Bamboozler 14 Mk II coming to Splatoon soon
Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Another weapon is being added to Splatoon free of charge: the Bamboozler 14 Mk II will be available at the usual times today / tomorrow (morning in Japan, nighttime in Europe and evening in North America). It’s a variant of the regular Bamboozler weapon with the Disruptor sub-weapon and the Echolocator special.
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A look at Zoonami’s cancelled GameCube project “Game Zero”
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News | 4 Comments
In the early 2000s, Zoonami (Zendoku, Bonsai Barber) was developing an sandbox action platformer for the GameCube. Sadly, it never made it to market. Very little about the project was known, but that’s changed now through a new report on Unseen64.
Here’s what we know:
– Cancelled because it was too complex for its time because of technical and marketing reasons
– Set in destructable voxel levels
– Could mine rocks and terrains
– Gain items and resources to build new structures
– Destruction and building of voxels in Game Zero were too RAM-intensive to be suitable for consoles or PCs hardware at the time
– Zoonami did not want to continue working on something that was not keeping pace with their plans
– The console gaming market was also one of their concerns, since popular gameswere in contrast with the sandbox, open-ended gameplay design planned for Game Zero
– In 3 years Zoonami did many experiments and created a playable prototype
– Game Zero’s protagonist would have been a female character
– The game was set in a fantasy alien planet inhabited by strange yellow creatures
– Explore different areas of the planet using vehicles and laser guns
– Cartoony graphic style created with simple voxel geometries
Screenshots of Game Zero are in the gallery below. There’s more on the title over at the source link.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Noah’s Cradle trailer
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Later this week, the downloadable 3DS game Noah’s Cradle will be hitting the Japanese 3DS eShop. Check out the title’s trailer below.
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Hover: Revolt of Gamers will be given the proper attention on Wii U
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments
Hover: Revolt of Gamers is a project that we’ve been talking about for awhile now. The original Kickstarter launched last August, and earlier this year, it hit Steam Early Access. Hover’s developers are still hard at work on the project, which includes console ports.
We do know that the game will eventually land on the Wii U eShop. That being said, it’ll be out after the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions. That’s because, according to Midgar Studio’s Jérémy Zeler-Maury, Hover will need to be remade from scratch on Wii U “in terms of graphics” as some rendering techniques used apparently don’t run too well on Nintendo’s console. Zeler-Maury also promises that it won’t be a “cheap port”.
Below are his comments in full:
“The WiiU version of Hover is the most complicated thing and will be done after the console releases on PS4 and XB1. It will require us to recreate the game from scratch in terms of graphics. We’re using Physically Based Rendering and other rendering technologies that don’t really run well on WiiU. Also, we promised during the Kickstarter campaign that we would tune the gameplay properly, we don’t want to do a cheap port, so it will take some time.”
Gold Mario amiibo might not be exclusive anymore
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 12 Comments
The gold Mario amiibo came and went at Walmart back in March. Most figures have received restocks and are fairly easy to find now, but that one is still tough for consumers to get their hands on. The situation might be changing in the near future though.
Walmart recently updated its amiibo terminal, and it no longer shows that gold Mario is an exclusive. This could be a sign of a restock across a wider array of retailers.
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Amazon listing the Pokemon 3DS Virtual Console games for $10 each
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 48 Comments
Game Boy titles on the 3DS Virtual Console tend to be priced at $2.99 or $3.99. There are also Game Boy Color releases that cost $5.99 or $6.99. But for the new Pokemon games on 3DS Virtual Console, it looks like there will be a bit of a price increase.
Amazon is listing Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow for $9.99 each. Pricing hasn’t been officially announced just yet, though this is the only information we have to go on at present.
It could be another situation similar to Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings. Both of those games went above the traditional Virtual Console pricing schemes.
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Toys “R” Us: buy 1, get 1 40% off Wii U, 3DS, and Wii games on Friday and Saturday
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 4 Comments
Later this week, Toys “R” Us will be holding a two-day sale on Nintendo games. All Wii U, 3DS, and Wii games will be eligible for a buy 1, get 1 40% off offer. This deal is planned for Friday and Saturday.
Nintendo picks up a win in piracy protection court ruling
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Nintendo has managed to prosecute an Italian distributor of hardware that enabled pirated games to run on its devices. In a ruling made by the First Instance Tribunal of Milan, it was decided that the importer of “circumvention devices” such as game copiers and mod chips enabled piracy.
Two other queries were referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), both of which were necessary to see if Nintendo’s use of security was proportionately justified. In the end, it was ruled that circumvention devices were mainly designed to allow illegally pirated software. The CJEU also agreed with Nintendo that its security measures were fair and in line with Italian copyright law.
Nintendo said the following in a statement:
“Nintendo is pleased that this ruling is consistent with a long line of judicial precedents established at national courts in a number of Member States including Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and the UK. This decision is also entirely in line with several decisions from the Italian Supreme Court (Criminal Division) against sellers of circumvention devices as well as a recent ruling from the criminal appeal courts in Florence, which confirmed a first instance criminal decision, against the owners of PC Box.”
Minecraft: Wii U Edition rating taken down from PEGI’s website
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 7 Comments
Last Wednesday, it was discovered that PEGI put up a listing for Minecraft: Wii U Edition. It was thought that it was a sign of an imminent announcement, especially since the rating carried a release date of November 12. Some folks speculated that it was going to be revealed and subsequently released during the latest Nintendo Direct. That just never came to be though.
So what’s the latest? At least right now, PEGI’s original listing is now nowhere to be seen – it’s completely vanished from the website. Was this all a mistake, or was something published earlier than it was supposed to?
Happy 63rd birthday to Shigeru Miyamoto
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
Shigeru Miyamoto is celebrating his birthday today. Well, that was technically yesterday at this point since it’s now November 17th in Japan. But in any case… happy birthday, Miyamoto! He’s now 63 years old.
It goes without saying that Miyamoto has had a monumental aspect on Nintendo and gaming as a whole. He’s created some of the most legendary franchises, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, and plenty more. Although his role at Nintendo has slightly changed, he’s still very involved with a number of games, and we can’t wait to see what he does next at the company.
