Monolith Soft on player feedback, Xenoblade’s future, relationship with Nintendo, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 21 Comments
Gamereactor has gone live with a new interview featuring Xenoblade Chronicles X senior director and chief creative office Tetsuya Takahashi. Topics included player feedback, where he’d like to take the series next, Monolith Soft’s relationship with Nintendo, and more.
You can find several excerpts from the interview below. A couple of additional questions and answers are on Gamereactor here.
Xenoblade Chronicles X version 1.0.1 now available
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments
Xenoblade Chronicles X has finally arrived in the west. Alongside the game’s release, Nintendo has issued an update: version 1.0.1.
Players will need today’s patch in order to access online multiplayer features. It additionally makes minor in-game updates to text.
Media Create software sales (11/23 – 11/29) – Top 50
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter X #
02./00. [3DS] Aikatsu! My No.1 Stage!
03./08. [WIU] Splatoon #
04./11. [WIU] Super Mario Maker #
05./01. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront
06./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Vs. Sega Hard Girls: Yume no Gattai Special #
07./10. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
08./00. [PSV] Criminal Girls 2 #
09./00. [PS3] TV Anime Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol.6
10./06. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III #
11./00. [PS4] Blade Arcus from Shining EX #
12./14. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 #
13./00. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen! #
14./21. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
15./18. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
16./00. [PS3] Blade Arcus from Shining EX #
17./03. [PSV] Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book #
18./16. [3DS] Pokemon Rumble World
19./05. [WIU] Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
20./04. [PSV] Omega Labyrinth
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales
Splatoon – Mahi-Mahi Resort map now live
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Splatoon’s latest map has gone live. Players can begin battling it out on Mahi-Mahi Resort.
Want to see Mahi-Mahi Resort in action? You can check out video footage here and here.
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Shovel Knight amiibo out in Europe on Dec. 11, North America on Jan. 8
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
Yacht Club Games has finally shared a concrete release date for the Shovel Knight amiibo.
In Europe, the figure is officially slated for December 11. North America will be receiving the Shovel Knight amiibo on January 8. Pricing is set at $12.99 / £10.99 / €14.99.
Yacht Club Games spoke about the release timing and stock in a website post:
“You may be wondering why the Shovel Knight amiibo is coming out so much earlier in Europe! It was an agonizing decision, as production difficulties forced us to choose between rushing to ship a tiny, insufficient number of amiibo units before Christmas, or ship a good healthy supply of stock to North America just after Christmas. We’ve received hundreds of emails bemoaning the difficulty in finding some of your favorite amiibo, racing for a pre-order window, issues with scalpers, having trouble unlocking the new features you want to play; so, we made the decision to launch the amiibo in January so there would be enough units available. Hopefully, this later date will make buying a Shovel Knight amiibo easy and fair for everyone. So just be sure to save up that Christmas money for the new year!
On that note, if you’re interested in picking up the Shovel Knight amiibo, then we’d like to implore you to wait for it to release in your territory. There will be plenty and it will not be a limited run, so please don’t feel pressured into importing or buying from scalpers. Don’t spend more than the retail price! Also, keep in mind the new Shovel Knight amiibo features will not function on your game system in your territory until the listed release date. Thank you everyone for your patience!”
On Wii U and 3DS, the Shovel Knight amiibo provides these features:
– Level up to a max level of 50 by finding treasure!
– Earn relics in an all new way while uncovering all-new relics, abilities, and powers you never thought possible!
– Customize the look of your Shovel Knight with cool and crazy cosmetic options!
– Use your Custom Knight seamlessly between Nintendo 3DS and Wii U!
– Battle your way through amiibo exclusive challenge stages that take advantage of the new Custom Knight relics and abilities!
– 5 new solo challenges and 5 new co-op challenges (exclusive to Wii U) await!
And below are some details about co-op multiplayer on Wii U:
– Join a friend’s Shovel Knight campaign and shovel together!
– Use your cooperative skills to help each other out along the way!
– Compete against each other collecting gold and defeating enemies to prove who is the true hero of Shovelry!
– Play with any combination: two Custom Knights, one Custom Knight/one Classic Knight, or 2 Classic Knights.
View a new video showing off the Shovel Knight amiibo functionality below.
More: Amiibo, indie, Shovel Knight, top, Yacht Club Games
Video: Another look at Splatoon’s new Mahi-Mahi Resort map
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 7 Comments
Mahi-Mahi Resort will be going live in Splatoon in just a few hours. Get another look at the new map below.
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Nintendo is supposedly removing Super Mario Maker courses with the invisible platforms glitch
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii U | 12 Comments
One of the more publicized glitches in Super Mario Maker involved invisible platforms. This was addressed in an update last month, though levels that took advantage of it remained online.
Reports are now surfacing that these types of courses are now being removed. Nintendo hasn’t confirmed this officially, but that’s the word going around based on various user reports. One bright spot: all stars earned with the deleted levels have remained with their creators.
More: Super Mario Maker
Genei Ibun Roku #FE – Kiria’s outfit changed for final release
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 109 Comments
For Genei Ibun Roku #FE’s final release, Kiria’s outfit has received a change. You can see a comparison above.
Originally, Kiria was wearing a rather revealing costume. Nintendo and Atlus have covered her up a bit though, and she now has pants!
More: Atlus, Genei Ibun Roku #FE
Xenoblade Chronicles X Noctilum in-depth exploration, reviews video
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment
Two more Xenoblade Chronicles X videos have been published by Nintendo UK. You can see another in-depth exploration video below (this time for Noctilum), plus one focusing on reviews.
Kimishima – mobile talk, Wii U support, QoL still coming, will be around for more than a year
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News, Wii U | 25 Comments
In addition to NX, new Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima addressed several other topics pertaining to the company while speaking with TIME. These include mobile, Wii U support in the future and how he didn’t say the system would be a failure, amiibo, Shigeru Miyamoto’s “fellow” role, Genyo Takeda, Quality of Life, and the length of his presidency.
We’ve rounded up Kimishima’s comments below. You can also find TIME’s original piece here.
