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Animal Crossing: New Leaf is already a million-seller in Japan. The game has racked up nearly 900,000 copies at retail (893,344 units if you care to be specific!), and we know that it initially saw 200,000 downloads on the eShop. Put these two figures together, and that’s well over a million copies sold.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo of America director of product marketing Bill Trinen, who is quickly becoming a very familiar face with the company, has addressed a few topics about Wii U – and even the Wii as well.

In the interview roundup below, you’ll find out what Trinen said about Nintendo TVii’s absence at the Wii U’s launch, what lies ahead for the console, and more. Trinen also confirmed that, as expected, Nintendo is no longer developing any Wii games internally.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

The Wii U is capable of showing 3D visuals on the GamePad. Assassin’s Creed III in particular supports such functionality.

By choosing a stereoscopy setting, you can initiate a 3D display. This isn’t like the 3DS tech, however – you’ll need a pair of green and magenta 3D glasses to view the effect.

Options include “off”, “inficolor”, “side-by-side” and “top-bottom” displays. Players can also set the 3D strength on a scale of 0-10.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Podcast Stories, Reviews, Wii U | 0 comments

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Nintendo’s latest entry into the ever-expanding ‘New Super Mario Bros.’ series launched alongside Wii U, but can it do anything to bring this stale franchise-within-a-franchise back to the glory days of old?

Author: Jack

With the launch of a new console– Wii U in this case– industry staple Nintendo always turns to a premier intellectual property to act as a catalyst for initial sales to hopefully make a dent in the marketplace. With Wii U’s predecessor “Wii”, Nintendo forwent tradition and went with a (highly anticipated) Zelda game, in addition to a new family-friendly motion-gaming-based aesthetic, and the rest is history—Twilight Princess became one of the most critically acclaimed games of the seventh generation, and the Wii went on to outsell its Sony and Microsoft contemporaries by 29%.

This time around, Nintendo is going back to its roots and kicking things off with a Mario game, oddly enough only three months after releasing the third New Super Mario Bros. iteration on 3DS. The fourth in line for the series, will New Super Mario Bros. U break the mold of the increasingly cookie-cutter series and offer a fresh experience akin to Super Mario Galaxy, or will it continue down its road of slight obsolescence? Upon (near) completion, the latter is definitely a better descriptor, but New Super Mario Bros. U still manages to be well worthy of your time and money.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Podcast Stories, Reviews, Wii U | 12 Comments

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I am the minigame queen and Nintendo Land is my kingdom.

The virtual Nintendo themed amusement park may seem like a very obvious way to teach us all of the new features of the Wii U, but it also delivers a fun and charming party game with the familiarities of our favorite Nintendo games.

Author: Laura

Following in the footsteps of Wii Sports, Nintendo Land uses a fun mini game style to teach us how to get the best experience out of the Wii U’s new features. I played some of it multiplayer on the livestream we did a few days ago, and some by myself, and I’m happy to say that either way it was a lot of fun. Party games are usually only fun in a…well, a party! But I can honestly say I enjoyed playing by myself as much as I did with friends, and you can’t get that same feeling with games like Mario Party, Wii Sports or Wii Party.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo crammed the Wii’s OS into the Wii U. So it makes sense that homebrew would still work on the new console. Numerous users have reported that it functions successfully on Wii U, mainly through a Super Smash Bros. Brawl workaround.

Also worth noting, homebrew content doesn’t affect Wii to Wii U transfers. The process shouldn’t encounter any issues, but, of course, all homebrew items will remain on the original Wii.

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments

The gold nunchuck has been sold out on Club Nintendo since August. Soon though, the reward will be coming back in stock.

As stated on the gold nunchuck’s product page, it will be available once again on Monday, November 26. It likely won’t be on the site for too long, so you should place an order as soon as possible next week.

Be sure to visit this page on Monday.

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

Wii U’s Deluxe Set doesn’t come with a Club Nintendo insert for Nintendo Land. Generally, without some sort of code on the pamphlet, it’s impossible to register a game on the service. That led many to believe those who purchase the Deluxe Set wouldn’t be able to earn coins for Nintendo Land.

There’s no need to fret, fortunately – you will in fact receive some points for Nintendo Land. After registering the Deluxe Set and completing a survey, you should see the following message:

Thank you for purchasing and registering the Wii U Deluxe System.
You will receive 160 Coins for completing this short survey.

Comeback in 1 week and share with us your feedback on Nintendo Land. For a limited time only, we are offering a special 50 Coin bonus post-play survey in exchange for Wii U Deluxe Set owners’ feedback on Nintendo Land.

It’s true that this is less than the full amount you would receive normally – 70 coins through December 18 and 60 otherwise – but it’s better than initially thought.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

Some folks out there may be doubting that the Wii U will be successful. 2K Games president Christoph Hartmann isn’t included in that group, though.

Hartmann told MCV that the doubters out there feel this way “because they don’t really understand it.” He feels the Wii U “offers something special and we will be surprised how consumers will get attached.”

“Nintendo always impresses and surprises me. The team there has so much knowledge built up over many, many years. Nintendo always finds its crowd. There have been people doubting the Wii U because they don’t really understand it. I wasn’t sure about the Wii and I was proved wrong, proved wrong by my own people, which I like the most because we sold a lot of Carnival Games. I believe the Wii U offers something special and we will be surprised how consumers will get attached. There’s nothing in my body, not a single piece, doubting that the Wii U will be successful.”

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