Wii U

Posted on 8 years ago by Matthew(@matthewburr) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

Nintendo has announced the schedule for Nintendo Network maintenance happening next week. At some poor both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS online services will be affected. There will be two maintenance periods.

The first period will affect online play and leaderboards for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. The schedule is:

– 9 PM PT (Monday) – 12 AM PT (Tuesday)
– 12 AM ET (Tuesday) – 3 AM ET (Tuesday)
– 5 AM in the UK (Tuesday) – 8 AM in the UK (Tuesday)
– 6 AM in Europe (Tuesday) – 9 AM in Europe (Tuesday)

The second maintenance period will affect online services for the Nintendo 3DS and the schedule is:

– 1 PM PT (Monday) – 6 PM PT (Monday)
– 4 PM ET (Monday) – 9 PM ET (Monday)
– 9 PM in the UK (Monday) – 2 AM in the UK
– 10 PM in Europe (Monday) – 3 AM in Europe

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

About an hour ago, Nintendo released the “I Choose You!” Event Course in Super Mario Maker. By completing it three times, you’ll unlock costumes for Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. Watch a full playthrough of the Event Course below.

And here’s a closer look at the new costumes:

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

Super Mario Maker has just added three more significant costumes. Players can get their hands on Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle.

Here’s a look at each one in action:

You can nab the Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle by completing the new “I Choose You!” Event Course. However, it needs to be completing three times to unlock each one.

Here’s an overview of the stage:

“This course is based on the beginning of any Pokemon trainer’s journey – from choosing your first partner in Professor Oak’s lab through reaching the first Gym. Clear the course to unlock a costume of whichever Pokemon you choose! Unlike the original games, it shouldn’t be too hard to clear it multiple times and catch ’em all!”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments

Update: This same event is confirmed for Europe and Japan as well. For the Japanese version, it’ll be Red vs. Green.

Splatoon’s eleventh Splatfest will be taking place in North America next week. Arguably, it’s one of the more interesting topics. Players can choose between either Pokemon Red or Pokemon Blue.

This Splatfest will be going live on February 19 at 10 PM PT / February 20 at 1 AM ET. It’ll last for a full day, with the results following soon after.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of January 2016. The results can be found below.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
NBA 2K16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
Star Wars: Battlefront (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
Fallout 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Minecraft (360, Xbox One, PS4, PS3)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
Lego Marvel Avengers (PS4, Xbox One, 360, Wii U, PS3, 3DS, Vita)
FIFA 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)

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

More footage from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD has hit the net. Take a look at an hour of gameplay below.

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

Activision’s 2015 full-year financial results are in. Revenue is reported at $4.6 billion, an increase from $4.4 billion in calendar 2014 with 47.5 percent of that amount stemming from subscriptions, licensing, and other revenue. Operating income is also up from $1.1 billion to $1.3 billion and net income grew from $835 million to $892 million. However, Activision fell a tad short of its revenue target.

Guitar Hero Live and Skylanders SuperChargers both fell short of Activision’s expectations. With Skylanders, there is now increased competition in the market with LEGO Dimensions. More declines are expected for Skylanders in 2016, but another game is in the pipeline. As for Guitar Hero Live, its weakness is attributed to a move to mobile devices.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 139 Comments

Wii U owners in North America can now view Pokken Tournament’s eShop page. Some interesting details are included in the listing.

First, in terms of controllers, Nintendo says that the following options are supported:

– Wii U Pro Controller
– Wii Remote + Classic Controller Pro
– Wii Remote
– Wii Remote + Nunchuck
– Wii U GamePad

Regarding online play, players can expect the following:

– Online multiplayer
– Leaderboards

Of course, local multiplayer is included as well.

I’m usually hesitant to post about file sizes from the eShop given previous inaccuracies, but the listing says Pokken Tournament requires 4234.4MB for the download. If nothing else, it’ll take up a few gigabytes.

Head past the break for the game overview. You’ll also find some screenshots below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 9 Comments

Nintendo of Europe has just put out a new “Game Features” trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. Check it out below.

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

Game Informer has several weeks of coverage planned for LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the video below, lead story designer Graham Goring and cut-scene director Phil Gray discuss the process of adapting the movie and which scenes were the toughest to convert. Beware of spoilers!

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