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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random, Wii | 8 Comments

Way back in August 2010, Nintendo filed a patent for an illumination system, which would seem to work with Wii in some fashion. The item was just published for viewing in the US database today.

Here’s an interesting abstract included with the filing:

An illumination system includes an information processing device capable of communicating with a server via a network and an illumination device capable of receiving a signal from the information processing device. The information processing device includes a reception portion and a lighting control portion. The reception portion receives instruction data from the server, and the instruction data indicates an instruction to cause the illumination device to emit light in accordance with a television broadcast image and/or audio. The lighting control portion outputs a control signal to the illumination device, and the control signal controls lighting by the illumination device based on the received instruction data. The illumination device sheds visible light in accordance with the control signal.

For what it’s worth, the original patent contained drawings in which the Wii is shown. It doesn’t seem like it’d be too tough to bring the tech over to Wii U, though whether Nintendo still has interest in the idea is unknown.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

Last December, Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures Inc. filed a new trademark for “Phantom Gate”. Given the connection between all three companies, there’s a good chance this is Pokemon-related. A Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, perhaps?

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A trio of Atlus titles are currently on sale on the eShop. Code of Princess, Etrian Odyssey IV, and Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers have all been discounted.

Atlus relayed the news via Twitter:

Each game can be purchased for $20 each. The sale lasts until February 17.

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Hometown Story was previously given a general Q1 2014 release window for Europe, but we now have a more specific release date.

Creator Yasuhiro Wada told Nintendo in a video interview that the game is scheduled for launch in April. As previously mentioned, Rising Star Games will be publishing.

Hometown Story originally released in North America last October.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Those who a Best Buy Gamers Club membership can purchase the Rocketfish Wii U Transport Bag for $10. As far as I can tell, this offer is valid for both the free and paid memberships.

The sale is valid until February 15. It’s valid both in store and online.

Thanks to Lolo for the tip.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments

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Red Hook Studios’ Darkest Dungeon has experienced a great deal of success on Kickstarter. In just 24 hours, the “challenging gothic roguelike RPG” exceeded $75,000 in donations and received full funding.

Darkest Dungeon’s Kickstarter page mentions that the team is “very interested in consoles”, including 3DS. Red Hook Studios’ Tyler Sigman also told reader WALEED that “anything is possible” when it comes to Wii U.

“Anything is possible! We’ll have to see how the campaign goes and see if we can get enough funding to look at porting it to other platforms. The more interest there is, the more likely it is to happen!”

You can check out Darkest Dungeon’s Kickstarter here. If there’s any news about the game heading to Nintendo platforms, we’ll be sure to let you know.

Thanks to WALEED for the tip.

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