With the insane amount of online maintenance scheduled for the coming week, something even more has just been added to the pile: Wii U and 3DS Image Share. The full schedule is below.

Wii U and 3DS Image Share
– 6:00 PM PT (December 21) – 9:00 PM PT (December 21)
– 9:00 PM ET (December 21) – 12:00 AM ET (December 22)
– 2:00 AM in the UK (December 22) – 5:00 AM in the UK (December 22)
– 3:00 AM in Europe (December 22) – 6:00 AM in Europe (December 22)

People have been saying that all this coming maintenance may be a precursor to new online methods from Nintendo.

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2DS XL Pikachu Edition, Pokemon Crystal pre-orders open on the Nintendo UK store

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 1 Comment

The Nintendo UK store has opened pre-orders for two upcoming Pokemon products. You can reserve the 2DS XL Pikachu Edition (which also comes with a mug) here, and Pokemon Crystal for 3DS here. Both launch on January 26.

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Famitsu review scores (12/19/17)

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Phil’s Epic Fill-a-Pix Adventure (3DS) – 7/7/8/6
Mujo (Switch) – 6/7/7/7

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Pokemon Shuffle update (12/19/17)

Posted on 7 years ago by Nick in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Shiny Charizard is being distributed to all players of Pokemon Shuffle. A new Bewear stage is now available for Pokemon Shuffle and will be up until January 2nd. A stage for Dugtrio and Mega Beedrill competitive stage are also up and will be available until December 26th. Groudon, Ash-Greninja and Landorus Therian Forme have also started their repeat runs.

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Kirby Battle Royale – new Mirror Copy Ability footage

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Kirby Battle Royale has yet to debut in North America, but it did come out in both Europe and Japan. Nintendo sent out an update last week that added the new Mirror Copy Ability from the fan poll that was recently held. Check out some footage of the new content below.

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This week is extremely busy for Nintendo maintenance

Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 9 Comments

There isn’t much time remaining in 2017, but Nintendo is gearing up for its busiest week of maintenance this year. A ton of different maintenance periods are planned, affecting individual games, the eShops, and Nintendo’s systems in general. Over a dozen sessions are currently listed.

Here’s the schedule as things stand now:

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UK software sales (Week ending 12/16/2017) – Switch/Wii U/3DS charts

Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Switch

1. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
5. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
6. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
7. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
8. FIFA 18 – EA
9. Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition – Ubisoft
10. Sonic Forces – SEGA

Wii U

1. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
4. Wii Party U – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
7. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
8. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Splatoon – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Ultra Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. Miitopia – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
7. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
8. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track