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

Second-Screen Gaming Takes Center Stage

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Nintendo is bringing its Wii U console to Downtown Disney in Anaheim, Calif., as part of a six-city tour to give people a chance to experience second-screen gaming for themselves. The tour is free and open to the public, and will include hands-on time with a wide selection of Wii U games, including Nintendo Land™, New Super Mario Bros.™U, LEGO®City Undercover, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate from Capcom and Need for Speed Most Wanted U from Electronic Arts. (Playable games may vary by location.)

Visitors of the tour will be able to play all these Wii U games in a comfortable, living room setting surrounded by backdrops of some of Nintendo’s most beloved characters. Visitors can even pose for pictures with props from various Nintendo franchises and Tweet photos of the event with a unique hashtag to receive a special gift while supplies last.

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Nintendo is working on a patch for New Super Mario Bros. U that will arrive right around the same time as New Super Luigi U. While not overly significant, it will allow for a couple of things.

Once applied, the update will allow players to purchase the New Super Luigi U DLC in-game – no trip to the eShop will be necessary. The patch will additionally add Wii U Pro Controller support, giving yet another control option.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Features, Random, Wii U | 0 comments

I haven’t been publicizing this much, but yes: Nintendo Everything now has a YouTube channel. There isn’t much there at present, but it should be a whole lot more interesting once E3 2013 is done and over with.

In the meantime, I’ve started to produce some completely random and silly videos. Case and point: this Sonic Lost World – 15 seconds edition trailer. I cut away (most) of the CG, highlighted (most) of the interesting gameplay bits, and crammed it all together. If you ever wanted to give a friend a quick idea as to what Sonic Lost World is about, perhaps this would be the video to show… or maybe not.

Think this is too stupid? Let me know – you’ll never see it again! Hopefully I’ll start to get better at this video stuff as time passes.

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

In Japan, Nintendo will soon be bundling Nintendo Land with the Wii Remote.

Copies will come in one of two colors: blue or pink. Each is priced at 5,985 yen and will launch on July 13.

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

Nintendo has been hosting something called the “Wii U Summer Showcase”, where fans can get hands-on time with the system’s games and learn more about the hardware. The company took its act to Disneyland recently, and surprisingly, Zelda: Wind Waker HD was on display.

Although the game wasn’t playable, Nintendo did bring along a poster that showcases the first art from the GameCube remake. Take a look below:

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

The Wii U GamePad battery kind of stinks right now. To improve the situation, Nintendo intends to release an improved rechargeable battery in Japan.

An enhanced battery pack will increase the GamePad’s life from 3-5 hours to 5-8 hours. It’s a 2550mAh battery as opposed to the current 1500mAh battery.

The product will be available on July 25 for 3,150 yen.

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

As is the case in North America and Europe, Nintendo launched the Wii U in Japan with two colors. The Basic Set came in white whereas the Premium Set is colored black.

In July, the Premium Set will also come in white. Nintendo will be making this product available on July 13. Pricing is set at 31,500 yen.

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

Nintendo of Canada’s Facebook page reveals the locations that will house playable demos of the Big N’s E3 2013 games.

Here’s the lineup:

Ontario: North York, Toronto, Mississauga, Windsor, London, Ottawa, Kingston, Brampton, Oakville
Quebec: Montreal, Lasalle
Manitoba: Winnipeg
Saskatchewan: Saskatoon
Alberta: Edmonton, Calgary (2 locations)
British Columbia: Vancouver, Langley, Richmond
Nova Scotia: Dartmouth

Nintendo shared the listing for US Best Buy locations earlier today. That can be found here.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

Shin’en is talking about something I’ve been putting out there for a while now: The Wii U’s architecture is fundamentally different from a PS4, PC, or any other console out there. You can’t use the same “engine layout” (as they put it) and get the results you want, so if you want to get the most out of the console you have to be able to put in the extra effort to make an engine that takes advantage of what its strengths are. This is a huge reason why we aren’t seeing third party, multiplatform support on Wii U, and why we generally haven’t seen it on past Nintendo systems.

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [3DS] Shin Megami Tensei IV # (Atlus) {2013.05.23} (¥6.980) – 188.562 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Kamen Rider: Battride War # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.05.23} (¥7.480) – 128.659 / NEW
03./00. [PS3] Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom) {2013.05.23} (¥4.990) – 102.673 / NEW
04./02. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 59.876 / 984.984 (-5%)
05./00. [PSV] Valhalla Knights 3 (Marvelous AQL) {2013.05.23} (¥5.980) – 40.357 / NEW
06./00. [PS3] Terraria (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.05.23} (¥4.179) – 19.861 / NEW
07./03. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 19.079 / 731.304 (-6%)
08./04. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 15.489 / 3.232.840 (-6%)
09./01. [PSP] Summon Night 5 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.05.16} (¥5.980) – 13.624 / 119.135 (-87%)
10./00. [WIU] Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom) {2013.05.23} (¥4.990) – 8.398 / NEW
11./00. [360] Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom) {2013.05.23} (¥4.990) – 7.053 / NEW
12./06. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (Capcom) {2013.04.25} (¥4.990) – 5.334 / 184.088 (-39%)
13./08. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (¥5.040) – 5.190 / 482.930 (+19%)
14./00. [PS3] Z/X: Zillions of Enemy X – Zetsukai no Crusade (Nippon Ichi Software) {2013.05.23} (¥7.140) – 5.019 / NEW
15./07. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.02.28} (¥5.800) – 4.105 / 193.160 (-10%)
16./00. [3DS] Tamagotchi no Doki Doki Dream Omisecchi (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.05.23} (¥4.980) – 3.961 / NEW
17./09. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 3.517 / 2.032.180 (-9%)
18./05. [PS3] MuvLuv Alternative: Total Eclipse # (5pb.) {2013.05.16} (¥7.140) – 3.138 / 15.511 (-75%)
19./10. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 3.045 / 2.054.247 (-9%)
20./16. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom) {2012.11.15} (¥3.800) – 2.612 / 310.085 (+3%)

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