Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

Castlevania: Dracula X has been rated by the OFLC. What does that mean exactly? Well, the rating may signal a future release for the game on the Virtual Console.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments

On Twitter, Nintendo has responded to the online/network issues that have been affecting its various platforms for the past day or so.

Nintendo Europe/UK started out by apologizing for the different problems users have encountered and thanked fans for their patience.

Nintendo of America offered similar comments. Additionally, the company offered some support for issues pertaining to the creation of new Nintendo Network IDs.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Site updates | 12 Comments

Missing a couple of people here, but since Phil created the fantastic piece of art above, wanted to share it all with you! Jack (top left), Austin (top right), Laura (bottom left) and Brian (bottom right)

Happy Holidays from all of us at Nintendo Everything! Merry Christmas, Happy (late) Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and wishing you the best in the new year.

Thank you all so much for your support in 2013. Frankly, Nintendo Everything wouldn’t be much without you guys! Looking forward to an even better 2014 filled with more Nintendo fun. You may even see a couple of new things from us next year!

Get some gaming in, spend some time with your family, and enjoy the holidays! I’m going to try and find some sleep for once… haha.

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Nintendo has made Wii Sports Club entirely free to play for today only. In Europe and Australia, tennis, bowling, and golf can be experienced at no extra cost. The promotion ends at 23:59 UK time on December 26.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 15 Comments

Update 2: Nintendo’s response here.

Update: Wii and DS are having issues as well.

Wii U and 3DS have both been hit with a large amount of issues with regard to online/network services. Users may experience problems accessing the eShop, Miiverse, updates, and online functionality within games.

Nintendo estimates that the Wii U eShop began facing issues at around 2:08 AM PT / 5:08 ET today, though many couldn’t connect starting last night. Wii U’s network services as a whole went down at 5:15 AM PT / 8:15 AM ET.

The 3DS, meanwhile, began seeing network outages at about 2:08 AM PT / 5:08 ET as well.

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

Square Enix is bringing another round of bosses to Bravely Default in Japan. Through December 31, players can face the heaven devil Shirohato. The heaven devil Choo will be available between January 2 and January 6.

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

Radio Allergy (Radirgy) is coming to the 3DS as “Radio Allergy DGJL”. As Siliconera points out, though, there’s more to this handheld version than a simple port job.

Radio Allergy DGJL comes wiht a number of features. The defense shooter includes online leaderboards as well as unlockable wallpaper.

Radio Allergy DGJL launches in Japan as an eShop download on February 19. Pricing is set at 800 yen.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 6 Comments

This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z – 256,373 / 800,003
2. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 212,666 / 3,572,829
3. [PS3] Shin Gundam Musou – 126,019 / NEW
4. [PS3] Drakengard 3 – 114,024 / NEW
5. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World – 86,408 / 327,514
6. [PSV] Shin Gundam Musou – 52,667 / NEW
7. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 41,137 / 3,564,124
8. [3DS] Tomodachi Collection – 38,405 / 1,584,122
9. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 37,034 / 3,067,313
10. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy – 33,328 / 155,488
11. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – 30,363 / 166,145
12. [3DS] Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess – 29,233 / 146,898
13. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life – 28,562 / 378,584
14. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 28,108 / 169,388
15. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion 2 – 26,931 / 985,442
16. [PSV] Gekijouban Madoka Magicka: The Battle Pentagram – 26,363 / NEW
17. [3DS] Mario Karty 7 – 25,082 / 2,205,807
18. [3DS] Sentouchuu Densetsu no Shinobi to Survival Battle – 24,842 / 158,239
19. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 24,154 / 2,182,408
20. [WIU] Wii Party U – 23,972 / 119,100

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 6 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 164,078
Wii U – 109,113
3DS – 68,522
Vita – 50,087
PS3 – 24,573
PSP – 9,905
Vita TV – 5,504
Wii – 1,711
Xbox 360 – 763

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 130,710
Wii U – 74,903
3DS – 50,846
Vita – 30,440
PS3 – 23,959
PSP – 6,475
Vita TV – 5,506
Wii – 1,197
Xbox 360 – 536

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

Yellow characters.

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