Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 16 Comments

This information comes from Enric Alvarez, Head of Studio at MercurySteam…

“Metroid is one of the most recognized Nintendo franchises and we are so honoured to collaborate with them on the latest game in the saga of space-faring bounty hunter Samus Aran. Our collaboration with Nintendo will give gamers around the world the chance to play this fantastic adventure in a completely new way not seen before”.

This information comes from Yoshio Sakamoto, senior officer of Nintendo’s Entertainment Planning & Development Department, and the producer of the overall Metroid franchise…

“The development of this Metroid game with Mercury Steam has gone very smoothly and more than anything, it has been very exciting. Metroid: Samus Returns is based on the GameBoy classic Metroid II: Return of Samus, and we are very confident that this collaboration with Mercury Steam is the reason we have been able to successfully pull together various features like actions never seen before in the Metroid series, a stunning recreation of the planet SR388 and classical Metroid gameplay elements into a single powerful package.”

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

Two new blog posts have gone up on the Nintendo Treehouse Log over on Tumblr. The first one, written by Bill Trinen, talks about Super Mario Odyssey and its sandbox nature. You can also find a separate post about Metroid: Return of Samus here.

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Here is some footage of the Japanese promo of Metroid: Samus Returns.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments

3DS owners have a new way to view today’s debut trailer for Metroid: Samus Returns. Over on the eShop, Nintendo has put up a downloadable video. Nabbing it will let you view the trailer entirely in 3D. Only 182 blocks of free space is necessary.

Thanks to Paul for the tip.

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– Demo is of the game’s opening
– A few stills open the game’s story shown
– Stereoscopic 3D
– Story is unchanged from the original Metroid II
– After outlining her destination, Samus lands on the planet and departs from her ship
– Hold down left trigger to plant Samus’ feet so she can aim in any direction
– X button performs a melee attack that can counter enemy attacks
– The prompts to counter are clearly broadcasted with audio and visual cues
– New counter/melee attack
– Another new element is the ability to ping out a pulse to discover secrets
– The ability to scan is attached to a meter that can be refilled by defeating enemies and it can help fill out your map and identify breakable rocks
– Demo has health boosts, ability to turn into a ball, and the ability to charge my gun
– Defeat a Metroid to unlock amiibo functionality

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch | 4 Comments

Nintendo’s activities at today’s E3 video game trade show in Los Angeles included the announcement of a remake of a classic Mario & Luigi game and the crowning of the winning team in the 2017 Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational.

Following a morning packed with new announcements, the Nintendo Treehouse: Live at E3 show included in-depth play-throughs of a variety of games for both the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS systems. During the show, Nintendo announced that an updated version of the first game in the Mario & Luigi series was in development for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions contains all the fun gameplay and dialogue of the Game Boy Advance original, as well as an optional Easy mode for younger or more inexperienced players.

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

Several new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:

Puzzle & Dragons X (x2) – 100 yen each
Mochi Mochi Panda – 200 yen
Maison de Maou (x2) – 150 yen each
Solar System Disco feat. Hatsune Miku – 200 yen
Nem feat. Kagamine Len – Dream-Eating Monochrome Baku – 200 yen
Carlos Hakamada: Chigau!!! – 200 yen
n.k: This Messed-Up Wonderful World Exists For Me – 200 yen
Yasuhiro: Dance Orchestra – 200 yen

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, News | 6 Comments

Amazon has posted the boxart for Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions. You can pre-order the game here. We’ll also mention that Metroid: Samus Returns is up for pre-order here as well.

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