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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

Nintendo has opened up the North American Mini Mario & Friends amiibo Challenge website. Find it here.

Mini Mario & Friends amiibo Challenge can be obtained early by purchasing an amiibo at Amazon, Best Buy, or GameStop between March 25 and April 27. It’ll be released on the eShop for free starting April 28.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, Videos | 2 Comments

Miitomo is packed with some neat little Easter eggs. There are a couple of Nintendo-specific ones, such as “Nintendo” itself as well as “Nintendo Direct”. You can get a look at these and more in GameXplain’s video below.

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

Atlus sent out a new media blast for Etrian Odyssey V today. That means we have new screenshots, art, and plenty of details pertaining to the game. All of the content is rounded up below, with translations coming from Gematsu.

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– Arcadia is a land dominated by swords and magic
– A huge tree from ancient times called “Yggdrasil” exists here and is to be the reason that peace visits the world
– There is a legend about that World Tree
– If you can manage to reach its untrodden summit, it is said that your dreams will come true
– “The power to dominate the world.” “The most powerful.” “The world’s mysteries.” “Expensive treasures.”
– 4 races on the land
– Each has a different legend, but no person has been able to confirm them
– From the city “Aeolis” at the bottom of Yggdrasil, the official orders are issued
– In pursuit of the legend, the courageous adventurers who will challenge Yggdrasil gather in Aeolis
– Players take on the role of one of the adventurers in response to the official orders
– Challenge the labyrinths and aim for the top of the World Tree

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

Update: Fire Emblem has sold out. Star Fox is still up currently.

If you’re in Europe and still looking for the Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition, you may want to head on over to Amazon Italy. It’s up on the retailer as of this moment. You can place an order here.

The Star Fox Zero: First Print Edition is also up on Amazon Italy. That can be found here.

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

Update (3/22): Bumped to the top. Mega Man Legacy Collection is $20 on Amazon as a lightning deal today.

Original (3/17): The Mega Man Legacy Collection Collector’s Edition is now available on Amazon once again, and this seems to be the first restock since launch. Place an order here. You can also grab the standard version for $23 here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Star Ocean 5: Integrity and Faithlessness (PS4) – 9/9/8/8
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (3DS) – 9/9/8/9
Winning Post 8 2016 (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Kono Oozora Ni Tsubasa Wo Hirogete Cruise Sign (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Silverio Vendetta: Verse of Orpeus (PSV) – 8/7/7/8
Ore ni Hatarakette Iwaretemo Tori (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Escape Fantasy: Alice in Escape Land (3DS) – 7/6/7/6

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

Inside-Games chatted with some staff who worked on Mega Man Battle Network in celebration of the series’ 15th anniversary. At one point, Masakazu Eguchi, Kouetsu Matsuda, and Hayato Kaji recall how it started out as a horror game of all things.

Here’s the excerpt, as translated by Mega Man Battle Network 3D:

Now that you mention it— It was a launch title, wasn’t it? Even though EXE was of the first generation (of GBA titles), it already gave an impression of perfection.

Eguchi: Actually, the team’s first game was a horror game.

Oh? What do you mean?

Eguchi: It started with, “what should we make for the GBA?” It had us making a game that links to your heartbeat with a wearable device. The theme was “having fun while your heart pounds”-horror game.

Matsuda: I went to Expoland’s haunted house for research.

Kaji: You remember it quite well, huh? (laughs)

Eguchi: Thinking that now… how did that become EXE? (laughs) I wonder…?

Kaji: Certainly, the mechanics became quite difficult to handle.

Matsuda: After that, card games gained popularity around that time. We wanted to reap the trend while upholding Capcom’s pride.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, News | 12 Comments

Following Miitomo’s recent successes after its launch in Japan, Bloomberg reports that Nintendo’s stocks rose by 8.2 %, being valued at 16,515 yen as of today. This is the biggest jump Nintendo’s stocks have seen since February 2015. Nintendo’s partner (and mutual shareholder) DeNA saw a similar increase in their stocks, which went up by 6.5 %.

Granted, stocks, by nature, see a constant up-and-down, but it’s still good news for Nintendo after what can undoubtedly be called a successful launch for Miitomo. Of course, now everyone’s eyes turn towards the app’s launch in many western countries, which is scheduled for “late March” – likely next week.

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

Vblank Entertainment, the developers behind Retro City Rampage, Retro City Rampage DX, and the upcoming Shakedown Hawaii, want to know what fans hope for/expect for the future of the series. If you want to potentially help steer the direction of the series, take the survey here.

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

Who’s that Pokémon Shuffle update? This week, it’s Uxie hitting both the 3DS and mobile versions, Mega Absol returning to both, and both Lugia and Ho-oh hitting the Mobile version.

The Mega Absol stage is a competitive stage, with only the top players getting the better rewards. Absolite will be awarded to the top 50,000 players in Japan, 20,000 in North America, and 12,000 in Europe, with the top 5,000 Japan, 2,000 North America, and 1,200 Europe players getting a Mega Speedup as well. The top 80,000 players in Japan, 30,000 in North America, and 18,000 in Europe will get an Attack Power, and all participants will get a Distruption Delay. The competition runs until March 29th.

Uxie and the Gen II legendary birds will run until April 5th.

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