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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 22 Comments

Update 3: Bumped to the top again. You can now have Falco shipped to your home.

Update 2: Bumped to the top. Pre-orders are now officially open, though note that you can only order one from your local store.

Update: This is now confirmed. You will be able to pre-order Falco here (should be live soon).

Best Buy appears to have snagged yet another exclusive amiibo. By searching for Falco on the store’s website, you’ll notice that an image shows saying that this figure is only available from the retailer.

We haven’t received an official confirmation about this, so it’s possible that the listing was made an error. That being said, it does currently look like you’ll only be able to purchase the Falco amiibo from Best Buy if you’re in the United States.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Some news came in earlier today about David Production working on the Monster Hunter Stories anime. That information came from a recent interview with Fuji TV president Chihiro Kameyama.

In the interview, Kameyama mentioned that the Monster Hunter Stories anime is planned as both a broadcast and an anime business, which includes products, distribution and licensing. He also indicated that there might be plans to bring it overseas. There’s interest in having the series be a business much like how Yu-Gi-Oh! and Naruto are big businesses for TV Tokyo.

If the anime does make it over, that would also likely mean that we’ll be seeing the game here as well. We’ll just have to wait until next year to learn more about the situation.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

Indie developer Team Giga Drill has announced Eba & The Egg: A Hatch Trip, a new title for the Wii U eShop. The title has players controlling two characters simultaneously as they navigate through levels with branching paths.

We have more details including an overview below. There’s also a trailer to watch.

In Eba & Egg: A Hatch Trip, control the two main characters simultaneously! Have the two characters split up onto multiple paths and try and find the best path to get a perfect score! Traverse challenging levels to hatch Eba’s baby brother or sister! Eba & Egg: A Hatch Trip, is coming soon for the Nintendo Wii U eShop!

-Challenge your mind to control two characters at once through a -variety of hazards!
-Over 25 levels!
-Multiple challenging paths per level!
-Beat your high score to obtain a better rank!
-Fast-Paced challenging gameplay!

Source: Team Giga Drill PR

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Nintendo will be hosting an Extra Life charity stream consisting of official team members on November 7. To keep track of it, head on over to the company’s page here.

Extra Life is a charity event in which people host 24-hour gaming sessions in order to raise money for local children’s hospitals. Various publications, companies, and people in general participate in streams.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Additional details about Medabots 9 have surfaced, which mainly give us further insight into the game’s story. Read up on the latest information courtesy of Anime News Network below.

– Takes place on an academy on an isolated island
– 290 different Medabots
– This is the most amount in the series’ history
– Robattle system has been modified
– Swap parts in the middle of combat
– Focuses on protagonist Tenma Wakakoma
– Tenma who doesn’t get along with his partner Medabot
– One day, their argument gets heated, and he walks home depressed
– He then encounters a suspicious group known as the Roborobo Team
– When he gives chase to them, he gets caught up in their fight with a mysterious Medabot
– He and the Medabot fend off the group, and an old man witnesses the entire incident
– A few days later, an envelope arrives at Tenma’s house, inviting him to Medabot Academy in a scholarship
– Tenma accepts and enrolls in the academy
– The academy itself is located on an island where the best Medabot battlers train
– It was once a large Medalia mine, now exhausted
– It now serves as an institution for the richest and most influential Medabot battlers
– Rumors still abound that a large Medalia vain remains undiscovered in the school
– Tenma embarks on a journey to uncover the academy’s secrets

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Little Orbit has shared some news regarding pre-order bonuses for Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations. Extras are being offered at both GameStop and Amazon.

By pre-ordering Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations at GameStop on Wii U, you’ll receive the bonus chapter “Artifact Checking”. GameStop’s 3DS bonus is for the Sword of the Dead. Meanwhile, you can reserve any version on Amazon for $5 digital downloads credit.

We have information about each of the pre-order bonuses below.

Gamestop Exclusive Bonus Offer – All Gamestop pre-orders for the PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U will receive a code to download an exclusive sixth chapter of the game at launch for free! The Artifact Checking bonus chapter will only be available to Gamestop customers and will allow gamers to play as Marceline, the Vampire Queen, a playable character exclusive to this pre-order! Just like the five main chapters in Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations, Artifact Checking plays out like an episode of the show. In it, Finn and Jake discover that Marceline is having a yard sale and is selling off all the magical artifacts hidden in Billy’s Cave! What the stuff?! While Finn and Jake set off to track down Billy’s sword, Marceline must find and retrieve all of the dangerous artifacts she has sold and restore peace and order to the Land of Ooo.

Gamestop Exclusive Bonus Offer for Nintendo 3DS – Every Gamestop 3DS pre-order will receive an exclusive code to unlock the powerfully-awesome Sword of the Dead at launch! Striking an enemy with this sword temporarily turns that baddie into a ghost warrior homie that fights alongside Finn and Jake for short period of time. When the ghostly form wears off that enemy is defeated. The Sword of the Dead is one of five magical swords in the game, and once these blades are in a player’s inventory they can be swapped on the fly. When it’s “Ability Time” each sword wields a unique power. Schmowza!!

Amazon Exclusive Bonus Offer – Customers who pre-order Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations at Amazon will receive a BONUS for digital downloads at launch worth $5. Players can customize their device with Adventure Time ringtones, wallpapers, icons and more. Mathematical!

Source: Little Orbit PR

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Helix Games, the indie developer behind Don’t Touch Anything Red and Neon Battle, has another title planned for the Wii U eShop.

“Escape from Flare Industries” has players platforming their way through different levels as a green blob Splat. Along the way, there will be plenty of challenges and puzzles.

Take a look at a trailer for Escape From Flare Industries below. The game will be out on the eShop soon.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

Wii U owners who have purchased The Swindle should now be able to download the update. As noted by Curve Digital on Twitter, this patch brings the game in line with the Steam version.

Here’s an overview of the new patch:

– Improved overall stability
– Improved overall gameplay controls
– Fixed issues with killing a TeslaBot
– Fixed Teleportation issues
– Fixed issues with Hacking
– Fixed issues with user interface
– In game economy has now been re-balanced
– Made improvements to procedurally generated maps
– Made changes to Basilisk security

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 1 – The Order of the Stone hit several platforms today. The Wii U version will be out a bit later, but we can at least watch a ton of footage for the time being. We’ve rounded up a bunch of videos below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Following yesterday’s tease, Toys “R” Us has now officially confirmed an exclusive restock of the Villager amiibo. The figure will be available once again on November 8.

Note that you’ll only be able to pick it up in-store. Quantities will also be “limited”.

Here’s the relevant tweet from Toys “R” Us:

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