Amazon: Save $10 on the Wii U Pro Controller
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments
Aside from the Zelda game sale happening at Best Buy, there’s one other notable discount to point out today. Currently, the Wii U Pro Controller is $10 off at Amazon. For those that are interested, you can place an order here.
Nintendo Badge Arcade – North American updates for the week of Feb. 22, 2016
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 4 Comments
Update: Bumped to the top. Added in Sunday’s updates.
Nintendo Badge Arcade has been receiving daily updates since heading. Because it’s continually updated with content, we’re rounding up all of the additions and changes in a weekly post.
Here’s what’s on tap for the week of February 22:
– 8 Fire Emblem Fates panels
– 5 Super Mario World panels
– 9 Pikmin panels
– 5 Super Mario Bros. panels
– 2 Zelda icon panels
– 1 food panel (1 day left)
– Super Mario Bros. underwater theme until February 25
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Japan’s best-selling games of January 2016
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 28 Comments
The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of January 2016. You can check out the full results below.
Tadpole Treble targeted for March, more Composition Mode footage
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
We’ve been covering Tadpole Treble on the site for a pretty long time. Next month, the game may finally see release.
BitFinity wrote in a Kickstarter post this past week that the team is “very optimistic now that we can release in March”. Originally, they hoped to have Tadpole Treble out the door last month.
Here’s another look at Tadpole Treble’s Composition Mode:
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Chasing Dead also hitting the North American Wii U eShop next week
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
It was recently confirmed that Chasing Dead would be coming to Europe on March 3. Now we can say the same for North America as well.
Thanks to a listing on Nintendo’s website, it’s confirmed that Chasing Dead is slated for March 3 in the states. The game will set you back $29.99.
Here’s an overview:
“Chasing Dead is a story-based, Sci-fi/Horror First-Person Action Shooter .The game begins with a strange phenomenon in which another Earth appears in our skies. The curiosity and fear of a doppelganger planet initiates multiple missions in order to make contact with the duplicate Earth. A team of agents, astronauts, and scientists were sent 955,600 miles across space by NASA and the US Military, however all contact is lost a few hours after their arrival. You play as a marine named “Jake” who is sent on a mission to retrieve any research and data left behind by the original survey team while fighting off hostile forces. As Jake, you must traverse the zombie-ridden lands of the alternate Earth as you battle endless hordes of the undead, frightening mutants and insane soldiers.”
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Zelda: Twilight Princess HD pre-orders on Amazon Japan come with post card set
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Amazon Japan has revealed a twenty poster card set as its pre-order bonus for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. You can see the various designs above.
In North America, there’s only pre-order bonus available at GameStop. Consumers will receive the Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Sound Selection CD.
Capcom shares interesting insight into Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies, Ace Attorney 6
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments
Last month’s issue of Nintendo Dream has a big interview with Takeshi Yamazaki and Motohide Eshiro from Capcom about all things Ace Attorney. The two developers provided some interesting insight into Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies as well as Ace Attorney 6. It’s several pages long, so we went ahead and made a summary.
The most difficult aspect of developing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies was moving platforms from DS to 3DS. At the time, Capcom hesitated as to whether to keep the series in 2D or make it 3D. Because of the 3DS’ selling point had been about three-dimensional views, they decided to pursue the latter option.
Something similar happened with Ace Attorney Investigations. That title took more time to develop because they needed to create a new gameplay mechanism from scratch. However, when Capcom then made Ace Attorney Investigations 2, they already had the base game set up so they could focus more on the scenario.
[Let’s Talk] What do you want to see from Pokemon Sun/Moon?
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Let's Talk | 66 Comments
Let’s Talk #40: What do you want to see from Pokemon Sun/Moon?
A big Pokemon announcement was made yesterday. Although we did see it coming due to European trademark leaks, we can now officially say that Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are the latest entries in the series, and both will be out on 3DS later this year.
Thus far, we don’t actually know much about Sun and Moon. It looks like we’ll have a new world to explore, and new Pokemon are being introduced as well. That should mean we’re entering an entirely new generation.
Since we know so little about what’s coming, that leaves the door open to plenty of possibilities. Having said that, is there anything in particular you’d like to see in Sun/Moon? Are there gameplay changes or new features you’d be interested in? Let us know in the comments below!
Highlights from last week’s topic: What are you playing? – February 2016
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Photos of the Pokemon 20th anniversary fan celebration at Nintendo NY
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 18 Comments
Earlier today, the newly renovated Nintendo NY hosted a special celebration for Pokemon’s 20th anniversary. Nintendo has since sent out some photos from the event. All of the shots can be found in the gallery below.
Source: Nintendo PR
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A look into Factor 5’s plans to make a Pilotwings title for GameCube
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Videos | 8 Comments
One of the stronger rumors surrounding Factor 5 back in the day was the possibility of the studio creating a new Pilotwings title for the GameCube. In a new video (see below), Liam Robertson looks into these claims and sheds more light on the situation.
As it turns out, there were in fact plans to have a new Pilotwings entry on GameCube at one point. This initially came about in 2001 when Factor 5 was in talks to work on one of Nintendo’s franchises. The new Pilotwings game would have taken some inspiration from the SNES classic, but it sounds like the project would have turned out into something completely different.
Pilotwings on GameCube was never anything too tangible, however. Other than early prototypes, not much was completed. With pressure from LucasArts who helped fund Factor 5’s work on Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike as an exclusive for the struggling GameCube, it was suggested that Pilotwings should be changed into an official game based on The Right Stuff for the Xbox. And after Rebel Strike’s sales disappointed, Factor 5 began pitching its Pilotwings prototype work to publishers as a flight game that would theoretically make use of The Right Stuff IP. Companies showed a lack of interest, however, and the entire project was eventually shelved.
