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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlights include Namco Museum, The Snack World, Layton’s Mystery Journey, and Splatoon 2. Scans of all games are below.

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The first DLC pack for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is just on the horizon. Nintendo will be distributing The Master Trials on Friday.

Nintendo’s Japanese website now shows how much space is needed for the DLC. On Switch, The Master Trials is a 456MB download. The Wii U version requires 3.7GB of free space.

It’s unclear why The Master Trials is such a bigger download on Wii U. It’s just a theory, but Switch might be able to handle more advanced file compression.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

Hasbro has revealed “Monopoly Gamer,” a new rendition of Monopoly featuring Super Mario. The board game has characters from Nintendo’s series, and also has coins instead of Monopoly money as well as special abilities.

Here’s the full rundown on Monopoly Gamer:

It’s the Monopoly game with a Nintendo twist as it joins forces with beloved Nintendo video game characters. Instead of standard Monopoly tokens, the game features Super Mario characters, each with their own special powers within gameplay. Play as Mario, Princess Peach, Yoshi, or Donkey Kong. Finish the game by defeating Bowser at the end! It’s not just about money in this game; players earn points by buying Properties, collecting Coins, and beating Bosses. The player with the highest score wins the game.

Features Nintendo’s Super Mario characters
Coins replace Monopoly money
Power-up die activates special abilities
Battle legendary Bosses

Includes gameboard, 4 Nintendo Character tokens (Mario, Princess Peach, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong), 4 Character cards, 4 Reminder cards, 8 Boss cards, 16 Title Deed cards, 1 Numbered die, 1 Power -up die, 90 coins, and game guide.

Monopoly Gamer will cost $25. Hasbro will also be selling Monopoly Gamer Figure Packs for $4 a pop that contain a Character token, Character card, and Character sticker. Wario, Luigi, Toad, Boo, Rosalina, Diddy Kong, Fire Mario, and Tanooki Mario will be sold in packs.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 25 Comments

For the second straight year, Nintendo has taken home the top prize from Game Critics’ “Best of E3 2017” awards. Last year, it was Zelda: Breath of the Wild named “Best of Show”. The same honor was given to Super Mario Odyssey.

Super Mario Odyssey was also chosen as “Best Console Game” and “Best Action/Adventure Game”. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle also took home a couple of awards as did Metroid: Samus Returns.

Below are the full Nintendo highlights:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 29 Comments

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

Switch – 22,361
PS4 – 19,095
New 3DS LL – 11,474
PS4 Pro – 6,585
Vita – 4,077
2DS – 2,545
New 3DS – 710
Xbox One – 265
PS3 – 201
Wii U – 150

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

Switch – 37,709
PS4 – 18,251
New 3DS LL – 11,592
PS4 Pro – 5,795
Vita – 4,149
2DS – 2,655
New 3DS – 815
Xbox One – 308
PS3 – 298
Wii U – 199

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo has scheduled some last-minute maintenance for Switch / Wii U / 3DS. All three platforms will be impacted, affecting certain network services. Online play, rankings, etc. may be unavailable.

The maintenance schedule is as follows:

– 5:50 PM PT (June 28) – 8 PM PT (June 28)
– 8:50 PM ET (June 28) – 11 PM ET (June 28)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (June 29) – 4 AM in the UK (June 29)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (June 29) – 5 AM in Europe (June 29)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 13 Comments

An important piece of Splatoon 2 news was burried in Glixel’s new interview with producer Hisashi Nogami and programming director Shintaro Sato. At one point, Sato spoke about a new mode in the game known as “League Battle”.

Here’s what Sato shared:

“There’s also a new mode in Splatoon 2 called League Battle. This will be a mode that players can play either in groups of two or four, and it will present you with a two-hour period in which your group competes with other groups to see how many points you can earn. Because the results of that League Battle play will be displayed in a ranking at the end of every two-hour period, we can give players goals to strive for, and hope to encourage them to keep competing and pushing.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Just as expected, all regions are getting Kirby’s Blowout Blast next week. Nintendo first confirmed a July 4 release date for Japan followed by July 6 in North America. Europe will also be receiving Kirby’s Blowout Blast on July 6.

Nintendo tweeted out the news just now:

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Koei Tecmo issued the first images of Fire Emblem Warriors’ special editions releasing in Japan today.

First up, here’s a look at the contents of the Premium Box:

And the Treasure Box:

Both of these packages contain a copy of Fire Emblem Warriors, 3-disc soundtrack, 80-page art book, and character postcards. The Treasure Box also features a Dragonstone crystal (with voices).

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Ratalakia Games has been very busy porting various games to Switch. At Gamelab 2017, The Count Lucanor is being shown off for the first time.

The Count Lucanor is an adventure game originally released last year. We’ve included a trailer and lengthy overview of the game below.

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Join Hans in a fantasy world and experience a unique adventure, full of surprises and challenges. Get hooked on an immersive tale, where every decision counts and every clue is a piece to solve the puzzle and get the treasure. Unravel the sordid secrets of the castle, meet colorful characters, and remember: horror always lurks beneath the surface.

With a retro, halfway-between-8-and-16-bit style and inspired by classic games like The Legend of Zelda, Yume Nikki, Silent Hill or Dark Souls, among others, The Count Lucanor is an amazing mystery and horror adventure set in a fairytale world. The game features important choices, alternative endings, secrets and different ways to solve puzzles. The title is in development for PC, Mac and Linux.

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