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

Nintendo has provided an update regarding the status of the amiibo stock situation over on its Facebook page.

The Splatoon 3-pack, Charizard, and Pac-Man are returning to store shelves “over the next few days”. Note that quantities will be limited.

Here’s the full message:

Additional Splatoon 3-pack, Charizard and PAC-MAN amiibo will be hitting shelves in limited quantities over the next few days.

For more information about timing and availability, be sure to visit your local retail stores or check out their websites.

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

Earlier this week, Nintendo finally confirmed the Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle for North America. We learned that it will come with the 30th Anniversary Mario – Modern Color amiibo, which was thought to be exclusive to the newly-announced package. However, that may not actually be true.

Last night, a Walmart Canada employee shared a planogram, which shows the 30th Anniversary Mario – Modern Color amiibo on the rack. This indicates that the figure will not be exclusive to the Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle… though now there’s speculation going around that the amiibo will only be sold at Walmart.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments

At the 2015 Pokemon World Championships last weekend, Nintendo World Report asked The Pokemon Company’s J.C. Smith if Pokken Tournament is intended to be the main attraction for the series’ 20th anniversary in early 2016. Smith merely replied by saying no, but after being pressed further, he added the following:

“I’m splitting hairs. No, there’s lots of stuff planned for the 2016 year but nothing I can talk about now.”

During the same discussion, Smith also said that flowers will be important to Pokemon’s future.

It’s completely unknown what The Pokemon Company has planned at this time. As Nintendo World Report also points out, there could be something – or multiple things – that are of equal importance to Pokken Tournament that we’ll be seeing early next year.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 49 Comments

If the latest rumors are to be believed, Shovel Knight will be coming to Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS as a DLC character.

Nintendo Life heard the apparent news from “multiple sources within the video game retail sector”. However, Shovel Knight’s inclusion in the games has of course not been confirmed (or denied) at this time.

The announcement about Shovel Knight being added to Super Smash Bros. could be made within the next month or two. Development is said to be going well, and the character – who would be getting its own amiibo – may release sooner rather than later.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brady(@emitremmus22) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

The next wave of amiibo figures are available for pre-order from the official Nintendo UK store. Figures available right now include Captain Olimar, Dr. Mario, R.O.B., and the Mii Fighters.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Just a Chat, Videos, Wii U | 3 Comments

Nintendo announced a whole bunch of news on Monday, including release dates, the Mega Yarn Yoshi amiibo, and more. Daan and I talked about it all on the latest episode of Just a Chat, which you can listen to below. I was a bit exhausted while we were recording, but that’s okay!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 38 Comments

Shin’en is still working on FAST Racing Neo for the Wii U eShop. But in terms of what the future holds, we could hear about the studio’s next game in 2016. The company, unsurprisingly, will almost certainly be sticking with Nintendo platforms with future titles.

Shin’en’s Martin Sauter told Nintendo World Report in an interview at Gamescom:

“We’re already brainstorming but we can talk about it when we’re ready. Fact is, we don’t know what’s in the future, but we’d love to stick with Nintendo hardware, eShop games and if FAST is a success we’ll keep going. Maybe next year we’ll talk about the next game.”

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

In July, Nintendo picked up a trademark for Pikuroito in Japan. The main takeaway is that the filing is associated with stationary game consoles, portable game consoles, phones and arcade machines.

One theory floating around is that Pikuroito could be one of the mobile games Nintendo will release. It’s worth noting that a similarly-named puzzle game, a title developed by BTD Studio, is available on Android via Google Play – though perhaps that’s just a coincidence.

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

Flowers will apparently be playing a big role in the future of Pokemon. When asked for a tease of what lies ahead for the series, The Pokemon Company director of consumer marketing J.C. Smith pointed to this keyword. Sadly, Smith didn’t share any additional information.

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

Two more Club Nintendo rewards are out now in Europe. A Kirby blanket has been added to the rewards site, in addition to a Super Mario card matching game. The prizes cost 4,500 stars and 3,000 stars respectively.

Today’s new rewards can be ordered here.

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