Update: A leak from this week’s issue of Famitsu is in. Aversa, Gangrel, Garrick, and Excellus are all confirmed as enemies. Each one comes from Fire Emblem Awakening.

We won’t get proper Famitsu scans until tomorrow, however the weekly preview has already revealed something interesting about Genei Ibun Roku #FE: Lon’qu (from Fire Emblem Awakening) and Abel (from Marth’s games) will appear in the game as Mirages. However, no corresponding characters were revealed alongside them, so it seems that they will actually be enemies.

Interestingly, the only other characters from Fire Emblem revealed so far that only appear as enemies and not as allies to Itsuki and his friends are Aversa and Gangrel, who were also villains in their original game, whereas Lon’qu and Abel were part of the player’s army. Cain appears in Genei Ibun Roku #FE as Toma’s Mirage, but apparently his counterpart Abel won’t join him.

Hopefully the full scans will provide an answer to this mystery.

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Monolith Soft designers were inspired by samurai for Xenoblade Chronicles X’s armor

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A few hours ago, Nintendo posted comments from Monolith Soft about the armor in Xenoblade Chronicles X. The team took some inspiration from samurai in creating the designs. Read up on the full developer comments above.

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Minecraft: Wii U Edition – split-screen, 4 players locally, 8 players online

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 48 Comments

Details continue to trickle out about Minecraft: Wii U Edition. This time information, we have some extra information about how multiplayer will be handled.

Here’s some information straight from a Microsoft Studios blog post:

“Minecraft: Wii U Edition will have full play on the GamePad controller’s screen and split-screen play. As with the rest of the versions in Minecraft: Console Edition, it will support four players locally and up to eight players online.”

It’s definitely good to see that Minecraft’s Wii U version will be keeping in line with other platforms. No compromises!

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Microsoft is the publisher of Minecraft: Wii U Edition in Japan

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 29 Comments

In North America (and presumably Europe), Mojang is publishing Minecraft: Wii U Edition. But that’s not the case in Japan. Microsoft, the new owner of the IP, is publishing the game directly over there. Kind of makes for an interesting situation!

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North American Devil’s Third launch trailer

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 27 Comments

This Friday, Devil’s Third will finally be released in North America. Take a look at the launch trailer below.

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Minecraft: Wii U Edition will be sold physically “at a later date”

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Minecraft: Wii U Edition was announced as a Wii U eShop title earlier today, but it will also be sold in stores down the road. Mojang’s Kristoffer Jelbring confirmed the news on Twitter while responding to a fan question. A release date for the physical version has not been determined, as Jelbring said it will be offered “at a later date.”

Here’s the relevant tweet:

@icrazymark It will be at a later date.
— Kristoffer Jelbring (@KrisJelbring) December 7, 2015

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Amazon: Save $10 on Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is currently on sale over on Amazon. The title shipped at $60, but you can grab it for $50 ($10 less). Put in an order here.

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Schedule for this week’s Wii U/3DS online maintenance

Posted on 9 years ago by Matthew(@matthewburr) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Nintendo announced the scheduling of this week’s maintenance which includes a number of major titles. The maintenance rolls out in 5 waves starting December 7 (December 8 in Japan.)

The first wave includes:

Some Wii U online services and online play
All online services for Mario Kart 8
Some Nintendo 3DS online services and online play