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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 12 Comments

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

The Nintendo UK store is hosting a new sale in celebration of Easter. The New 3DS XL, games, and merchandise have been discounted. You can find the hub page here for the full sale.

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

Update (3/24): In addition to the maintenance below, Wii U and 3DS maintenance is also taking place tonight for 90 minutes. Here are the times:

– 10 PM PT (Thursday) – 11:30 PM PT (Thursday)
– 1 AM ET (Friday) – 2:30 AM ET (Friday)
– 5 AM in the UK (Friday) – 6:30 AM in the UK (Friday)
– 6 AM in Europe (Friday) – 7:30 AM in Europe (Friday)

Original (3/23): Nintendo maintenance will be picking back up early next week. Shop maintenance is scheduled for Monday, as well as downtime for Wii U and 3DS which impacts online elements.

Here’s the complete maintenance roundup:

Wii U / 3DS eShops / Wii Shopping Channel / DSi Shop

– 1 PM PT (March 28) – 3 PM PT (March 28)
– 4 PM ET (March 28) – 6 PM ET (March 28)
– 9 PM in the UK (March 28) – 11 PM in the UK (March 28)
– 10 PM in Europe (March 28) – 12 PM in Europe (March 29)

Wii U / 3DS (online play, rankings, etc.)

– 4 PM PT (March 28) – 7 PM PT (March 28)
– 7 PM ET (March 28) – 10 PM ET (March 28)
– 12 PM in the UK (March 29) – 3 AM in the UK (March 29)
– 1 AM in Europe (March 29) – 4 AM in Europe (March 29)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 22 Comments

Nintendo updated the Japanese website of Star Fox Zero today with some info on the game’s locations. Here’s a list of the planets you’ll be visiting in the game:

• Corneria
• Meteo ?
• Area 3
• Zoness
• Sector ?
• Titania
• Sector ?
• Fichina
• Fortuna
• Sector ?
• Venom

If you’ve played Star Fox 64, these places should sound familiar to you. Just like in that game, you’ll be able to choose between different routes to your final goal of Venom depending on your decisions in missions. For example, switching to the Walker on Corneria can lead you to a secret boss and a new route.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 41 Comments

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai is back with another Famitsu column in this week’s magazine. This time around, Sakurai tackled a few questions from fans.

Here’s a summary of what was shared:

What’s better: printed or digital manuals?

Sakurai points out that he only reads manuals when he’s really stuck, so either way is fine. But for digital versions, it’d be better if they load up as fast as possible. (Note: Many people consider printed guides to be more convenient because they’re not located on the same screen).

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

LEGO Dimensions is half off on Amazon right now. It started out as a $90 game, but has now dropped to $45. Place an order here if interested.

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

Hyrule Warriors has received a new update. After applying version 1.8.0, players can use the new characters Linkle, Skull Kid, Toon Link, Tetra, and King Daphnes. These characters can be unlocked with a code included in Hyrule Warriors Legends.

For those that are curious, Hyrule Warriors’ 1.8.0 update is a 276MB download.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments

Digital Foundry has put a comprehensive video together comparing the frame rates of Hyrule Warriors Legends on New 3DS and 3DS as well as the original game on Wii U. See the full results below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Videos, Wii U | 7 Comments

Pokken Tournament players have found a two-move combination with Shadow Mewtwo that can provide an unfair advantage. By using the character’s backward-Y ranged attack and the transformative power of its Miracle Eye move, an endless attack combo can be performed. This is something that opposing players can’t stop blocking.

Kotaku goes in-depth with its news story today about why this is a pretty big issue:

It’s an easy combo to pull off, just back and Y button for the attack, then back and A for Miracle Eye. Get the timing right, and once your opponent starts blocking it’s all over. When a player blocks they experience a brief moment of block stun, during which they’re locked in block position. Shadow Mewtwo’s moves fire faster than the block stun cooldown. There’s a block break mechanic in Pokken Tournament, but this combo never triggers it. It’s pretty nasty.

Shadow Mewtwo does suffer damage from using Miracle Eye over and over again, but it’s never enough to knock it out, leaving it with one hit point. The combo can’t kill a blocking player, so in time they also drop down to one hit point. Since different Pokemon have different hit point amounts, Pokken Tournament gives the player with the highest percentage of hit points left at the end of the round a win. Shadow Mewtwo has the lowest hit points in the game, so its one hit point is better than everyone else’s.

Shofu also takes a closer look at this issue in a new video:

This might be something that Bandai Namco may want to look into! Maybe it’ll be patched with an update?

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment

Warner Bros. published the first LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens gameplay trailer today. We’ve posted it below.

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