren.

That is all we were trying to say, and I apologise if it came off as unclear, curt or offensive to Wii U owners. We are still actively pursuing Wii U development, and we’re very excited to take advantage of the second screen for a splitscreen-free local multiplayer experience.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 73 Comments

Data from market research company Technavio indicates that Nintendo invested close to $527 million in research and development during the past fiscal year. In addition, the company generated $5 billion in revenue.

Technavio’s report reveals the top five leading vendors in the global motion-controlled remote market, which includes Nintendo. Hillcrest Labs, LG, Samsung, and SMK are also named.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

The Ace Attorney anime finally debuted a few hours ago. Now the question is, how long will it run for?

A comment from Capcom’s Shu Takumi indicates that the Ace Attorney anime will be around for half a year. That probably means we can count on a little over 20 episodes.

Here’s a promo video for the second Ace Attorney anime episode by the way:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 9 Comments

Mercenary Kings, Tribute Games’ side-scrolling shoot ’em up, never made its way to Wii U. A port to the console was ruled out in September 2013, several months before the game came out.

Could Mercenary Kings end up on Nintendo’s next core system though? Tribute Games co-founder Jean-Francois Major expressed interest in the possibility when conversing with one fan on Twitter.

He said:

Major did tell us back in 2013 that as former Game Boy Advance developers, Tribute Games “would love to go back on Nintendo consoles at some point.” Maybe that could happen with NX.

Thanks to Dry Bone Koopa for the tip.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments

Nintendo UK has kicked off a new marketing campaign that focuses on adventure games for 3DS. Hyrule Warriors Legends, Bravely Second, and Fire Emblem Fates are just some of the titles that are featured.

Chandra Nair, marketing manager of Nintendo UK, spoke with MCV this week about the initiviate. He says it’ll be a “stellar year for RPG adventure fans” on the 3DS. And as far as the system in general, Nair believes “RPG adventure fans will look back on Nintendo 3DS as having one of the best line-ups of all time.”

Nair’s words in full:

“It might be late in the Nintendo 3DS’ life cycle, but 2016 looks like it’ll be another stellar year for RPG adventure fans with an unparalleled and exclusive line-up spanning from January through to December. I think in years to come RPG adventure fans will look back on Nintendo 3DS as having one of the best line-ups of all time. And we’re celebrating it right now.”

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Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight has received a new update. Within the past couple of days, version 1.1 has been made available.

The new patch is just 23 blocks, or 2.8MB – pretty small indeed. According to Atlus, it fixes a bug with the suspend save.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

A new Bloodstained development update video was shared yesterday as part of a post on the game’s Kickstarter. It starts off by showing the katana animation, and then highlights a “grid” map used to test different aspects of the project.

Here’s the full video:

And Koji Igarashi’s explanation of it:

Hi, everyone! This month we’d like to show you something that few people outside the development team ever get to see: A work-in-progress “grid” map that we’re using to test stage size, scrolling mechanics, enemy placement, and more. I’ve provided some narration to make it easier to see where we’re making progress.

We’re also revealing the katana animation. To provide our animators a reference for the motion, the team filmed me swinging an umbrella. Days after the video shoot I still had some muscle pain, but let’s please keep that between us…

You can find the full Kickstarter update here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus launched on the North American Wii U eShop on Thursday, with the European release set for next week. Take a look at some footage below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Intropy Games, developer of Astral Breakers, has a new Wii U eShop game planned for North America next week.

The indie studio is nearly ready to launch Emojikara: A Clever Emoji Match Game. As the name implies, this is a game with a bunch of word puzzles, of which there are over 100.

Here’s a look at the title in video form:

Emojikara: A Clever Emoji Match Game is due out on April 7 for $2.99.

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