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

Update: This has increased slightly to $41 now. Still not a bad deal!

Guitar Hero Live is down to one of its lowest prices yet on Amazon. It’s being sold for $36.20, which is $63.79 off the original asking price (save 64 percent). Place an order here if interested.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 16 Comments

Later this month, a 336-page art book for Genei Ibun Roku #FE will be published in Japan. It’s due out on February 26 for 3,780 yen.

Naturally, the book will feature a ton of art. There are plans to include images from character designer toi8, plus shots of the Performers, Mirages, weapons, backgrounds, and props. That’s all in addition to photos of the voice actors such as Ryouhei Kimura, Inori Minase, reproduction of Tsubasa Oribe’s “Weekly Young Rabbits Gravure” and Maiko Shimazaki’s legendary “My COMPLEX” magazines, and dialogue scripts from the main story and sub-stories.

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Activision and FreeStyleGames are bringing two new Premium Shows to Guitar Hero Live featuring love ballads from across the decades in honor of Valentine’s Day.

The lineup this week includes:

Ballads of Love

Chris Cornell – Arms Around Your Love
Hoobastank – The Reason
Goo Goo Dolls – Iris

Love on the Rocks

Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name
Motorhead – Heartbreaker
The Darkness – I Believe in a Thing Called Love

Three new GHTV tracks from artists that have been nominated for the Grammy Awards are also available. These are as follows:

Courtney Barnett – Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party
Highly Suspect – Lydia
Elle King – Ex’s & Oh’s

Finally, there’s a Hero Cash sale in GHTV taking place between February 12 and February 15. Play Token bundles will be 50 percent off, as will the Hero Cash skip requirement for Valentine’s Day Premium Show entry.

Source: Activision PR

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Playtonic published a pair of new updates for Yooka-Laylee today. We have some new music as well as the reveal of a new character.

First, have a listen to a challenge tune composed by David Wise below.

Players will hear the above tune during a section of the game which features Kartos. Yooka and Laylee will come across the minecart character several times, “and together they’ll hit the tracks in search of paper-shaped golden nuggets.”

Designer Kev Bayliss says of Kartos:

“In true Playtonic fashion, we wanted to make this character as fun as possible. He’s old school, so we wanted him to look old fashioned, rather than modern. He actually looks like a bad DIY project by myself, and I’m sure I’ve seen some of his body parts lying around in my shed at home! Yooka will be taking advantage of Kartos and his services, as he is for ‘hire’ at various stages in the game. And why not? After all, his slogan is ‘Mein Kart ist Ihre Kart’ after all!”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 7 Comments

Nintendo has readied one more Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS trailer to highlight the DLC available in the two games. Watch it below.

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Nintendo has updated its maintenance schedule for the next few days.

Xenoblade Chronicles X is up first, with 100 minutes of downtime planned for network services. Wii U and 3DS will also be affected by maintenance on Friday, followed by 3DS-specific maintenance on Monday. This will impact online elements such as online play and rankings.

Here’s the full lineup:

Xenoblade Chronicles X

– 5:50 PM PT (Thursday) – 7:30 PM PT (Thursday)
– 8:50 PM ET (Thursday) – 10:30 PM ET (Thursday)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (Friday) – 3:30 AM in the UK (Friday)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (Friday) – 4:30 AM in Europe (Friday)

Wii U/3DS

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

3DS

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

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 21 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

PS4 – 31,058
Vita 23,090
New 3DS LL – 19,991
New 3DS – 4,389
Wii U – 3,939
3DS – 2,705
PS3 – 1,715
3DS LL – 459
Xbox One – 286

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

Vita – 45,114
PS4 – 32,557
New 3DS LL – 22,593
Wii U – 8,931
New 3DS – 4,978
3DS – 3,298
PS3 – 1,993
3DS LL – 558
Xbox One – 92

And here are the software charts:

1. [PS4] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – 64,446 / NEW
2. [PSV] Dragon Quesgt Builders – 46,391 / 224,407
3. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders – 32,784 / 174,153
4. [PS3] Dragon Quest Builders – 19,151 / 72,305
5. [WIU] Mario Tennis: Ultra msash – 17,856 / 73,187
6. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 13,391 / 2,674,914
7. [WIU] Splatoon – 11,816 / 1,240,225
8. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 10,171 / 2,193,737
9. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,926 / 651,150
10. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami – 8,046 / 131,562
11. [3DS] Monster Strike – 7,891 / 787,645
12. [PS3] Yakuza: Kiwami – 7,243 / 85,262
13. [3DS] Hyrule Warriors Legends – 6,685 / 76,338
14. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 4,623 / 790,345
15. [PS4] Just Cause 3 – 4,414 / 47,002
16. [PSV] Sangokushi 13 – 4,359 / NEW
17. [PS4] Sangoku Koi Senki: Omoide Gaeshi CS Edition – 3,950 / 24,051
18. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege – 3,868 / 68,593
19. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 – 3,659 / 270,985
20. [PS3] Sangokushi 13 – 3,528 / 18,959

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

There’s been no shortage of Wii U and 3DS maintenance as of late. In a few hours, Nintendo will keep things going with more downtime for its two platforms. Wii U and 3DS online play, rankings, and other network services will be affected.

The first period is actually only for Wii U. Maintenance will begin at the following times:

– 4:50 PM PT (Tuesday) – 6:30 PM PT (Tuesday)
– 7:50 PM ET (Tuesday) – 9:30 PM ET (Tuesday)
– 12:50 AM in the UK (Wednesday) – 2:30 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 3:30 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

More Wii U and 3DS maintenance will begin a couple of hours later:

– 8 PM PT (Tuesday) – 1 AM PT (Wednesday)
– 11 PM ET (Tuesday) – 4 AM ET (Wednesday)
– 4 AM in the UK (Wednesday) – 9 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 5 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 10 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 55 Comments

The Wii U is having a tough time with supply in Japan at the moment. It has sold out at one chain completely (Yodobashi) and is not available online at Amazon or Tsutaya. With Yodobashi, only backorders are available. That’s all mixed in with users reports on Twitter.

Gamerlife speculates that production may not have kept up with demand following perhaps unexpectedly good sales during the holiday season. We’re not talking about a phenomenon like the Wii during its early days, but there does seem to be a lack of supply currently.

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Last week, Nintendo brought out the final DLC characters in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Director Masahiro Sakurai gets reflective in his Famitsu column with development having wrapped up. His piece is about exhaustion and stimulation. Based on what’s written, it seems to refer to a cycle with continuous updates, where a game starts being exciting, but over time people may get a little bored (exhausted), and that’s when the development staff have to think about new things (schemes) and implement them into the game so that it becomes exciting again (stimulant).

Sakurai starts off by touching on Smash Bros. DLC just slightly. Aside from Lucas and Roy – who have been represented in Smash before – the DLC characters were made to offer unique gameplay. Sakurai refers to Corrin with his transformation and super range as well as Bayonetta who makes use of special combos, gun shots, and Witch Time.

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