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Lots of commercials for The Great Ace Attorney, making of video

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

Capcom has uploaded a whole bunch of commercials for The Great Ace Attorney. You’ll find them all below, along with a “making of” video.

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Splatoon devs on the map rotation, content updates, and more

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 18 Comments

In this month’s issue of Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream, there’s an interview with some of the Splatoon developers. That includes directors Yusuke Amano and Tsubasa Sakaguchi as well as producer Hisashi Nogami.

Nintendo Dream starts off by asking how matchmaking works. Amano mentions that rather than focusing on levels, the game pairs players with similar playstyles in Turf War. Levels are more of “an indicator for how long the person has played the game.”

Since Splatoon matches users together based on how they play, Amano notes that those who tend to splat enemies are likely to play together. Likewise, those who concentrate on painting rather than splatting are more likely to get paired up.

More: Hisashi Nogami, interview, Splatoon, top, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Yusuke Amano

The Game Awards 2015 airing in December

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

Keeping in line with last year, The Game Awards 2015 will be airing in December. This was confirmed last weekend on the show’s official Twitter account.

That message is as follows:

That was an epic E3! Stay tuned for news on The Game Awards 2015, coming this December.
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) June 20, 2015

It’ll be interesting to see what Nintendo does at The Game Awards this year. In 2014, they had Zelda Wii U, Super Mario Maker, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., and a performance by Koji Kondo. Will they have a heavy presence at this year’s show as well?

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Nintendo UK – focusing efforts on Super Mario Maker, toys-to-life talk, “bright future” for 3DS

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

The latest issue of MCV features a few comments from Nintendo UK head of consumer marketing James Honeywell. Honeywell commented on how the company is focusing its efforts on Super Mario Maker, shared some words about toys-to-life and its home on Wii U, and the 3DS’ “bright future.”

Here’s a roundup of Honeywell’s different remarks:

“We are focusing a lot of our efforts on Super Mario Maker. It seems fitting that for Mario’s 30th anniversary we have a new Mario title that breaks the rules and offers infinite possibilities. Beyond this launch on September 11th, we’ll also be promoting the other new titles but also games like Splatoon and Mario Kart 8, which both continue to perform well.”
“Activision really invented the toys-to-life category so it’s really exciting that Donkey Kong and Bowser can take on their new starring roles. We hope that by working together on this we can offer another unique game experience to Wii U and bring a new audience to Amiibo. We are also fortunate that Wii U is home to Disney’s Infinity 3.0 and LEGO Dimensions, too. It’s set to be a really exciting Christmas for us all.
“Nintendo 3DS continues to be really important to us and hopefully this came across with all the great announements. With the recent launch of New Nintendo 3DS, we’ve seen sales overtake last year, and with great games like Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes and Chibi-Robo! all coming in time for Christmas, it’s going to continue to be strong. We also have a lot of great new titles coming in 2016, so Nintendo 3DS has a bright future.”

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Neko Entertainment planning a new puzzle game for the Wii U eShop

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

We recently spoke with Neko Entertainment, and received confirmation that the company is planning a new game for the Wii U eShop.

Just a couple of details have been shared about the untitled project thus far. We know from Neko’s Benjamin Cestac that it’s a puzzle game “to play with your friends on a couch” and it’s being made by another studio (so Neko will handle publishing).

That’s sadly all that we know at the moment. Once we receive additional information, we’ll be sure to bring that to you.

More: Benjamin Cestac, Neko Entertainment

Tezuka on Good-Feel working with yarn again, Yoshi’s New Island reception, Mario/Yoshi connection

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

A new round of quotes from Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka have been published by Game Informer. Tezuka tackled three main topics: how Good-Feel is working with yarn for a second time, the reception of Yoshi’s New Island, and whether or not Yoshi is still considered a part of the Mario universe.

For Tezuka’s comments, head past the break. You can also check out Game Informer’s original article here.

More: Good Feel, interview, Takashi Tezuka, top, Yoshi's New Island, Yoshi's Woolly World

Animal Crossing cards can be used for mini-games in amiibo Festival

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 10 Comments

Here’s something you may not have known about Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. In the game, it will be possible to use the upcoming amiibo cards for mini-games (presumably to unlock them). Nintendo has yet to share the specifics of this feature yet, but I’m sure we’ll be hearing more in the near future.

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