Minecraft Norse Mythology Mash-Up Pack trailer
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Minecraft added a new Norse Mythology Mash-Up Pack on both Switch and Wii U this week. Check out a trailer for the DLC below.
Aonuma on Zelda winning top honors at The Game Awards, The Champions’ Ballad DLC, end of development
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 4 Comments
Famitsu published a new interview this week with Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma. It was pretty interesting, with Aonuma talking about Breath of the Wild winning “Game of the Year” at The Game Awards, including his mindset at the time and why he started out by saying “Thank you America!” He also spoke about The Champions’ Ballad DLC, and confirmed that development on the game has concluded.
We’ve prepared a translation with the most notable parts from Famitsu’s interview. You can read it below.
Zelda: Breath of the Wild devs on the thinking behind Shrines and Divine Beasts, lack of long dungeons
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 33 Comments
Breath of the Wild was a complete reinvention of the Zelda formula, and many past staples were either discarded or reworked. One example of this is the dungeons. Whereas past Zelda titles featured long, unique dungeons with and a particular item to obtain, Breath of the Wild instead mostly has a ton of smaller Shrines scattered throughout the world and a few Divine Beasts that are thematically similar.
Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma and Breath of the Wild directed Hidemaro Fujibayashi commented on Nintendo’s approach to Shrines and dungeons in the debut episode of the Nintendo Power podcast. We’re first able to hear from Fujibayashi, who explains that big dungeons would mean that players would spent too much time there.
UK: Nintendo is the third biggest publisher of 2017, sales by platform
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii, Wii U | 27 Comments
GamesIndustry has provided new information about gaming sales in the UK this year. The site breaks down the top five publishers by UK sales as well as sales by platform.
In terms of publishers, Nintendo ranks third when it comes to boxed sales. That’s behind EA (16.8%) and Activision Blizzard (15.6%), but ahead of Ubisoft (9.7%) and Sony (8.3%).
GamesIndustry also has the following breakdown of sales by platform in 2017:
More: Chart-Track, sales, UK
Wii U and 3DS image share maintenance schedule
Posted on 7 years ago by Joshua in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
With the insane amount of online maintenance scheduled for the coming week, something even more has just been added to the pile: Wii U and 3DS Image Share. The full schedule is below.
Wii U and 3DS Image Share
– 6:00 PM PT (December 21) – 9:00 PM PT (December 21)
– 9:00 PM ET (December 21) – 12:00 AM ET (December 22)
– 2:00 AM in the UK (December 22) – 5:00 AM in the UK (December 22)
– 3:00 AM in Europe (December 22) – 6:00 AM in Europe (December 22)
People have been saying that all this coming maintenance may be a precursor to new online methods from Nintendo.
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Minecraft receiving new update on Switch and Wii U tonight / tomorrow
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 1 Comment
A new Minecraft update will be going out soon on Switch and Wii U. On both platforms, the game will be adding in a Birthday Skin Pack, Norse Mythology Mashup Pack, and more. There are also the regular features and changes.
We expect that the patch will be going live around the following times:
– 5:50 PM PT (December 19) – 7:30 PM PT (December 19)
– 8:50 PM ET (December 19) – 10:30 PM ET (December 19)
– 1:50 AM in the UK (December 20) – 3:30 AM in the UK (December 20)
– 2:50 AM in Europe (December 20) – 4:30 AM in Europe (December 20)
For the full patch notes, continue on below.
This week is extremely busy for Nintendo maintenance
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 9 Comments
There isn’t much time remaining in 2017, but Nintendo is gearing up for its busiest week of maintenance this year. A ton of different maintenance periods are planned, affecting individual games, the eShops, and Nintendo’s systems in general. Over a dozen sessions are currently listed.
Here’s the schedule as things stand now:
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UK software sales (Week ending 12/16/2017) – Switch/Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s Switch/ Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Switch
1. Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Nintendo
3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
4. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
5. 1-2-Switch – Nintendo
6. Splatoon 2 – Nintendo
7. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
8. FIFA 18 – EA
9. Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition – Ubisoft
10. Sonic Forces – SEGA
Wii U
1. Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft
2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo
3. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
4. Wii Party U – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
6. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
7. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Nintendo
8. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
9. Mario Party 10 – Nintendo
10. Splatoon – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Ultra Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Ultra Moon – Nintendo
3. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
4. Miitopia – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
6. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
7. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
8. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
Source: Chart-Track
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Splatoon, Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, Pokemon Sun/Moon maintenance set for early next week
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo’s maintenance schedule for next week has updated once again, and a bunch of additional games have been added in. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo, Splatoon, Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, and Pokemon Sun/Moon will all be impacted early next week.
The maintenance for each game will be taking place at the following times:
– 5 PM PT (December 18) – 7 PM PT (December 18)
– 8 PM ET (December 18) – 10 PM ET (December 18)
– 1 AM in the UK (December 19) – 3 AM in the UK (December 19)
– 2 AM in Europe (December 19) – 4 AM in Europe (December 19)
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Photos from the new Zelda: Breath of the Wild Master Works book
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Switch, Wii U | 0 comments
A new Zelda: Breath of the Wild Master Works book just arrived in Japan yesterday. It features a ton of art from the game and other goodies as well.
We have a few new pages showing what the book has to offer below:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild Master Works may eventually be released in the west (and it’ll probably take a long while for that to happen). If you’d like to order a Japanese copy, you can do so on Play-Asia here.
