Nintendo Download (2/2/17, North America) – Fire Emblem Heroes, Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World, more
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Mobile, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Mobile
Fire Emblem Heroes – free-to-play (available later today)
Wii U Download
I C REDD – $1.49
Lucentek Beyond – $3.99
Star Splash: Shattered Star – $3.49
Wii U Virtual Console
Bomberman ’94 – $6.99
Gradius – $6.99
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eShop maintenance taking place Sunday / Monday (using credit cards)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
As previously reported, the eShop will be down for maintenance on Tuesday specifically for redeeming eShop cards. More maintenance is actually planned before that though. Credit cards can’t be used for several hours this Sunday / Monday.
The maintenance schedule is as follows:
– 7 PM PT (February 5) – 3 AM PT (February 6)
– 10 PM ET (February 5) – 6 AM ET (February 6)
– 3 AM in the UK (February 6) – 11 AM in the UK
– 4 AM in Europe (February 6) – 12 PM in Europe (February 6)
From Sunday, February 5, 2017 7 :00 PM – Monday, February 6, 2017 3 :00 AM Pacific Time
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Plantera, WordsUp! Academy hitting the European eShop next week
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Two digital titles have been dated for Europe. Plantera on Wii U / 3DS as well as WordsUp! Academy for Nintendo’s console are both slated for next Thursday.
Here’s the listing for Plantera:
#Plantera #EU #WiiU/#3DS #releasedate https://t.co/1X6H3xn0h4 @RatalaikaGames @GoNintendoTweet @NinEverything #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/J1QuqstQ0k
— Nintendo Hall (@NintendoHall) February 2, 2017
And the listing for WordsUp! Academy:
WordsUp! Academy #EU #WiiU #releasedate https://t.co/dNm4X2HMcF @coderchild @GoNintendoTweet @NinEverything #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev pic.twitter.com/rDUDPMOZVl
— Nintendo Hall (@NintendoHall) February 2, 2017
New My Nintendo discounts live in North America
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments
In North America, several new discounts can now be found on the North American My Nintendo website. Offers are up for both Platinum and Gold Points.
Here’s the lineup:
Platinum
– 20% discount on Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (Wii U / 3DS) – 400 Platinum Points
– 20% discount on Dr. Luigi (Wii U) – 300 Platinum Points
– 20% discount on Game & Wario (Wii U) – 600 Platinum Points
Gold
– 30% discount on Paper Mario (Wii U) – 30 Gold Points
– 30% discount on Rhythm Heaven Megamix (3DS) – 80 Gold Points
– 30% discount on Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash (3DS) – 80 Gold Points
You can order these discounts on the official My Nintendo page here. They’ll be available until May 2. If you choose any of these discounts, they can be used until June 1.
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Pankapu: The Dreamkeeper Wii U version scrapped, dev shifting to Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
Too Kind Studio was looking to bring Pankapu: The Dreamkeeper to Wii U following a successful Kickstarter campaign last year. However, those plans have now changed.
On Twitter, Too Kind Studio posted an image of Pankapu on Switch, hinting at an upcoming release on the new platform. The developer has since clarified that the Wii U version has been scrapped, and will now focus on Switch.
The tweet is as follows:
@phantomliger89 with the recent announcement of the Switch, we think it will be better to focus on it
— Pankapu (@Pankapu) February 1, 2017
Nintendo on Wii U, amiibo, digital download, NES Classic Edition sales
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima…
This slide compares sell-through for Wii U hardware and first-party packaged software in Japan, the U.S. and Europe from April 2016 through the last week of the calendar year, compared with the same period over the past two years. We significantly decreased the shipping volume for Wii U this fiscal year compared to the fiscal year ended March 2016 and set our sales expectations at 800,000 units. As a result, hardware sell-through is down significantly compared to the previous two years. Also, there were fewer new titles this year, resulting in reduced trends in software sell-through compared to previous periods, but both the hardware and software results are largely in alignment with our expectations.
This figure shows the sell-in for amiibo figures compared to the previous period. In the previous period, we sold many amiibo, particularly in the Super Smash Brothers series, reaching total sell-in of approximately 20.5 million units. Sell-in for this period was approximately 6.5 million units.
Vaccine is still coming to Wii U
Posted on 7 years ago by Fernando in News, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments
Indie developer Rainy Night Creations announced a few months ago that their new game, Vaccine, would be coming to Wii U as well as other platforms.
Today, Rainy Night Creations have posted on their Twitter account that they already have a date for Vaccine on Xbox One, PS4 and Steam. Unfortunately, the Wii U version failed lotcheck and they have to keep testing it.
The good news about this is that they won’t cancel Vaccine on Wii U regardless the situation, so it will probably be launching a month later than the others.
It was previously announced that Vaccine was slated for Q1 2017. Hopefully it will maintain that release window in Wii U.
And no, even though WiiU is the trickiest to develop for, it has the most expensive devkit and it's the less profitable, not gonna cancel it
— Walfri – Vaccine Rebirth (@Hello_from_RNC) January 30, 2017
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RISE: Race The Future no longer in the works for Wii U, but VD-Dev still hoping to make a Switch version
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 15 Comments
IronFall Invasion developer VD-Dev announced RISE: Race The Future for Switch and Wii U. Development is moving forward – despite the sad passing of the studio’s co-founder Fernando Velez.
Some platform changes have been made since the original announcement. For one thing, Wii U is now out of the picture. VD-Dev is also focusing on PC first, with other platforms to follow. VD-Dev still hopes to make a Switch version, but since the game is initially launching at the end of this year, we won’t be seeing it on a Nintendo platform until 2018.
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Star Splash: Shattered Star footage
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Ahead of its Wii U eShop release on footage, a few minutes of footage has been posted showing Star Splash: Shattered Star. Watch the video below.
Star Splash: Shattered Star file size
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Star Splash: Shattered Star is due out on the European Wii U eShop this week. The game’s file size is in, which is a 208 MB download. It should be available on Thursday.
