Nintendo Download (02/23/17, Europe): Harvest Moon 64, forma.8, Swapdoodle DLC, more
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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
forma.8 – €14.99 / £13.49 / CHF 21.00; Conditional offer: €12.49 / £11.29 / CHF 17.49 if you have downloaded the Nindies @ Home demo until 23.03.2017
Vaccine – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00
Wall Ball – €1.49 / £1.39 / CHF 2.10
Wii U Virtual Console
Harvest Moon 64 (Nintendo 64) – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00
3DS DLC
Swapdoodle – Dollo’s ?Nintendo Switch? Doodles – free
Swapdoodle – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time #2 – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20
Swapdoodle – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker #2 – €2.99 / £2.69 / CHF 4.20
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UK software sales (Week ending 02/18/2017) – Wii U/3DS charts
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This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U + Luigi U – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
5. Star Fox Zero – Nintendo
6. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
7. Lego Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive
8. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Dragon Ball Fusions – Bandai Namco Entertainment
5. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
8. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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UK software sales (Week ending 02/18/2017)
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Fire Emblem Heroes – special weapons Quests now available
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in Mobile | 5 Comments
A series of Quests are now available for Fire Emblem Heroes, each focused on a different weapon. The Sword Mastery, Lance Mastery, and Axe Mastery Quests task players with using teams comprised of those weapons to complete certain tasks. Doing so will earn Orbs (up to 6), Crystals, Shards, Badges, and Great Badges. The event runs until February 27 at 2:00 AM. The full list of Quests is after the break:
1-2-Switch – Treasure Box footage
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Nintendo has released footage of another 1-2-Switch minigame, Treasure Box. The game features two treasure boxes tied up in chains, and players must twist and turn their Joy-Con to unravel the chains. Watch the footage below:
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Famitsu’s most wanted games (2/19/17)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart. New entries include Fire Emblem Echoes and The Great Ace Attorney 2.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between February 2 and February 8.
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File sizes for numerous Switch games
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 124 Comments
Nintendo has updated its Japanese website with the file sizes for a number of upcoming Switch games. Dragon Quest I-II seems to be the biggest of the bunch out of the initial lineup at 32 GB.
Here’s the listing of sizes we know about thus far:
– Dragon Quest Heroes I-II – 32 GB
– Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 7 GB
– Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power-Up Kit – 5 GB
– Snipperclips – 1.60 GB
– I Am Setsuna – 1.40 GB
– Puyo Puyo Tetris – 1.09 GB
Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s size was reported awhile back. That one requires 13.4 GB of space.
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Super Mario Run maintenance taking place tomorrow
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Nintendo will be conducting maintenance on Super Mario Maker for a few hours tomorrow. A notice has been sent out to players about the downtime as a warning of sorts. If you’re playing a stage when maintenance begins, coins earned during the stage and your Toad Rally results may not be saved.
According to Nintendo, the maintenance will happen between 20:00 – 23:00. A timezone isn’t specified, but it should take place in the evening in North America on February 20, and during the early hours on February 21 in Europe.
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Nintendo’s Bill Trinen on why Zelda: Breath of the Wild is getting DLC and the mixed reaction
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 209 Comments
Nintendo announced an Expansion Pass for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild last week. Those who buy it upon release on March 3 will have access to a few items, but the real content will be delivered in the summer and the holiday season with additions such as a new hard mode, new dungeon, and a new original story.
Some fans were taken aback by the DLC announcement. The reaction has been mixed, as is evident through the likes to dislikes ratio from the news shared on Nintendo’s YouTube page.
Nintendo’s Bill Trinen stopped by the latest episode of IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast this week to chat more about Switch. During the show, he was asked about his response to the Zelda DLC reaction. That prompted him to explain Nintendo’s approach, and Trinen shared an in-depth answer as to why Nintendo is deciding to create DLC for Breath of the Wild.
He said:
Vaccine footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Vaccine is hitting the European Wii U eShop on Thursday, with the North American version set soon after. An early look at the game can be found below.