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

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

If there is a new Mass Effect game (it’s really a matter of when, right?), it won’t star Commander Sheppard at all. BioWare would look to take the franchise in a different direction with a brand new hero.

BioWare Montreal producer Fabrice Condominas explained:

“There is one thing we are absolutely sure of – there will be no more Shepard, and the trilogy is over. This is really our starting point. Now the Mass Effect universe is vast, and very, very rich. So at this point in time, we don’t even know what kind of time frame we’re going to be in. All we’re doing is more gathering ideas from the teams, gathering feedback to see several things. So first, we don’t want to make ‘Shepard 2?, or Mass Effect 4 with like, ‘oh there’s no more Shepard but you’re a soldier in the universe’. So this will be a very, very different context for sure, and nothing has been decided on the rest.”

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

Nintendo really really doesn’t like pirates. They don’t like them so much that the only pirates in their games either don’t dress like pirates at all, or are robots. No real pirates allowed. Did you know they even have an anti-piracy website?

UK resident Justin Brooks learned this the hard way when Nintendo found out he had been selling “thousands” of counterfeit Wii and DS games to people in the region, reportedly making around $962,000 over two years. Now his escapades are coming to an end and he faces two counts of “fraudulent trading”, two counts of “supplying an article to use in fraud”, two counts of “unauthorized possession of goods bearing a trademark”, and one count of “unauthorized use of a trademark.”

Via Joystiq

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

I’m posting this with some (okay, a lot actually) hesitancy. The source code on Demon’s Tribe initially listed Wii U, but all signs since then have pointed to an iOS release.

So we are posting this trailer, but this may be the last time you hear about it on here – unless SEGA confirms that this is in the works for Wii U.

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The Hanafuda Cards reward is back in stock at Club Nintendo. You can order the reward once again for 800 coins. Head on over to this link if interested.

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

European 3DS owners: be sure to head on over to the eShop to view this month’s episode in 3D.

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Each time we think that Capcom could be done with the Okami IP, the franchise sees new life.

The first Okami, despite receiving a warm critical reception, wasn’t a big seller. But in 2009, Capcom surprised us with the announcement of Okamiden. That title wasn’t a monstrous success either. Still, Capcom is revisiting the series once more with Okami HD.

What could be next? Capcom’s Motohide Eshiro, the producer of Okamiden, has said that he “would love to do another Okami, but unfortunately I don’t make all the business decisions at the company. If you want it, go out and buy extra copies of Okamiden.”

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

Mirroring a sentiment that I think most of us share, the leader of Team Ninja (Yosuke Hayashi) said that consoles will be a part of gaming for a long time:

“I don’t think consoles are going to disappear from gaming. You still have millions of people playing videogames with a controller on a box in front of the TV. Just look at Call of Duty, for example: it’s everywhere. There are millions of people playing it.
“I think people will continue to play games, and as long as the cost of development stays sustainable, and people continue to buy traditional games, then we’ll be here. If only one game sells everything, it will ruin the gaming and console industries completely.

“I think you can compare it to movies. People still go to the cinema after all this time. I don’t know how long cinemas have been around but it’s not like cinemas are completely gone and everyone is watching movies on their TV or smartphone. Yes, you have those new mediums, but the old guy is still there – and I think it’s going to be like that with consoles. I think they will be around for quite a while.”

That movie/cinema analogy is actually pretty good! There’s no doubt that smartphones/tablets/etc will slowly take a larger and larger piece of the market, but I really doubt that they’ll ever match up to the experience we’ve had available on consoles for years…

Via CVG

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

You never know where you’ll find the voice of Mario. In this case, Charles Martinet just so happened to appear on an Australian news channel.

Martinet was ready to head home following his appearance at the Australian EB Expo. But strangely, Melbourne Airport came across a “suspicious package”, and Martinet (as well as other passengers) saw his flight delay as the situation was investigated. It was fortunately nothing but a false alarm.

Channel Seven News did stop by to ask a few folks for their thoughts. As it turns out, Martinet appeared on the segment for a tiny bit.

Martinet’s appearance comes early on in the video above, and it’s not very long, so watch closely.

Martinet also wrote the following about the video:

“I did a whole bunch in Mario voice! But they just used the one sentence… I said ‘Australia is numba one!!!!’… the reporter and camera guy were great… but I think their producer just wanted a short thing. Too bad!”

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