Final Splatfest, Callie vs. Marie, taking place July 22nd
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News, Wii U | 57 Comments
The next, and final, Splatfest has been revealed. The theme will be Callie vs. Marie, with the two Squid Sisters (and fans) finally settling the great debate. The Splatfest will start at 2 AM PST on July 22, and will finish at 2AM July 24. It will be a worldwide Splatfest, with scores from each region being totaled (although the top 100 players from each region will be signaled out individually). Players can start getting their Splatfest shirts on July 4, at 7 PM PST.
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Hyrule Warriors – Link’s Awakening pack extended trailer
Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in 3DS, Wii U | 1 Comment
With the Link’s Awakening DLC pack releasing for Hyrule Warriors, Koei Tecmo has released a new, extended trailer, showing off content such as Marin, Linkle’s Pegasus Boots, the Koholint Island Adventure Map, and new costumes. Check it out below:
Hyrule Warriors – Link’s Awakening Pack footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
In Japan, the Link’s Awakening Pack is already available for Hyrule Warriors (and presumably Hyrule Warriors Legends). Check out some footage of the DLC after the break (warning: auto-play).
More: DLC, Hyrule Warriors, Koei Tecmo, Omega Force, Team Ninja
Japan’s best-selling games of May 2016
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments
The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of May 2016. You can check out the full results below.
Runbow Deluxe Edition boxart, pre-orders open
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U | 5 Comments
Amazon has posted the boxart for Runbow Deluxe Edition on Wii U and New 3DS. We have both above.
Both versions are now properly up for pre-order on Amazon, along with a 20% Prime discount. You can reserve it on Wii U here and New 3DS here.
More: 13AM Games, boxart, Nighthawk Interactive, Runbow
Tumblestone confirmed for retail, out on August 30
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments
A few weeks ago, Amazon put up a few interesting listings from Nighthawk Interactive. The retailer listed retail versions of Runbow as well as Tumblestone. Runbow’s physical release was confirmed during E3, and we now have confirmation on Tumblestone as well.
Tumblestone will be out on store shelves for Wii U on August 30 for $24.99. If you can’t wait until then, you can pick up the game from the eShop starting on July 12.
Here’s a trailer for the retail version:
Super Mario Maker Bookmark maintenance taking place early next week
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
The Super Mario Maker Bookmark will be down for maintenance early next week. The site will be unavailable for about two hours on Monday (early Tuesday for those in Europe).
Here’s the maintenance schedule:
– 5 PM PT (July 4) – 7 PM PT (July 4)
– 8 PM ET (July 4) – 10 PM ET (July 4)
– 1 AM in the UK (July 5) – 3 AM in the UK (July 5)
– 2 AM in Europe (July 5) – 4 AM in Europe (July 5)
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Game Critics Awards – “Best of E3 2016” nominees announced
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii U | 4 Comments
Each year, titles shown at E3 are nominated for the Game Critics Awards. Judges consist of representatives from major global media outlets that cover the gaming business, including GameSpot, Game Informer, TIME, and much more.
As for this year’s nominees, Zelda: Breath of the Wild is included in a few categories. It’s being considered for “Best of Show”, “Best Console Game”, and “Best Action/Adventure Game”. LEGO Dimensions, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Skylanders Imaginators also have a chance to win “Best Family Game”.
You can find the full lineup of categories and nominees here.
New Chinese mobile game is a massive Splatoon ripoff
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News, Random, Wii U | 44 Comments
Update: Here’s some footage:
As unfortunate as it is, Chinese companies creating blatant ripoffs of Nintendo products is nothing out of the ordinary. But the newest mobile game may take the cake as the worst offender yet.
In the attached gallery, we have a look at Sepia Go!, one of the newest titles from China. It should only take a second to realize that what we have here is something that is attempting to mimic Splatoon in every way – from the art to the characters to the gameplay. Nintendo should be none to happy with these sorts of things floating around out there.
Thanks to Stephen Lv for originally pointing this out to us.
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Media Create sales (6/20/16 – 6/26/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 22,715
New 3DS LL – 18,836
Vita – 11,986
Wii U – 4,358
New 3DS – 3,208
PS3 – 1,141
3DS – 707
3DS LL – 146
Xbox One – 70
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 20,214
New 3DS LL – 18,835
Vita – 11,413
Wii U – 3,870
New 3DS – 2,583
PS3 – 1,061
3DS – 741
3DS LL – 120
Xbox One – 58
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns – 100,319 / NEW
2. [PSV] Caligula – 31,243 / NEW
3. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition – 22,589 / NEW
4. [WIU] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 18,276 / NEW
5. [PSV] Refrain no Chika Meikyuu to Majo no Ryodan – 17,573 / NEW
6. [3DS] Ace Attorney 6 – 11,803 / 233,922
7. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure – 11,695 / 44,064
8. [PS4] Resident Evil: Umbrella Code – 9,095 / NEW
9. [PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II – 8,598 / 201,937
10. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot – 8,485 / 330,346
11. [PS4] Overwatch – 7,241 / 104,378
12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 6,200 / 805,070
13. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II – 5,156 / 259,001
14. [WIU] Splatoon – 4,815 / 1,393,400
15. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 4,504 / 900,619
16. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II – 4,150 / 113,461
17. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 4,071 / 178,474
18. [PSV] Chou Ezaru wa Akai Hana: Koi wa Tsuki ni Shirube Kareru – 3,785 / NEW
19. [3DS] Yo-kai Sangokushi – 3,267 / 545,019
20. [PS4] The Walking Dead – 3,184 / NEW
