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

Activision and FreeStyleGames have announced the Guitar Hero Live “Shred-a-Thon”, a special 5-day marathon that will feature the debut of Through the Fire and Flames by Dragonforce. Shred-a-Thon is live now on a special third channel in GHTV. It’ll run until Monday, February 8th at 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT.

The following tracks are on repeat in the Shred-a-Thon playlist:

Dragonforce – Through the Fire and Flames
Alter Bridge – Cry of Achilles
Megadeth – Hangar 18
Lamb of God – Ghost Walking
Trivium – Strife

After the marathon ends, Through the Fire and Flames will be added to the game’s regular song catalogue.

It’s also worth noting that each song included in Shred-a-Thon is Rival Challenge-enabled, This gives players the option of competing against matchmade players in a head-to-head battle during each song.

Source: Activision PR

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

Square Enix sent out another news update pertaining to Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 today. This time, we have information and screenshots for the online battle features. Find all of the content rounded up below, courtesy of Gematsu.

– Compete against other monster masters all over Japan
– Has a “Wi-Fi Ranking Battle” mode
– Through Wi-Fi Ranking Battles, monster masters all of the country can register the data of the monsters they’ve trained and battle against the monsters registered by other monster masters
– 2 tournament types held everyday for a certain period of time
– When the tournaments close, final rankings will be announced
– Tournaments will be held the next day
– Enter tournaments at any time
– Master GP tournaments: each monster master fights using the monsters they’re proudest of to earn the title of “strongest” player
– There are no restrictions on the monsters allowed to participate
– Challenger GP: there are conditions for the monsters that can register
– Under these conditions, you’ll need to form a party and take on the challenge strategically
– Participate in Wi-Fi Ranking Battles by obtaining a “Participation Ticket”
– 10 Participation Tickets are distributed each week
– Ranking Battles: battle against randomly selected monster masters from across the country in a series of three matches
– You will be matched to your own strength
– You can also personally select the “strength” of the monster masters you battle
– The higher the strength of your opponent, the higher the amount of points you’ll receive in the rankings
– When the final rankings of each tournament is announced, your ranking will be determined. Rankings will be updated everyday
– Ranking Battles also have an auto-battle feature
– Using this, you can shorten battle time drastically
– Can ride monsters in battle in addition to the field
– By synchronizing with your monster, you can unlock all sorts of ability enhancements
– There are also some special techniques that can only be triggered while riding a monster
– Get coins as rewards for battling players online
– Coins are awarded for participating in Ranking Battles, coming out on top, and at various other times
– Exchange coins for accessories and monsters

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

Maintenance for a few Nintendo games will be taking place later today. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS as well as Xenoblade Chronicles X will be affected.

Smash Bros. is up first, and will be experiencing maintenance at the following times:

– 4:50 PM PT (Wednesday) – 6:30 PM PT (Wednesday)
– 7:50 PM ET (Wednesday) – 9:30 PM ET(Wednesday)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (Thursday) – 2:30 AM in the UK (Thursday)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (Thursday) – 3:30 AM in Europe (Thursday)

And the schedule for Xenoblade Chronicles X:

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

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 30 Comments

Late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced the company’s entry into the Quality of Life field in January 2014. A few months later, he said that a sleep device would be released within the 2015 fiscal year, but nothing ever materialized.

Tatsumi Kimishima, who took over for Iwata as Nintendo’s new president, provided another update on the device intended to monitor sleep and fatigue during a press conference this week. Interestingly, there is now noticeable doubt surrounding it, and it’s unclear if we’ll ever see it on the market.

Kimishima said:

“It hasn’t reached a level where it can be sold as a Nintendo product. If it could be released, we’d release it. If it’s not we need to consider further how to deal with it.”

Nintendo last hoped to have the device ready by this March. However, it now sounds like they’re unsure if this can be made into a product or not.

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

This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, Haikyuu!!: Cross Team Match, and Shin Megami Tensei IV Final (plus a Smash Bros. ad). Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 17 Comments

Following the news coming out of Nintendo’s financial results briefing yesterday, Nintendo of America has issued a press release confirming launch details for Miitomo (and a tiny bit on My Nintendo). Find the information below.

Spark One-of-a-Kind Conversations with Friends; App Launches in March Alongside My Nintendo Rewards Program

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 3, 2016 – Nintendo’s first app made exclusively for smart devices, Miitomo, will launch in North America in March for both iOS and Android phones and tablets. Today, Nintendo outlined the steps that fans can take to be among the first to get in on the social fun.

Starting Feb. 17, people will be able to pre-register for Miitomo by signing up for the new Nintendo Account service using their existing email, social media accounts or current Nintendo Network IDs. People who pre-register will be among the first to be notified about the availability of Miitomo when it launches in March. Nintendo will offer a special Miitomo bonus to anyone who signs up for a Nintendo Account between Feb. 17 and launch. Miitomo is a social experience that uses Nintendo’s Mii characters, which first debuted on the Wii console, to engage friends in a lighthearted and welcoming environment. Users can spark fun conversations and learn more about each other by answering questions such as “What song has been stuck in your head lately?”, “Do you believe in aliens?”, or even “If you saw a nose hair sticking out of your friend’s nose, what would you do?” Users can also easily take and share photos featuring their Mii with the Miifoto feature. Nintendo’s new My Nintendo rewards program will launch alongside Miitomo in March, and will be able to connect with the app.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 26 Comments

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

Vita – 45,114
PS4 – 32,557
New 3DS LL – 22,593
Wii U – 8,931
New 3DS – 4,978
3DS – 3,298
PS3 – 1,993
3DS LL – 558
Xbox One – 92

