Nintendo kicks off Japanese Club Nintendo promotion for opportunity to receive older first-party 3DS game
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Nintendo has just started a new promotion in Japan that can net Club Nintendo members an older first-party 3DS game.
Those who purchase a pair of 3DS titles and register them on the site between September 1 and January 13, 2014 will receive a download code at no extra cost. Players can obtain codes for the following:
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Mario Tennis Open
Kid Icarus: Uprising
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Brain Age: Concentration Training
The 3D Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna
Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends
Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever& New Friends& New Friends
Nintendogs + Cats: Toy Poodle & New Friends
Culdcept
Pocket Soccer League: Calcobit
Pilotwings Resort
Starfox 64 3D
UK Zelda: Wind Waker HD commercial
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (10/1/13)
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Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message:
“The two heroes swing it out with a double Spin Attack! Wouldn’t wanna be to the one to get hit.”
Wii going out of production in Japan
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Nintendo will soon cease production of the Wii in Japan. While no set date has been announced, it’s expected that the company will be moving on from the console “soon”.
The Wii originally launched in Japan back in December 2006.
Another round of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag footage
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Watch_Dogs’ NPC movements inspired by ghosts in Pac-Man
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Somewhat surprisingly, one aspect of Watch_Dogs was inspired by Pac-Man.
Creative director Jonathan Morin told Japanese publication 4Gamer that the game’s NPCs took a note from the ghosts in Namco Bandai’s classic game.
He explained:
“For example the NPCs of Watch_Dogs have the movement pattern of the ghosts appeared in Pac-man. In the algorithm of the ghosts, when there’s only one of them, the movement is simple. But if you increase them to two or three it suddenly becomes complex.”
Ubisoft Quebec looking to add 500 staffers by 2020
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Ubisoft today announced plans to increase the scope of its Quebec studio by 500 jobs, increasing the division’s total staff count to more than 3,500. If all goes well, all new employees will be brought in by 2020.
Ubisoft Quebec’s expansion will be a $373-million investment. The studio is expected to be working on new console and mobile titles in the future.
Chimpuzzle Pro coming to the Wii U eShop
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Chimpuzzle Pro is a new game from indie developer CW-Games. The “jungle-Tetris”, containing 20 original levels, is expected to hit the Wii U eShop in February.
A little more footage from the Wii U update. Showing skipping and speeding through videos (L/R buttons), PDF compatibility in the browser, trying more loading (retail game, app, downloadable game).
