Off-screen Minecraft: Story Mode footage
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
During PAX Prime 2015, off-screen footage of Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode was recorded. Check it out in the video below.
Poncho could be hitting the North American Wii U eShop on Thursday
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
If a listing on Nintendo’s website is accurate, Poncho is due out on the North American Wii U eShop this coming Thursday. A September release window has already been confirmed, so this date may very well stick. We’ll let you know if anything changes with the game’s launch.
More: Delve Interactive, Poncho, Rising Star Games
Genei Ibun Roku #FE staff on the Mirage designs
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Towards the very end of August, the Genei Ibun Roku #FE website was updated with two new staff blogs. Art director Fumitaka Yano and Hideo Minaba from CyDesignation both discussed the designs of Mirages. While battling, the main characters merge themselves with Mirages, who take the appearance of characters from the Fire Emblem series.
We now have complete translations of the two blog posts. You’ll find them after the break.
More Nova-111 footage
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
We have more footage from Nova-111, courtesy of Polygon. You can check out the latest video below.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
More: Curve Digital, Nova-111
Nintendo spent 10% on advertising during last fiscal year
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 40 Comments
Tokyo Keizai Online recently posted an article in which Japanese companies were ranked by the amount they spent on advertising during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015.
Nintendo was the only game company in the top 50 having spent 54.8 billion yen on advertising. For what it’s worth, that amounts to roughly 10 percent of the company’s total revenue. Nintendo was one of two companies in the list to spend more than 10 percent of total revenue in this area. Additionally, the Big N ranked number 20 overall.
In case you’re curious, the top three companies on the list are Sony (444.4 billion yen), Toyota (435.1 billion yen), and Nissan (336.7 billion yen).
Starlight Fun Centers in hospitals now feature Wii U units
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 10 Comments
Before this year, Starlight Fun Centers in hospitals across North America and other areas included Wii units. Sometime in around April, they were swapped out with Wii U consoles.
The Starlight Fun Center has the Wii U (with related controllers) and a flat panel screen. 25 games are pre-installed, including Mario Kart 8 and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
UCraft screenshots
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 13 Comments
Nexis Games passed along a new batch of screenshots from UCraft. We’ve rounded them up in the gallery below.
More: indie, Nexis Games, UCraft
Candle gameplay video
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Teku Studios recently prepared a video showing lengthy gameplay from its upcoming title Candle. You can watch it below.
More: Candle, indie, Teku Studios
NDCube working on Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 30 Comments
A classification from Australia reveals that NDCube is developing Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. In the past, NDCube has worked on the Mario Party and Wii Party games.
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is set to arrive this holiday. It will be a free download from the eShop, but a retail version will also be made available which comes with a game disc, two figures, and three amiibo cards.
Nintendo shop maintenance set for Tuesday
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, DSiWare, News, Wii Shop Channel, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Update: Bumped to the top. The maintenance period has changed, as things have been bumped up two hours earlier. Here are the new times:
– 11 AM PT – 3 PM PT
– 2 PM ET – 6 PM ET
– 7 PM in the UK – 11 PM in the UK
– 8 PM in Europe – 12 AM in Europe
All of Nintendo’s shops will be experiencing online maintenance next week. The Wii U and 3DS eShops, Wii Shopping Channel, and DSi Shop will all be down while this is taking place.
Here’s the relevant times for the maintenance:
