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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 11 Comments

Update: Most of the amiibo are gone. Dr. Mario and the Splatoon 3-pack are up though!

Target has opened pre-orders for the wave 5B amiibo. Consumers can now reserve Dr. Mario, Olimar, Ganondorf, Zero Suit Samus, and Classic Mario 30th Anniversary. Get your pre-orders in here.

Here’s a link to each one specifically:

Dr Mario
Olimar
Ganondorf
Zero Suit Samus
Classic Mario 30th Anniversary

Target is also taking pre-orders for the Splatoon 3-pack restock here, and Rosalina here.

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

As the closure of Club Nintendo Europe draws near, the rewards site has been updated with new rewards on a regular basis. Yet another item was added in today, and it will surely be a hot commodity.

Members on Club Nintendo Europe can now order the Nintendo Sound Selection – Endings and Credits for 3,000 stars. This features a 30-track, double-disc collection of credit rolls and ending themes from the NES days all the way up to Wii U. It also comes with an accompanying hard-back book which has extensive liner notes in English, with Japanese artwork and screenshots.

Orders for the reward can be placed here. We have a few additional shots below.

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

Nintendo has distributed a few photos of the Nindies@Night event that took place at the EMP Museum in Seattle a few hours ago. We’ve rounded up the different images below.

Photo One

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, gamers wait in line to attend Nindies@Night, an exclusive Nintendo event at EMP Museum in Seattle on Aug. 27, 2015. Attendees celebrated recently released and upcoming independent games appearing on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS systems. The free event featured a presentation from “Nindie” developers, along with many different playable games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, multiplayer competitions and giveaways.

Photo Two

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Damon Baker from Nintendo announces Kerbal Space Program from Squad for Wii U at Nindies@Night, an exclusive Nintendo event at EMP Museum in Seattle on Aug. 27, 2015. The free event featured a presentation from “Nindie” developers, many different playable games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, multiplayer competitions and giveaways.

Photo Three

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, attendees compete in a wild nine-player multiplayer race in Runbow by 13AM Games at Nindies@Night, a special event celebrating recently released and upcoming independent games at EMP Museum in Seattle on Aug. 27, 2015. The free event featured a presentation from “Nindie” developers, many different playable games, multiplayer competitions and giveaways.

Photo Four

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Benji Schlemmer of Burien, Wash., has fun playing Starwhal from Breakfall at Nindies@Night, an exclusive Nintendo event at EMP Museum in Seattle on Aug. 27, 2015. The free event featured a presentation from “Nindie” developers, many different playable games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, multiplayer competitions and giveaways.

Photo Five

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, hundreds of fans gather at Sky Church inside EMP Museum in Seattle on Aug. 27, 2015, to watch a developer presentation during Nindies@Night, an exclusive Nintendo event. Attendees were able to play and learn about new and upcoming independent games appearing on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS systems.

Photo Six

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Yacht Club Games reveals their Shovel Knight amiibo during Nindies@Night, an exclusive Nintendo event at EMP Museum in Seattle on Aug. 27, 2015. The free event featured a presentation from “Nindie” developers, many different playable games for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, multiplayer competitions and giveaways.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

Nindies@Night has just ended at PAX and with that came a slew of announcements, one of them being the confirmation of the rumored – and then subsequently leaked – Shovel Knight amiibo, the first third-party amiibo by Yacht Club Games.

Now that the event is over, the show floor is opened with the amiibo on display, and along that blueprints and concepts on the bases and overall design of the Shovel Knight amiibo and packaging before settling on the prototype currently being shown. You can check out photos of the planning behind the amiibo below:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 11 Comments

A few in-person photos are now available of the Shovel Knight amiibo, which are in the gallery below.

Additionally, here’s the official functionality overview of the figure’s features:

Cooperative Multiplayer (exclusive to Wii U)!

Join a friend’s Shovel Knight campaign and shovel together!
Use new cooperative moves to help each other out along the way!

Deep Customization!

Level up by defeating enemies and finding treasure!
Earn all-new relics, abilities, and powers you never thought possible!
Customize the look of your Shovel Knight with cool and crazy cosmetic options!
Use your custom amiibo seamlessly between 3DS and Wii U!
Exclusive Challenge Stages!

Battle your way through amiibo exclusive challenge stages that take advantage of the new amiibo relics and abilities!

