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The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

After introducing the trainers for the Pokken Tournament Early Access Competition last week, Nintendo has now published a video that gives us a look at the different teams and players. Check it out below.

Today, LEGO Dimensions added the new Midway Arcade Level Pack. You can view an hour of footage from the new level below.

System: Wii U
Release date: March 18, 2016
Developer: Bandai Namco
Publisher Nintendo


Way back in 2013, fans were treated to a very short three second clip of Lucario and Blaziken standing across from each other in a gorgeous HD graphical style we had not seen with Pokemon before. It was a whole year before we heard anything regarding it, and then out of the blue, it was announced: Pokken Tournament, a fighting game developed by Bandai Namco with supervision from Tekken and Soul Calibur heavyweights Katushiro Harada and Masaaki Hoshino. It was confirmed to come out for arcades in Japan, but ultimately fans all over the world wanted it in their homes where they felt it’d be best – the Wii U. It wasn’t until sometime into 2015 where we finally received confirmation that it would indeed be making its way to Nintendo’s home platform and getting a worldwide release in 2016. Now, here we are. Pokken Tournament is in the hands of fighting game an Pokemon enthusiasts around the globe, but has it been worth the wait?

The Japanese Pokemon YouTube account uploaded another video for Pokken Tournament that shows how to execute moves for Garchomp and Suicune. Check it out below.

Both of Nintendo’s Smash Bros. games will be undergoing maintenance tonight. The game’s network services will be impacted for around 100 minutes.

Here’s the schedule for different regions:

– 6:50 PM PT – 8:30 PM PT
– 9:50 PM ET – 11:30 PM ET
– 1:50 AM in the UK – 3:30 AM in the UK
– 2:50 AM in Europe – 4:30 AM in Europe

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The LEGO Dimensions Midway Arcade Level Pack for LEGO Dimensions is now available. This comes with a buildable Gamer Kid minifigure, G-6155 Spy Hunter vehicle, and Arcade Machine. These are all playable in the game, and the pack unlocks over 20 classic arcade games from Midway Arcade as an exclusive level.

Here’s a trailer for the new Midway Arcade content:

Pokken Tournament will have its first patch upon release later this week. When you purchase the game, version 1.1 will be available. To access elements like online play, this patch will be required.

Pokken Tournament’s 1.1 update needs 370MB of space. The update will begin downloading when you boot up the game, though it can also be downloaded automatically.

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Reviews for Pokken Tournament are now starting to come in, as Nintendo has lifted the game’s embargo. We’ve rounded up some of the early verdicts below.

Nintendo Everything – “Thumbs Up”
IGN – 8 / 10
GameSpot – 9 / 10
Game Informer – 7 / 10
GamesBeat – 79 / 100
USgamer – 3 / 5
Shacknews – 6 / 10
GameXplain – “Liked”
Destructoid – 7.5 / 10
Eurogamer – “Recommended”
Kotaku – N/A
Nintendo Life – N/A
Gamereactor – 8 / 10
GamesRadar – 3 / 5

One multiplayer option in Pokken Tournament is LAN battle mode. With this functionality, local multiplayer with 60 frames per second is possible.

Below are the different requirements for three different routes that can be taken with LAN battles:

Route ARoute BRoute C
2 Wii Us
2 Pieces of Software
2 TVs*
2 Wii U LAN Adapters
1 Straight LAN Cable
1 Router
2 Wii Us
2 Pieces of Software
2 TVs*
1 Wireless Router
2 Wii Us
2 Pieces of Software
2 TVs*
2 Wii U LAN Adapters
1 Crossover LAN Cable
* Can be substituted for the Wii U GamePad display

And some extra notes for Route C:

– Routes A and B just need you to set the Internet options on the Wii U to Wired and Wireless respectively
– For Route C, there are some extra steps
– First: set both Wii Us up to connect via Wired Connection
– When the test fails, cancel out but save the connection
– Go into the settings for the connection and change the IP to 192.168.000.001 (or 192.168.000.002 on the second Wii U), Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.000 and Default Gateway to 192.168.000.050
– For the DNS settings, set it as “Do not automatically obtain”
– Set Primary DNS to 1.0.0.0
– Save the settings

Note that to activate LAN battle, you have to hold down L, R & down on the d-pad on the title screen.

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