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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 8 Comments

Digital Foundry has returned with another game frame rate analysis. This time around, the outlet examines Pokken Tournament. The fighter is able to maintain 60 frames per second for the most part, though it does take a hit in resolution.

Digital Foundry notes that Pokken Tournament runs at 960×720, which is below 720p. This can impact backgrounds and what players see when characters are shown up close.

Take a look at the full analysis below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

A physical sticker book based on Nintendo Badge Arcade has just been released in Japan. The 32-page book features 301 stickers of popular badges from the likes of Mario, Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Nikki, Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball, and more.

This is up on Amazon Japan right now here for 648 yen. It’ll take 2-4 weeks for shipping though.

Here’s a look at some of the stickers:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 12 Comments

According to a listing on Nintendo’s website, Lovely Planet is making its way to Wii U next week. This will be a Tuesday release in North America – April 5.

Here’s a description of the game:

With boots of speed on your feet, an infinite supply of bullets for your semi-automatic and the ability to jump over twice your own height, you’re well equipped to go up against any enemy on your quest to reach Lovely Planet! Balance between jumping around dodging bullets and taking aim for a better shot at your enemies, don’t waste time camping at cover spots and waiting for enemies to pop out – artfully evade the onslaught of bullets and defeat all baddies that stand in your way!

Lovely Planet will be priced at $9.99. But since it was included in the Nindies@Home program last year, those who downloaded the demo should be able to save 15 percent.

Thanks to MrValtor for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments

Pokken Tournament will be undergoing maintenance tomorrow (tonight for those on the West Coast). It’ll only last about 90 minutes, but the downtime will still impact online gameplay sessions.

Here’s when the maintenance will be taking place:

– 10 PM PT (Wednesday) – 11:30 PM PT (Wednesday)
– 1 AM ET (Thursday) – 2:30 AM ET (Thursday)
– 6 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 7:30 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 7 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 8:30 AM in Europe (Thursday)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments

Nintendo has come out with a brief new trailer for Star Fox Zero. You can find it below.

Nintendo is calling this a trailer, but it’s only 30 seconds long. Maybe it’ll be a commercial instead? We’ll see!

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

Justice Chronicles, Kemco’s latest RPG, is due out on the 3DS eShop in both North America and Europe tomorrow. View the official trailer below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 20 Comments

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

PS4 – 34,377
New 3DS LL – 22,639
Vita – 20,068
New 3DS – 5,773
Wii U – 4,545
3DS – 2,322
PS3 – 1,290
3DS LL – 365
Xbox One – 55

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

PS4 – 28,370
Vita – 19,028
New 3DS LL – 18,353
Wii U – 12,998
New 3DS – 5,142
3DS – 2,187
PS3 – 1,462
3DS LL – 370
Xbox One – 91

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 – 368,665 / NEW
2. [PS4] Dark Souls III – 210,141 / NEW
3. [PSV] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X – 69,438 / NEW
4. [PS4] Dead or Alive: Xtreme 3 – 44,723 / NEW
5. [WIU] Pokken Tournament – 28,331 / 98,007
6. [PSV] Dead or Alive: Xtreme 3 – 21,959 / NEW
7. [PS4] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou Sengoku Risshiden – 20,322 / NEW
8. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan – 19,498 / NEW
9. [PSV] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou Sengoku Risshiden – 13,482 / NEW
10. [PS3] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou Sengoku Risshiden – 13,050 / NEW
11. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 11,543 / 119,188
12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 10,639 / 712,822
13. [PS4] The Division – 10,581 / 114,414
14. [PSV] Digimon World: Next Order – 10,272 / 74,490
15. [3DS] Splatoon – 8,980 / 1,310,480
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Happy Price Selection) – 7,806 / 14,737
17. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 7,047 / 829,358
18. [PSV] Dance with Devils – 5,129 / NEW
19. [3DS] Tomodachi Life (Happy Price Selection) – 5,120 / 8,252
20. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 – 4,908 / 105,708

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

This month’s issue of RetroGamer has an interview with a number of former Rare employees. One section has some staffers reflecting on the studio’s relationship with Nintendo, which was a two-way street.

Chris Seavor told the magazine that Rare came up with jet skis in Wave Race 64 while Shigeru Miyamoto suggested ties in Donkey Kong Country:

“Bottom line, everybody won: Wave Race 64 was originally with boats until Tim suggested Jet Skis and in Donkey Kong Country he didn’t have a tie until Miyamoto added one.”

Another ex-Rare staffer, Chris Sutherland, also noted that Miyamoto’s input was crucial when it came to another element of Donkey Kong Country:

“The ground slap that Donkey Kong performed in the DKC series originated as a suggestion from Miyamoto.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matthew(@matthewburr) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Earlier this month it was announced that Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice would release September 27 in North America. Up until now European fans have been in the dark about when they would receive this newest offering from everyone’s favourite hedgehog.

Today Nintendo announced that the release date for Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice in Europe is September 30.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News | 1 Comment

In an interview with 4Gamer, some of the cast and crew of the upcoming Phoenix Wright anime gave more details on the upcoming show. Director Ayumi Watanabe and main game developer Shu Takumi teased that there will be a section of the show that shows Phoenix’s past, based on lines dropped in the first game.

Some other notes from the interview (translated courtesy of Court-Records member Ash):

-Yuki Kaji (Phoenix’s voice actor) was a fan of the games before landing the part
-Both Kaji and Aoi Yuki (Maya’s voice actress) were eager to say the iconic “Objection!”
-This is the first regular role for Masashi Tamaki (Miles Edgeworth’s voice actor)
-Tamaki first tried to do a realistic voice for Edgeworth, but was told to make it more pretention
-Director Watanabe thought the games had already been made into an anime before joining the project
-Developer Shu Takumi sees the series as a “destiny”, since the original game was set in 2016
-Takumi was originally going to leave the series in the hands of the animation team, but was convinced to take a more active role
-Anime will contain many direct references to the games, including using the music

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