General Nintendo

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

Interested in giving the Chibi-Robo! amiibo another look? Then take a look at the video below, which unboxes the new figure.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 25 Comments

Dengeki has posted a listing of the top 10 publishers in Japan for the first half of fiscal year 2015 based on market share. Nintendo ended up selling the most games during the period, and managed to secure nearly a third of total games sold.

Here’s the full lineup:

1. Nintendo – 32.1%
2. Level 5 – 11.9%
3. Square Enix – 11%
4. Bandai Namco – 10.7%
5. Konami – 5.3%
6. Capcom – 4.9%
7. Sony Computer Entertainment – 3.1%
8. GunHo – 2.3%
9. Spike Chunsoft – 1.8%
10. Marvelous – 1.5%

A couple of interesting notes: Nintendo is up from 24.7 percent last year while Level-5 is down from 20.8 percent.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 7 Comments

Wii U will be getting a Minecraft game at some point soon in the form of Minecraft: Story Mode. Interestingly enough, the game is built around the actual Minecraft engine, which has been ported over to Wii U.

“The sets and the environments and everything that looks like Minecraft is actually built in Minecraft and that gets shifted over to all the different platforms,” Telltale’s director of creative communications Job Stauffer told Family Gamer TV.

Given that information, one would think that it’d be easier than ever to bring the core Minecraft experience to Wii U. Maybe one day…

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

Reader Ryan R was lucky enough to get his hands on a Mii Fighters amiibo 3-pack at Toys “R” Us. For a look at the three different figures, take a look at the gallery below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

A new Earthworm Jim game made by the original team “almost happened”. So says Nick Bruty, the main designer of the first game.

Bruty shared in a Reddit AMA yesterday that the possibility of making a new Earthworm Jim title was explored roughly five years ago. However, a deal with the IP owners couldn’t be agreed upon.

Bruty wrote:

“A new EWJ game with the original team almost happened about five years ago, but a deal with the [intellectual property] owners couldn’t get worked out. I think everyone would be up for it sometime. Feels like unfinished business, but [it’s] hard to align everyone. I wouldn’t do it without the key players.”

Bruty also commented on a few other Earthworm Jim topics that we’ve rounded up below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Les Thomas(@byLesThomas) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Double the pleasure! Nintendo of Europe has always been generous with their combo packs and extras; they’ve outdone themselves this time. Hoping to cash in on their best-selling games of the year, a Wii U bundled with Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon will release on October 30th. Physical copies of the game will not be included; instead, the Wii U will come with a pre-installed copy of Mario Kart 8 and a download code for Splatoon.

The Bundle will retail for £240.

There is currently no active link to the bundle on the Nintendo UK shop but we’ll have one up as soon as it becomes available.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in General Nintendo, News | 17 Comments

A couple of months ago, Nintendo had made the announcement that it would be updating Miiverse with a new look and brand new features to make it feel more sociable and really have a focus on user-created content across 3DS and Wii U. We saw new additions such as the ability to create Play Journals, the ability to create little notes and screenshots based on your experiences and talk a bit about them, Screenshot Albums, a great way to sort and organize photos you’ve taken in games you post to Miiverse, and tons more. The website got some added features also, but it looked fairly the same. Today, suddenly, Miiverse gets a huge overhaul, and it’s gorgeous.

Head on over to Miiverse on the web to check out the brand new layout for yourself!

What do you think about the brand new look? Is it to your liking? Let us know in the comments below!

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

The Animal Crossing amiibo cards work with the recently-released Happy Home Designer, and some can even be scanned in with Super Mario Maker. Also, they’ll be compatible with Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. That won’t be the end of their use apparently.

In an info card included with Happy Home Designer, Nintendo says that additional compatible games will be announced in the future. We’re not sure what’s planned, but it’s always nice to see amiibo extended to more titles.

Oh, and in case you needed a reminder, Nintendo reconfirms that a total of four Animal Crossing amiibo card series are planned. Each series is comprised of 100 cards.

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

The folks over at Smosh have once again produced an “honest trailer” for a game. This time, the video focuses on Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Check it out below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 16 Comments

SEGA and M2 have worked together to recreate many classic titles on 3DS. We’ve seen the likes of 3D Sonic the Hedgehog, 3D Gunstar Heroes, and 3D Streets of Rage – among many others. But there’s one title the two companies wish they could have recreated for the handheld: the arcade version of Virtua Racing.

Take a look at this excerpt from an interview with SEGA producer Yosuke Okunari and M2 president Naoki Horii:

Is there a title you wish you could have converted?

YO: That would have to be the arcade version of Virtual Racing for me. It hasn’t ever been faithfully ported. There’re four ports to date: Mega Drive, 32X, SEGA Saturn, and Playstation, but none of them stayed true to the original.

The Mega Drive and 32X versions were amazing at the time, but I wish more attention went to Virtual Racing rather than Virtual Fighter. I wasn’t too impressed with Winning Run (racing game developed by Namco at the time), which was released earlier, butVirtual Racing really caught my attention. The 30 FPS framerate gave it a smoother effect compared to other games like Hard Driving and Winning Run.

There was also a Grand Prix mode, where people could play 15 rounds for 200 yen when popularity started to die. I remember having so much fun playing with three other people and figuring out when to replace the worn out tires at the pits. I do feel that I want to re-experience that some day. Many have told me that there’s no reason to bring it back when there’s so many amazing racing games out there, but I’ve got a lot of great memories associated with that game, so I’d love to bring it back if I had the chance.

NH: I got to say, I agree. I’d say Virtual Racing since I like to work on those primitive era games.

– Despite this maybe being the end of the SEGA 3D Remaster Project, I really hope you can make those happen.

YO: Seriously! But I wonder how many of these “final episode” interviews we’ve had regarding this project. Back during Batch 1’s 3D Streets of Rage episode, I was the one who suggested to put “Farewell!” as the title! I thought that was going to be be the end of the interviews.

You can read up on the full interview here. There are lots of interesting comments about the development of 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2!

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