Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

GAME is taking advantage of high demand for amiibo figures. Initially, the retailer had the various figures priced at £11.99, which was £1.99 higher than the asking price on Amazon and Asda. But now, the price has risen to £14.99.

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

Explore with Captain Toad, Draw with Pikachu and Battle with Mario

December 05, 2014 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nintendo:

WHAT:
On Dec. 7, Nintendo and Best Buy have a holiday gift at participating locations across the country: hands-on game play featuring Captain Toad, Pikachu and many of the most iconic characters in video games. At select stores, shoppers can play four of Nintendo’s hottest games of the holiday season: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for Wii U, Pokémon Art Academy for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, all of which are now available in stores and in the Nintendo eShop.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker features Captain Toad in his first starring adventure, as he searches for treasure through multiple creative and colorful levels. In Pokémon Art Academy, fans of all ages can learn how to draw their favorite Pokémon characters in 2D using the touch screen of the Nintendo 3DS system. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, all-star characters like Mario and PAC-MAN battle it out in epic arenas inspired by some of the most memorable video games of all time.

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

McDonald’s isn’t leaving Japan out of the Mario Kart 8 toy fun. Starting today, those who purchase a Happy Meal can receive a Mario visor or toy for Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, and Toad.

Additional goodies will be given out throughout the month, too. There’s a reversible poster (available on the 6th and 7th), stickers (on the 13th and 14th), and a Christmas card (on the 20th and 21st).

Check out a commercial for the Japanese Mario Kart 8 toys below:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 0 comments

Last month, beforemario published some photos of a 100 year-old promotion calender from Nintendo. It was given away to promote the company’s business. While the front has details about Nintendo, the back shows a calender.

You can find more information about the calender over on beforemario.

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 30 Comments

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai addressed the series’ future in the latest issue of Game Informer.

Speaking about whether or not we’ll see another game in the series, Sakurai mentioned that he “can’t deny the chance for another.” He adds, however: “as for myself, I don’t think there will be.”

Sakurai spoke about how the goal with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U “was to provide extra merits to the game which go far beyond the sale price.” Limits have already been surpassed in terms of scope and content.

Sakurai does mention towards the end of his comments: “I also have trouble picturing someone else taking my place and providing all this value-added content without me.”

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

Best Buy will be holding a “Nintendo Family Game Demo Day” at over 100 stores this weekend. Consumers will be able to go hands on with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, and Pokemon Art Academy. There will also be giveaways and deals. If you show up at the Culver City store in Los Angeles, there will be a photo-op with Mario.

Best Buy’s “Nintendo Family Game Demo Day” will take place between 11 AM and 4 PM. Check out this link for a lineup of participating locations.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, Screenshots | 12 Comments

With the recent dual-wielding Samus selling for a whopping $2500, it was only a matter of time before we would come across more  would surface.

A new challenger is approaching… Now we have seen a defective Peach amiibo join the ranks.

A seller on ebay has just posted what appears to be at this time a legitimate defective Peach who seems to have forgotten her legs.

Currently this listing is too new to see if it will rise to the heights of the recently sold Samus, with just a few bids currently listed I am sure we will see more and more people wanting to take advantage of this latest defect.

Check out the screenshots below and see what you think:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 15 Comments

Last year, Nintendo held an event at the Los Angeles Zoo to celebrate the launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. The company went as far as to hire an actor – Parker Mills – to wear a Donkey Kong costume.

Mills has now filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, claiming that he was denied breaks and was not provided with the required ice pack to cool him down as he talked to zoo guests. The actor’s attorneys say that he suffered an aortic dissection and was forced to undergo surgery to implant a permanent heart defibrillator.

Mills’ lawsuit ultimately alleges, as reported by the LA Times, “that the company ambassador who was hired to escort him and oversee and control his activities failed to provide the proper oversight.”

Nintendo has not yet shared an official comment about the situation.

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

Majesco Entertainment’s future continues to look grim. Former vice president of publishing Casey Lynch is no longer with the publisher, and said in a tweet that the company is “downsizing”.

The message reads:

Meanwhile, Game Informer attempted to reach Midnight City communications director John Kopp via email, but was presented with an auto-reply stating that he is also no longer with the company.

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

We’ve still yet to see a proper reveal of FAST Racing Neo. The game was announced last year, and only screenshots have trickled in since then.

Shin’en probably hasn’t had much to say since the team is very busy with development. Art director Martin Sauter told Nintendo Life that FAST Racing Neo is the studio’s “biggest project we’ve worked on for a long time.”

It still sounds like Neo won’t be released in the near future. Shin’en has “something running and the gameplay is fine”, though content still needs to be added.

Sauter said:

Definitely, it is the biggest project we’ve worked on for a long time. It’s just much more work to get that quality level of racing on consoles this generation has given us, so we have to look at; we can’t deliver at a level below that. The Wii U is a great machine, so we need to add so many things to hit that level and we’re pretty sure we can achieve that, but it takes time to build it up and put it together. We’re in a good way though, we have something running and the gameplay is fine, so we just need to add content.

The core of the game is basically done. It’s just content now, which is a lot of work. We’re small, it needs time, but I’m very optimistic that you’ll see something that Nintendo console fans can be happy with.

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