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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Disney Interactive won’t be bringing out the next iteration of Disney Infinity. The company is instead opting to provide further support to last year’s release, Disney Infinity 3.0.

New Play Sets and characters will launch throughout 2016, which are tied into the debuts of big Disney events/theatrical releases from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars. Judy and Nick figures from Zootopia are out today, followed by the Marvel Battlegrounds Play Set and Baloo figure from The Jungle Book on March 15.

As for Marvel Battlegrounds, Ant-Man, Black Panther, and Vision have been announced as the latest characters. A new Power Disc Pack will be sold separately and contains:

· Cosmic Cube Blast – Unleash a powerful energy blast on nearby foes
· Darkhawk’s Blast – Blast obstacles with a powerful energy beam
· Nova Corps Strike – Call upon the Nova Corps to unleash a tactical strike from above
· Ghost Rider’s Motorcycle – Take a ride on the wild side with Ghost Rider’s flaming motorcycle

Here’s the new Play Set launch trailer:

An official update on Disney Infinity 3.0 was provided during a “Disney Infinity Next” broadcast today. You can watch the full presentation below.

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

Nintendo has continued its new retrospective video series for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. Check out the third episode below, which has a few staff members reflecting on the gameplay and dungeons.

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Family Gamer TV has posted brand new footage of Terraria running on Wii U. View the video below, along with some commentary from Dean Scott of 505 Games.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 44 Comments

Reviews for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD are starting to go live across the Internet with today’s embargo lifting. You can find a roundup of the early verdicts below.

Nintendo Everything – “Thumbs Up”
IGN – 8.6 / 10
GameSpot – 9 / 10
Nintendo Life – 9 / 10
Polygon – 8 / 10
GamesBeat – 90 / 100
GameReactor – 9 / 10
GameXplain – “Meh”
GamesRadar – 4 / 5
Destructoid – 8 / 10
Shacknews – 7 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 9 / 10

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

This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Kiniro no Corda 4 (PSV) – 9/9/10/8
Summon Night 6 Lost Borders (PS4/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Witch & Hero II (3DS) – 8/8/7/8
Raiden V (XBO) – 8/8/8/7
Medabots Girls Mission (3DS) – 7/7/8/7
Akai Suna Ochiru Tsuki (PSV) – 6/7/8/7
Bird Mania Party (Wii U) – 5/6/6/6

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments

Nintendo UK have just released a new video for Pokken Tournament which shows off the various combos you can do with different characters by stringing moves together. Check it out below:

Pokken Tournament will be released on March 18th in Europe and North America.

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Update 3: Bumped to the top again. Hyrule Warriors has now been price-matched on Amazon.

Update 2 (2/29): Bumped to the top. Majora’s Mask 3D has now been price-matched on Amazon as well.

Update: A Link Between Worlds has now been price-matched on Amazon.

Original (2/28): Best Buy has a few Zelda games on sale this week. The lineup includes Wind Waker HD, Majora’s Mask 3D, Tri Force Heroes, A Link Between Worlds, and Hyrule Warriors. All are $10 off aside from Hyrule Warriors, which is discounted by $20.

The official sale page is located here. Thus far, Amazon has price-matched Tri Force Heroes.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 23 Comments

Nintendo just uploaded the North American Pokken Tournament commercial. You can give it a watch below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 13 Comments

GameStop is continuing its Nintendo-related pre-order bonuses, this time for Pokken Tournament. If you reserve the game, you’ll receive a double-sided poster pictured above. That’s in addition to the Mewtwo amiibo card which comes with first-print copies at all retailers.

This offer should be valid both in-store and online. Quantities will be extremely limited, however.

You can pre-order Pokken Tournament at GameStop here.

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Nintendo UK is hosting a “Countdown Clash” for Pokken Tournament. Two of the game’s fighters will be pitted against each other, and fans will be asked which Pokemon they believe will win the battle. After votes are collected on both YouTube and Twitter, the winners of both bouts with then be announced.

You can see the first Countdown Clash video below. The two matches are Pikachu Libre vs. Chandelure and Lucario vs. Gengar.

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