Before the plug was pulled on the Disney Infinity franchise, new figures were in the planning stages. One of these was a new design for Dr. Strange. It was never made into an actual product, but Infiniteer Adventures has a look at what the figure could have been.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Kylo Ren character vignette

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Warner Bros. has come out with a new LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens character vignette for Kylo Ren, the dark warrior who commands the First Order. It also features original dialogue from actor Adam Driver who plays the character in the movie.

Here’s today’s video:

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Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Battle Mini Game and new update out now

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Minecraft: Wii U Edition’s Battle Mini Game is out now. On top of that, a new update has been made available. The full patch notes can be found below.

As a side note, players should be aware of some issues surrounding the new Battle Mini Game – specifically joining public Battle Mini Games. 4J Studios put up a note on Twitter earlier today saying they’re working with Nintendo on the problem.

There is a problem joining public Battle Mini Games on #MinecraftWiiU at the moment. We're working on this with Nintendo.
— 4J Studios (@4JStudios) June 21, 2016

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Update: Also this week – More Wii U and 3DS maintenance taking place early next week

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

Update (6/21): Bumped to the top. There are also now two more maintenance periods scheduled for this week. Here’s the rundown:

– 4 PM PT (June 22) – 4 AM PT (June 23)
– 7 PM ET (June 22) – 7 AM ET (June 23)
– 12 AM in the UK (June 23) – 12 PM in the UK (June 23)
– 1 AM in Europe (June 23)- 1 PM in Europe (June 23)

– 6 PM PT (June 23) – 2 AM PT (June 24)
– 9 PM ET (June 23) – 5 AM ET (June 24)
– 12 AM in the UK (June 24) – 8 AM in the UK (June 24)
– 1 AM in Europe (June 24) – 9 AM in Europe (June 24)

Original (6/20): Nintendo is conducting Wii U and 3DS maintenance at this very moment, but more downtime for both systems has already been lined up for early next week. The two platforms will be affected for about three hours on Monday (Tuesday for those of you in Europe). It’ll impact certain network services like online play and rankings.

Here’s when the maintenance is scheduled for:

– 4 PM PT (June 27) – 7 PM PT (June 27)
– 7 PM ET (June 27) – 10 PM ET (June 27)
– 12 AM in the UK (June 28) – 3 AM in the UK (June 28)
– 1 AM in Europe (June 28) – 4 AM in Europe (June 28)

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Famitsu review scores (6/21/16)

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Shovel Knight (3DS/Wii U) – 9/8/9/8
Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers (PS4/PS3) – 8/8/8/9
The Walking Dead Season Two (PS4/PS3/PSV) – 8/8/8/9
Retsnom (PS4) – 8/9/8/8
Zettai Kaikyu Gakuen (PSV) – 8/8/8/9
Zero Time Dilemma (3DS/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (PS4/XBO) – 7/9/8/8
Mr. Pumpkin Adventure (PSV) – 7/8/8/7
Touch Battle Tank 3D-4 (3DS) – 7/7/7/7
Great Race (Wii U) – 5/6/6/7

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Keiji Inafune on Mighty No. 9’s launch & reception, says it’s “better than nothing”

Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 40 Comments

Mighty No. 9 is being released in North America today and to celebrate the occasion, Comcept live-streamed the game for a bit. Keiji Inafune was also present and answered some questions posed by viewers.

The game’s reception was middling at best – it’s currently sitting at a Metacritic score of 60. Users are also reporting several issues with the game already, such as slow load times on the Wii U version. Commenting on the general reception as well as DLC and future plans, Inafune said the following through a translator:

So there’s not any additional DLC beyond the Ray DLC. The reality is they put everything into making this game. They didn’t try to microtransaction it out, they didn’t try to DLC it out for extra money. They put it all in. So, for now, this is what you see and what you get, for the Mighty No. 9 world. But, again, we can hope that if things go well, there’ll be sequels. Because I’ll tell you what, I’m not getting my 2D side-scrolling fill. And at the end of the day, even if it’s not perfect, it’s better than nothing. At least, that’s my opinion.

You can watch the recording of the whole stream here.

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild frame rate test

Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Videos, Wii U | 95 Comments

The folks over at Digital Foundry have once again done one of their famous frame rate tests – this time for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Keep in mind, of course, that this is not the final build of the game – there’s still some time before the game’s release and frame rate issues are typically one of the things that are fixed late in development. Also, it’ll be interesting to see how the NX version of the game compares to the Wii U version – will that one be targeting 60 frames per second?