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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.

Wii U

Star Fox Zero – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop (pre-order for Fighter Patch)
Mighty No. 9 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Terraria – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 – Amazon
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop
Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games – Amazon, GameStop
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Paper Mario: Color Splash – Amazon, GameStop
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy

3DS

Bravely Second: End Layer – Amazon, Best Buy (pre-order for costume DLC), GameStop
Langrisser Re: Incarnation – Tensei – – Amazon (pre-order for art book/soundtrack), Best Buy, GameStop
SEGA 3D Classics Collection – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Rumble World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Metroid Prime: Federation Force – Amazon
Monster Hunter Generations – Amazon
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
7th Dragon III Code: VFD (pre-order for art book) – Amazon
Disney Art Academy – Amazon, GameStop
Kirby: Planet Robobot – Amazon, GameStop
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Dragon Quest VII – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Dragon Quest VIII – Amazon, Best Buy
Pokemon Sun – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Moon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

amiibo

Kirby – Kirby series (new) – Best Buy
Meta Knight – Kirby series (new) – Best Buy
King Dedede – Kirby series (new) – Best Buy
Waddle Dee – Kirby series (new) – Best Buy
Isabelle Summer Outfit (new) – Best Buy
Isabelle Winter Outfit (new) – Best Buy

Guides/Books

Star Fox Zero Collector’s Edition Guide – Amazon (save $10)
The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening – Amazon (save $14)

Other

Retro Zelda GamePad protector (new) – Amazon

Canada

Wii U

Star Fox Zero
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mighty No. 9

3DS

Bravely Second
Langrisser Re: Incarnation -TENSEI- – Nintendo 3DS
SEGA 3D Classics Collection
Pokémon Rumble World
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Monster Hunter Generations
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice

Books

The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening

UK

Wii U

Nintendo Selects: Wii Party U
Nintendo Selects: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Nintendo Selects: LEGO City: Undercover
Nintendo Selects: New Super Mario Bros. U
Nintendo Selects: Zelda: Wind Waker HD
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Star Fox Zero
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mighty No. 9

3DS

Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Langrisser: Reincarnation Tensei
Yo-kai Watch
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Books

The Art of Fire Emblem: Awakening

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

Star Fox Zero’s newly-updated North American website has a video for the companion game Star Fox Guard. Take a look at the promo below.

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

Nintendo has now opened the full North American website for Star Fox Zero. You can check it out here.

One of the more notable inclusions on the site is Star Fox Zero’s story intro. We’ve posted the full English video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 43 Comments

A panel is currently underway for Hyrule Warriors Legends at WonderCon 2016. Developers Yosuke Hayashi and Hiroya Usuda from Koei Tecmo are on hand to talk about the game, as well as to share some entirely new information.

Just a couple of minutes ago, it was revealed that Marin will be added to Hyrule Warriors and Hyrule Warriors for one of the upcoming DLC packs. She’ll be the star of the Link’s Awakening Pack, which launches in July.

Here’s the news from Nintendo’s Twitter page:

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The final cover for Prima’s Star Fox Zero Collector’s Edition guide is now in, pictured above. Amazon posted a tentative version awhile back, but the updated cover features a slightly different expression for Fox McCloud. This guide is due out alongside the game on April 22.

You can reserve the Star Fox Zero Collector’s Edition guide on Amazon here. Doing so will save you about $10.

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Review copies of Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard are starting to make their way out to reviewers. The disc art for both games can be found above.

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For the most part, the team behind LEGO Dimensions managed to include the games they wanted to in the new Midway Arcade pack. There were a couple that were scrapped though. Mortal Kombat and APB both did not make it into the final product.

Mark Warburton, associate producer of LEGO Dimensions, explained to Polygon that Mortal Kombat didn’t make it in given the main demographic the game is targeted at. In the end, it just wasn’t the best fit.

Warburton said:

“There was an age consideration. We had to take into account the typical age of our players and what sort of content we usually have. Some of the more mature games we decided we didn’t think was the right fit for the game.”

