Sydney Wii U Experience Store
Sydney Plaza – George Street Entrance George Street Sydney 5th November – 9th December
Melbourne Wii U Experience Store
Fountain Gate 352 Princess Highway, Fountain Gate Melbourne 5th November – 9th December
Perth Wii U Experience Pop Up
Perth Cultural Centre, St James Amphitheatre 5th November – 11th November
Gold Coast Wii U Experience Pop Up
Pacific Fair, Site 23 Courtyard 12th November – 17th November
Brisbane Wii U Experience Pop Up
King Georges Square, Area 2 18th November – 23rd November
Adelaide Wii U Experience Pop Up
Rundle Mall, Gawler Canopy 24th November – 29th November

Via NWR

Peter Moore doesn’t really like the selling of used games, but he recognizes it’s a retailer/consumer right

Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Peter Moore, talking about eliminating the issue of used games by embracing Free-to-Play:

“Used games were a bigger issue for the industry – I wasn’t resigned to it, but I recognised that it was the right of gamers and the right of our retailer. To be very fair, GameStop has always been very public about the fact that [they] keep the ecosystem moving with revenue that comes in, and it’s not like they go and take their game credit and go to McDonald’s and buy burgers. They re-up into new games.” – EA COO Peter Moore

Something I can really respect is someone who says “I don’t like this, but I understand why it’s important and I won’t try to change it.”. Even though I don’t like EA a lot of the time, I sure do like Peter Moore!

Via Wired

Voice actor for ‘Captain Price’ reveals Modern Warfare 4 in the works

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“Yeah, on Monday I am off to meet Infinity Ward about the next game, Modern Warfare 4, I’m doing work on the sequel to Modern Warfare 3, it carries straight on and I only ever appear in the Modern Warfare games.” – No, not that Bill Murray; voice actor for Captain Price Bill Murray

This was apparently said to the guy who runs “ThisIsXbox” when he met Mr. Murray in an airplane on his way to London. He has a picture to prove it, and given the candid nature of Murray’s disclosure I don’t think he thought that the young man he was talking to worked on/ran an Xbox fansite!

Funny, I actually thought the third entry might finally see an end to the series…

ThisIsXbox, via VideoGamer

Mario Fans Are Invited to Get Crafty in Paper Mario: Sticker Star Diorama Contest

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Fans Can Prepare for Nov. 11 Launch of New Mario Game for Nintendo 3DS with Unique Competition
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Video game fans now have a great reason to stock up on paper, glue and shoeboxes. Nintendo today announced a new contest to help celebrate the upcoming Nov. 11 launch of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, an eye-popping new game created exclusively for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL portable systems. Nintendo is inviting Mario fans of all backgrounds to create colorful dioramas that depict scenes from the new game. Participants in the contest will be eligible to win one of five prize packages that include a Nintendo 3DS XL system, a copy of Paper Mario: Sticker Star, a gift certificate redeemable in the Nintendo eShop and a handmade papercraft trophy.
The imaginative art style and environments in Paper Mario: Sticker Star are like dioramas unto themselves, featuring an array of fun craft-themed elements such as clouds that hang from string, characters that appear to be cut from sheets of paper and countless stickers that can dramatically affect game play. Participants in the diorama contest can view pictures of characters and levels from Paper Mario: Sticker Star at a special application integrated into the Nintendo 3DS page on Facebook and select which scenes they want to use as the inspiration for their diorama. Entrants can submit photos or videos of their work at http://www.papermario.nintendo.com/facebook now through Nov. 7, 2012.

Super Punch-Out!! available on Club Nintendo as downloadable reward

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.

Pilotwings has been swapped out for Super Punch-Out!!. The game is available for 150 coins.

You can order Super Punch-Out!! here. It’s available as a Wii VC download until November 14.

Iwata talks Nintendo’s approach to paid DLC

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Nintendo has reaffirmed that not all of its games will offer paid downloadable content. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is one such example.

CEO Satoru Iwata, discussing the company’s approach to downloadable content at an investor’s briefing Q&A a few days ago, said:

“…However, we do not intend to make downloadable or add-on content available for every type of game. We would like to supply consumers with only add-on or downloadable content which they are happy to pay for as compensation for creative work. For example, some might say that it would be unbelievably profitable to provide paid add-on content for “Animal Crossing: New Leaf,” but we were concerned that a game in which you enjoy yourself more by the power of money would not be suitable, and we decided to avoid such a feature after an intensive discussion with the development team. On the other hand, we are selling sets of new courses for “New Super Mario Bros. 2″ by download and obtaining a very good response from those who have actually bought and played them. We see vast potential in this sort of add-on content. In short, we would like to find the type of add-on content consumers will find enjoyable in each game. We intend to basically create add-on content with which we will be able to make long-term relationships with our consumers.”

Source

Iwata on those who say Nintendo lacks innovation

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Nintendo is sometimes called out for relying on past franchises and recycling IPs. President Satoru Iwata addressed this belief during a investor’s briefing Q&A last week, noting that with series such as Mario and Pokemon, “we are trying to push the boundaries every time we develop a series title.” He added that “those who assume that Nintendo lacks innovation might be making judgments by looking at our game titles without actually experiencing them.”

Here are Iwata’s thoughts in full:

“…One thing I would like to add, though, is that it might be true that Mario and Pokémon are franchises with long histories and tradition behind them, but we are trying to push the boundaries every time we develop a series title. In other words, the reason Pokémon has been continuously popular for about 15 years and Mario for almost 30 years now is that each sequel has something novel. So I frankly think that those who assume that Nintendo lacks innovation might be making judgments by looking at our game titles without actually experiencing them. Without ongoing innovation, even Mario and Pokémon would have lost their popularity long before.”

Source

Iwata discusses VOD partners, Nintendo TVii-like service for Europe/Japan

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Nintendo is partnering with a number of VOD partners such as Netflix for its US Nintendo TVii service for Wii U. There are also other companies in talks with the publisher.

President Satoru Iwata told investors last week that a Nintendo TVii-like service could head to Europe and Japan. Iwata said they’ll be “taking into account how people watch television in each region, and I believe I will be able to share more details in the not-so-distant future.”

One other important note, which we’ll highlight here:

“Also I regret having to have used Nintendo’s limited game development resources in order to provide non-gaming features on Wii. This time, we are working to see how we can enrich our services without having to rely on Nintendo’s internal development resources, and because the Wii U system itself is now fairly powerful, I believe that standard web technologies can be applied to achieve a sufficient degree of speed and convenience, and we will deploy our services in this fashion in the future.”

Head past the break for Iwata’s full comments.