News

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

Yesterday, Nintendo held a special event for kids at the San Francisco Public Library to teach kids about the basics of video game design. Special workshops were hosted by Nintendo game experts in which they were introduced to level design using Super Mario Maker.

According to the company, “Kids were split into groups and given hands-on time with the game and shown the ins and outs of video game level design”. They were also “encouraged to work together to design their own courses in the game, producing some remarkably creative results.”

Super Mario Maker players can play through one of the created levels by entering the following code in the game’s Course World: E02B-0000-020F-B9DA. It can also be found by visiting the Super Mario Maker Bookmark site.

Source: Nintendo PR

More: Super Mario Maker

Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 17 Comments

My Nintendo has a variety of ways to earn Platinum Points – playing Miitomo especially can earn you some points pretty quickly. Still, there’s a way to get 10 Platinum Points on the website itself – scroll down to the bottom of the site and click on the block in the bottom right corner. Then just keep clicking on your Mii to earn 10 Platinum Points! It’s pretty much just a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things, but it’s a cute little easter egg nonetheless.

Credit goes to NeoGAF user Gaspard for finding this out.

Source

More: My Nintendo

Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Update: And here’s the full list for North America:

My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 1000 Platinum Points
Miitomo – Mario Suit – 250 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 1 game ticket – 85 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 5 game tickets – 420 Platinum Points
Miitomo – 10 game tickets – 250 Platinum Points (1 time only)
15% discount on Zelda: Wind Waker HD – 750 Platinum Points
15% discount on Yoshi’s Woolly World – 750 Platinum Points
15% discount on Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 600 Platinum Points
15% discount on Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 450 Platinum Points
15% discount on Super Mario 3D Land – 450 Platinum Points
30% discount on Splatoon – 140 Gold Points
30% discount on Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 100 Gold Points
30% discount on Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – 100 Gold Points
30% discount on Ultimate NES Remix – 70 Gold Points
30% discount on Punch-Out!! – 50 Gold Points
Super Mario 64 (Wii U) – 90 Gold Points
New Super Mario Bros. U DLC: New Super Luigi U – 170 Gold Points
Pikmin 3 Mission Mode DLC: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – 20 Gold Points
WarioWare: Touched! (3DS) – 1000 Platinum Points
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS) – 35 Gold Points
Donkey Kong Country Returns – 230 Gold Points
Metroid Fusion (Wii U) – 60 Gold Points
Super Punch-Out!! (Wii U) – 70 Gold Points
My Nintendo Theme 1: Mario – 200 Platinum Points
My Nintendo Theme 2: Donkey Kong – 200 Platinum Points

My Nintendo just went live in Europe – here’s a list of the rewards (and their price) which are currently available:

• My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 1000 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – Mario Suit – 250 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 1 game ticket – 85 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 5 game tickets – 420 Platinum Points
• Miitomo – 10 game tickets – 250 Platinum Points (1 time only)
• 20% discount on Yoshi’s Woolly World – 600 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on Pullblox World – 150 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on Mario Kart 7 – 700 Platinum Points
• 20% discount on The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – 300 Platinum Points
• 40% discount on Splatoon – 100 Gold Points
• 40% discount on The Wonderful 101 – 120 Gold Points
• 50% discount on Metroid: Other M – 60 Gold Points
• 40% discount on Super Mario 3D Land – 110 Gold Points
• 40% discount on Tomodachi Life – 100 Gold Points
• 50% discount on Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move – 30 Gold Points
• Super Mario 64 (Wii U) – 90 Gold Points
• New Super Mario Bros. U Add-On Content: New Super Luigi U – 90 Gold Points
• Pikmin 3 Add-On Content: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – 20 Gold Points
• WarioWare: Touched! (3DS) – 1000 Platinum Points
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS) – 35 Gold Points
• Metroid Fusion (Wii U) – 60 Gold Points
• Super Punch-Out!! (Wii U) – 70 Gold Points
• My Nintendo Theme 1: Mario – 200 Platinum Points
• My Nintendo Theme 2: Donkey Kong – 200 Platinum Points

More: Europe, My Nintendo

Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Nintendo, News | 15 Comments

Update: My Nintendo is now live in North America and Australia too!

