Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 11 Comments

Two new sales are live over on Target. First, you can purchase one game and get another at 50 percent off. Target has also reduced toys-to-life figures by 25 percent (amiibo, Disney infinity, and Skylanders). These deals should be valid in-store as well.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 101 Comments

Yesterday, Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma shared news that the series’ new entry on Wii U has been delayed. IGN managed to get a comment out of Nintendo, and while it’s mostly rehash, it’s somewhat interesting.

Here’s the full statement:

As Mr. Aonuma announced, The Legend of Zelda game for Wii U is no longer targeted as a 2015 release. Rather than sticking to a specific schedule, the team wants to make this the most complete and the best game it can possibly be. The new launch timing has not yet been determined. Because we’d like to focus on developing the game, we aren’t planning on showing it at this year’s E3, where we will be highlighting games launching in 2015. We will let you know when we’re ready to share more specifics.

The last part of that statement is pretty noteworthy! Nintendo’s E3 2015 lineup is focusing on titles coming out this year, so we may not see much of what’s in store for 2016.

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

Update: You can play it directly in your browser here.

Developer Roystan Ross has been tinkering away on a Unity-based remake of Super Mario 64. Earlier this month, Ross posted his efforts up to this point over on his blog.

You can download the Super Mario 64 demo here. Keep in mind that it’s a demonstration, meaning Bob-omb Battlefield is the only playable level currently. Also note that download links on the site may be down due to heavy traffic.

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

The individual Super Mario series Mario amiibo is coming to North American store shelves on April 3, Nintendo has announced.

At the moment, this figure can only be obtained by purchasing the Mario Party 10 bundle. Doing so allows consumers to save a tiny amount compared to buying them separately.

Nintendo of America wrote on Twitter just a couple of minutes ago:

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

30 new locations and dates have been announced today for the Pokemon live orchestral concert, Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions.

Here’s the lineup of current tour cities:

Baltimore, MD 5/1/2015 Joseph Meyerhoff Hall
New York, NY 6/6/2015 Theater at Madison Square Garden
Cincinnati, OH 6/12/2015 Riverbend Music Center
Cleveland, OH 6/13/2015 Blossom Music Center
Buffalo, NY 6/14/2015 Shea’s Performing Arts Center
Milwaukee, WI 6/19/2015 Riverside Theater
Chicago, IL 6/20/2015 Chicago Theatre
San Diego, CA 7/9/2015 Copley Symphony Hall
Los Angeles, CA 7/11/2015 The Greek Theatre
San Jose, CA 7/12/2015 City National Civic
Vienna, VA 7/18/2015 Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Vancouver, BC 7/22/2015 The Orpheum
Houston, TX 7/25-26/2015 Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
Holmdel, NJ 8/20/2015 PNC Bank Arts Center
Boston, MA 8/22/2015 Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Toronto, ON 8/28/2015 Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Montreal, QC 8/30/2015 Place Des Arts
Detroit, MI 9/11/2015 Fox Theatre
Indianapolis, IN 9/12/2015 Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
Seattle, WA 9/15/2015 Benaroya Hall
Portland, OR 9/17/2015 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Mexico City, MX 10/23/2015 Auditorio Nacional
Monterrey, MX 10/25/2015 Monterrey Arena
Sydney, AU 11/20-21/2015 Sydney Opera House
Clearwater, FL 12/3/2015 Ruth Eckerd Hall
Orlando, FL 12/4/2015 Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Pittsburgh, PA 1/24/2016 Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts
Grand Rapids, MI 2/5/2016 DeVos Performance Hall

A European tour is planned for spring 2016. Additional venue and location details will be announced soon.

For more information, check out the official website here. You’ll find a video for the concert below.

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

Did you know that Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is celebrating his 54th birthday is today? Here’s some art I made several years ago to celebrate!

I’m a horrible artist, but I remember wanting to make that project based on Reggie. It’s basically comprised of a ton of little magazine clipping pasted together to make Reggie’s face.

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

The video above was just uploaded to the Nintendo Family Channel over on YouTube. It’s a random promotion for Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire!

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Nintendo has a few things planned for NicoNico Chokaigi, which takes place in Japan next month.

First up is the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2-on-2 World Grand Prix. This has a few folks from Japan taking on players in the U.S. We know that players from the North American side are comprised of a select few who took part in APEX 2015, including Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman, Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios, Freddie “FOW” Williams, and Averil “MJG” Morrisette II”.

The first portion of the Smash Bros. competition is singles and will take place on April 25 between 12 AM ET and 2 AM ET (April 24 for fans on the West Coast, 9 PM PT and 11 PM PT). The second part is team-based and will be held on April 26 between 12 AM ET and 1 AM ET (April 24 for fans on the West Coast, 9 PM PT and 11 PM PT). Winners will receive a pair of New 3DS units with an original face plate.

Aside from the heavy presence of Smash Bros., Nintendo will also be on hand for Splatoon demos. Other Nintendo-centric events include a Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire competition, plus stage shows for Dragon Quest ?, Pokken Tournament, The Great Ace Attorney, and Super Mario 30th anniversary from Center CX (featuring Mario Maker).

NicoNico Chokaigi runs on April 25 and April 26 at Makuhari Messe.

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Nintendo held a presentation with DeNA last week to announce a partnership between the two companies. Towards the end, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata and DeNA president Isao Moriyasu fielded questions from attendees. The entire Q&A is now live, and you can find it right here.

I won’t be breaking down the Q&A into various excerpts per usual, as we covered it quite a bit last week (in both video and summary form). There also isn’t a whole lot of information that we haven’t already covered. Still, it might be worth a read for some of you!

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Thanks to the cover of Role Playing Gameside Vol. 2, we now know that sales of the Medabots game franchise have surpassed three million units globally. The magazine promises a 21-page retrospective on the franchise, and there will be an interview with series artist Horuma Rin.

There have been plenty of Medabots games on Nintendo platforms over the years. We’ve seen new releases on the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, DS, and 3DS.

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