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

Nintendo has shared more information about what to expect from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at The Game Awards tomorrow.

The “exclusive look” that we previously heard about will actually be during the pre-show. That’ll be held at 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET. After that, Nintendo says “even more details” will then be present at The Game Awards itself, which starts a half hour later.

Nintendo posted on Facebook a short while ago:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii, Wii U | 13 Comments

Xavier Poix from Ubisoft has spent 18 years with the company. Currently, he’s the managing director of Ubisoft’s French studios. Polygon recently caught up with Poix and spoke about Switch – and more about Nintendo – in-depth.

We’ve rounded up what Poix had to say below. Head on over here to read up on Polygon’s full piece.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 10 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s teaser site is now open. Access the North American page here and the European site here. Both are fairly similar.

It’s going to be awhile before the full site is open. That being said, there’s a decent amount of content already present between the official trailer, brief rundown of the game, and overview of amiibo support.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 7 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 45,622
PS4 – 33,859
2DS – 18,158
Vita – 12,240
PS4 Pro – 8,243
New 3DS – 6,955
Wii U – 3,493
Xbox One – 778
PS3 – 623
3DS – 482
3DS LL – 95

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 81,044
PS4 – 25,605
2DS – 17,769
PS4 Pro – 12,421
Vita – 9,191
New 3DS – 8,193
Wii U – 3,251
PS3 – 625
3DS – 529
Xbox One – 186
3DS LL – 96

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 6 Comments

Square Enix opened an official website for its presence at Jump Festa 2017 today, accessible here. It confirms the following titles for the Japanese expo:

Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Scanner (Arcade) – Corner, Trailer, Stage
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional (3DS) – Corner, Trailer
Dragon Quest X Online (Wii U, Wii, Windows) – Stage
Dragon Quest XI: In Search of Departed Time (PS4, 3DS) – Stage
Final Fantasy XV (PS4, XBO) – Playable, Trailer
Hoshi no Dragon Quest (iOS, Android) – Stage
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (PS4) – Trailer
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (PS4) – Trailer
NieR: Automata (PS4) – Trailer
SaGa: Scarlet Grace (PS Vita) – Trailer

Square Enix’s stage schedule is also now known. On December 17, a Dragon Quest XI special stage will be held where “new details will finally arrive”. Series creator Yuji Horii, producer Yosuke Saito, director Takeshi Uchikawa, V-Jump’s Side V-san, and MC Ayana Tsubaki will be in attendance.

The stage will be hosted at the following times:

– 9 PM PT (December 16)
– 12 AM ET (December 17)
– 5 AM in the UK (December 17)
– 6 AM in Europe (December 17)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 14 Comments

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth launched for Wii U last summer. The situation surrounding DLC expansions has been hazy, but now we can say for sure that the new content, Afterbirth+, will not be on the eShop.

That being said, we may have another case of a developer moving things over to Switch. A new post on the official Binding of Isaac website notes that Afterbirth+ will be on “PlayStation 4, Xbox One and one more console.” Wii U and PlayStation Vita were then ruled out. Since this console isn’t mentioned by name and we know of a new one on the horizon – specifically Switch – it’s very possible that The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Afterbirth+ will end up on the platform.

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

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Yakuza 6 (PS4) – 10/10/9/10
Drive Club VR (PS4) – 7/8/7/9
Banner Saga 2 (PS4) – 8/7/7/9
Megami Meguri (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Puyo Puyo Chronicle (3DS) – 8/8/8/8
Miitopia (3DS) – 7/8/8/8
Gudetama Okawari Ikagassuka (3DS) – 7/7/7/7

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Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in News, Switch, Wii U | 29 Comments

Geoff Keighley, the well-known games journalist and host of The Game Awards, recently sent out an empty tweet that contained only an image of a symbol from Zelda: Breath of the Wild in it. You can find said tweet below.

That was followed by a tweet from Nintendo of America that now confirms an “exclusive look” at the game. It’s as follows:

The Game Awards will air on December 1st.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment

Later today, several of Nintendo’s online services will undergo maintenance. Online play and rankings of both Wii U and 3DS games will be affected. The maintenance will last about 8 hours. The exact times for various time zones are:

– 5 PM PT (November 28) – 1 AM PT (November 29)
– 8 PM ET (November 28) – 4 AM ET (November 29)
– 1 AM in the UK (November 29) – 9 AM in the UK (November 29)
– 2 AM in Europe (November 29) – 10 AM in Europe (November 29)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Skylanders Imaginators – Activision Blizzard
3. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
4. Paper Mario: Color Splash –  Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
7. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
8. Pokken Tournament- Nintendo
9. Lego Dimensions – Warner Bros. Interactive
10. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive

3DS

1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
8. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
10. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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