Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Monster Hunter X continues to hold its position at number one spot while Dragon Quest XI continues its ascent towards the top.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between August 20 and August 26.

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

Best Buy is running an offer on Super Mario Maker this week. If you pre-order / purchase Super Mario Maker, you can save $20 on Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, or Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The deal will last through September 12.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment

Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

North America

Wii U

Super Mario Maker – Amazon (save $10 with Prime), Best Buy, GameStop
Skylanders SuperChargers – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Skylanders SuperChargers Dark Edition Starter Pack – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Dimensions – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Shovel Knight – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations – Amazon, GameStop
Guitar Hero Live – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Just Dance: Disney Party 2 – Amazon
Just Dance 2016 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Snoopy’s Grand Adventure – Amazon, GameStop
Rodea: The Sky Soldier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Amazon, GameStop
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival – Best Buy
Star Fox Zero – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Amazon
Terraria – Amazon
Mighty No. 9 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy

3DS

Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson – Amazon, GameStop
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Skylanders SuperChargers Racing – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer bundle – Amazon, GameStop
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash – Amazon, GameStop
Shovel Knight – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
The Legend of Legacy (pre-order for launch edition) – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations – Amazon, GameStop
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Master Splinter’s Training Pack – Amazon, GameStop
Snoopy’s Grand Adventure – Amazon, GameStop
Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets – Amazon, GameStop
Rodea: The Sky Soldier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Moco Moco Friends – Amazon
Yo-Kai Watch – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Stella Glow – Amazon, GameStop
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairlytale – Amazon, Best Buy
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Final Fantasy Explorers – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Amazon
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – Amazon
Hyrule Warriors Legends – Amazon
Project X Zone 2 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Terraria – Amazon
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright – Amazon, Best Buy
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest – Amazon
Metroid Prime: Federation Force – Amazon
Zero Escape 3 – Amazon

Console

Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle – Walmart (exclusive)

Canada

Wii U

Super Mario Maker
LEGO Dimensions
Shovel Knight
Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo bundle
Yoshi’s Woolly World
Just Dance Disney Party 2
Adventure Time Finn and Jake Investigations
Just Dance 2016
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
Guitar Hero Live
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Devil’s Third
LEGO Marvel Avengers
Terraria
Mighty No. 9 Wii U

3DS

Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson
Skylanders SuperChargers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Master Splinter’s Training Pack
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer NFC bundle
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Shovel Knight
Adventure Time Finn and Jake Investigations
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
Moco Moco Friends
Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Stella Glow
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
Yo-kai Watch
The Legend of Legacy
LEGO Marvel Avengers
Project X Zone 2
Hyrule Warriors Legends
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Fire Emblem Fates
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Zero Escape 3

Console

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer New 3DS bundle

Europe

Wii U

Super Mario Maker
Skylanders SuperChargers
LEGO Dimensions
Shovel Knight
Just Dance: Disney Party 2
Just Dance 2016
Guitar Hero Live
Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Star Fox Zero
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Terraria
Mighty No.9

3DS

Etrian Mystery Dungeon
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Master Splinter’s Training Pack
Skylanders SuperChargers Racing
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer NFC bundle
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Shovel Knight
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
Adventure Time Finn and Jake Investigations
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash amiibo bundle
Rodea: The Sky Soldier
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
Terraria

Consoles

Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle
Xenoblade Chronicles X Wii U bundle
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer New 3DS bundle
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden New 3DS bundle
New Style Boutique 2 New 3DS bundle

This post is sort of a work-in-progress once again! As some of you may have noticed, we’re starting to add Europe and Canada to the list. I think that we’ll limit things to Amazon though, otherwise things will start to really get out of hand. If any of you have suggestions or ideas for the format of this post, let me know!

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

Towards the very end of August, the Genei Ibun Roku #FE website was updated with two new staff blogs. Art director Fumitaka Yano and Hideo Minaba from CyDesignation both discussed the designs of Mirages. While battling, the main characters merge themselves with Mirages, who take the appearance of characters from the Fire Emblem series.

We now have complete translations of the two blog posts. You’ll find them after the break.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 10 Comments

Before this year, Starlight Fun Centers in hospitals across North America and other areas included Wii units. Sometime in around April, they were swapped out with Wii U consoles.

The Starlight Fun Center has the Wii U (with related controllers) and a flat panel screen. 25 games are pre-installed, including Mario Kart 8 and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 30 Comments

A classification from Australia reveals that NDCube is developing Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. In the past, NDCube has worked on the Mario Party and Wii Party games.

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is set to arrive this holiday. It will be a free download from the eShop, but a retail version will also be made available which comes with a game disc, two figures, and three amiibo cards.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 30 Comments

Super Mario Maker won’t be launching until next week, but someone as already uploaded a video showing all of the different costumes in the game. If you’d like to see it, head past the break.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

The fifth Japanese Splatfest in Splatoon is happening next weekend, Nintendo has announced.

This new competition has boke and tsukkomi sides facing off. In Japanese comedy, “boke” is kind of like the “funny man” while “tsukkomi” is comparable to the “straight man”.

Japan’s new Splatfest will begin on Saturday at 12 PM. Similar to previous events, it will run for a full day.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Travis(@nintentravis) in Features, Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment

Leading up to Super Mario Maker’s release on Sept. 11th, we’re highlighting some of the coolest, most creative, or just plain ridiculous levels users have created so far. In this episode, we check out the level “A Song of Ice and Fire” from Michael, who channels his inner Game of Thrones-fanboy when creating this level!

If you have any suggestions for levels give us a shout in the comments!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Splatoon’s latest weapon has now been added to the game. Players can begin using the Mini Splatling, which features a short charge time and easy handling.

Here’s some footage of the weapon:

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