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

If you pick up Shadow Puppeteer on the eShop today, it’s highly recommended that you play directly from the Wii U’s storage. Unfortunately, performance is drastically impacted if the download is being read from an external hard drive. The game’s developers to intend to patch things in the future, but until then, definitely be aware of the potential issues you may encounter.

“We have found that playing the game from an external hard drive will make the game run slower because the read/write rate of the hard drive. Of course we want everyone to be able to play the game, from external hard drives too, so we will make sure to address this in our patches. Until then we recommend that the game is played directly from the Wii U.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Following the game’s lengthy maintenance, a new patch has been released for Super Mario Maker. Applying the update will bring it up to version 1.32.

Today’s patch simply addresses a glitch while in “Create” mode. It’s a 298MB download, in case you’re curious.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, Screenshots | 1 Comment

Nintendo has shared some new screenshots and high-resolution artwork from Bravely Second. Check them out in the gallery below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment

Nintendo just released a new trailer for Bravely Second, highlighting the different job classes that are available in the game. Check it out below:

Bravely Second will be released in Europe on February 26th and in North America on April 15th.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jake in News, Wii U | 1 Comment

Nintendo just announced that Super Mario Maker’s maintenance is complete. You can read the statement, made on Twitter, below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jake in News, Wii U | 9 Comments

The Wii U version of Minecraft has been patched. As previously mentioned, it fixes various bugs and issues in the game. Full patch notes are below:

-Fix for a problem with the analog sticks when using 3rd party Pro controllers.
-Fix for a crash after playing for an extensive time.
-Fix for a hang when losing internet connection while in an online game.
-Fix for a graphical issue when looking through opaque colored Glass Blocks.
-Fix to enable Game Chat through the gamepad even if it isn’t being used by one of the active players.
-Fix for an issue when disabling the Game Chat option while in an online game.
-Fix for an issue with the Game Chat option in splitscreen.
-Fix for an issue with input when a splitscreen player is using the system keyboard.
-Fix for an issue when copying saves with no space available.
-Fix for issues when the user deletes one of the Favorite Mii characters.
-Display Japanese names for DLC in the in-game shop in Japan, rather than English names.
-Fix for a graphical corruption issue in the in-game Skin Selector menu.
-Fix for an issue with the flowing water texture in the Festive Mash-up Pack.
-Fixed issue with the left stick input while in Edit Layer and Add Layer in the Superflat World creation menu.
-Corrected some text in the eManual.

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

This week’s 3DS eShop charts are as follows:

Software

1. Final Fantasy Explorers
2. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
3. Mario Kart 7
4. Super Mario Bros. 3
5. Super Mario 3D Land
6. Terraria
7. Smash Controller
8. SteamWorld Dig
9. Shovel Knight
10. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
11. Gunman Clive 2
12. Super Mario Bros.
13. Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl
14. The Legend of Zelda
15. Code of Princess
16. Star Fox 64 3D
17. Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
18. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
19. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
20. Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX

Videos

1. Pokemon Picross – Turn Puzzles into Portraits
2. Final Fantasy Explorers Trailer
3. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam TV Spot
4. Yo-kai Watch Launch Trailer
5. Yo-kai Watch Episode 1
6. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Launch Trailer
7. Mario Kart 7 Video
8. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Just the Fax Trailer
9. PSMD Special Video: Ep. 1
10. Super Smash Bros. – Final Presentation
11. Terraria Announcement Trailer
12. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – E3 2015 Trailer
13. Fire Emblem Fates – E3 2015 Trailer
14. Minecraft: Story Mode Trailer
15. Nintendo Badge Arcade Trailer
16. Treehouse Live @ E3 2015 Day 1 Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
17. Super Smash Bros. – Bayonetta Gets Wicked
18. Yo-kai Watch Panic Commercial
19. Pokemon Rumble World Trailer
20. Photos with Mario Trailer

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

“Malo” is back with yet another tweet pertaining to The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. A specific character is the focus for the third time this week, with concept art of Zant being shown.

Here’s the new Twilight Princess tweet translated from the Japanese Zelda Twitter page:

“…It’s Malo. The name of this guy who looks like a **men Ri**r (censored Kamen Rider) is… “Bamboo Shoot-type Final Battle Weapon Zant No.1″… ah it’s wrong isn’t it… anyway, he’s an evil character indeed… and on top of that [he’s based on] a bamboo shoot… That’s uncool…”

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

This week’s issue of Famitsu reveals Super Bike Rider: Gather! Super Beast Hunter, the latest Bike Rider entry for 3DS. The magazine has some extensive details about Spicysoft’s new game. It has the prefix “Super”, which means all aspects are being upgraded.

One of the new features is “Bike Super Beast”. Enemies will drop parts, and by combining them you’ll be able to obtain Bike Super Beasts with excellent stats. In total there are over 40 Bike Super Beasts.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 12 Comments

The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of December 2015. You can check out the full results below.

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