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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

Yesterday some news emerged confirming that Target will be the only store in the U.S. to be selling the Dr. Mario amiibo. In similar news, we’re now hearing about another retailer exclusive.

If you’re in Canada and want to get your hands on the Bowser Jr. figure, you’ll need to make a purchase at Toys “R” Us. It’s also worth mentioning that the amiibo will likely be exclusive to the retailer in the United States as well given how Lucario and Greninja were handled.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 232 Comments

Back in February, Nintendo filed a patent in the United States for a “Stationary Game Apparatus, Game Apparatus, Game System, Recording Medium and Speed Control Method”. It was finally published and made available to the public today.

Here’s the abstract that may give you some insight into what the patent is about:

An example system includes an internal hard disk drive storing a program and/or data, a communication unit transmitting/receiving a program and/or data via a network, and a processor executing a program stored in the hard disk drive to perform game processing. The example system is not provided with an optical disk drive for reading out a program and/or data from an optical disk.

Nintendo also makes mention of a controller with a display screen as well as Speed Control Processing.

There’s plenty more information from the filing here. Although this is quite interesting, remember that Nintendo (and other companies for that matter) don’t always act on patents.

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

The Luigi’s Mansion 2 diorama is once again available on Club Nintendo Europe. It’s a bit pricey, as it costs 7,000 stars. Those who are interested (and can afford it!) can place an order here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brady(@emitremmus22) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) registration forms have been filed by Nintendo of America for a number of hard to find amiibo figures. Among those included are the Splatoon 3-Pack, Little Mac, Villager, Ike and Marth. Historically, amiibo figure restocks occur around one or two months after their CPSIA registration.

Hopefully this shows Nintendo’s commitment to making all amiibo figures more easily available to consumers, and will make the amiibo hunt a little less strenuous for collectors.

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

Nintendo has confirmed speculation that the Dr. Mario amiibo will be a retailer exclusive in the United States. The company’s official site notes that this figure will only be sold by Target at launch. On September 11, consumers can begin purchasing the Dr. Mario amiibo.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

Nintendo applied a new update to Miiverse yesterday that affects all versions of the social network.

On Wii U and 3DS, it’s now possible to post screenshots saved to the Screenshot Album in Drawings. Users could only previously share images to the Play Journal.

For all versions of Miiverse, Nintendo has added in an option to filter Open Discussions in the New Discussions area.

Here’s the update news from Miiverse’s “Tom”:

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

The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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

The amiibo board over on Reddit has received word that GameStop will not be taking pre-orders for a number of figures launching on September 11 in the United States. Supposedly, there are no plans to take reservations for Ganondorf, Zero Suit Samus, Olimar, and 8-Bit Classic Mario. This information comes from a memo distributed “to certain tiers of GameStop management.”

While there won’t be any pre-orders, we’re hearing that a limited amount of each figures will be offered through GameStop’s website. Also, allocation sent to each store will depend on previous amiibo sales.

Here’s what the stock numbers look like for one store (will vary by each location):

Ganondorf ~10
Zero Suit Samus 116904 ~13
Olimar ~12
8-Bit Classic Mario ~10

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Nintendo and EMP Museum are teaming up for a special indie event next week. Gaming fans in the Seattle area can attend “Nindies@Night” – a celebration of recently released and upcoming indie games for Wii U and 3DS – on August 27 starting at 8 PM.

A total of 19 indie titles will be playable at Nindies@Night, and many of their creators will be available to answer questions and speak about development experience. Also planned are multiplayer competitions for select games, with finalists taking their skills to the giant 60-foot HD LED screen featured in the EMP Sky Church. Nintendo’s Damon Baker will also hold a presentation in the Sky Church at 9 PM.

Admission to Nindies@Night is free and on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who can’t make it may want to check out Nintendo’s “Nindies” lounge during PAX between August 28 and August 31 in the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. This will also feature several playable Wii U and 3DS indie games with developers in attendance from 12 PM to 8 PM between August 28 and August 30 and 12 PM to 6 PM on August 31.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brady(@emitremmus22) in DS, General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

SonicStadium.org has found evidence that Sonic Classic Collection for DS was originally planned to include more games and content, as well as concept art for a Crazy Taxi 4 Pitch.

The info comes via former SEGA Studios Australia employee Brooke Luder’s portfolio, specifically an image that includes logos for Sonic Spinball, Sonic 3D Blast, and Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine, all of which were never included in the retail game. Luder’s resume also indicates that video content was planned at one point. Check out the gallery below for more images.

Perhaps even more intriguing is concept art for a Crazy Taxi 4 pitch. No information is given on the proposed game, but the single image shows a cab driver jumping from one cab to another.

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