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Posted on 9 years ago by Travis(@nintentravis) in Features, Videos, Wii U | 8 Comments

For the past two weeks we’ve been profiling the craziest, best, or most creative Super Mario Maker levels. Well the big day is tomorrow, so Travis wanted to put the shoe on the other foot and try to create the hardest level he could. He enlisted the help of his friend Dave to play “Bumpers in the Night!”

That wraps up our Super Mario Maker pre-launch coverage! We’re excited to see what people will be creating as of tomorrow, make sure to forward us the best levels you come across!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments

Update: Here’s the full archive:

Nintendo Treehouse will be kicking off a live stream for Super Mario Maker in about 30 minutes. We’ve embedded it below, and should have the archive soon after the broadcast ends.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 25 Comments

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of August 2015. The results can be found below.

Madden NFL 16 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Xbox One)
Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
Lego: Jurassic World (360, 3DS, Wii U, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, Vita)
Rare Replay (Xbox One)
Until Dawn (PS4)
Call of Duty: Black Ops Combo Pack (360, PS3)
Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4, Xbox One)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

GamesBeat has reported some additional information from the August 2015 NPD report. According to the site, Nintendo has sold 600,000 copies of Splatoon in the United States. Additionally, the company “reported a 30 percent increase in sales for its 3DS handheld line for the eight months of the year”.

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

There’s an extra tidbit of information – a very important one at that – regarding Super Mario Maker’s first update. After applying version 1.01, it appears that the 9-day unlocking system has been removed.

Here’s how the new format works. Rather than having to wait a full day for content to unlock, you now need to wait just 15 minutes after spending that time with level editing. 30 minutes in, you’ll have day 2’s content. The same goes for day 3’s content after 45 minutes – so on and so forth.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 14 Comments

We heard about Super Mario Maker’s first update in Japan earlier today. If you missed it, you can read up on the details here.

It appears that this update is live in Europe, and it will be up in North America tomorrow as well (if it’s not available already). We now know that the size comes in at around 175MB.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Ubisoft has announced Just Dance Gold Edition, a package featuring all tracks from Just Dance 2016 in addition to three months access to Just Dance Unlimited.

Here’s an overview as to what Just Dance Unlimited entails:

First introduced at E3 2015, Just Dance Unlimited is a new subscription streaming service available for new-gen motion-control gaming platforms, including Nintendo’s Wii U system, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system. The service will be available to Just Dance 2016 players worldwide and provides a rich library of tracks from previous Just Dance games, most of which will be playable on new-gen for the first time. Through Just Dance Unlimited, players will be able to enjoy more than 150 top songs from previous games in addition to exclusive new hits added throughout the year.

Along with the smartphone Controller App innovation available this year for Just Dance 2016, all Just Dance Unlimited songs can be played using a smartphone (iOS or Android device with free Just Dance Controller App required, along with a compatible Wii U).

A one-month pass for Just Dance Unlimited costs $6.99. A three month pass sets you back $14.99, while a one-year pass is $39.99.

Just Dance Gold Edition will be available on October 20. Pricing is set at $59.99.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment

Nintendo has issued a press release for Super Mario Maker’s launch tomorrow. We’ve posted it in full below.

Enter a Virtual Playroom to Create Levels, Play Levels Created by Others and Experience Mario Like Never Before

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 10, 2015 – Flying Piranha Plants? Bill Blasters that shoot helpful coins instead of dangerous Bullet Bills? A level full of 20-Goomba-high stacks, dozens of trampolines and Hammer Bros. flying in Koopa Clown Cars? Mamma mia!

While all this sounds like some kind of amazing Nintendo fever dream, it’s all possible in the Super Mario Maker game, launching exclusively for the Wii U console on the 11th of September. This new game lets players’ imaginations run wild! Anyone with an Internet connection can play a near-limitless number of Mario levels created by people all over the world. Using the Wii U GamePad controller, players can quickly and easily create their own original levels using items, enemies, graphical styles and even power-ups from four classic Mario styles: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros. U. These levels can then be uploaded online to share with players everywhere. Things that were never possible before in a Super Mario Bros. game are now possible in Super Mario Maker – and players are in control of it all.

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

Super Mario Maker wasn’t specifically created for the series’ 30th anniversary. That’s according to Yosuke Oshino, who says that the way things lined up was “just a coincidence.”

Oshino recently said:

“This being Mario’s 30th Anniversary is just a coincidence, it’s not something we consciously planned. The idea started with the course editor for the side scrolling Mario games. This tool was previously running on PC, but the team in charge of it thought that it might be helpful for developing future Mario games if the tool ran on the Wii U GamePad and so they started doing some experiments. While doing this they realized how easy it was to make courses and how fun it was for people like them who had no experience with level design. So they decided to bring the idea of making this tool into a game to the producer, Tezuka-san.”

Even if it wasn’t intentionally planned, Super Mario Maker definitely makes the anniversary a little extra special!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments

Super Mario Maker is one of Nintendo’s biggest titles this year and their marketing push for the game reflects that, according to Nintendo UK product manager Remy van Leeuwen. Van Leeuwen told MCV that their “marketing push is on the same kind of level as [Mario Kart 8]. It’s really one of our big titles this year and it’s definitely in parity with Splatoon this year. “

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