Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 41 Comments

Sonic Lost World has only been available on Wii U for the past couple of years. Starting in November, that will be changing.

SEGA has made the decision to port Sonic Lost World over to PC. Its distribution on Steam will begin on November 2, where the game will cost $24.99. There are some bonuses like achievements, but it pretty much appears to be the same game.

I’m covering this if only because the news came out of left field. I don’t think anyone would have predicted that Sonic Lost World would be heading to another platform!

Thanks to shinun and Tom for the tip.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

Next week, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses will be appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as the show’s musical guest. The performance is taking place on October 13. According to Nintendo, this includes highlights from Zelda: Tri Force Heroes.

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

The Mewtwo amiibo can now be pre-ordered on Amazon UK. You can do so right here.. Pre-orders from the U.S. aren’t allowed, but this may come in handy for our UK readers!

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

The Mii Fighters amiibo were just recently confirmed as a Toys “R” Us exclusive in the United States. Thankfully, supply shouldn’t be an issue. Stock numbers thus far are averaging to around 100 units, with one store in California even receiving 200 copies of the 3-pack.

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

Unseen64’s Liam Robertson has once again uncovered some fascinating details about cancelled and unreleased games. This time, he’s covering Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty’s Curse, a cancelled Game Boy Color game. Robertson reveals that, while the game was cancelled and never released on the GBC, it would eventually become Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty’s Revenge, which was released on the Game Boy Advance in 2003. Grunty’s Curse contained an alternate storyline and levels that weren’t present in the GBA version. Make sure to read the full article here and check out the video below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Nintendo various European websites, such as nintendo.co.uk, got a redesign today. It’s not a huge departure from the previous design, but it’s still notable. Naturally, since the service has ended, there’s no longer a link to Club Nintendo on the site (although you can sign up for a newsletter here – once Club Nintendo’s successor has been announced, Nintendo will send you an e-mail).

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 68 Comments

For the first time since the list’s inception in 2001, Nintendo is not part of the world’s top 100 brands. Interbrand, the company compiling the list, looks at the financial performances of companies and how their brands contributed to that and how they are expected to contribute in the future.

Interbrand Japan CEO Yuki Wada said that the reason Nintendo didn’t make the list was because of the company’s failure to keep up with the changes in people’s lives, as evidenced by the fact that they only decided to start releasing smartphone games this year.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

This month, Nintendo is bringing out the Animal Crossing amiibo cards Collectors Album in Europe. No such item has been announced for North America, but we’re hearing that Nintendo has started handing out something similar to fans.

Below you’ll find photos of the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer amiibo Card Collector’s Book. This has been given out to attendees at certain Nintendo events (like the GameStop event for Yoshi’s Woolly World this weekend). It holds 104 cards: 100 card slots and four extras.

As of now, the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer amiibo Card Collector’s Book is only available in the United States.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 39 Comments

Last month’s issue of GamesTM has a lengthy interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. As you would expect, the discussion is largely focused on the Super Mario Bros. series.

A few interesting comments came about when Miyamoto and Tezuka were asked if they ever made any choices that they were concerned about being controversial. Miyamoto started things off, and spoke about how it’s difficult catering to both advanced players and beginners.

He said:

“For me one of the things was maybe the gap between the really advanced players and the first-time players. The difficulty balance is always something that I hear frustrations about from the public, whichever way we decide to go. We always have the testing team test our game, but whatever they say is really fun, the first-time players might consider to be very difficult. One of the things I do sometimes at the later phases of development is go in and hear the testing team’s requests and actually pull that away and lower the barrier or change what it is they want. Sometimes I even hear from the testing team, ‘You’re destroying the fun’, but on the other hand, the flipside is you hear the first-time players saying ‘If I can’t clear a level it’s not fun for me. If I can’t complete a game it’s not fun for me’. The more years that have passed, the gap between advanced and first-time players has become wider.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 27 Comments

Let’s Talk #26: What are you playing? – October 2015

A new month is here! I’d love to know what everybody has been playing as of late, or intends to play in the weeks ahead.

I’ve been focusing on two main games really: Super Mario Maker and Ys: Memories of Celceta. Ys has been getting most of my time, but I’ve still been playing Super Mario Maker regularly. It’s fun to just boot up the game and mess around with a few levels. I’m not at all creative myself, yet I’m still finding a ton of enjoyment with it.

But what about you guys? What’s everyone playing these days?

Highlights from last week’s topic: Nintendo and movies

windstar

I think an animated Mario would be great. We never got a proper one, I think everyone would love to finally see that.

Kira – HylianKeyblade

I think a Zelda movie done by Studio Ghibli could be really interesting and there would probably be a lot of high quality work there ^^. Of course the Zelda movie then have to be in a anime format and I think the Zelda series can suit a anime look pretty well :-).

I do think Nintendo should start making movies more or at least anime/animation series to attract a new young audience like Pokémon and Youkai Watch have accomplished. Also I think it could be pretty cool to see Nintendo characters come to life through animation again ^^. (If done right).

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