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

A few days ago, we posted footage of FAST Racing Neo’s Cobalt Cup. Now we have glimpses of the other Cups: Xenon, Titanium, and Neon. Get a look at the various tracks below.

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

The latest North American Splatfest in Splatoon has come to a close. How did the results pan out?

Team Burger prevailed over Team Pizza with 373 points. Pizza led the way in popularity (63 percent versus 37 percent), but those who sided with burgers took home more wins (56 percent versus 44 percent).

You can see an overview of the latest Splatfest results above.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 46 Comments

TIME recently published an interview with Tatsumi Kimishima, the new president of Nintendo. Topics covered during the discussion included the NX, mobile, Wii U, how long he’ll be around, and more.

There was actually another piece about Kimishima accompanying the interview that went under the radar. The other TIME article went in-depth with history, covering his early career and leading up to the time when he joined Nintendo. There are also interesting quotes (including some from Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime) about how he helped out when Wii was facing shortages and the responsibility he feels towards gamers.

We’ve summarized TIME’s article below. I’d highly advise taking a look at the full article here as well.

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

IGN has posted a new video containing 12 minutes of footage from LEGO Marvel’s Avengers. Take a look at it below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 170 Comments

Nintendo is gearing up to make an announcement very soon. Fans should keep an eye out for news sometime on Monday.

Damon Baker, Nintendo of America’s senior manager of licensing and marketing, shared a tease about what’s to come during Nintendo World Report’s podcast in support of Child’s Play. He said earlier today:

“Speaking of announcements, I wish I could tell you guys, but stay tuned for Monday. Monday there’s going to be something… something happening on Monday. It’s going to be big.”

Baker closed off his comments by stating: “Stay tuned, it’s going to be good.”

As far as what announcement is planned, it could be anything. Baker has been known for his involvement with indies so something in that area is one possibility. Maybe it’ll be news about the Smash Bros. presentation airing this month. Ultimately, we really don’t know!

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

Dementium Remastered just arrived on the North American 3DS eShop on Thursday. View some footage from the game below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments

It’s now December 6 in Japan. That means, had he still been with us, Satoru Iwata’s 56th birthday would have been today. Although he’s passed on, we can take a moment to remember him as a person as well as all of the things he contributed to the gaming industry.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 61 Comments

Just a few hours ago, we brought up some of the problems with the Xenoblade Chronicles X Special Edition – specifically the USB drive. This is where the included ten music tracks can be found. To actually access them, you’ll need to start up the “Soundtrack” executable file, which is essentially digital rights managements from Kakasoft. It’s not possible to easily access the music files through normal means (you’ll need to use a different program to extract them).

Unfortunately, it seems as though there are also issues with the implementation of Kakasoft’s program. Reddit user CSFFlame discovered that when booting it up, it “mounts the encrypted folder on the Y drive, then edits the group policy for your computer to block system access to the drive, then edits the registry to hide the drive.” These modifications are not reverted, so it’s impossible to use the drive unless you change things back yourself. This can be a problem in business environments which use drive letters at the end of the alphabet (via Reddit’s WillAdams), so it might not be the best idea to try listening to Xenoblade Chronicles X’s music at work.

There is good news though! CSFFlame successfully discovered a way to restore things to the way they were originally on Win7x64, which will hopefully come in handy to at least some of you. Note that this shouldn’t be a problem for Mac or Linux users since the soundtrack is incompatible with these devices.

Head past the break for CSFFlame’s instructions – follow them at your own risk!

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Splatoon’s latest North American Splatfest is running right now, and it’s all about food. Nintendo has now announced the next competition for Europe which carries a similar theme.

European Splatoon players can play the new Splatfest starting next Saturday. The topic asks players if they like putting pineapples on pizza or not.

Here’s the news from Nintendo of Europe’s GTwitter:

Thanks to Brian for the tip.

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

Some of you may recall that free DLC was planned for the Wii U eShop title Canvaleon. In October, a November launch had been announced for the content. But that month came and went though without any news from developer OXiAB Game Studio.

We still don’t have an exact date yet, but the DLC is now targeted for “the Christmas Season.” Canvaleon is also coming to additional territories this month. Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, and Romania will have the game on December 10. A release in Germany, Australia and New Zealand will also be happening later this month.

Here’s a refresher of what’s included in Canvaleon’s upcoming DLC:

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