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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments

Xenoblade Chronicles X features something known as “Skells”. These mechs allow players to take to the sky and fly across the vast world. You won’t have access to Skells right away, however. They are made available later in the game after players receiving a license.

This month’s issue of Game Informer has a few comments from Monolith Soft executive director Tetsuya Takahashi. Takahashi told the magazine why Skells aren’t handed out at the start, explaining:

“The main reason we didn’t want players to have the Skell from the beginning of the game is that we wanted them to have the opportunity to fully explore the world on foot first. The world starts to feel quiet a bit different once you have the Skell, especially once you experience different layers of the world vertically.”

Xenoblade Chronicles X still has a few months to go before it reaches the west. The overseas release is scheduled for December 4.

More: interview, Monolith Soft, Tetsuya Takahashi, top, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Another Skylanders SuperChargers video has appeared on YouTube showing online racing gameplay. We have it below.

More: Activision, Skylanders Superchargers, Vicarious Visions

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii U | 21 Comments

Update: Bumped to the top. Amazon has revealed the amiibo bundle packaging, which reveals that the three amiibo cards are special editions of Goldie, Rosie and Stitches.

Thanks to a listing on GameFly, we have an updated boxart image for Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. Have a look at it above.

Here’s the original boxart image from June:

I’d definitely say that the new one looks nicer!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Nintendo has published its fourth indie interview coming from PAX Prime 2015. In the latest one, the company’s Damon Baker talks with Oddworld Inhabitants about Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty. Check it out below.

More: indie, interview, Just Add Water, Oddworld Inhabitants, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Splatoon’s fifth European Splatfest is now up and running. This time around, the two sides are Team Messy and Team Tidy.

Those of you in Europe will have until this time tomorrow to compete in the new Splatfest. Expect the results shortly after it ends.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

The Wii U version of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth will be patched on Monday, Nicalis’ Tyrone Rodriguez has confirmed via Twitter. This update should address some bugs players have been experiencing.

Rodriguez also recently noted on his Twitter account that another New 3DS update is planned. However, there’s no timetable for its release since Nintendo needs to approve it.

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More: Nicalis, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, title update

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 22 Comments

During the 2015 Tokyo Game Show a few hours ago, Bandai Namco unveiled a few new characters for Project X Zone 2. Chrom and Lucina from Fire Emblem, Fiora from Xenoblade, and KOS-MOS were all confirmed for the game.

We now have several images from the official site showing the new characters. All of the shots are attached to this post.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 3 Comments

Earlier today, Capcom held a stage event for Monster Hunter Stories at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show. The full recording is below. Be sure to give it a look, as it features the first direct-feed gameplay from Stories.

More: Capcom, Japan, Monster Hunter Stories

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Videos, Wii | 8 Comments

If you were on the site in 2008, you may recall that there were quite a few rumors surrounding Factor 5 developing a Kid Icarus game for Wii. Of course, we all know now that such a project never came to be.

Liam Robertson has been doing some investigative work as of late in hopes of finding out more about Factor 5’s plans for Kid Icarus on Nintendo’s old console. You can listen to his findings in the video below.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 21 Comments

Hyrule Warriors Legends will have stereoscopic 3D support – sort of. In an interview with 4Gamer, producer Yosuke Hayashi confirmed that the game will only make use of 3D on the New 3DS.

Naturally, the 3DS is not as powerful as the Wii U. Koei Tecmo worked hard to balance the enemy count, and displaying as many enemies as possible on screen was important. The New 3DS gave Hyrule Warriors Legends that extra boost to make stereoscopic 3D possible.

Hayashi also talked about things we’ve heard in the past: the 3DS version of Hyrule Warriors came about due to fan interest, more characters are coming, amiibo will be supported, DLC characters from the Wii U version will be immediately available on 3DS, and DLC is possible. We’ll also mention that a code will be included with all copies of the game so that players can unlock Toon Link, Tetra, and the King of Hyrule in the Wii U version.

Koei Tecmo is nearly done with the development of Hyrule Warriors Legends, and they’re currently working on polishing things. That makes sense, as the game is launching on January 21 in Japan.

More: interview, Koei Tecmo, Omega Force, Team Ninja, top, Yosuke Hayashi