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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

– All past Pokemon types included
– Gather Pokemon by defeating enemies
– After a Pokemon has been added to your list, you can switch to it at any time through a menu
– Each Pokemon has a unique skill set
– Battle royal: Every Pokemon for himself, fight against streams of enemies
– Totsugeki Battle: Dozens of Pokemon appear in battle simultaneously
– Wireless options
– Two players can play cooperatively
– SpotPass
– Other Pokemon and Miis will show up in your game
– Can fight the Miis/Pokemon who show up

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

This information comes from Satoru Iwata, who speak at a E3 Expo Analyst Q & A Session last week…

“What I can say is that we are also thinking, as you imagined, that with one console you would get one of the new controllers as a complete set.

As I am sure you can imagine, the cost of the new controller will exceed the cost of a standard controller up until now.

Regardless of the technical question as to whether or not we could do that (use two of the new controllers), for the time being, we will focus on what we can do with a single new controller with the system.

In the future, we may look at what other opportunities there are for gameplay and, how having two of those controllers might create fun or interesting new styles of play, but of course in doing that, it would require a consumer to purchase an additional controller. Therefore, we would need to carefully consider how we could create such an experience and, potentially, how we could ensure that there would be enough value within that experience for the consumer to accept that cost and make that purchase.”

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Ken Levine has said that, although he’s excited about Wii U, his company isn’t creating any games for the platform. So it should come as no surprise that BioShock Infinite isn’t in development for Nintendo’s new console. When asked if Irrational Games is looking at Wii U, Shawn Robertson told GamesweltTV “Not at the moment with this, no.”

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

I’m guessing that this was Zelda Williams’ super secret Nintendo shoot?

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has admitted to investors that the 3DS is off to a slow start. It’s true that initial sales of the handheld were encouraging, though they’ve tailed off considerably since then.

Iwata believes that delaying development of certain software was to blame, as was the lack of online features. The Nintendo eShop launched just a few days ago.

Iwata explained that as more online features are readied and more significant titles are released, sales of the 3DS should pick up.

“So, first I think it’s fair to say that while Nintendo 3DS had a strong launch day, the results since then have not met our expectations.

By which I mean to say that although pre-orders for this system were very strong and initial impressions of this system were very positive, those early indicators stand in conflict with where the system is at today. So, I can’t say there are no issues at present.

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News | 0 comments

1. [PS3] Yakuza of the End
2. [3DS] Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
3. [DS] Battle & Get!! Pokemon Typing DS
4. [DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional
5. [3DS] One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP
6. [PSP] Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Vol. 2: CR Evangelion – Shinjitsu no Tsubasa
7. [PSP] Akiba’s Trip
8. [PS3] Red Faction: Armageddon
9. [PS3] Troy Warriors
10. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

If you’re looking for a console that can play DVDs, you’re going to have to find a system other than Wii U. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed that Wii U is unable to play DVDs. Iwata explained that it would be expensive to incorporate a player into the console due to patents and most consumers already have machines that can play DVDs.

Iwata also confirmed that the console will not support Blu-ray disks.

He told investors:

“Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities.

The reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn’t warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies.”

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Site updates | 0 comments

I think that I’ve finally completed the necessary maintenance to link the main site and forum. They should be fully connected now and it appears that things are back to the way they were about a week ago. I say this with a bit of hesitance since I was under the impression that things were fully functional earlier this week, but further testing alerted me to the fact that the site was not completely repaired.

I was actually expecting the maintenance to take longer, perhaps as long as later this weekend, but fortunately I was able to nail down the last few issues. Please let me know if things aren’t working on your end. You can make a comment on this post, somewhere else on the forum, or notify us about any problems via email.

Thanks for your patience!

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

This information comes from Epic’s Mark Rein…

“I can tell you that I got to see it at E3 and it was what I expected of course. We were very excited to play some of their demos, see how good the feel of the hardware was — it’s a very impressive system and I think it’s gonna do quite well. If Nintendo made a system that could run our engine, we’d be on it like water on fish.’ And so when someone asked me what I thought about the Wii U, I said, ‘Water, meet fish.'”

Rein didn’t explicitly say that Unreal Engine 3 is running on Wii U, but he more or less implied it. Rein has had a longstanding history with the Wii, mainly relating to him saying over the years that the console can’t handle the technology. Now that the Wii U stacks up to other consoles (and perhaps surpasses them in some ways), there’s no way that Unreal Engine 3 couldn’t run on the system.

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