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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 30 Comments

Earlier this week, Slightly Mad Studios made a few comments indicating that the Wii U version of Project CARS is in serious jeopardy. To put things simply, the team is experiencing issues getting its game running on Nintendo’s hardware at an acceptable frame rate, and serious sacrifices may need to be made. Slightly Mad Studios’ Ian Bell also indicated that moving the Wii U version to a future Nintendo console may make more sense.

Bell has now followed up on his earlier comments with a new statement. Slightly Mad Studios hasn’t entirely given up on the possibility of a Wii U version, but if the team can’t make it work, it’ll be moved to “the next Nintendo machine.”

Here’s Bell’s statement in full:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in Videos, Wii U | 3 Comments

Here is yet another bit of torture from Nintendo in the form of a single player commercial for Splatoon. I think it is safe to say that this title will be fun by yourself or with others!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

The indie title Fullblast, arrives in Europe on the Wii U eShop on June 4. The game is a shoot ’em up style that features 12 random levels, 3 bosses, power-ups and power-downs, as well as a heavy metal soundtrack.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments

With such little time left before the release of the heavily anticipated Splatoon we are given another Weapon Trailer to help the anticipation build even more!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Roving Rogue, an exclusive Wii U eShop title will finally be released on June 25 in Europe. The game was announced last year and is an old-school 2D platformer with multiplayer support for up to four players. The game was worked on by a team of students that won the iDEAM U contest and was announced at the  PAD Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Nintendo of Europe has announced yet another addition to the Club Nintendo Stars Catalogue. The latest item to be made available is a Super Mario themed reusable shopping bag. The bag can be acquired with 3000 coins and folds up into a convenient little envelope for easy travel. The bag will be available in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

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

Over the past couple of weeks, Austin has been playing the heck out of Splatoon. The game has a bunch of neat details, and he’s picked up on a few of them that fans might be interested in.

We’ll be featuring the neater things in Splatoon over the next few days. Austin highlights the first couple below.

Look for our review of Splatoon tomorrow!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, New Nintendo 3DS | 6 Comments

Nintendo has now shared the official boxart for the Pearl White New 3DS XL, which was just announced for Japan today. That can be seen above, and a few photos are in the gallery below.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

This week’s Japanese 3DS Theme Shop sees new themes for Pokemon and more. Check them all out in the video below:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Square Enix added four new downloadable tracks to Theatrhythm Dragon Quest today. As of now, players can obtain and play the following songs:

Dragon Quest – Battle (battle music)
Dragon Quest – Overworld (field music)
Dragon Quest III – Hero’s Challenge (battle music)
Dragon Quest III – Adventure (field music)

As with previous Theatrhythm Dragon Quest DLC, the tracks above are free to download.

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