Pre-order updates (6/29/14)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:
Wii U
GameCube Controller – Super Smash Bros. Edition (new) – Amazon
GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U – Amazon
Wii Sports Club – Amazon
, GameStop (new), Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon
, GameStop
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon
, Best Buy
Hyrule Warriors – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon
, Best Buy
Splatoon – Amazon
, Best Buy
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon
Mario Party 10 – Amazon
, Best Buy
Devil’s Third – Amazon
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Amazon
, Best Buy
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric – Amazon
, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. bundle – GameStop
Just Dance 2015 – Amazon
, GameStop
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Falling Skies: The Game – GameStop
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Skylanders Trap Team – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop,
Watch Dogs – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Bayonetta 2 – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
3DS
The Legend of Korra A New Era Begins (new) – Amazon
, GameStop
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley (new) – GameStop
Power Rangers: Super Megaforce (new) – Best Buy
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon
, Best Buy (new)
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon
, Best Buy (new)
Fantasy Life – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: The Wild Cards Premium Edition – Amazon
, GameStop
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – Amazon
, GameStop
Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal – Amazon
, GameStop
Pokemon Art Academy – Amazon
, Best Buy
Story of Seasons – Amazon
, GameStop
LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Omega Ruby – Amazon
, Best Buy
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Amazon
, Best Buy
Scooby Doo & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure – Amazon
(new), Best Buy, GameStop
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Skylanders Trap Team – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appetit! – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Tomodachi Life – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
One Piece: Unlimited World Red – Amazon
, GameStop
LEGO Ninjago Nindroids – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Smash Bros. – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
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Internal Invasion file size
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Internal Invasion will be launching this Thursday in North America. For those curious, the game requires 72.8MB of space to download. When actually installed on Wii U, the space required dips to 48MB.
More: Bear Box Media, file size, indie, Internal Invasion
I’ve Got to Run! – new DLC, patch, European release, 3DS version, “MMM” from 4 Corner Games
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
4 Corner Games has shared a bunch of new information regarding “I’ve Got to Run!”. We have news pertaining to additional DLC, patch, the European release, and a newly revealed 3DS version. Developer 4 Corner Games has also announced a new project “MMM”.
Here’s the full rundown:
Final two DLC modes announced
- Endless Flip has you running right to left – incredibly hard!
- Endless Flight gives you a ton of jumps, but obstacles fly at you. Dodge the obstacles, strategize about when to touch down on the moving platforms.
Patch info:
- Reconfirmed support for the Wii U Pro Controller
- Totally new menu system (no supporting assets yet, they’re on the way as I make progress)
- Autosaving (Highly requested by players – still implementing it, but it’s going to be in the patch)
European launch:
- Still in the works
- Will be version 1.1 at launch
I’ve Got to Run: Complete Edition!
- Coming to PC, Mac, and Linux platforms first, followed by a release on Nintendo 3DS and another platform (that I can’t announce yet)
- The Nintendo 3DS version will contain an exclusive mode, as will the unannounced version (not the same mode).
4 Corner Games is working full time on a game that is codenamed MMM
- No further details are available.
More: 4 Corner Games, I've Got To Run, indie, MMM, title update
Rumor: Bayonetta to have a Daisy costume
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii U | 22 Comments
PlatinumGames has revealed three Nintendo costumes for Bayonetta 1: Link, Samus, and Peach. At least one more original outfit will be included in the game based on the screenshot above.
Thanks to some detective work done by the folks on NeoGAF, Bayonetta may also feature a Daisy costume. The emblem on the right side of the image seems to match up well with the character’s icon associated with Daisy, posted below:
Not confirmed by any means, but it’s a good sign.
More: Bayonetta, PlatinumGames, top
Devil’s Third – no restrictions/great support from Nintendo, GamePad usage, customization
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments
A new round of Devil’s Third quotes from producer Yoshifuru Okamoto have come in from a Game Informer preview. Okamoto commented on Nintendo’s involvement with the game, how the GamePad is used, and customization (Mario options probably aren’t likely!).
Head past the break for some interview excerpts. You can find the full discussion on Game Informer.
More: Devil's Third, interview, top, Yoshifuru Okamoto
Looking into the release date origins of Vs. Super Mario Bros.
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
For those unaware, Nintendo released an arcade version of Super Mario Bros. back in the day titled “Vs. Super Mario Bros.” When exactly the game came out is unclear. Some have even said that the arcade version of Super Mario Bros. came first, with the NES/Famicom version following later.
German website Nintendo-Online recently looked into the release date origins of Vs. Super Mario Bros. Here’s a summary of their findings:
? It is widely believed that Super Mario Bros. first launched in Japan on September 13th., 1985, on the Famicom. In 1985 or 1986 it was released in North America and 1987 in Europe on the NES.
? Later it was ported to arcade. This version is known as Vs. Super Mario Bros. and was launched in North America in 1986.
? But Nintendo-Online found four trustful sources claiming that Super Mario Bros. was originally released as an arcade game.
