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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Videos, Wii U | 4 Comments

At E3 2015 last week, GameXplain sat down with Super Mario Maker Takashi Tezuka and Yosuke Oshino for a chat about Super Mario Maker. You can watch it in full below. I’ve also attached some notes that I thought were particularly interesting.

– Was decided to make it only a single-player game early on
– Online functionality was also decided early on
– Nintendo was worried about the servers being flooded with levels and being unable to find them, so a lot of work was put in to make sure players can find the great ones admist so-so levels
– Can’t download a level, edit it, and reupload; done to avoid copycat levels
– Can only upload 1 level at a time, not full-scale Mario adventures
– Hard cap on the number of objects you can have in a level, but you probably won’t ever notice it
– Nintendo will be able to distribute courses to players
– No DLC plans for things like enemies and objects
– Once again, no Koopalings
– Different amiibo suits only change the sound effects/different animations for clearing the course
– Nintendo has more stuff to reveal for Super Mario Maker
– Tezuka’s favorite Mario game is Super Mario Bros. 3
– Oshino’s favorite Mario game is Super Mario World

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Big John Games has confirmed that the 1.1 update for Cube Creator 3D is now in lot check. It’ll take roughly 30 days for it to be approved, and then a release date can be determined.

Big John Games has also shared extensive information about what’s new in Cube Creator 3D version 1.1. Here’s a quick overview:

– Fantasia and Inferno environments
– New enemies
– 3 new block types
– Can collect light and dark tree wood in Survival Mode
– 8 new Texture Packs
– New music
– Performance improvements
– Customize the Survival Mode campaign
– Transfer worlds between Creative and Survival Mode
– Loading and modifying worlds is enhanced
– Bug fixes

Continue on below for the full overview of Cube Creator 3D’s version 1.1 update straight from Big John Games.

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

Hexagon Games’ debut project known as “Titan Tank Rumble” is heading to Wii U, the company has confirmed.

Titan Tank Rumble is a vehicular combat game. It takes inspiration from Twisted Metal and Rare’s classic games for the N64.

Hexagon Games wrote on Twitter a few minutes ago:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment

Nintendo World Report was able to hold a discussion with Warren Spector. Spector discussed Nintendo bringing games to mobile, Epic Mickey, his love for DuckTales, and more. You can view the full interview below.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments

The crossover project between Ping+ and Blok Drop is back on. Nami Tentou Mushi has announced that the studio is handling development of the title, which is planned for release this winter.

Nami Tentou Mushi announced via Twitter a few days ago:

Thanks to Tom for the tip.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Last week, Rising Star Games brought out a whole bunch of 3DS themes to Europe to celebrate the launch of The Lost Valley. These themes will also be coming to North America, Natsume has confirmed.

The publisher wrote on Twitter a few moments ago.

There are four Harvest Moon 3DS themes in total: Cow, Dog, Horse, and Chicken.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Hours upon hours of footage have come in for Fire Emblem If. Since Twitch embeds result in auto-play, we’ve posted the video after the break.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 5 Comments

Following today’s localization announcement of Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden, Bandai Namco has released some material for the game. We’ve attached the North American boxart above, and you can find some screenshots and a fact sheet below.

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

Abstraction Games and Night Light Interactive Partner today announced that Whispering Willows is making its way to Wii U.

Here’s the official overview:

Project Elena’s soul outside her body to solve puzzles, reach hidden areas, and interact with other spirts to ultimately determine what happened to her father.

Rich with narrative and filled with gorgeous hand-painted 2D visuals, Whispering Willows is a horror themed side-scrolling adventure where players take the role of Elena, a young girl determined to solve the mystery behind her missing father. Using a unique amulet gifted from her father, Elena possesses the extraordinary ability to project her spirit outside of her body. While in this spectral form, she can interact with the benevolent spirits and wicked wraiths that used to dwell within the walls of the sinister Willows Mansion. Help Elena use her astral projection to solve puzzles, help lost spirits, and uncover the mysteries behind her missing father.

Whispering Willows launches on the Wii U eShop this summer. A trailer can be seen below.

Source: Abstraction Games PR

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 20 Comments

Nintendo World Report recently asked Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe about the possibility of Olimar and the Pikmin running into Chibi-Robo! at some point in the future. To this, he said: “That’s an interesting idea, and something I could speak to Mr Miyamoto about a collaboration.”

How would you guys feel about some sort of Pikmin and Chibi-Robo! crossover. Is that something you’d like to see?

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