While Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda won’t share any specifics regarding potential ideas, he did tell GameSpot that the company could be open to supporting Amiibo down the road. That will happen “if we can find some really cool way out to use Amiibo with NFC, and add some new type of gameplay,” Masuda said.

His full comments:

“You might be aware that Pokemon as a brand used NFC for Pokemon Rumble U for the Wii U. Not in the exact same way as that, but if we can find some really cool way out to use Amiibo with NFC, and add some new type of gameplay, then I think we’d definitely be supportive of using it in the future.”

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Pokemon devs on lack of 3DS VC games, Smash Bros., Mega Evolutions, and more

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

Game Informer recently caught up with Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire producer Junichi Masuda and director Shigeru Ohmori. The two were touched on slew of different topics, including the lack of Pokemon games on the 3DS Virtual Console, how Pokemon are chosen for Smash Bros. the possibility of revisiting the idea of extensions for previously-released titles, and more.

You’ll find a few excerpts from Game Informer’s interview below. Head on over here for the full discussion.

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October 2014 downloadable rewards now available on Club Nintendo

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii Shop Channel, Wii U eShop | 14 Comments

This month’s digital rewards on Club Nintendo have gone live. Members can choose from Wrecking Crew (Wii U, 200 coins), Kirby’s Dream Course (Wii U, 200 coins), Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II (Wii, 200 coins), Maboshi’s Arcade (Wii, 250 coins), Kerploosh! (3DS, 150 coins), Brain Age Express: Math (3DS, 200 coins), 3D Classics: Kid Icarus (3DS, 200 coins), and Donkey Kong (3DS, 150 coins). These items last through November 16.

You can check out all of October’s digital games here.

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eShop web store pages discovered

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 35 Comments

Nintendo promised a web-based eShop ages ago. But for whatever reason, it has yet to materialize. Perhaps something is on the horizon though…

A few folks over on NeoGAF have managed to detect a live page for the web eShop. You can view it right here. While it’s clearly still a work in progress (and likely not meant to be accessed by the common user), it seems that there’s actually some functionality in place.

We’re hearing some reports that automatic downloading is working for Wii U, believe it or not. Users can enter a redeemable code on this page.

When will Nintendo officially launch the web eShop? That is unknown at present. But at the very least, it still appears to be development… and hopefully we’ll see it officially go live soon!