Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 0 comments

Over in Miitomo, new items have been added to the daily selections in Miitomo Shop. Nintendo mentions that different players will see different offerings each day. Rare items have a chance of appearing.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment

New details about Harvest Moon: Skytree Village have emerged from the game’s playable demo at E3. Read up on some information below, courtesy of Nintendo Life.

– Town has been in a downward spiral of sorts lately
– It was previously green and thriving, but it’s now taken on a somber tone
– The town has experienced an extended drought
– Ever-waning presence of the Harvest Goddess
– Play as a plucky local farmer
– Play as a male or female
– Restore the town’s seven Skytrees
– Bring back the Harvest Goddess through a combination of diligent farming, attentive animal husbandry, and item-based courtship
– Engine/style similar to The Lost Valley
– Terraforming your farm returns
– Natsume listened to feedback with the previous game
– Moved away from chibi character models
– Character models are conventionally proportioned
– Uses 3D character models instead of character portraits in dialogue scenes
– Terraforming now significantly faster and easier
– Can now work with more than one cube of earth at a time
– Hold down the ‘A’ button and the selection cursor will grow from one square, to three, to six, to nine, depending on how long you keep it held
– After choosing a size, you can move that selection as you like, and act on all selected tiles at once, either raising the earth or digging them down as a group
– The adjustable selection is also used for all your other tools in Skytree Village
– Tilling, planting, watering, and harvesting all benefit from the efficiency boost
– Expand the selection range as you upgrade your tools
– 2 new views
– There’s the standard 3rd-person free-camera perspective from The Lost Valley
– Also a faux-2D overhead view and a locked-in ‘Farming mode’
– Farming mode: variant of the overhead angle where your farmer will hold her stance and let you strafe along to water, till, or plant in tidy rows
– Press ‘Start’ to cycle through the three views
– At least six bachelors and bachelorettes
– Melanie: red-headed, hot-headed tsundere tailor
– She will turn your fur into fabric
– Jeanne: green-haired, bespectacled herbal doctor who’s brilliant and talented in her trade, but not very confident interacting with farmers of the opposite sex
– Elise: an outgoing blonde chef from out of town who’s written with a French accent
– Dean: buff florist; has a combo of tulip apron and boundless horticultural enthusiasm
– Gabriel: gentle, kindly livestock salesman who’s more at ease with animals than people
– Cyril: ponytailed aristocrat from far off lands who’s visiting Skytree Village as part of his grand tour

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Polygon has put up another video with gameplay which also has an interview with Steve Mayles and Grant Kirkhope. View it below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images | 4 Comments

After announcing that Rhythm Heaven Megamix is due out in October across Europe, Nintendo has shared the game’s official boxart. We have it above.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment

Pokken Tournament will be experiencing another round of maintenance tomorrow. The game’s online services will be down for a couple of hours.

Here’s when it’s taking place:

– 10 PM PT – 12 AM PT
– 1 AM ET – 3 AM ET
– 6 AM in the UK – 8 AM in the UK
– 7 AM in Europe – 9 AM in Europe

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 19 Comments

American Nintendo fans got a nice surprise last night when Rhythm Heaven Megamix was suddenly released on the eShop. European Nintendo fans, however, weren’t so lucky – the game is currently nowhere to be found on the eShop in Europe.

Nintendo of Europe just sent out a press release recapping the past two days at E3, and it also contained a tidbit about Rhythm Heaven Megamix (or Rhythm Paradise Megamix, as it’s called in Europe). The game will be released in Europe on October 21st – however, unlike in North America, the game is also getting a retail release in addition to being released on the eShop.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

As we reported, a “Pokemon election” was recently held in Japan where people could vote on their favorite Pokemon – the winner of the election, Greninja, will be given away to those who buy tickets for the newest Pokemon movie, which premieres next month.

As with every election, there are winners and losers, and while Greninja won, Simisear lost. The 5th generation Pokemon received the fewest votes, meaning it placed #720. However, to “commemorate” its loss, Simisear will also be distributed in Japan, specifically at Pokemon Centers and Pokemon Stores from June 25th till July 15th.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Two new rewards have just gone live for European My Nintendo users: 30% discounts for both Picross e and Picross e2 on 3DS. They each cost 150 Platinum Points and are available until September 1st.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Update (6/16): Image & Form has all but confirmed the bundle’s existence, promising news in the future.

Image & Form appears to have plans to bring SteamWorld Bundle to Wii U. That’s according to a rating that’s appeared on the USK, Germany’s ratings board. I suppose Image & Form will have something to say about this officially soon!

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Posted on 7 years ago by Jake in News, Wii U | 32 Comments

The folks at Gamexplain interviewed Paper Mario: Color Splash co-producer Risa Tabata about the game. You can watch the full interview below, but we’ve also highlighted some of the more notable bits of information.

-Idea for the game started formulating right after Sticker Star was released
-Based ideas around the Wii U
-Completing the story should be around 30 hours, but completing everything in the game would be much longer
-There will be control options to allow for using buttons rather than the touchscreen
-No special Miiverse functions (outside of regular sharing screenshots and posting)
-Not including RPG elements because the Mario and Luigi games already cover the RPG genre
-Defeating enemies will drop item that lets you increase your maximum paint capacity
-Open to making an HD remaster of a Paper Mario game if they hear enough demand
-Want to figure out different paper-based themes for making future games

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