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

New 3DS LL – 31,452
PS4 – 24,441
Vita – 14,999
Wii U – 11,298
New 3DS – 4,715
3DS – 2,813
PS3 – 1,671
3DS LL – 697
Xbox One – 52

And here are the software charts:

1. [PSV] Dragon Quest Builders – 178,016 / NEW
2. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders – 141,369 / NEW
3. [WIU] Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – 55,331 / NEW
4. [PS3] Dragon Quest Builders – 53,154 / NEW
5. [PSV] Uta no Prince-sama: Music 3 – 51,289 / NEW
6. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami – 20,260 / 123,516
7. [PS4] Sangokushi 13 – 20,101 / NEW
8. [PS3] Yakuza: Kiwami – 17,591 / 78,019
9. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 17,023 / 2,661,523
10. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster Cinderella G4U! Pack Vol.8 – 15,720 / NEW
11. [PS3] Sangokushi 13 – 15,431 / NEW
12. [3DS] Hyrule Warriors Legends – 15,174 / 69,653
13. [WIU] Splatoon – 13,256 / 1,228,409
14. [PSV] The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water Houaa Kenran – 12,436 / NEW
15. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 11,135 / 2,183,566
16. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 10,733 / 642,224
17. [3DS] Monster Strike – 10,263 / 779,754
18. [PS4] Just Cause 3 – 8,928 / 42,588
19. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 6,327 / 784,211
20. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS Force – 7,429 / 137,877

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 5 Comments

This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…

As we have previously discussed, we are aiming to further advance our “gaming population expansion” strategy and aim to “grow the population who have access to Nintendo IP (intellectual properties).” To achieve this goal, our increasing the number of My Nintendo members will be one of the most important missions.

Accordingly, after the release of Miitomo in March, we will steadily release game apps for smart devices.

Because we want as many people as possible to enjoy Miitomo, we have designed it so that creating a Nintendo Account and becoming a My Nintendo member is not required. But when we release smart device apps with our popular IP in the future, we will design them in a way that will encourage consumers to become My Nintendo members.

For each app, we will review and select the most appropriate payment system by taking into consideration the nature of each IP. But we are thinking of mainly deploying free-to-start type apps as we hope as many people as possible among hundreds of millions of people all around the world who own smart devices will experience our apps.

We are intending to significantly increase My Nintendo membership by all these measures.

We would like to set “100 million My Nintendo members globally” as our initial milestone. Since this number should be considered as a check point, we will make efforts in order to achieve this number at the earliest possible timing.

We believe that the bigger the size of My Nintendo, the greater the enjoyment and value we will be able to provide to our customers.

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

This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…

Launching alongside My Nintendo, we will release Miitomo as our first smart device application.

Miitomo is an entertainment application which turns communication among friends into a form of “play.” After the release, we hope many will wonder why this sort of app had never existed before.

In Miitomo, your “Mii” look-alike character appears as your “alternate self” within your smart device.
All of you must have had the enjoyable experience of being prompted by a friend to talk about something that you might not normally bring up in the course of your conversation. Mii characters facilitate this kind of social play structure with Miitomo.
Unlike most communication apps, with which you are supposed to proactively dispatch your message, in Miitomo, talkative Mii characters will automatically spark unique conversations and help friends connect on random, fun and light-hearted topics.
I believe you will experience a fresh new feeling with Miitomo.

More than 200 million Mii characters have been created around the world and have been appreciated by many people, regardless of age, gender, country or region.
Miis are unique characters who act in very “Nintendo-like” ways with rich facial expressions.

Also, Miitomo comes with a feature called “Miifoto” with which you can create and share various pictures with Mii characters.
The pictures created with Miifoto can be stored on your smart device and can be shared with various social media networks, so these pictures can be used beyond gaming.
Quite a few consumers have used their Mii in their profile picture of various social networks. We hope more people will enjoy Miitomo to use Mii in such fashions as well.

Miitomo is an application that is highly reliant on language, as it introduces a fun new style of communication. We think there will be a variety of different ways that people in different countries speaking different languages will enjoy this app.
As such, we will start by releasing Miitomo in these 16 countries, and as we receive feedback from our consumers about their experiences and establish customer support structures, we will gradually increase the number of available countries for Miitomo.

Before Miitomo is released in March, Nintendo will start accepting the pre-registration of the app from February 17.
You will need your Nintendo Account to pre-register.
Anyone who pre-registers for Miitomo will receive Platinum Points via My Nintendo, and will be notified on Miitomo’s launch day so that they can download immediately.
We will start this pre-registration for Miitomo not just in Japan but in all 16 countries where the app will initially be released.
(Note: Outside Japan, Nintendo Account registration starts simultaneously on February 17, with the start of pre-registration of Miitomo, in all the countries where My Nintendo services will be formally started in March.)

Miitomo will be released on iOS and Android.
We will release Miitomo in Japan in mid-March and in the other 15 countries by the end of March.
The services of My Nintendo that I mentioned earlier today will also be formally started simultaneously along with the release of Miitomo.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 19 Comments

This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…

And now, I would like to dicuss Nintendo’s new membership service and our new business on smart devices.

We will globally start the new membership service called “My Nintendo” this March.

My Nintendo is Nintendo’s comprehensive service that all consumers with a Nintendo Account can access.

My Nintendo will offer services which make Nintendo’s game experiences even more fun and more convenient, and that provide enhanced value for members.

We are planning to provide similar services for the new entertainment experiences that Nintendo will offer beyond gaming in the future.

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