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [WIU] Pokken Tournament # (Pokemon Co.) {2016.03.18} (¥7.200) – 69.675 / NEW <36,65%>
02./00. [PSV] Digimon World: Next Order (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.03.17} (¥6.800) – 64.218 / NEW
03./01. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft) {2016.03.10} (¥8.400) – 23.130 / 103.833 (-71%)
04./08. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2016.02.18} (¥4.700) – 12.078 / 107.646 (-10%)
05./10. [WIU] Splatoon # (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥5.700) – 10.081 / 1.301.500 (-2%)
06./11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.400) – 9.136 / 702.183 (+8%)
07./00. [PS4] Battlefield 4: Premium Edition [EA Best Hits] (Electronic Arts) {2016.03.17} (¥3.800) – 8.771 / NEW
08./05. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.03.03} (¥6.800) – 8.741 / 100.800 (-50%)
09./02. [WIU] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD # (Nintendo) {2016.03.10} (¥5.700) – 7.705 / 59.987 (-85%)
10./03. [PSV] Summon Night 6: Lost Borders # (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.03.10} (¥6.800) – 7.144 / 47.220 (-82%)
11./00. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf [Nintendo Selects] (Nintendo) {2016.03.17} (¥2.700) – 6.931 / NEW
12./29. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥5.700) – 6.297 / 822.312
13./09. [PS4] Gundam Breaker 3 (Bandai Namco Games) {2016.03.03} (¥7.600) – 6.152 / 83.892 (-45%)
14./00. [PS4] Senran Kagura Estival Versus: Sakura Edition (Marvelous) {2016.03.17} (¥4.980) – 6.089 / NEW
15./12. [PSV] Attack on Titan # (Koei Tecmo) {2016.02.18} (¥6.800) – 5.862 / 110.525 (-26%)
16./13. [3DS] Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjou (FuRyu) {2016.03.03} (¥4.980) – 5.018 / 18.893 (-22%)
17./00. [PSV] Wand of Fortune R # (Idea Factory) {2016.03.17} (¥6.800) – 4.470 / NEW
18./14. [3DS] Monster Hunter Generations # (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥5.800) – 4.391 / 2.715.326 (-24%)
19./17. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.600) – 4.360 / 2.232.744 (-10%)
20./00. [PS4] Yakuza 0 [New Price Edition] (Sega) {2016.03.17} (¥3.800) – 4.257 / NEW

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 31 Comments

Pokken Tournament sold just under 70,000 in its first week in Japan. That’s based on information from Media Create, who collected data starting with the game’s launch on March 18 up through March 20. We now have more analysis from the sales tracker.

According to Media Create, Pokken Tournament sold through 36.65 percent of its initial shipment, which may seem low for a collaboration title between Pokemon and Tekken. Pokken Tournament’s near term sales future may depend on families who are familiar with Pokemon and how much this new game appeals to them during spring break.

On the topic of Wii U hardware, the Pokken Tournament bundle sold 4,000 units. The console surpassed 10,000 units in Japan for the first time in eight weeks.

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Wavedashing, a well-known Smash Bros. technique, hasn’t been seen since Melee. However, players are now starting to explore some “bidou” moves in the series’ latest entry that is reminiscent of it in some ways.

To execute these techniques, a Wii U Pro Controller is preferred, and most buttons need to be remapped. For the most part, it relies on pressing and holding the special move button.

Kotaku explains the benefits of bidou in a new post today:

Bidou opens up the possibility to make perfect pivots easier, pull off crouching perfect pivots, sliding spot dodges, standing dash attacks, and achieve frame accuracy on wall jump attacks. It also makes dash dancing much easier and opens up a brand new tech called “quick step,” which is an even smaller movement than the perfect pivot. What that means in short: reduced lag, better momentum control, and being able to get moves out when you need them.

Here’s a look at bidou from My Smash Corner:

A big question here is how useful bidou will be in the end. Will it be patched in the future?

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