Fan-made amiibo compatibility chart – version 3
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Images, New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U | 4 Comments
Nintendo fan “moldyclay” has put together a third version of his amiibo compatibility chart. There are now entries for Shulk and new Mario Party 10 boards. View the chart above!
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Aonuma on Majora’s Mask, returning to time manipulation in the future, amiibo, remakes, retirement
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
GameSpot has gone live with a new Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D-centric interview featuring series producer Eiji Aonuma. Aonuma shared some insight into the game, and touched on several other topics as well including returning to time manipulation in the future, amiibo, remakes, and retirement.
Look below for some excerpts from the interview. The full thing can be found here.
Reggie stops by the StreetPass Mii Plaza
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is stopping by the 3DS StreetPass Mii Plaza. He’s even wearing an Epona hat! So long as you have SpotPass enabled, Reggie should be appearing in your 3DS soon.
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Hasbro introducing western Yo-Kai Watch toy line in 2016
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
Yo-Kai Watch is starting to make its mark in the west. It was announced today that the hugely-successful franchise is coming to North America, Latin America, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia in toy form thanks to Hasbro. Hasbro will bring out the first round of Yo-Kai Watch toys in 2016.
Today’s announcement additionally states: “The Yo-Kai Watch cross-platform experience will also include additional broadcasting, video game and merchandising relationships to be announced later this year.” Perhaps we’ll finally hear about something with regard to localization of the Yo-Kai Watch games?
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Nintendo supports independent game developers at IndieCade East
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments
Nintendo will be at IndieCade East starting today in full force. Not only will the company be showing off several smaller titles from indies, but it will also have the chance to meet with tons of East Coast developers.
The following games will be on hand at IndieCade East this weekend:
IronFall: Invasion from VD-Dev: This Nintendo 3DS exclusive takes full advantage of the C Stick features of the New Nintendo 3DS XL system for better aiming. The game supports online and local multiplayer for up to six players, for fast and frantic fun.
Moon Chronicles from Renegade Kid: An update is now available for this critically acclaimed first-person game, designed to fully use the extra control options available on New Nintendo 3DS XL – including the C Stick and new ZL and ZR Buttons.
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse from WayForward: This game is now available in the Nintendo eShop, but Nintendo will be showing off updates that take advantage of New Nintendo 3DS XL.
Gunman Clive 2 from Hörberg Productions: This Nintendo 3DS exclusive has a strong following, and its loyal fans have been hungry to check out this sequel, which launched Jan. 29 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
Affordable Space Adventures from KnapNok Games and Nifflas Games: This suspenseful stealth puzzling Wii U exclusive features co-op play and will be playable at the show.
Swords & Soldiers II from Ronimo Games: This side-scrolling strategy game, which is a Wii U exclusive and features local multiplayer, will be on hand at the show.
Elliot Quest from PlayEveryWare: An 8-bit retro RPG game with a hero on a quest to cure his curse of immortality. Explore Urele Island and uncover its secrets when this game launches in March, exclusively in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.
Blek from Broken Rules & kunabi brother: Imagination and creativity come to life in this beautiful award-winning puzzle game that launched on Feb. 12 in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.
Damon Baker, Nintendo of America’s senior manager of Licensing, will also be hodling a seminar titled “Self-Publishing with Nintendo.” At the event, indies can learn how to work with Nintendo and find out what it takes to get their games published on the eShop.
Source: Nintendo PR
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Pokken Tournament screenshots
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Screenshots | 2 Comments
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Pokken Tournament launching for Japanese arcades this summer
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
At the Japan Amusement Expo in Chiba, Bandai Namco revealed that Pokken Tournament is coming to Japanese arcades this summer. There was a new trailer as well, though it hasn’t come online just yet. We’ll post it here when it goes live.
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Shulk amiibo back in stock at GameStop
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 11 Comments
GameStop is taking orders for the Shulk amiibo once again. You can grab the figure right here. Hopefully this isn’t like yesterday when Shulk was in stock for all of two minutes! Note that the amiibo won’t ship until May, based on GameStop’s listing.
Nintendo books 299-seat theater for E3 2015, 3 booths reserved
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 12 Comments
E3 2015 isn’t until mid-June, but we do have a tiny bit of news about the expo already.
Nintendo has booked a 299-seat theater for an event at E3 2015. How exactly the room will be used is unknown at this time. One common thought is that it will be used for a roundtable, which would be business as usual for Nintendo.
Nintendo has also secured three booths for E3 2015. These are 4822, 5244 and 5644 in the West Hall.
E3 2015 will run between June 16 and June 18.
