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

GameStop allowed Shulk amiibo orders to be placed for a second time in February. The restock was originally planned for early May, though shipments are only now just starting to be sent out. If you placed an order in February, you should be receiving an email soon with a shipment confirmation.

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

Back in late 2012, Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise. Avalanche was also hard at work on Disney Infinity at the time. Although the team wasn’t able to create anything too significant surrounding Star Wars, they did want to include a treat for the fans. This ended up being the lightsaber, which players could unlock by owning all Disney Infinity 1.0 characters.

Disney Infinity vice president of production John Vignocchi was able to get in touch with one of his friends from Lucas before hearing about the Stars Wars acquisition, and after the deal went through, he began making calls.

Vignocchi told Game Informer:

“We want to do an ultimate unlock in the game. We’d like to put a lightsaber in the game. Here’s what we’re thinking: If you own all the figures then this is like this super-secret end of the end – the Yoshi on top of the Princess’ castle.”

Vignocchi also mentioned how the team needed to scramble in order to get the lightsaber in the game. Rather than sending it out via an update, they wanted it to be included as part of the game that shipped to stores.

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We’ve already posted an unboxing video for the Inkling Boy amiibo. You can get another look at the figure in the video below, along with the Inkling Girl.

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We’ve already talked about how the Villager amiibo seems to have received a few reprints with its recent Japanese reprint. There aren’t massive changes, but the eyes and mouth have been modified in particular.

Take a look at some comparison images in the gallery below, courtesy of GameSpot. Original is on the left, reprint is on the right.

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

Aurelien Regard has shared a new The Next Penelope trailer. It’s to promote the racer’s Steam launch, but we do have additional footage.

Here’s the trailer:

Regard has also suggested that news about the Wii U version of The Next Penelope is coming soon:

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Playtonic revealed a new character for Yooka-Laylee today. We have a first look at the Ghost Writers, a type of enemy in the game.

Playtonic said of the Ghost Writers in its latest blog post:

In their physical days these articulate phantoms were the scribes behind Yooka-Laylee’s mysterious book worlds. However, following their suspicious demise the Ghost Writers’ unsettled souls are now cursed to endlessly wander their creations in search of spectre salvation. Free their spirits for a special reward…

Yooka-Laylee’s creative lead, Gavin Price explains: “The Ghost Writers haunting the book worlds will add a fun twist to collecting. There are a variety of different types hidden in every world, each with their own unique requirement for being caught.

“Mix that with the different areas in which you’ll find them, and hopefully they’ll result in a fresh challenge with every encounter. They’re like a living (un-living?) collectible.”

Character artist at large, Mr. Steve(n) Mayles described the design process behind his band of ghouls: “As these characters aren’t based on any particular creature, it was good fun to go a bit crazy with them. And we are crazy guys at Playtonic Towers… never a dull moment, etc.

“The ghost was originally going to be one character, but I sketched so many thumbnails (50+) it sparked the idea of having 5 separate ghosts with different abilities.”

Yooka-Laylee will launch in Wii U in October 2016.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments

To celebrate the launch of Splatoon, Nintendo and Adrenaline Alley in Corby decided to splat their local skate park. Adrenaline Alley will also have four Wii U pods with copies of the game to get people playing Splatoon during the summer.

You can check out the Splatoon takeover in Adrenaline Alley below. Lois Pendlebury, Tom Bailey and Sam Pulley (who are part of the Pixels crew) and up and coming skater Salar Kooshiki are featured in the video.

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Marvelous released a new wave of screenshots from PoPoLoCrois Farm Story. View them in the gallery below.

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Curve Digital has given a bunch of support to Wii U over the past year. We’ve seen Lone Survivor, Thomas Was Alone, OlliOlli, Ultratron, and Stealth Inc 2 grace the eShop.

Curve Digital’s plans for Wii U won’t be ending any time soon. According to PR manager Rob Clarke, the publisher’s “Wii U catalogue is set to double in the next 8 months”.

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Nintendo of Europe published another trailer for Splatoon in light of the game’s launch today. Those that are interested can check it out below.

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