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

Update: The Super Mario Maker amiibo page is now fully updated. The Animal Crossing amiibo cards should work (thanks NicoRobin!).

We have one last piece of important news coming from today’s Super Mario Maker trailer. Over 50 amiibo are supported, including Link, Wii Fit Trainer, and Kirby.

The official amiibo website indicates that all existing and upcoming figures work with the game, with one exception: the Mii Fighters. It’s also unclear if the Animal Crossing amiibo cards will be compatible.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 19 Comments

At launch, Super Mario Maker players won’t be able to experience everything the game has to offer. New content will need to be unlocked over a series of days.

As revealed in today’s trailer, spending at least five minutes with the creation tools unlocks more course elements and themes for the following day.

Here’s what things look like on day two:

And on day nine:

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

Today’s Super Mario Maker revealed a brand new element of the game: sound customization.

Players can eventually unlock the sound effect frog, which lets them drag sound effects into the editor. It’s also possible to create entirely new sound effects. A demonstration in the video seemed to show the player talking into the Wii U GamePad, and then using their voice in-game.

Here’s the news about Super Mario Maker’s sound effect options straight from Nintendo:

New sound effects and music block customisation – You can create your own sound effects in Super Mario Maker, with some sounds even generating fun visuals! And by shaking a classic Note Block during level creation, it becomes a Music Block. When something activates one of these Music Blocks, it will play a note based on its height, allowing players to arrange songs of all types.

Source: Nintendo PR

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

Nintendo has published a new overview trailer for Super Mario Maker. We’ve included it below.

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

GameStop’s live stream schedule for GameStop Expo 2015 is in. In terms of Nintendo titles, the following games will be shown on September 2:

10:30 AM PT / 1:30 PM ET – Super Mario Maker
12:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM ET – Little Orbit titles
12:45 PM PT / 3:45 PM ET – Mega Man Legacy Collection
4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET – Disney Infinity 3.0

GameStop will be streaming these games (and more) on both YouTube and Twitch.

Source: GameStop PR

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 8 Comments

This Sunday, Target will have over 100 Wii U, Wii, and 3DS games on sale. Discounts will vary between 20 percent and 70 percent.

We only know of a few sale prices thus far. You can get a look at the first six games confirmed for Target’s promotion above.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 36 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 29,203
PS4 – 14,619
Wii U – 13,007
Vita – 12,841
New 3DS – 7,250
PS3 – 2,567
3DS – 1,657
3DS LL – 898
Vita TV – 496
Xbox One – 200

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 44,994
PS4 – 18,740
Vita – 13,214
Wii U – 11,938
New 3DS – 7,671
PS3 – 2,540
3DS – 1,585
3DS LL – 874
Vita TV – 527
Xbox One – 186

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 181,377 / 703,933
2. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters – 84,939 / 1,202,789
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 35,620 / 519,034
4. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 18,852 / 392,837
5. [PSV] Luminous Arc Infinity – 16,217 / NEW
6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,100 / 280,140
7. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 7,916 / 396,710
8. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 7,256 / 1,088,732
9. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 6,098 / 4,019,151
10. [PSV] IA / VT Colorful – 5,902 / 44,783
11. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 5,839 / 76,757
12. [PSV] Gal Gun: Double Peace – 5,792 / NEW
13. [PS4] Gal Gun: Double Peace – 5,020 / NEW
14. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 4,913 / 54,980
15. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 4,879 / 79,302
16. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 4,554 / 179,804
17. [3DS] Nobunaga’s Ambition 2 – 4,552 / NEW
18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 4,486 / 2,677,443
19. [3DS] Cho Tousouchuu Atsumare Saikyou no Tousousya Tachi – 3,729 / 33,289
20. [3DS] Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 – 3,433 / NEW

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 7 Comments

As previously mentioned, all first-print copies of Rodea: The Sky Soldier on Wii U will come with the game that was originally created for Wii. Additionally, NIS America announced today that all launch units will feature reversible cover art shown above. This pertains to both North America and Europe.

Source: NIS America

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 8 Comments

Splatoon’s latest update has been causing issues for some users. While some players have been able to overcome them with a few simple steps, others haven’t been as lucky and have continued to experience problems.

There is at least a small bright spot with this situation. After a fan contacted customer support late last week, Nintendo acknowledged that Splatoon’s latest update has affected players’ connections. The representative mentioned, “this has been identified and escalated to our Head Office, and we are looking to ensure that this is resolved and that our servers are stabilised within the next few days.”

Here’s the full message from Nintendo customer support:

Thank you for your email to Nintendo.

I am sorry to read that you are continuing to experience an issue with your connection on Splatoon online.

We can confirm that due to the update that has occurred, some people are still having their connection affected. However this has been identified and escalated to our Head Office, and we are looking to ensure that this is resolved and that our servers are stabilised within the next few days.

We would recommend for you to continue trying over the weekend to see if you notice any improvements in the connection. We sincerely apologise for any upset or inconvenience that this issue has caused to you.

If you have any further questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thanks to John for the tip.

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

Nintendo World Report has posted a quick video showing the settings in Super Mario Maker, which is posted below. You’ll also see a neat little nod to Mario Paint!

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