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Today’s preview trailer for the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo’s next gaming platform, reconfirms the previously-announced release window. It’ll ship sometime in March.

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We’ve waited, you’ve waited. After the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made NX known last March, gamers have been chomping at the bit to see what this new platform has in store. Today, Nintendo finally started to deliver, starting with a preview trailer – watch it below.

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

Fairune 2 and Mr. Pumpkin Adventure are out today in North America and Europe as eShop titles. To download the first one, you’ll need 341 blocks of free space on an SD card, or 42.625 MB. Mr. Pumpkin Adventure takes up 1216 MB.

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

Data collected by market researcher App Annie indicates that Pokemon GO has become the fastest mobile game to reach $600 million in revenue. That was done between July and the end of September, or 90 days.

To compare, Candy Crush Saga needed more than 200 days to hit $600 million. Puzzle & Dragons was next at 400 days, followed by Clash of Clans at more than 500 days.

App Annie also reveals that the total time spent in Pokemon GO was almost as much as the next 19 games combined. Additionally, it comprised 45 percent of the time spent in Android games in the third quarter, as opposed to 55 percent for the next 19 titles.

App Annie went on to praise Pokemon GO for managing to convert a ton of a player’s non-mobile time to mobile time. Instead of taking time away from other mobile apps, users were more inclined to spend more time overall on their devices.

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

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Mr. Pumpkin Adventure – $3.99
Pirate Pop Plus – $4.99 (cross-buy with New 3DS)
Retro Road Rumble – $3.99
Shooting Range by Thornbury Software – $12.95 (available Friday)
SteamWorld Heist – $14.99 for two weeks; then $19.99 (also 10% loyalty discount if you own SteamWorld Dig or SteamWorld Heist on Wii U/3DS)
Super Destronaut 2: Go Duck Yourself – $1.99

Wii U Virtual Console

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – $9.99

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

Update (10/21): More maintenance announced for next week!

First up, eShop maintenance:

– 3 PM PT (October 24) – 4 PM PT (October 24)
– 6 PM ET (October 24) – 7 PM ET (October 24)
– 11 PM in the UK (October 24) – 12 AM in the UK (October 25)
– 12 AM in Europe (October 25) – 1 AM in Europe (October 25)

And more maintenance for Wii U / 3DS:

– 5:50 PM PT (October 25) – 7:30 PM PT (October 25)
– 8:50 PM ET (October 25) – 10:30 PM ET (October 25)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (October 26) – 3:30 AM in the UK (October 26)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (October 26) – 4:30 AM in Europe (October 26)

Original (10/20): It’s been light on the maintenance front this week, but Nintendo already scheduled some maintenance for next week. Wii U and 3DS will be impacted by a couple of hours on Monday/Tuesday, affecting certain network services such as online play and rankings.

The schedule is as follows:

– 5 PM PT (October 24) – 7 PM PT (October 24)
– 8 PM ET (October 24) – 10 PM ET (October 24)
– 1 AM in the UK (October 25) – 3 AM in the UK (October 25)
– 2 AM in Europe (October 25) – 4 AM in Europe (October 25)

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

According to the Financial Times, Japan’s Financial Services Agency is considering the regulation of Pokemon GO’s PokeCoins. The in-game currency would be under the jurisdiction of the Payment Services Act if this were to happen. Niantic would also need to disclose the balance of unused in-game currency held by users in March and September every year. Assuming the total surpassed more than 10 million yen, the company would need deposit as much as 50 percent of the unused currency balance in yen in a Japanese bank account as security.

The Financial Times mentions that FSA and Niantic are talking about the situation currently. Analysts say the decision could impact other games in Japan involving purchasable in-game currency.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch, Videos, Wii U | 12 Comments

Update 2: Added a weather video after the break.

Update: Added YouTube links for both videos below.

Original: Ahead of the NX reveal later today where the game might be making an appearance, Nintendo has slightly updated the Japanese website for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

While no new information has technically been added, the website now plays two new videos, titled “In this World” and “In This Era”. Both mostly show footage from the plateau we’ve seen plenty of at E3, but it’s nonetheless nice to see the game in motion.

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

The rise and fall of Nintendo’s stocks over the last couple of years has been interesting, to say the least. After declining for years following the tepid response to the Wii U, shares have been surging lately once Nintendo entered the mobile gaming market. The company’s various smartphone ventures, including Super Mario Run and Pokemon GO (despite Nintendo’s limited involvement with that one), caused tremendous increases to Nintendo’s stock values.

However, it seems like shareholders are excited by more than just mobile news – following last night’s announcement of the reveal trailer for the NX, Nintendo’s shares have risen by 4.6%, which added more than $1 billion in market value.

Of course, the is just the prelude to the main event. Will the actual NX reveal see shares rise even more, or will they drop back down?

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