Monster Hunter XX – more details about the name, new monsters, and more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Last week, Famitsu provided its first extensive report on Monster Hunter XX. The magazine’s coverage included an interview with some of the game’s developers.
The production team structure is as follows: Ryozo Tsujimoto is still producing the entire series, and Shintaro Kojima is the main producer just like with the previous title. However, this time the director is Daisuke Ichihara, who used to work as a planner on Monster Hunter Generations and supervised monster productions. Takuro Hiraoka, who was also part of the planning team, is the main planner on XX. Yasunori Ichinose, as the director for Monster Hunter Generations, will act as backup, supervising the concept and follow-up on the production so that he can make sure there will be a proper evolution from the last game.
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Niantic teases a Pokemon GO secret
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 4 Comments
Niantic CEO John Hanke is teasing a secret hidden within Pokemon GO.
“There will always be secrets in the game that no one has found because we’re always adding new secrets to the game,” Hanke told GamesRadar. “There’s one out there right now and we’ll see how that plays out over the course of the next few weeks.”
Sadly, Hanke didn’t elaborate any further. GamesRadar asked if what he was referring to stems from the Halloween update, but Hanke responding by stating: “I am not giving you any clues.”
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Wii U eShop charts (11/11/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Super Mario 64
2. Paper Monsters Recut
3. Super Mario 3D World
4. Paper Mario: Color Splash
5. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
6. Super Mario World
7. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
8. Super Mario RPG
9. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
10. Zelda: Skyward Sword
11. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
12. Super Mario Bros. 3
13. Paper Mario
14. Mario Party 10
15. Animal Crossing: Wild World
16. Super Mario Bros.
17. Super Mario Maker
18. Mario Hoops 3-on-3
19. The Legend of Zelda
20. Zelda: A Link to the Past
Videos
1. First look at Nintendo’s new home gaming system
2. Animal Crossing Direct 11/2/16
3. Paper Mario: Color Splash – A Splash of Mystery
4. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Time to Make a Splash
5. Just Dance 2017 Trailer
6. Paper Mario: Color Splash TV Spot
7. Pokken Tournament TV Spot
8. Super Mario Mash-Up Pack for Minecraft: Wii U Edition
9. Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 2016 Trailer
10. Lost Reavers Trailer
11. Twisted Fusion Trailer
12. Skylanders Imaginators Launch Gameplay Trailer
13. Skylanders Imaginators – Sensei Skylanders Overview Trailer
14. Skylanders Imaginators: Creation Crystal Overview Trailer
15. Super Mario Maker Key Update Video
16. Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer
17. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
18. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
19. Mario Party: Star Rush E3 2016 Trailer
20. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Heroes Showdown Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
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GameStop’s Black Friday 2016 deals
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments
Black Friday 2016 deals were already made known this week at retailers including Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and Toys “R” Us. Thanks to BFAds, images showing GameStop’s offerings are now available.
Despite GameStop having the largest ad dedicated to Black Friday, at least in terms of Nintendo titles, there isn’t a whole lot here. There’s pretty much nothing for Wii U, and little for 3DS. The few highlights including $10 off Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice and SEGA 3D Classics Collection for $20.
If you’d like to take a closer look at the Nintendo-related items GameStop is featuring during Black Friday, hit up the gallery below.
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Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (11/10/16, North America)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Several new games out came out this week on the Wii U and 3DS eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a look at the gallery below.
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Swap Fire hitting the North American Wii U eShop next week
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments
Swap Fire, a new first-person shooter for Wii U, is coming to the Wii U eShop very soon. The North American date is now locked in for November 17.
Here’s an overview:
“Swap Fire’s a shooter with a literal twist. Shooting other players rips a hole in spacetime thus swapping your locations. You’ll have to commit to losing in order to win in Drop Zone, manage spacetime to dominate the map in Control Point, master the art of teleportation to go for the gold in Swoccer, and much more!
