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

Some new information about the latest entry in the Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter XX, has been revealed via the latest issue of Famitsu. The folks at Gematsu have kindly translated it.

The biggest news is the new Brave Style, a style which focuses on continuous attacks. However, you can only equip one hunter art when using this style. The style’s biggest feature is its Brave State, which you can achieve by filling your Brave Gauge. You can accomplish that by parrying the attacks of monsters. While you are in your Brave State, the Brave Gauge gradually decreases again – however, continuously attacking and parrying will keep it from falling. Brave Style is intended as a “sharper” style which is easy to grasp.

When you’re in the Brave State, your evasiveness with certain weapon types increases and you are able to use powerful link attacks and special techniques. Here are some examples of these special attacks:

• “Strong Charged Moving Slash” (Great Sword): a charged attack while moving
• “Step Shot” (Light Bowgun): shoots a special bullet while moving
• “True Charge” (Hammer): two extra strong charged attacks following the regular charged attack

Another new style is the “Renkin Style”, though there are few details available about it at the moment. Supposedly it is intended for people who want to “vigorously enjoy hunting”.

Some other new details:

• The Meowstress’ little sister will appear in XX
• XX’s director is Daisuke Ichihara and the main planner is Takurou Hiraoka; both of them were planners on Generations. Generations’ director, Yasunori Ichinose, oversees the work flow and provides concept supervision for XX
• Balfark is an ancient dragon type monster that lives at a really high altitude. Both it and Ouma Diablos are connected to the main story
• Development on the game us currently 70% complete

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS | 1 Comment

This week’s Pokemon Shuffle update not only brings a round of temporary Special stages, but also a new set of main stages. Starting with Stage 471, devoted players will find even more to enjoy in the game.

The Special stages are also updating. There is a daily set of stages, where players will only be able to catch the Pokemon for their specific day. These will be Torchic (Winking) on Tuesday, Treecko (Winking) on Wednesday, Mudkip (Winking) on Thursday, Castform (Winking) on Friday, and Pikachu (Sleeping) on Monday. Lastly, there will be several stages running until November 15. These are Hitmontop, repeat runs for Machamp and Manaphy, and a safari (featuring Carvanha, Sharpedo, Spinda, Cherubi, Cherrim, Sunkern and Sunflora). Sharpedo will be an especially good catch, because next week’s Mega competition will be for Mega Sharpedo.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 6 Comments

Nintendo has released two new commercials for 3DS just in time for the holidays. Both can be found in the video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Kemco has put out a steady stream of RPGs on the 3DS eShop. The publisher’s next release is Unlucky Mage, which is coming very soon.

After Nintendo listed Unlucky Mage on its website for fall, we now have a concrete date. Today’s European Nintendo Download PR confirmed a Thursday launch. Additionally, a listing on the eShop reveals the same date for North America. Unlucky Mage will cost $9.99.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment

We have our first look at some gameplay footage from Box Up, which is the latest eShop title from RCMADIAX. You can view the footage below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in Mobile, News | 21 Comments

Pokemon GO has been a runaway success for Niantic and the Pokemon Company, but it seems its wild popularity is dwindling – at least compared to other mobile game titans.

A collection of data regarding Pokemon GO and its overall decline in revenue has been posted on the Survey Monkey Intelligence blog, detailing how steep the decline in revenue is. During it’s peak month of July and some time afterwards, Pokemon GO was the most profitable mobile game by a very wide margin. However, its revenue generation has shrunk to levels that are more comparable to other mobile games, such as Mobile Strike, Game of War and Clash Royale. In the blog post, its mentioned that the revenue generation of Pokemon GO has fallen to a level that puts it on par with Candy Crush Saga. Furthermore, the author believes that this downward trend will continue to a certain degree:

October saw Pokémon GO’s daily revenues fall below those of Game of War, Mobile Strike, and Clash Royale, who are now vying for the top grossing game spot.

Pokémon GO’s revenue stats on U.S. smartphones have put it essentially on par with Candy Crush Saga… for the moment. (We expect Pokémon GO revenues will keep falling to some degree.)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 35 Comments

Remakes are a well-known part of the Pokemon franchise. New titles are produced regularly, but older ones are visited fairly frequently. Fans might be interested to hear that Game Freak remains interested in this.

Series producer Junichi Masuda told IGN:

“I think the remakes, like Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, is still an approach we’re interested in. With the Virtual Console releases of the original games, specifically there had never been a way to bring those Pokemon over to the latest generation. It had always been that you couldn’t get those Pokemon out.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 2 Comments

Dungeon of Zaar has managed to reach its Kickstarter goal of roughly $28,000. Because of that, the developer intends to make a version of the game for Switch.

Dungeon of Zaar is a “turn-based strategy game taking place in an ancient and magical castle where Explorers fight for treasures”. The team is packing in single-player missions and training, online player-versus-player matches, and local play.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 2 Comments

A pair of North American Mario Party: Star Rush commercials are now online. The first focuses on the game itself, while the second is more about how the new amiibo are compatible. Both can be seen below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments

GamesIndustry published some specifics about hardware sales in the UK during the month of October. According to the site, Wii U had a two percent market share. That’s in comparison to 56 percent for the Xbox One and 42 percent for the PlayStation 4. A specific Wii U hardware figure was not shared.

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