Pokken Tournament maintenance taking place tomorrow
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments
Pokken Tournament will be undergoing maintenance tomorrow (tonight for those on the West Coast). It’ll only last about 90 minutes, but the downtime will still impact online gameplay sessions.
Here’s when the maintenance will be taking place:
– 10 PM PT (Wednesday) – 11:30 PM PT (Wednesday)
– 1 AM ET (Thursday) – 2:30 AM ET (Thursday)
– 6 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 7:30 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 7 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 8:30 AM in Europe (Thursday)
More: Bandai Namco, maintenance, Pokken Tournament
Star Fox Zero game trailer
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments
Nintendo has come out with a brief new trailer for Star Fox Zero. You can find it below.
Nintendo is calling this a trailer, but it’s only 30 seconds long. Maybe it’ll be a commercial instead? We’ll see!
More: PlatinumGames, Star Fox Zero
Justice Chronicles trailer
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 0 comments
Justice Chronicles, Kemco’s latest RPG, is due out on the 3DS eShop in both North America and Europe tomorrow. View the official trailer below.
More: Justice Chronicles, Kemco
Media Create sales (3/21/16 – 3/27/16)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 20 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 34,377
New 3DS LL – 22,639
Vita – 20,068
New 3DS – 5,773
Wii U – 4,545
3DS – 2,322
PS3 – 1,290
3DS LL – 365
Xbox One – 55
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 28,370
Vita – 19,028
New 3DS LL – 18,353
Wii U – 12,998
New 3DS – 5,142
3DS – 2,187
PS3 – 1,462
3DS LL – 370
Xbox One – 91
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 – 368,665 / NEW
2. [PS4] Dark Souls III – 210,141 / NEW
3. [PSV] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X – 69,438 / NEW
4. [PS4] Dead or Alive: Xtreme 3 – 44,723 / NEW
5. [WIU] Pokken Tournament – 28,331 / 98,007
6. [PSV] Dead or Alive: Xtreme 3 – 21,959 / NEW
7. [PS4] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou Sengoku Risshiden – 20,322 / NEW
8. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan – 19,498 / NEW
9. [PSV] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou Sengoku Risshiden – 13,482 / NEW
10. [PS3] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou Sengoku Risshiden – 13,050 / NEW
11. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 11,543 / 119,188
12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 10,639 / 712,822
13. [PS4] The Division – 10,581 / 114,414
14. [PSV] Digimon World: Next Order – 10,272 / 74,490
15. [3DS] Splatoon – 8,980 / 1,310,480
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Happy Price Selection) – 7,806 / 14,737
17. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 7,047 / 829,358
18. [PSV] Dance with Devils – 5,129 / NEW
19. [3DS] Tomodachi Life (Happy Price Selection) – 5,120 / 8,252
20. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 – 4,908 / 105,708
Wave Race 64 originally had boats, Donkey Kong’s tie and ground pound came from Miyamoto
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
This month’s issue of RetroGamer has an interview with a number of former Rare employees. One section has some staffers reflecting on the studio’s relationship with Nintendo, which was a two-way street.
Chris Seavor told the magazine that Rare came up with jet skis in Wave Race 64 while Shigeru Miyamoto suggested ties in Donkey Kong Country:
“Bottom line, everybody won: Wave Race 64 was originally with boats until Tim suggested Jet Skis and in Donkey Kong Country he didn’t have a tie until Miyamoto added one.”
Another ex-Rare staffer, Chris Sutherland, also noted that Miyamoto’s input was crucial when it came to another element of Donkey Kong Country:
“The ground slap that Donkey Kong performed in the DKC series originated as a suggestion from Miyamoto.”
Epic Dumpster Bear hitting the Wii U eShop next week
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
Epic Dumpster Bear is due out around the world on the Wii U eShop next week. Log Games is bringing out the title on April 7 in North America, Europe, and Australia.
Epic Dumpster Bear supports off-TV play, Miiverse stamps, and unlockable bonus levels that use the Wii U GamePad to solve puzzles.
Check out a trailer for the game below.
More: Epic Dumpster Bear, indie, Log Games
Star Fox Zero, Star Fox Guard Treehouse demos from WonderCon 2016
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
At WonderCon this past weekend, JC Rodrigo from the Nintendo Treehouse hosted demos for both Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard. Both can be found below.
Mario Party 2 Wii U Virtual Console size
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
If you happen to have a Japanese Wii U, you can now pick up Mario Party 2 from the eShop. The download is quite small given its 75MB size. Now we just need to know when it will be releasing in the west!
More: file size, Mario Party 2, Virtual Console
Nyannyan Neko Mario Time episode 60
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 1 Comment
The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.
More: Japan, Nyannyan Neko Mario Time
Japanese 3DS themes (3/29/16)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments
A few new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the full lineup:
Animal Crossing: Gardening Weather – 200 yen
Rune Factory 4 – 200 yen
Story of Seasons – 200 yen
Finding Ojipockle + – 100 yen
Assassination Classroom – 200 yen
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash – 200 yen
Bakuon!! (x2) – 200 yen
Anne Happy? – 200 yen