The year is 2139. Retro Quantum Industries (RQI) has invented the next wave of transportation. Forget autonomous vehicles, these scientists invented teleportation! Unfortunately, even 2139’s technologically advanced citizens are terrified to have their bodies teleported through time and space. After spending billions of dollars on R + D, the company cannot afford commercial failure.
The solution is Swap Fire! A high stakes game show, featuring teenage contestants utilizing RQI’s teleportation technology. Sales and usage of consumer grade personal teleporters spiked after the first season of Swap Fire, in which Justin Agitprop was crowned as the Swap Fire Valedictorian. Now, it’s time for season two. The fans are eager and the executives at RQI are more so!”
Swap Fire will cost $14.99 on the Wii U eShop.
More: indie, Midnight Status, Swap Fire
Nintendo Minute – “Guess the Pokemon Challenge with JWittz”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 5 Comments
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta sit down with Pokmon enthusiast JWittz and chat a bit about Pokemon Sun/Moon. View it below.
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Terraria 3DS version 1.04 submitted to Nintendo, details – expanded worlds on New 3DS and more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 1 Comment
The next update for Terria on 3DS is on the way, and it’s quite substantial.
As we heard about before, expanded worlds are coming to players on New 3DS. The team also fixed a number of issues/bugs and also brought it more in line with the PC version.
Here’s the full lowdown:
The 1.04 update is in submission with Nintendo. We’re hoping to be able to release the update globally by the end of November, but until the update clears Nintendo’s checks we won’t be in a position to project a date. The focus of the work for the milestone was stability and being able to offer Expanded Worlds to New 3DS owners, as we have previously communicated.
The stability round was obviously priority number one to those of you having issues. In our own testing we found the game to be almost always stable, but Terraria is a game that everyone plays differently and a minority of you were experiencing crash issues that were blighting your experience. We’ve worked very hard to put in global fixes for these kinds of issues, and along the way encountered some very odd edge cases. Rather than try and explain every issue, we’ve pulled out a few from a long list that you might find interesting:
More: 505 Games, Re-Logic, Terraria, title update
Amazon will be selling the NES Classic Edition Friday afternoon, “very limited quantities”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 19 Comments
Update 3: Everything seems to be gone. Can’t say that’s surprising!
Update 2: Currently live on Amazon. Controller here.
Update (11/11): Bumping this to the top. As a reminder, the NES Classic Edition will be live on Amazon in an hour.
Original: (11/9) Amazon is providing customers with information about how it intends to sell the NES Classic Edition. On Friday at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT, the hardware will go up on the retailer’s website.
Amazon says that it has “very limited quantities”. The NES Classic Edition will be limited to one for each person. More stock will be added “in the coming weeks”.
You’ll want to keep track of the NES Classic Edition page on Amazon here. The controller page is also located here.
You can read Amazon’s full notice about the NES Classic Edition after the break.
NVIDIA CEO says people will be “amazed” by Switch, sees relationship with Nintendo lasting two decades
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 92 Comments
During NVIDIA’s latest financial call, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang fielded a question about the company’s growth in gaming revenue. Revenue in this area saw a 60 percent jump and rose by $576 million over the last quarter.
The question prompted Huang to share some interesting comments about Switch and NVIDIA’s overall relationship with Nintendo. If his opinion, he believes the two sides could work together for two decades.
Here are Huang’s comments in full:
“I guess you could also say that Nintendo contributed a fair amount to that growth. And over the next – as you know, the Nintendo architecture and the company tends to stick with an architecture for a very long time. And so we’ve worked with them now for almost two years. Several hundred engineering years have gone into the development of this incredible game console. I really believe when everybody sees it and enjoy it, they’re going be amazed by it. It’s really like nothing they’ve ever played with before. And of course, the brand, their franchise and their game content is incredible. And so I think this is a relationship that will likely last two decades and I’m super excited about it.”
Switch will be incorporating a custom Tegra processor from NVIDIA. Previously, it was said that “development encompassed 500 man-years of effort across every facet of creating a new gaming platform: algorithms, computer architecture, system design, system software, APIs, game engines and peripherals.”