Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 8 Comments

Many years ago, Rare was working on something known as “Dream” for the SNES and N64. This eventually became Banjo-Kazooie after it was heavily reworked.

We never got a proper look at Dream… until now. Rare published a video today showing the title running on both the SNES and N64. Brand new footage is below, along with staff interviews.

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Zelda: Tri Force Heroes’ new update, version 2.1.0, went live several hours ago. You’ll need 1,108 blocks of space for the download. That amounts to roughly 138.5MB.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 1 Comment

A new Miiverse update went live this week. There aren’t any major additions, but there are a couple of changes.

First, for the Wii U, 3DS, and PC version of Miiverse, users now need to choose a tag when creating a message in the Discussion section. Options include “Hint”, “Question”, “Looking for Teammate”, and more.

Also new to the PC version of Miiverse are links to different game pages on Nintendo’s Japanese website. These pages have basic information about different titles and allow consumers to make purchases. Note that this feature is only live in Japan at the moment.

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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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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

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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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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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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