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

Nintendo has pushed back the launch of its Animal Crossing game for mobile. Previously scheduled for the current fiscal year, it will now launch during the next fiscal year instead. This was done in order to “accommodate the releases” of Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. We’ll now be seeing Animal Crossing on mobile by April at the earliest.

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

Nintendo has said that Fire Emblem Heroes will be out this week. Officially, the game is said to be launching on February 2. In the west though, it may actually be releasing sooner than that.

An email from a Nintendo customer support representative says that Fire Emblem Heroes arrives at 7 AM in Japan on February 2. If we start seeing the game around the rest of the world at roughly the same time, we could be getting it on Wednesday at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET / 10 PM in the UK / 11 PM in Europe.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, News | 52 Comments

Apps becoming more expensive due to currency fluctuations is nothing new in the mobile market – and the same is now starting to happen in the UK, although on a much larger scale. Following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, the Pound has dropped dramatically in value, and as a result, Apple has decided to raise the raise prices on the App Store across the board, by about 25%.

One of the affected titles is Super Mario Run – in the UK, it now costs £9.99 to unlock all of the game’s levels after the initial demo, up from the previous £7.99.

It is not yet known what the game’s price will be on the Google Play Store once Super Mario Run launches on Android devices in March.

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

Miitomo has been updated with new content. Players can nab the latest items in the Miitomo Drop stage, “Snowy superstar! Winter Sportswear #2”.

Available items include:

– Ice-skater hair clip
– Women’s figure-skating outfit
– Men’s figure-skating outfit
– Flashy figure-skating outfit

Users can select Miitomo Drop stages from the Shop tab. Miitomo coins or game tickets are needed to play.

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

In Japan, Fire Emblem Heroes places a limit on the amount of cash that can be paid by minors. These players will only be able to spend 12,000 yen on the game each month. Other mobile titles in Japan have integrated a similar “safety guard” of sorts.

Fire Emblem Heroes launches on both iOS and Android on February 2. It’s the first free-to-play mobile game from Nintendo.

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

Niantic is in the process of rolling out another update for Pokemon GO. For iOS users, the game will be updated to version 1.25.0. For Android it’s version 0.55.0.

According to Niantic, Pokemon GO’s new update reduces the starting loading time on Android and addresses connectivity issues with Pokemon GO Plus on that platform. On iOS, wheelchair support has been integrated for use with Apple Watch. Minor text fixes are also implemented.

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

Miitomo has been updated with more content. Users will find returning stages with more items.

“Career change! Dream Jobs” is the returning stage theme. They provide the following:

– Firefighter helmet (set)
– Firefighter uniform (set)
– Fire truck
– Fire hose
– Police officer hat (set)
– Police officer uniform (set)
– Motorcycle officer helmet (set)
– Motorcycle officer uniform (set)
– Train conductor hat (set)
– Train conductor uniform (set)
– Train conductor pouch (set)
– Train outfit

The returning stages will be available until January 29 at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 34 Comments

Fire Emblem Heroes is just on the horizon. Next week, the mobile game will launch around the world.

It’s unclear how much space is required, and Nintendo is ready to give out a specific number. That being said, in a Nintendo customer support email, the company recommends 1 GB of free space. We should have a final answer in just a few days.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, News | 8 Comments

Tsunakazu Ishihara, CEO of The Pokemon Company, recently sat down with Nikkei for an interview. Other than some general talk about the games industry and Pokemon GO, he had this to say when asked about safety concerns when playing Pokemon GO:

“To avoid the danger, we also released “Pokemon Go Plus,” the smartphone-linked wearable device, so that “Pokemon Go” players do not have to always be looking down at their smartphone screens. Together with Nintendo, we are thinking of developing a new device that can be played more safely. “

Since the interview was originally conducted in Japanese, there’s always the danger of something being lost in translation, but the word “device” being used here is interesting. Pokemon GO Plus is more of an accessory since you still need an actual smartphone to properly play Pokemon GO, but it seems like Ishihara might be talking about a device here that lets you play the game on its own.

Certainly an interesting possibility, but either way, it seems like this mysterious device is still in the planning stages, so we probably won’t get to see it for a while.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, Videos | 11 Comments

Nintendo just released part 2 of the “Heroes & Heroines” trailer for Fire Emblem Heroes, showing off a couple more of the game’s characters and their all-new artwork and voice samples. Give it a watch:

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