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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Despite the fact that Nintendo labeled GameStop’s “recall” of the Wii U Basic Set a “rebalance” a few days ago, further evidence points to the discontinuation of the system. An internal Best Buy flyer obtained by Kotaku suggests that the retailer will be getting rid of its Basic stock next week.

According to the flyer, “stores should pull all new in box units and send them back” on June 10-11. “Stores should expect to see more Wii U deluxe units arriving in the coming weeks.”

Is this just a simple “rebalance”, as Nintendo claims? Or is there something more to the situation?

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

EA’s future support support has been somewhat unclear as of late. The company first indicated that it had no games in development for the system whatsoever, but additional comments seemed to contradict that.

EA president of labels Frank Gibeau has now given some specifics on the publisher’s Wii U stance.

No games coming from EA will be hitting Wii U this fall – ruling out the likes of Need for Speed: Rivals, among others. However, Gibeau did note: “We have guys that our looking at the Wii U in the studio system right now as an opportunity for the future”.

“We have a good partnership with Nintendo. We released four games on the platform over the last year and we’re pretty proud of Need For Speed, and Madden, and FIFA and Mass Effect. We have guys that our looking at the Wii U in the studio system right now as an opportunity for the future, but we have no publicly announced Wii U games that we’re going to release this fall.”

“We’re really excited about the Xbox One and the PS4 and that’s a pretty big endeavor in and of itself. We have four titles out on the Wii U that are active right now, so looking at how things unfold, that’s where our focus is right now.”

Gibeau later said that EA as a whole thinks of Wii U as a next-gen console, which is grouped together with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. When asked why the publisher has no projects in the works for Wii U though, Gibeau said that there’s “no more context for me to add.”

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Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Videos, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

I made my way through the first twenty levels in the upcoming Mutant Mudds Deluxe, which means the ghost levels were unlocked. I figured I’d catch some footage of it for you guys, and even though it didn’t really go as smoothly as I had hoped, you can probably glean something from it. I also give my general impressions of the game as we go along, if you’re curious how it stacks up.

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii Shop Channel | 0 comments

Sengoku came out for the Wii Virtual Console in April. An Australian/European release now looks to be on the way as well.

Earlier today, the OFLC rated Sengoku:

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii | 0 comments

If you were to ask any Nintendo fan about which E3 conference was Nintendo’s worst, most would probably point to E3 2008.

The briefing was completely devoid of announcements for the hardcore audience, and there was very little news in general.

So what was there? From Nintendo, the company announced Animal Crossing: City Folk, Wii Sports Resort, and Wii Music. That’s it.

Arguably the biggest announcement was Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS, but no trailer (or screenshots) was shown.

E3 2008 led to several cringe-worthy moments. Cammie Dunaway made her debut and talked about breaking her wrist snowboarding, while Ravi Drums was banging away on virtual drums like a madman.

At least we got a few memes out of the whole thing!

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

A couple of month’s ago, QUBE’s developer showed an image of the game running on Wii U. This month’s ONM officially confirms QUBE: Director’s Cut for the Wii U eShop.

Director Dan Da Rocha said that the team is “revamping the game for the Wii U, bringing in an all-new story, an entirely new music composition, new puzzles and a time trial mode with 10 maps.”

QUBE: Director’s Cut is estimated to launch this fall.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

More Nintendo Miis look to be on the way during E3 week. The following image was shared on the company’s Facebook page a few hours ago:

Masahiro Sakurai, maybe? Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda? I’m just throwing out a couple of guesses!

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