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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Gaming, Rumors | 1 Comment

Update: Brought to the top of the page. Here’s the latest…

So just some kind of promotional thing on Harada’s part? He doesn’t appear to be missing at this point…

Something strange is going on with Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada. A tweet from Harada’s official Twitter account, published by the “Tekken project support team”, states that he “has been missing from office since a week ago.” The tweet continues: “We are still searching for him.”

So what’s going on here? Is something truly up with Harada? His last tweet was on May 26 – quite a long time ago.

I’m assuming that this isn’t a joke of some sort, but you never know. I just hope Harada is alright!

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 28,807
3DS – 14,057
PS3 – 11,832
Vita – 11,783
Wii U – 6,680
PSP – 5,807
Wii – 1,171
Xbox 360 – 441

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 40,651
3DS – 14,059
PS3 – 13,318
Vita – 12,171
PSP – 5,749
Wii U – 5,648
Wii – 1,192
Xbox 360 – 382

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Launch Event for Animal Crossing: New Leaf Lets Fans Participate in Fun Activities to Win Prizes, Buy the Game One Day Early

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo:

WHAT:

Nintendo World is getting a temporary makeover to celebrate the highly anticipated release of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the portable Nintendo 3DS system. The store will be transformed into the personalized, charming town featured in the upcoming hand-held game. Consumers can collect a series of Animal Crossing-themed buttons for completing a variety of fun activities inspired by the game such as bug catching, fossil digging and fishing. For those who want to get their groove on, the second floor of the store will feature a DJ spinning music. To ensure that everyone has fond memories of the day, there will also be plenty of photo opportunities throughout the store featuring cutouts of some of the game’s most recognizable characters.

As a special treat for fans, the Animal Crossing: New Leaf game as well as the special-edition Nintendo 3DS XL Animal Crossing: New Leaf hardware bundle will be available in limited quantities to purchase at the event, one day ahead of the game’s national launch date of June 9. The first 100 guests to purchase either the game or the bundle will receive an Animal Crossing: New Leaf-themed Nintendo 3DS skin.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Harvest Moon: A New Beginning is finally heading to Europe. Marvelous AQL Europe announced the 3DS game for the continent today, which will be distributed and marketed by Zen United.

Marvelous AQL Europe CEO Harry Holmwood said:

“Harvest Moon is one of gaming’s best-loved and most enduring franchises. We’re very pleased to be working alongside Zen United to help bring Harvest Moon to a wider audience and ensure its continued success.”

Geraint Evans, director at Zen United, chimed in:

“We’re very proud to be working on such a great series. And A New Beginning is undoubtedly one of the best in the series so far – we’re hugely excited to be involved in the future of Harvest Moon.”

Harvest Moon: A New Beginning will be available later this year.

In its announcement, Zen United teased “more Harvest Moon announcements in the coming months.”

Source: Zen United PR

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Clu Clu Land will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on June 12 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.

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This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:

The Last of Us – 10
Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 9
Remember Me – 8
Dust 514 – 4
Game & Wario – 6
Grid 2 – 9
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons – 7
Impossible Road – 9
Surgeon Simulator 2013 – 7
Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move – 7

Thanks to joclo for the tip

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Features, Videos, Wii | 0 comments

There’s no question that E3 2005 had some memorable Nintendo moments. Satoru Iwata opened up the conference with a hilarious dig at Reggie, talking “smack” at the executive and teased: “So Reggie, I have a question for you: who’s your daddy?”

The “Revolution”, later becoming Wii, was definitely the highlight of the conference. Iwata came out and showed the hardware for the first time, shared various details (including the Virtual Console announcement), confirmed a couple of games like Smash Bros., and more.

There were other moments as well – Shigeru Miyamoto’s weirdness during the Nintendogs segment and the third trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, for instance.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS) – 9/8/8/8
Gyrozetter: Wings of the Albatross (3DS) – 9/9/8/8

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Care to get your GameCube controller working on the Wii U? If so, you may want to look into a new device that makes this possible.

Amazon is now selling a “GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii & Wii U”. It offers the following:

Built in Turbo
Compatible with all games supported by the Wii Classic Controller
Compatible with all games supported by the Wii Classic Controller Pro
The button A, B, X, Y, L, R and Z can be customized with Turbo

The adapter can be bought for $16.99. More information can be found on Amazon’s product page.