Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (6/16/16, North America)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Several new games out came out this week on the Wii U and 3DS eShops. If you’re interested in checking out what’s new in screenshot form, take a peak at the gallery below.
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Nintendo on its approach to E3, trying different tech, why it wasn’t on mobile sooner
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TechCrunch is among the outlets to have interviewed an executive from Nintendo. The publication caught up with Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo of America’s senior director of corporate communications this past week.
TechCrunch started out by asking about how Nintendo approaches E3. Regarding that, Scibetta explained:
“We announced about a month ago that it would be a Zelda only game for us. And we also announced that Treehouse Live would be the primary way that we communicated with the public. here’s always speculation at a show like E3, but for us, we stayed true to what we intended to do.”
“Every year we look at it fresh and don’t think about what we did the year before. It’s about what we want to talk about this year and how we want to get the word out. For future years, it could be an execution like we did this time, we could go back to a presentation, we could do more Treehouse Live, we could go to a digital event, we could do something new.“
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Nintendo Minute – Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay with Eiji Aonuma
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments
The latest episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live, and it’s a very special one. Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma stopped by to chat and show off Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Take a look at the video below.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition maintenance planned for next week
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Minecraft: Wii U Edition will be undergoing maintenance as we head into next week. The game’s online services will be impacted for a little under two hours.
Here’s when the maintenance is scheduled for:
– 8:50 PM PT – 10:30 PM PT
– 11:50 PM ET – 1:30 AM ET
– 4:50 AM in the UK – 6:30 AM in the UK
– 5:50 AM in Europe – 7:30 AM in Europe
Cragworks making BLOC for the Wii U eShop
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Indie developer Cragworks is creating BLOC, a new game for the Wii U eShop. A trailer is attached below.
All of the action in BLOC takes place on the GamePad. In it, you control different BLOCs while bouncing a ball around. Up to four players can participate.
Zero Time Dilemma – no 3D support, file size
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments
Nintendo now an official page open for Zero Time Dilemma on its website. It reveals that Zero Time Dilemma has no 3D support, which we can also confirm personally (yes, we have the game, and you’ll see a review soon!).
As for the game’s file size, Zero Time Dilemma takes up 9,558 blocks. That amounts to 1194.75MB. If you’re in Japan, Zero Time Dilemma can be pre-loaded now.
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Splatoon – North American Splatfest #15 happening next weekend
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Splatoon’s 15th Splatfest took place in Europe last week, and is set for this weekend in Japan. It’s now been announced that North America’s event is happening next weekend.
The new Splatfest is Early Birds vs. Night Owls. It’ll begin on June 24 at 9 PM PT / June 25 at 12 AM ET. It’ll be live for a full day, with the results coming soon after.
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Pokemon GO Plus packaging, pre-orders up on the Nintendo UK store
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Nintendo UK is now taking pre-orders for the Pokemon GO Plus device. You can reserve it right here. We also have a look at the packaging, posted above.
For those that missed it, Pokemon GO Plus can be pre-ordered on Amazon US here. It’s on Amazon Canada here
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Thanks to Jason Burrows for the tip.
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Reggie says Zelda: Breath of the Wild will offer the best of both worlds
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Many outlets scored interviews with Nintendo’s top executives and developers at E3 this week, including E! Reggie was asked about Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and noted that it’ll have something for both new players and longtime fans, stating that it will be “the best of both worlds.”
Reggie mentioned:
“As [Eiji] Aonuma and the team were thinking about what to do next with Zelda, this thought of exploration, open air, the ability for you, if you want, to go try and take on the big bad boss right at the get go…it won’t go so well, but you can! You have all of that freedom. That’s what they wanted. … The game is a masterpiece.
There still is puzzle solving. You still are questing to find better and better weapons, to beat tougher and tougher enemies out there. Over the next couple of months we’ll share more and more about what’s the same and what’s different. There still are elements that are traditional to a Zelda game. We believe it’s the best of both worlds.”
By the way, as a bit of an aside, Reggie said that the item he hates the most in Mario Kart is the Blooper since he hates getting inked.
Nintendo: Zelda: BotW is a reason to buy NX right away, third-party talk, NX news later this year
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii U | 80 Comments
Financial Post published a new interview with Nintendo of America’s executive vice-president of sales, Scott Moffitt. Topics include lessons learned from this generation, third-parties, when we’ll be hearing more about NX, and more.
We’ve posted some excerpts from the interview past the break. The full discussion can be read here.