My Nintendo, Nintendo’s new rewards program, is now live across Europe! Access it here to start earning points and redeem them for rewards.

We will keep you updated once it goes live in other regions.

Via

More: My Nintendo, top

Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, Videos | 0 comments

The Pokemon GO beta test has recently started in Japan and as such, a select group of people is currently testing the game. However, while the app doesn’t work if you’re outside Japan and not part of the beta, someone was able to rip some of the game’s music and upload it to Youtube. Give the following playlist a listen – it includes remixes of some very familiar Pokemon themes.

Source

More: Niantic, Pokemon GO

Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Update: The fine folks over at Court-Records have discovered something interesting; Capcom published more pictures of the LE contents, including a poster set. One of the posters depicts pixel art of the characters found in the game, and among them is a character from a previous Ace Attorney game: Ema Skye. Now, this isn’t a 100% official confirmation that she will be in the game, but it does seem quite likely that the scientific investigator will be in Ace Attorney 6.

Capcom has revealed the first images of the special edition of Ace Attorney 6, as well as a Limited Goods Set, which comprises of the physical merchandise from the special edition (but not the game itself). Both of these are exclusive to the Japanese e-Capcom store include a newly-written original drama CD, a visual postcard book, Bokuto’s tote bag, a Kuttari plushie, and an original box. The special edition not only includes the game, but also e-Capcom-exclusive first print bonus: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 6 acrylic dot mascot, a limited bonus of 2 short stories titled “Asoberu! Gyakuten Gekijou”, and, for early buyers, three “Special Costumes.”

The special edition costs 9,100 yen, and the Limited Goods Set costs 4,800 yen. The standard edition of the game is also available for pre-order for 5,800 yen, and includes the 6 acrylic dot mascot, “Asoberu! Gyakuten Gekijou”, and the Special Costumes.

Source

More: Ace Attorney 6, Capcom, Japan

Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, Videos | 3 Comments

Happy Miitomo launch day, everyone! While the game will be released in the West at some point today, it’s been available in Japan for a couple of weeks now. Today, Nintendo released a new TV commercial for Miitomo, which I think captures the spirit of it pretty well. Check it out below:

More: Japan, Miitomo

Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in DSiWare, News | 11 Comments

Nintendo will be shutting down the DSi shop on March 31st, 2017. Furthermore, no points can be added to the shop after September 30th, 2016.

Source, via

More: DSi

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

It was reported yesterday that Nintendo of Korea is laying off around 50 staffers, close to 80 percent of its workforce. Kotaku is now relaying information from Gameple following an official comment from the company. Nintendo has no plans to pull out of the Korean market, and all games currently planned will be released in South Korea as scheduled. It was added that Nintendo of Korea’s restructuring decision was made due to the current business environment.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

Source

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 305 Comments

Nintendo has released a statement in light of today’s news about the firing of Treehouse employee Alison Rapp.

It reads in full:

“Alison Rapp was terminated due to violation of an internal company policy involving holding a second job in conflict with Nintendo’s corporate culture. Though Ms. Rapp’s termination follows her being the subject of criticism from certain groups via social media several weeks ago, the two are absolutely not related. Nintendo is a company committed to fostering inclusion and diversity in both our company and the broader video game industry and we firmly reject the harassment of individuals based on gender, race or personal beliefs. We wish Ms. Rapp well in her future endeavors.”

I closed the thread in our original post from earlier today. After a couple of minutes of the news being added to the site, some derogatory and hurtful comments were being thrown around. I’ll see how things go with this post, though anything out of line will be removed. We welcome all discussion here, but please remember be respectful of others.

Source