One amiibo, multiple games

We plan to continue support of the Shovel Knight amiibo in future Yacht Club Games and Nintendo products! Stay tuned to amiibo.com for compatibility details in new games.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 20 Comments

The Shovel Knight amiibo, which was leaked yesterday through retailer listings, has now been officially confirmed. An announcement was just made during a presentation being held at Nindies@Night.

Polygon reports that Yacht Club will be selling the figure on its own. It’s the first licensed amiibo, and Nintendo will promote the Shovel Knight figure “in line at retail” along with the other figures”.

The Shovel Knight amiibo will unlock unique content in the Wii U and 3DS games. On Wii U, the figure provides a co-op mode, and a challenge mode on both platforms.

Nintendo’s Damon Baker also teased, “There will be more Yacht Club and Shovel Knight content coming to Nintendo platforms in the future”.

The Shovel Knight amiibo will be compatible with all future Yacht Club titles on Nintendo systems.

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

Toki Tori and RIVE developer Two Tribes is interested in supporting Nintendo in the future, so long as the company continues to produce consoles.

The studio’s Martijn Reuvers told Nintendo World Report:

“If they still make consoles then, and I hope they will especially after the NX, I’ll always support them. I’m not just saying that because I want to please them, we’ve been working with them for 15 years and it just feels right. If they’re still making consoles, we’ll be there.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 71 Comments

Update 4: GAME is now taking pre-orders for the Shovel Knight amiibo.

Update 3: Bumped to the top. 4u2play’s listing is interesting, as it mentions co-op on Wii U and the ability to customize Shovel Knight.

Here’s the full translation (thanks Jake):

Coop Multiplayer (Wii U exclusive)

• Enter a friends’ game and shovel together!
• Special Coop-Moves support you on your journey together.

Full flexibility:

• Enter the level where you destroy your enemies and find precious treasures
• Earn never seen relicts, skills and powers.
• Alter the appearance of your Shovel Knight with cool cosmetic details.

User your personal amiibo seamless on Wii U and 3DS.

• The Shovel Knight amiibo will work with all Nintendo Products that Yacht Club Games will create in the near future.
• Compatible with Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS and Wii U.

Update 2: The Shovel Knight amiibo has also been listed by 4u2play.

Update: GAME’s tweet has been removed. We also have another, higher-quality image of the supposed amiibo from Reddit.

Is Shovel Knight getting its own amiibo? A tweet from UK retailer GAME claims that a figure based on Yacht Club Games’ character will actually be happening.

GAME Brighton posted the following on Twitter today:

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

The Pokemon Company’s J.C. Smith has further commented on what’s in store for the series’ future. Early next year, the franchise will be celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Nintendo World Report caught up with Smith at the Pokemon World Championships last weekend. While nothing specific was revealed, he did tease that there could be some big things in store.

Read up on the full exchange below.

NWR: 20 years. February 27th, 2016. What kind of plans you got, other than Pokkén Tournament?

JS: [Laughs] Wish I could tell you but I can’t!

NWR: Are there big plans for it?

JS: There’s always big plans for it. And obviously, you’re seeing some big product stuff for it that’s been announced that’s exciting for the year and we always want to keep fans on their toes, but nothing I can reveal at this time.

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

Pokemon Tournament’s Wii U version is launching worldwide next spring. The fighter is also on arcades in Japan, but its future in the west is unclear.

Take a look at this exchange between Nintendo World Report and The Pokemon Company’s J.C. Smith:

Nintendo World Report (NWR): So the whole Dave & Buster’s thing…

J.C. Smith (JS): Mhm.

NWR: How that’s moving towards arcades presumably next year. We’ll see how that goes. Was that organized by The Pokémon Company International also?

JS: It was not actually. In fact, I haven’t been involved in that, but I’ve been told that the arcade machine is not coming to the U.S., so I don’t know exactly what the plan is. But that was a long while ago, so who knows what may have changed. You know, you can’t stop someone from buying an arcade system so who knows what’s down the road.

NWR: So last you heard, there were no plans.

JS: Yeah, I haven’t been working closely on the arcade side at all because, really, I never worked on the arcade side but we’ll see. I think that will be handled by Bandai Namco. But I’d have to follow-up with you on that.

We had originally heard from Dave & Buster’s Kevin Bachus that Pokken Tournament would be tested in their arcades. Is that still in the cards? I don’t think anyone can say for certain at this point.

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