Prima has been publishing guides for a number of Nintendo games as of late, and that will be continuing with Yo-kai Watch. A listing on Amazon gives us an idea as to what we can expect from it:

Find hidden Yo-kai: With the power of the Yo-kai Watch, find and befriend more than 200 hidden Yo-kai and call upon their powers when you need their help.
Critical skills and strengths: Each Yo-kai has its own unique skills and strengths. Use strategy to assemble your team to address different problems and fight evil Yo-kai.
Upgrade strategies: Make your Yo-kai Watch more powerful and upgrade your Yo-kai while playing through the story.
Defeat evil: Assemble the best team of six Yo-kai in your watch to defeat evil and help people in need.
Free mobile-friendly eGuide! Includes a code to access the eGuide, a digital version of the complete strategy guide optimized for a second-screen experience.

The one strange thing here is that the Yo-kai Watch guide apparently won’t be available until December 7. That’s odd since the game itself launches about a month earlier!

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Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts Wii U Virtual Console footage

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

The GBA version of Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts made its way to the North American Wii U eShop this past Thursday. You can view some footage from the title below.

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Genei Ibun Roku #FE directors on the role of entertainment, appearances of Fire Emblem characters, more

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Over on the Genei Ibun Roku #FE website, directors Mitsuru Hirata and Eiji Ishida answered a few questions. Topics include the important of music and entertainment in the game, how the Fire Emblem characters look (including Chrom), and more.

Head past the break for Hirata and Ishida’s comments. All translations come courtesy of JRPG.moe.

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Toys “R” Us stores will have at least 64 Mii Fighters and Villager amiibo, 18 for Mega Yarn Yoshi

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 21 Comments

The Toys “R” Us catalog reveals stock numbers for three amiibo due out next month. The Mii Fighters 3-pack, Villager (restock), and Mega Yarn Yoshi should be in good supply for the most part.

Stores will be receiving a minimum of 64 units for the Mii Fighters and Villager. There will also be 18 Mega Yarn Yoshis at each Toys “R” Us location, which isn’t quite as high as the other two, but certainly nothing to snuff at. These numbers should make up for their exclusivity somewhat!

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[Let’s Talk] Has your opinion on Nintendo’s November Wii U releases changed?

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Let’s Talk #28: Has your opinion on Nintendo’s November Wii U releases changed?

Nintendo is bringing out two more Wii U games next month: Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. Before this week, both were shrouded in mystery for the most part. Nintendo hadn’t really said much about either game since E3, which was odd given how we’re under a month away from release.

With Mario Tennis, things started out particularly strangely. Nintendo showed off a trailer confirming a few more characters, but that was pretty much it. Perhaps they heard some of the complains, since just a few days later, we received another trailer and press release that shed more light on the game. We now know that there are things like amiibo support and online play.

Nintendo showed the Board Game as just one mode in Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival at E3. Thanks to new information shared this week, the Desert Island Escape, Balloon Island, and Quiz Show modes are now confirmed.

How do you feel about these two titles? Has any of the new information/trailers/videos swayed your opinion at all?

Highlights from last week’s topic: Have you ever been to a convention or expo?

LordDisco

I go to Tokyo Game Show every year I can, and it’s one of the highlights of my nerd-life for the entire year. This year, especially, was a dream. Tons of great swag, and I got to play a lot of cool games, including Star Wars Battlefront, Monster Hunter X, Hyrule Warriors Legends, a sweet Oculus Rift demo, and a few indie games.

The atmosphere is also so much fun. Everyone there is trying to have fun, and in the 6 years I’ve been going, not a single year do I recall any negative confrontation or fighting. It’s amazing that a crowd of over 100,000 at a given time can keep such a fun-loving, caring, and nerdy environment.

I only hope for future Tokyo Game Shows that Nintendo will make their presence known. The past many years, especially, has just been third-party support, which really doesn’t help promote their hardware. You’d think Nintendo would make a showing at the biggest game show in their home country, right? Right?!

Vigilante_blade

The only convention I have ever gone to was Otakuthon, which is an anime convention. It’s fun, and I like it. I also went to the gaming festival called Arcadia in Montreal, but I admit it wasn’t that great. I went to play Brawl’s demo at that time, but after playing it, I didn’t really have any fun, and was really bummed about it. There wasn’t a lot of game and most of the new stuff was Ubisoft-related. While not a great con, it did have a funny moment where they had the brilliant idea of giving energy drinks and Axe body spray to everyone on the venue… Let’s just say that after the Nintendo reps had finished throwing swag at us, they were prompty sprayed with Axe by a mob of angry fans. They had to get every single fan in the building and open every door and window. It was a mess, but funny nonetheless.

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Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival teaser sites open

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

Teaser websites are up for a pair of two titles. You can access the Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash page here and Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival site here. Both games are coming out fairly soon, so they should be updated with a ton of content in the very near future!

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Temple of Yog targeting November launch

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Temple of Yog is an indie game we’ve been covering on the site for awhile now. Next month, it’s looking like the title could finally be heading to the Wii U eShop.

CHUDCHUD Industries told us at IndieCade this weekend that Temple of Yog is now in certification. At the moment, the team is aiming for a November release.

We’ll have more from IndieCade in the very near future.