Famitsu’s most wanted games (10/30/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
It’s time for the latest Famitsu‘s most wanted games chart! Pokemon Sun/Moon, Dragon Quest XI, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild remain in the top 10.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between October 13 and October 19.
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Pre-order updates (10/30/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:
United States
* Save 20 percent on pre-orders with Amazon Prime or Best Buy’s GCU. 20 percent off pre-orders on Amazon Canada as well. On Amazon UK, it’s £2 off.
Wii U
Runbow Deluxe Edition – Amazon, Best Buy
SteamWorld Collection – Amazon, GameStop
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Darksiders Warmastered Edition – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
3DS
Mario Party: Star Rush – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop (new)
Pokemon Sun and Moon Dual Pack – Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Sun – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Moon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Super Mario Maker for 3DS – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Dragon Ball Fusions – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Runbow Pocket Deluxe Edition – New 3DS only – Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy
Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (pre-order for capybara plushie) – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario Sports Superstars – GameStop
Dragon Quest VIII – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Systems
Electric Blue 2DS variation – Amazon
Crimson Red 2DS variation –Amazon
amiibo
Daisy: Super Mario Series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Donkey Kong: Super Mario Series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Boo: Super Mario Series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Diddy Kong: Super Mario Series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Wario: Super Mario Series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Rosalina: Super Mario Series – Amazon (new), Best Buy, GameStop
Waluigi: Super Mario Series – Best Buy, GameStop
Animal Crossing amiibo cards series 4 – Best Buy
Link (8-Bit) – Best Buy, GameStop
Link (Zelda: Ocarina of Time) – Best Buy, GameStop
Link/Zelda (Zelda: Wind Waker) – Best Buy, GameStop
Books
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2 – Amazon
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages – Amazon
Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics – Amazon
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard – Amazon
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: collector’s edition – Amazon (save $16)
Pokemon Sun/Moon: Official Collector’s Vault Edition – Amazon (save $8)
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1 – Amazon
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4 – Amazon
Other
NES Classic Edition Carrying Case – Amazon
Pokemon Sun/Moon Z-ring – Amazon, GameStop
Pokemon Sun/Moon Z-Crystal 9 Pack – Amazon
Canada
Wii U
SteamWorld Collection
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Risky Beats Edition
Runbow Deluxe Edition
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3DS
Mario Party: Star Rush
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers
Pokemon Sun and Moon Steelbook Dual Pack
Pokemon Sun 
Pokemon Moon
Harvest Moon: Skytree Village
Super Mario Maker for 3DS
Dragon Ball Fusions
Runbow Pocket Deluxe Edition – New 3DS only
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Books
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2
Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages
Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: collector’s edition
(save $9)
The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4
amiibo
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome amiibo Cards 6 Pack
UK
Wii U
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
3DS
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers (new)
Pokemon Sun
Pokemon Moon
Pokemon Sun Steelbook
Pokemon Moon Steel Book
Animal Crossing: New Leaf + amiibo Card
Super Mario Maker for 3DS
Picross 3D: Round 2
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
7th Dragon III Code: VFD
Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers
Systems
New 3DS XL – Pearl White
New 3DS XL – Orange and Black
Pokemon Sun/Moon New 3DS XL
amiibo
Link (8-Bit)
Link (Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
Link (Zelda: Wind Waker)
Zelda (Zelda: Wind Waker)
Books
Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: standard
Pokemon Sun/Moon guide: collector’s edition
Pokemon Sun/Moon: Official Strategy Guide Collector’s Vault
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1
The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3
The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4
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Japan’s best-selling games of September 2016
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of September 2016. You can check out the full results below.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild screenshots
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Switch, Wii U | 10 Comments
Over on its Japanese blog, Nintendo posted a few (beautiful) screenshots from Zelda: Breath of the Wild. We’ve rounded up the new images below.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
European Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure boxart
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii U | 0 comments
Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure still hasn’t been officially announced for Wii U, but now the European boxart has appeared. Grainger Games has a listing with the image on its website along with a December 14 release date. Hopefully Telltale Games makes it official soon.
Thanks to aseiaw for the tip.
Hyrule Warriors Legends – A Link Between Worlds Pack trailer
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Earlier in the week, we found out that the final DLC for Hyrule Warriors Legends (and the original Hyrule Warriors) is arriving on Monday. Nintendo has now sent out a trailer, which we have below.
Splatoon maintenance taking place next week
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments
Splatoon is the latest game to have been added to Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for next week. The shooter’s online services will be impacted for roughly 90 minutes on Monday (Tuesday in Europe).
The times are as follows:
– 5 PM PT (October 31) – 6:30 PM PT (October 31)
– 8 PM ET (October 31) – 9:30 PM ET (October 31)
– 1 AM in the UK (November 1) – 2:30 AM in the UK (November 1)
– 2 AM in Europe (November 1) – 3:30 AM in Europe (November 1)
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Zelda: Breath of the Wild – “Hyrule: Then and Now” official translation
Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
A couple of days ago, Nintendo compared The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to the original NES Legend of Zelda on their Japanese website, offering up a few comparisons in the way Hyrule looks in both games; we translated that article here. Today, Nintendo of Europe released essentially the same article in English. It doesn’t really offer any new insights – even the screenshots are still from the Japanese version. Still, if you wanna take a look at it, you can find the article here.
Media Create software sales (10/17/16 – 10/23/16) – Top 50
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS4] Battlefield 1
02./00. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush
03./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter Stories #
04./00. [PSV] Macross ? Scramble #
05./00. [PSV] RecoLove: Blue Ocean / Gold Beach
06./00. [PS4] NBA 2K17 #
07./03. [WIU] Paper Mario: Color Splash
08./05. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura
09./00. [PSV] Idol Death Game TV
10./02. [PS4] Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
11./07. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition
12./11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
13./06. [PS4] Persona 5 #
14./12. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X: God Chapter / Dragon Chapter
15./00. [PSV] Suran Digit #
16./10. [PS4] FIFA 17 #
17./15. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [New Price Edition]
18./14. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot
19./04. [PSV] Kangokutou Mary-Skelter #
20./20. [WIU] Splatoon #
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13AM Games is done with DLC for Runbow, thinking about the IP’s future
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
13AM Games has been keeping Runbow updated over the past year with new content, but now the studio has confirmed that DLC is coming to an end. Shantae is the latest addition to the game, and now they’re just about ready to move on.
Now the question is: what’s Runbow’s future? It’s been a success for 13AM Games, so that’s something the team is trying to figure out currently.
In an interview with Hardcore Gamer, the developer mentioned:
“We are still figuring out where we are going to take this IP next. There’s a lot that can be done and we love all different types of games. We’ve had fans requests RPGs and Fighting Games in the Runbow family, but the flip side is that it might be nice to work on something else for a bit. I know it’s not much of a concrete answer, but the truth is we are still figuring it out!”
Whatever 13AM Games ends up doing with Runbow, it’ll likely be a hit. Runbow was one of the more successful indie games on Wii U.
