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Update: The Mario – Gold Edition amiibo is heading to New Zealand on June 22.

On Twitter, Nintendo has announced that the Mario – Gold Edition amiibo is coming to Australia on June 25. The figure will be sold at Target, both in-store and online. Pricing is set at AU$17.95.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 17 Comments

In Capcom’s latest financial results published last month, the company said that it expected to sell 2.5 million copies of a “title related to Monster Hunter” for 3DS by March 31st, 2016. We all thought that this was referring to Monster Hunter Stories since it was the only game in the series announced for Nintendo’s portable at the time. However, Capcom was actually referring to Monster Hunter X, which was only just revealed last week.

Monster Hunter X launches in Japan this winter. Monster Hunter Stories, on the other hand, isn’t expected until sometime in 2016.

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During E3 2015 next week, Best Buy will be hosting playable demos of Mario Maker. The Nintendo World store is doing something similar, but on a much grander scale.

Nintendo World has a number of activities planned for E3 2015. That includes streams of the Nintendo World Championships, Nintendo Digital Event, and Treehouse Live. Even more significant, following the Digital Event and throughout the week, fans can “be amongst the first to try exclusive event preview software.”

Here’s the full E3 schedule at Nintendo World next week:

Nintendo World Championships Live Stream and Tournament! – June 14th, starting at 4PM

Our week of in-store E3 events kicks off with a live stream of the Nintendo World Championships. We will also host our own tournament featuring NES Remix starting at 4PM in our Nintendo World Access: Nintendo at E3 lounge.

Nintendo World Access: Nintendo at E3 – June 15th

Be amongst the first to try exclusive event preview software.

Join us for the live stream of the Nintendo Digital Event starting at 12PM! Stay tuned for details.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 12 Comments

The Humble Nindie Bundle offer has now come to an end. All in all, it did quite well.

Just before the bundle offer ended and the main page refreshed, I noticed that nearly 82,500 digital packages were sold. Additionally, the average price paid came in at $9.18. Based on that information, the Humble Nindie Bundle should have generated somewhere around $750,000.

Nintendo of America’s Damon Baker was the top contributor with $500. PlayEveryWare came in second with $225, followed by Choice Provisions at $200.

You could say that this initiative was a success, so hopefully we’ll see more Humble Nindie Bundles in the future.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 16 Comments

Reddit user “HeroTheyCallMe1” has come across some wave 5 amiibo on display at one Japanese store. It gives us one of our first in-person looks at the Ganondorf, Zero Suit Samus, Palutena, and Dark Pit figures. Check them out in the image above.

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

If you’d like to get another look at Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden in motion, take a look at the video below. It showcases a bit of additional footage from the title’s recent demo.

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The latest “Honest Game Trailer” from Smosh pokes a bit of fun at Splatoon. Check it out below.

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ZeNfA Productions announced today that the new patch for ZaciSa’s Last Stand is due out this Thursday in North America. The update will bring the game up to version 1.2.

ZaciSa’s Last Stand’s latest patch adds a whole bunch of content and makes a number of changes. The full outline is posted below, along with a trailer.

• 60 FPS Gameplay and other major game improvements.
• 4 Brand New Maps
  • PING 1.5+ – Indie Cross-over Map featuring PING 1.5+
  • BLOK DROP U – Indie Cross-over Map featuring BLOK DROP U
  • GAF – Fun extra map. Be sure to upgrade to GAF GOLD!
  • Pollux System – Defend your outpost station orbiting the Pollux Star. Watch out for those solar flares!
• New Game Mode: Insanity Mode
  • Focusing the game on speed and the chaos it brings,the mode starts out with faster enemies and more enemies to keep up with. Designed with chaos in mind, each level features a random Special Event that can either help you or harm you. This Special Event can help you, such as enemies for that level having reduced health or enemies giving you double the money or score points. Or, this can possibly sink you with enemies moving at much faster speeds or the dreaded Double or Triple Enemy Spawns to overwhelm you. How lucky are you?
• Online Leaderboards
  • All maps will now have Online Leaderboards for each of the following Modes: Hard, Insanity & Endurance.
  • Can you crack the top 100?
• Top Five Average!
  • Another new Online Leaderboard feature is the Top Five Average! This new ranked feature will take your top 5 Online Scores in each of the eligible modes (Hard, Insanity & Endurance), combine them and average them to get your new score. This combined score will be ranked among others in each of the modes mentioned. Allowing for a new way to face off against your friends and strangers across the world!
• Miiverse Posting
  • Want to show off your brand new score on any of the maps? Use the new Mivierse Post button to post to Miiverse! Will automatically attack a screenshot of your game’s map last second before total destruction to show off your strategy.
• New Weapon Bot: Tesla Coil Bot
  • Brand new high level bot that zaps at enemies quickly and forms chains to reach enemies well beyond its range. As you increase its chain ability, this will become a very powerful new weapon to unleash on your enemies.
• 2 New Enemies
  • Not to be outdone, the enemy has some brand new tricks up it’s sleeves. These brand new enemies are featured later in the game to help ensure their universal dominance.
  • Spe’d Bug: A fast little ship that does little damage but is capable at moving fast and is a pro at cutting through your defenses like butter.
  • The Destroyer 2.0: The mothership. Even though it’s very slow, its capable of doing a lot of damage to your bases. Better watch out, as it will spawn brand new enemies to distract you.
• 5X Game Speed
  • Want to watch each level fly by? Well, now you can. This will allow you to reach higher levels even quicker then before. Due to the chaos in Insanity Mode, 5X Game Speed is omitted however.
• GulAtiCa Bank Loans
  • Need a little extra pick-me-up? GulAtiCa’s Services are here to help! For a small service charge of course. Take out a new loan to help fight off those nasty evildoers. While a loan is active, rewarded money & score from enemies is reduced until the loan is paid off. Once the loan is paid off automatically or manually in advance, things will return to normal. Better pay off that loan before gameover though!
• Other various game improvements and changes.

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

Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem has not one, but two directors. There’s chief director Mitsuru Hirata, who we heard from earlier today. Atlus’ Eiji Ishida of Radiant Historia fame is also a director, and he too shared a message on the official Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem website.

Here’s the translation from Siliconera:

It’s a pleasure to meet you all!

I am Atlus’ Eiji Ishida, the development director and the chief designer for battles. I previously worked as the chief designer for Shin Megami Tensei IV and the development director of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.

Hirata, who was the supporting director of Strange Journey, and also provided countless “questionable” maps (in the best way possible, Hirata-san!) in the level design for the game, is who I’m teaming up with as the director of Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 6 Comments

Our Xenoblade Chronicles X video coverage has mostly come to a close (at least until the North American version approaches), but we’re making one exception here. The folks at ntower have captured 25 minutes from the RPG’s title screen, showing the game’s various – and beautiful – landscapes. Give it a look below.

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