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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Aksys Games’ teased an upcoming reveal for the latest issue of Nintendo Power. The magazine is finally arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes, and we now know that it contains a confirmation of Extreme Escape Adventures: Good People Die for North America. Aksys will be bringing the game stateside this year.

A final release date hasn’t been announced. Furthermore, Aksys hasn’t settled on a final English name yet.

At least we can rest easy knowing we’ll be getting the game in a few months time!

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

As far as we know, David Franco is a freelancer in the video game industry. Having said that, it seems that all of his previous work has been for 5th Cell, the developer behind the Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life titles.

So why is this information useful? Well, it looks like 5th Cell might be making a launch title for Wii U.

Franco listed the following games as projects he’s worked on in the past:

LATEST TITLES:
Drawn to Life, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, Lock’s Quest, Scribblenauts, Super Scribblenauts, Hybrid, Unannounced Wii U launch title.

Given Franco’s history with 5th Cell, one would think that the mysterious “Unannounced Wii U launch title” is being made by the studio.

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts blog has detailed some of 3D’s “Memoir” menu functions.

The new information is as follows:

– Kingdom Hearts 3D has a “Memoir” menu
– This menu contains tutorial, game help, recollections, and chronicle options
– Tutorial: mini tutorials designed to teach the controls as you play
– Options include Free Flow Action, Reality Shift, Link with Spirit options
– Recollections: shows a look back at the happenings of the game
– Chronicle: shows a look back at all the past games in the series
– In Chronicle, you can see a summary of the stories of Birth By Sleep, Kingdom Hearts, 358/2 Days, etc.
– Pre-launch event on March 3
– Event will take place somewhere in Tokyo

You can find a couple of Memoir menu screenshots above.

Thanks to 4Him for the tip!

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

Japan gets a different Swapnote relating to tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct. President Satoru Iwata sent out the following message to fans (in Japanese obviously):

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Kid Icarus: Uprising development is finished, and the game will soon be out around the world. Director Masahiro Sakurai won’t have much time to rest, as he’ll be responsible for the next round of highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. titles.

Sakurai seems to be doing some reflection. On Twitter earlier today, Sakurai said that he’s been looking over the Smash Bros. Dojo website, which was used to communicate news about Super Smash Bros. Brawl to fans. He said, “However, what’s the word… it’s tremendous. How did we make this?”

Indies Zero CEO Masanobu Suzui saw Sakurai’s message and said something similar. Once a game is done and he check outs the design documents, materials, and development schedule for a project, he isn’t sure how the team managed to put everything together and create the title.

Sakurai’s response? “It’s because we always put our full effort into it. And then, if you rely on that pace, it becomes more and more difficult.”

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

Two Nintendo Direct presentations will be taking place tomorrow morning.

First, Nintendo of Japan will stream a presentation from Satoru Iwata. This will begin at 6 AM EST / 3 AM PST.

Following this, Nintendo of America will post up their own version of Nintendo Direct. Like the first show from last year, Reggie Fils-Aime will take viewers through the latest Nintendo news. The North American presentation is set for 9 AM EST / 6 PM PST.

You can keep track of the Nintendo Direct websites here and here

I wouldn’t expect any megatons, but as usual, we should receive some nice tidbits about upcoming games as well as new footage of Wii/3DS titles.

Thanks to 4Him and Travis P for the tip!

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

Nintendo launched the Japanese-exclusive Wii no Ma channel in May 2009. The service allowed users to view a variety of video content including cartoons and educational shows.

Much like the cancellation of Minna no Theater Wii late last year, Nintendo will soon be ending the Wii no Ma channel. The company announced today that, starting on April 30, the service will no longer be accessible.

According to Nintendo, 8.11 million users have used the program and 4.49 downloads have been registered.