Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

This week’s issue of Famitsu features comments from various developers about what’s in store for 2016. For Pokemon developer Game Freak, the studio shared the following:

“2016 is Pokémon’s 20th anniversary. We’d like to make it into a great year of celebrations.”

There are a couple of other Nintendo-related comments from other developers as well. Here’s what Arc System Works and Koei Tecmo said:

Arc System Works: We have various things planned out for the excitement of Kunio-kun series’ 30th anniversary.

Koei Tecmo: Attack on Titan, Yo-kai Watch: Three Kingdoms, Ni-Oh,and more. There are many big titles that we wouldn’t able to fit in here, along with some amazing titles that we’ve yet to announce.

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Update: Service has been restored.

The Wii U and 3DS eShops are unavailable at the moment. Nintendo says that both digital shops have been experiencing issues since 6:05 AM PT / 9:05 AM ET. If we see any new updates pertaining to the situation, we’ll update this post.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 10 Comments

Members of the press recently went hands-on with the English build of Fire Emblem Fates. Check out a few gameplay videos below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 13 Comments

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Genei Ibun Roku #FE (Wii U) – 8/9/9/8
Runbow (Wii U) – 8/8/8/9
I am Bread (PS4) – 7/8/8/8
Super Science Gear Detective (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Fat Princess Adventures (PS4) – 7/7/7/7
Alphadia (3DS) – 6/7/8/7
Kamen Rider Ghost: Game de Kaigan!! (3DS) – 6/7/8/7
Dogimegi Inryoku-Chan: Love & Peace (PSV) – 6/7/7/7
Momonga Pinball Adventures (Wii U) – 6/6/7/7

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

This week’s issue of Famitsu is announcing River City Ransom SP, a new title for 3DS. It’s planned as part of Kunio-kun’s 30th anniversary. Aside from new events, actions, areas, combos and systems, more content will be included compared to the original game.

River City Ransom SP will launch in Japan on April 28 for 4,500 yen. Developing is 65 percent complete.

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Super Mario Maker’s latest update is now available. Version 1.30 can be accessed by booting up the game, or allowing your Wii U system to download it automatically. You can find the full patch notes after the break.

Accompanying today’s update is the introduction of the Bookmark portal site, which can be accessed here. This lets players search for courses by using a computer, tablet or smartphone.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

This week’s Japanese 3DS themes include Medabots 9 and more. Here’s the full lineup:

Pokemon (x3) – 200 yen each
Medabots 9 (x3) – 200 yen each (available 12/24)
SEGA system themes (x5) – 200 yen each (available 12/23)
selector spread WIXOSS (x3) – 200 yen each
Dobu Rockers – 200 yen

And a video for the last theme:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 26 Comments

When Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 originally came out on the Game Boy Advance, it supported Nintendo’s old e-Reader device. Players could scan e-Cards to add in various content, including levels.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 is set to launch on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. Fortunately, it will be possible to access e-Reader levels. It seems that these can be accessed on the data select screen. Of course, the e-Reader device itself is not compatible.

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Nintendo has brought out three new Pokemon 3DS themes, which are pictured above. Each one is priced at 200 yen each. Videos of the different themes are posted below.

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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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