? The first source is a review SMB in a 1987 issue of the German video game magazine Happy Computer. Here, Heinrich Lenhardt – a famous German video game journalist – wrote what translates to “Arcade visitors might already know this game, that is now available in a nearly identical implementation for the Nintendo Videogame [sic]“
? In 1994 the famous video game historian Leonard Herman wrote in Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames: “[T]he home version of Super Mario Bros. looked and played exactly like its arcade counterpart.”
? The most detailed reference to an arcade machine that preceded the home console version of SMB comes from video game historian Steve L. Kent. In his 2001 book The Ultimate History of Video Games, he wrote “Super Mario Bros. did very well in Japanese arcades and attracted some attention to the failing U.S. arcade industry. By the end of the year, Nintendo engineers succeeded in creating a home version of Super Mario Bros. for the Famicom. […] Although the home version of Super Mario Bros. was not identical to the arcade game, it was an extremely close approximation.”.
? In 2009, Kent repeated the basic information in a blog entry (http://sadsamspalace.blogspot.de/2009/08/okay-now-that-i-haveofficially-looked.html) where he stresses that this mysterious arcade game is not identical to Vs. Super Mario Bros. and was released a year before the Famicom version: “[A]n arcade version of the game predates the NES version and the well-known VS version. The original arcade version shipped in 1984.”
? In 2011, Tony Mott, editor-in-chief of Edge magazine, notes in his book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die that Super Mario Bros. has been “originally an arcade game”.
? So there are four video game journalists and historians that mention such an arcade game. But it seems that until now no major website has taken note of this evidence. Nintendo-Online tried to further investigate on this matter, but unfortunately did not really succeed. Also, they tried contacting some of these authors, which was also not successful.
? Concludingly the site has to say that it is not sure what to think of these references. There is no obvious evidence for the existence of an arcade port preceded the home console version of SMB. After all, if that would be the case, we would have real proof for that. But on the other hand, it is quite unlikely that all of the four sources are based on misconceptions. So Nintendo-Online could not clarify this mystery. But at least we could point it out and could conclude that the existence of such an early arcade port is very unlikely.
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Media Create software sales (6/16 – 6/22) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy
02./02. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
03./01. [WIU] Mario Kart 8
04./04. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
05./03. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth #
06./00. [PSV] htoL NiQ: Hotaru no Nikki
07./00. [PS3] CV: Casting Voice
08./11. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
09./06. [PS3] One Piece: Unlimited World Red
10./10. [PS4] FIFA 14 #
11./05. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution #
12./13. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
13./18. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
14./07. [PSV] One Piece: Unlimited World Red
15./16. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
16./14. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour
17./17. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
18./09. [3DS] Card Fight!! Vanguard: Lock on Victory!!
19./19. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
20./24. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
21./26. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z
22./08. [PS4] Thief
23./22. [PS3] Rain
24./25. [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour
25./20. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories #
26./12. [PS3] Thief
27./27. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters – Tokimeki Up!
28./29. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment #
29./32. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World
30./00. [PSV] Sengoku Hime 4: Souha Hyakkei, Hanamoru Chikai #
31./37. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl
32./35. [PSV] Terraria
33./15. [WIU] One Piece: Unlimited World Red
34./34. [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Frontier
35./36. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
36./33. [PSV] Genkai Totsuki Moero Chronicle #
37./40. [PS4] Battlefield 4
38./38. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
39./21. [PS4] Wolfenstein: The New Order
40./28. [PSV] Chou Megami Shinkou Noire: Gekishin Black Heart #
41./00. [PSV] Durarara!! 3-way Standoff: Alley V
42./41. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Linking the New World
43./42. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red #
44./31. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One for All #
45./39. [PSV] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Creation
46./00. [PSV] Persona 4: Golden
47./23. [PS3] Wolfenstein: The New Order
48./30. [PS4] Infamous: Second Son
49./00. [3DS] Pac-World
50./43. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind
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Video: Scott Moffitt talks talks game lineup, Amiibo, eSports
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
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More One Piece: Unlimited World Red footage, a look at DLC costumes
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Pier Solar HD going through the submission process
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Pier Solar HD is coming closer to release. The game was recently approved by Valve for release on Steam, but the team “failed some internal requirements on the certification” with Microsoft, which ultimately impacts the Wii U launch. Developer Watermelon says this shouldn’t take too long and a final release date should come sooner rather than later.
We’re starting the submission process for PSHD. Valve already approved it for release on Steam so that’s done and done. We may contact some of you who subscribed to beta test to test the game on Steam using a beta key. Stay tuned. Microsoft already evaluated Pier Solar as well but we failed some internal requirements on the certification and we’re correcting them for the next submission. This also impacts Wii U and PlayStation(s) submissions since we want to send it as clean as possible so that we don’t get another failed certification. Luckily, the process doesn’t take as long as we thought, so the perspectives to getting a release date gets better. As soon as we’re certified on all platforms we’ll announce the date and put it on the street. We’re also submitting PSHD for PEGI, which is slightly more complex than ESRB, but required for a release in Europe. We’re expecting a rating of PEGI 7. One last thing, we’re working to get a publisher to release PSHD in Japan. Due CERO regulations it’s only possible to release a game if a studio has an established working office in Japan and we don’t have it. So once we get it we’re secure to release in Japan, this, hopefully could also lead to having a publisher for 360. Fingers crossed.
