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

Activision has announced one of its games set to appear at this year’s E3. Thus far, we know that Guitar Hero Live will be playable.

Jamie Jackson, Creative Director and Co-Head of FreeStyleGames, said in a statement:

“We’ve been working super hard on Guitar Hero Live for years, so we’re so stoked to show people more of the game every chance we get and to give fans a chance to play it themselves – that’s why we’re bringing Guitar Hero Live to E3 and letting you get hands on. Five years is a long time. Not only has technology changed, but we’ve had years to think about what makes Guitar Hero so much fun to play and also to talk to fans about what they loved most about the original game. We’ve developed an awesome new experience built from the ground up and we are integrating new technology and techniques that just weren’t possible back then. GHTV is a huge part of that and comes with a bunch of new songs, of which we’ll announce more next week. See you at E3!”

E3 2015 runs from June 16 to June 18.

Source: Activision PR

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 18 Comments

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is in development for 3DS, SEGA has announced.

Here’s the official overview:

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, featuring the triumphant return of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Sticks, will be available exclusively on Nintendo 3DS later this year.

Developed by Sanzaru Games Inc., Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a single player game with collaborative gameplay components that shares key characters, events, and lore of the Sonic Boom universe. Players will see Sonic and his friends in familiar settings as they embark on a brand new adventure to battle Dr. Eggman as well as an all-new super villain, D-Fekt. The team’s adventures will bring them to locations both familiar and new as they explore, race and protect their world.

To create an entirely new experience, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice will infuse fire and ice elements throughout gameplay, enabling new abilities to play out in special character moves and interactions with environments. The new title also delivers gameplay that enables players to run through the game at top speed, or take their time with deeper exploration and puzzle play.

New to the title is the introduction of Bot Racing, a supplemental game tied to the single player story with multiplayer gameplay. The new Bot Racing feature is an extension of Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice that is purely about racing and speed, where a user will unlock character themed Bots to challenge friends on fast courses or tracks.

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is due out this holiday in North America. Europe is getting the game this winter, where Nintendo will handle sales, marketing and distribution.

Watch the debut trailer below.

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

The ESRB rating for Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town has been updated with an additional platform.
Unsurprisingly, that system is Wii U.

Natsume has a whole bunch of GBA games lined up for the Wii U Virtual Console, and Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town should be one of them. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if this was one of the Virtual Console titles in North America this week.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Last night, Nintendo issued a new update for Wii U. The system’s firmware was brought up to version 5.4.0 in all regions.

Regarding the latest update, Nintendo said that it was intended to improve the user experience and stability as a whole. A few more details about what it actually does have since surfaced. In the end, the changes are pretty minor.

One change is specifically for European regions. The Nintendo TVii icon has been removed, which makes sense given that Nintendo announced a few months ago that it has no plans for the service.

The only other changes worth mentioning pertain to the Internet browser. The webkit has been updated, those who have Google set as their default search engine are redirected to this page, and users can post comments on the YouTube website.

Here’s a full listing of items that were modified in the new update:

00050010-10040100 Wii U Menu
00050010-10041100 “Version.bin” file with the current system version
00050010-10047100 System Settings
0005001B-10051000 ErrEula
0005001B-10059100 Wii U Electronic Manual
0005001b-10068000 some list with IDs and codenames for them
00050030-1001010A HOME Menu
00050030-1001210A Internet Browser
00050030-1001a10a AOC Overlay App

That’s about it!

Source 1, Source 2

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

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures has been rated in Australia. Given similar ratings in the past, this should be a sign of an eventual Virtual Console release. Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures originally hit the SNES (and SEGA Genesis), so it should wind up on the Wii U eShop.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments

Capcom’s Shu Takumi has been tweeting up a storm as of late. Takumi recently shared a status update on The Great Ace Attorney’s development, among other things.

One of the most notable pieces of information Takumi shared is that The Great Attorney’s development is complete. In Japan, the game launches on July 9.

Other tidbits Takumi shared:

– Takumi still finds the role of director difficult
– This is because while it’s “his” game, the members of his team are doing most of the work
– It’s hard to ask other people to correct their work to fit his own vision
– Luckily he has a great team and they can all look back at the project with smiles on their faces (despite the “battles” on the dev floor)
– 15 years ago, the Ace Attorney team started out with 7 people, but now it’s around 60

Last but not least, The Great Ace Attorney will be featured on Capcom TV again on June 17. It’s a possibility that Famitsu will have an article during the same week as well.

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

Last week, Renegade Kid said that it hopes to have Xeodrifter out in Europe on June 18. That date is now final. A listing for Xeodrifter on 3DS has gone up on the eShop, which comes with an official June 18 launch date. Xeodrifter will cost €8.99 in Europe.

Next up for Xeodrifter is the game’s Wii U version. It’s unclear when it’ll be coming to Nintendo’s console, but it should happen in the somewhat near future.

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

Image & Form put out another Q&A video on its YouTube channel today. Once again, we get to hear all about SteamWorld Heist. The studio commented on its E3 plans, the game’s story, development team, and more. View the Q&A video below.

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

Pencil Test Studios prepared another Armikrog trailer today. You can watch it below.

We don’t know when Armikrog is coming to Wii U, but it’s now confirmed for August 18 on PC, Mac, and Linux. Hopefully the eShop version won’t be too far behind!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 12 Comments

Update 6: Ness is absolutely gone now.

Update 5: Some people are able to order the Ness amiibo from GameStop. Try your luck here!

Update 4: Bumped to the top. Pac-Man is now in stock, and you can purchase him here.

Update 3: The Splatoon 3-pack and Charizard are sold out.

Update 2: Wario is now up here.

Update: The Inkling Girl is now available for order. Inkling Boy is here.

GameStop has a couple of amiibo items in stock. You can get an order in for the Splatoon amiibo 3-pack, as well as the Charizard figure. I’ll keep an eye on things and will update this post as they sold out.

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