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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Amazon has selected the top 10 games for 2016. Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were the lone Nintendo representatives, having taken the seventh spot.

The full list is as follows:

10. Forza Horizon 3
9. The Witness
8. Battlefield 1
7. Pokemon Sun/Moon
6. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
5. Dark Souls III
4. Doom
3. Final Fantasy XV
2. Titanfall 2
1. Overwatch

Here’s how Amazon says the list is determined:

“Each year, a group of Amazon gamers gets together and picks our top games of the year. Fun gameplay is a common feature of all of these games. For some of them, we invested many, many hours of gameplay time. Other picks on the list are games that we think made a big impact on the gaming industry as a whole. After much debate, analysis, and hands-on gaming time, we’re pleased to present our list of Best Games of 2016.”

Amazon has been selecting the best games of the year for quite some time now. 2015’s list is here, 2014’s list is here, and 2013’s list is here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 6 Comments

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nintendo has no plans for “additional content, either free or paid” in Super Mario Run. That information comes directly from a company representative.

Now, we do know that Super Mario Run is already being updated with new items and tie-ins to My Nintendo. That’s what we’ll likely be seeing going forward. The core experience won’t change, and we’re unlikely to see new levels based on what Nintendo is saying.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 21 Comments

Any Arts Production has released the first full trailer for Seasons of Heaven, its new game in the works for Switch. We’ve included it below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 4 Comments

A new FCC filing popped up from Nintendo today with the model number HAC-016 as a “Wireless Gaming Device”. HAC is widely believed to be the code for Switch, meaning this should be some sort of device for the platform.

The confidentiality release date ends on June 18, 2017. That likely means we won’t be officially hearing about whatever this thing is until then. The one image we have, shown above, is from the Label Location document.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Minecraft: Wii U Edition is adding the Fallout Mash-Up Pack this week. Once maintenance takes place later this week, the DLC should be out another with update 15. We have the full patch notes below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments

To celebrate the holidays, Nintendo is kicking off the National StreetPass Holiday event in North America today.

3DS owners can visit one of nearly 30,000 Nintendo Zone hotspots to take advantage of StreetPass functionality offered by various games. Furthermore, a special guest is stopping by. Shigeru Miyamoto’s Mii is available to those who visit a Nintendo Zone location.

The National StreetPass Holiday event ends on January 15.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 149 Comments

Digital Foundry and Eurogamer have a new report about the specs surrounding Switch. The big takeaways here concern the console’s CPU and GPU.

Below is a notable excerpt from the new report today:

“As many have speculated, the new Nintendo hardware does indeed feature two performance configurations – and the console is categorically not as capable in mobile form, compared to its prowess when docked and attached to an HDTV. And we can confirm that there is no second GPU or additional hardware in the dock itself regardless of the intriguing patents that Nintendo has filed suggesting that there might be. With battery life and power throughput no longer an issue, the docked Switch simply allows the GPU to run much faster. And to put it simply, there is a night and day difference here.

Where Switch remains consistent is in CPU power – the cores run at 1020MHz regardless of whether the machine is docked or undocked. This ensures that running game logic won’t be compromised while gaming on the go: the game simulation itself will remain entirely consistent. The machine’s embedded memory controller runs at 1600MHz while docked (on par with a standard Tegra X1), but the default power mode undocked sees this drop to 1331MHz. However, developers can opt to retain full memory bandwidth in their titles should they choose to do so.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Check out some screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads in Europe:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – €16.99 / £15.99 / CHF 23.99

Back to Bed – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.99

RADIANTFLUX: HYPERFRACTAL – €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 3.99

Zombie Brigade: No Brain No Gain – Conditional Sale: Free if you own Cube Life: Island Survival until 25.12.2016, regular price: €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99

Wii U DLC

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – 1st Birthday Skin Pack – free until January 5th, 2017

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Fallout Mash-up – €5.99 / £4.79 / CHF 5.70

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Doctor Who Skins I & II Bundle – €5.99 / £4.79 / CHF 5.70

3DS Download

Picross e7 – €5.00 / £4.50 / CHF 7.00

Geki Yaba Runner Deluxe – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99

TOUCH BATTLE TANK – TAG COMBAT – €3.99 / £3.99 / CHF 5.20

Japanese Rail Sim 3D Monorail Trip to Okinawa – €14.99 / £12.99 / CHF 15.00

SkyPeace – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.00

3DS Demo

Ice Station Z

3DS Videos

Shin Chan Vol. 1 – free

Shin Chan Vol. 2 – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

Shin Chan Vol. 3 – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

3DS Themes

Mario’s Winter Wonderland – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

Jurassic Cubs and the Magic Flow – €1.49 / £1.39 / CHF 2.10

Jurassic Cubs Behind the Meteorite – €1.49 / £1.39 / CHF 2.10

Jurassic Cubs on Lianas with Nichus – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Jurassic Cubs and the big jump – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Jurassic Cubs 3 Pack – €2.49 / £2.29 / CHF 3.50

Hello Kitty Christmas Time – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Hello Kitty celebrates New Year’s Eve – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Hello Kitty with snowman – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Hello Kitty Winter Princess – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Little Miss Ballet – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Mr. Men Little Miss Christmas – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Mr. Men Little Miss Cooking – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Mr. Men Little Miss Dino – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Ice Station Z – €0.89 / £0.79 / CHF 0.95

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

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

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition –  Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U –  Nintendo
5. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
6. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
7. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
9. Minecraft: Story Mode – Complete Adventure – Telltale Games
10. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
9. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

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