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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Screenshots, Wii U | 4 Comments

One neat feature in Yoshi’s Woolly World is the ability to tap amiibo in the game to change Yoshi’s yarn pattern. The Splatoon Twitter account recently showed off that this also works for inkling amiibo and provided a look at the squid-inspired pattern. Does it hold up against the original design or would you rather rock the tried and true green?

Update: here’s another shot from in-game

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Videos, Wii U | 29 Comments

The Attack!’s Kevin Pereira, who also hosted the Nintendo World Championships this year at E3, recently sat down with Reggie Fils-Aime to discuss Nintendo’s time at E3, fan backlash towards Metroid: Federation Force, a brief discussion of NX, 2015’s gaming line-up, and tons more. Check out the interview below!

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

Nintendo has added another two weapons to Splatoon. Players can begin trying out the Sploosh-o-matic, in addition to the .96 Gal Deco.

Nintendo describes the Sploosh-o-matic as follows:

It’s range is super short, but it gobbles up foes in close-quarters combat. Take them by surprise and there’s no escape! The Squid Beakon subs will help you get in there, and the Killer Wail special will let you wreck shop once you do.

And here’s the .96 Gal Deco overview:

It’s a more sparkly version of the original .96 Gal, but this one comes with a Splash Wall sub and a Kraken special to strike a perfect balance between defense and attack.

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

We have a couple of Nintendo-related pre-order updates.

The first, coming from Target, is the NFC adapter that allows amiibo to be used with standard 3DS systems. That’s located here.

Additionally, pre-orders are starting to go live for the Skylanders SuperChargers Dark Edition Starter Pack (featuring Dark Bowser/Donkey Kong). On Amazon, it can be reserved here. GameStop has it here.

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

Nintendo put up a new video on its Japanese YouTube channel today to promote Yoshi’s Woolly World. Masaru Hamaguchi, the other half of Arino Kacho’s comedy duo “Yoiko”, played the game in “Game Center DX”. Check it out below.

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

Nordic Games previously announced that Legend of Kay Anniversary would be available this summer. A specific date has now been pinned down: July 28.

As announced on the Nordic Games Twitter account today:

We conducted an extensive interview with the developer behind Legend of Kay Anniversary back in April. For those that missed it, the discussion can be seen here.

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

Nintendo took home a couple of wins from the Game Critics Awards “Best of E3 2015”.

Super Mario Maker was announced today as the best family/social game. Meanwhile, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes received an award as the best handheld/mobile title.

Super Mario Maker was also nominated as the best console game from E3. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam received a nomination as the best RPG, but that award went to Fallout 4.

You can find the full list of winners here.

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

With Guitar Hero Live set to make an appearance at San Diego Comic-Con in just a few days, Activision and FreeStyleGames are showing off the game’s Hero Powers.

Here’s the official overview:

If you remember Star Power from previous games in the franchise, Hero Powers in Guitar Hero Live are a lot like that, only much cooler. Hero Powers can be used in GHTV to give you power-ups that affect different areas of gameplay. You can activate a Hero Power to boost your score while playing solo, or to give you a competitive edge during multiplayer. They are activated by the familiar tilt of the guitar, or you can just hit the Hero Power button directly on the guitar controller.

Higher scores allow you to earn even more rewards and level up faster.

Take a look at the gallery below for screenshots of Guitar Hero Live’s Hero Powers along with a fact sheet with additional information.

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

The folks over on NeoGAF have posted a comprehensive listing of Japan’s top 1,000 best-selling games during 2014.

First, below are a few interesting stat breakdowns:

Top 1000

PS3 – 271
3DS – 225
PSV – 207
PSP – 111
WIU – 58
PS4 – 58
WII – 34
360 – 22
XB1 – 14

Top 500 Software Sales – 40.362.953 <93,75%>
Top 1000 Software Sales – 42.159.219 <97,92%>
Total Software Sales – 43.053.288 <100,00%>

Publishers

01. Nintendo – 7.864.301 <18,27%>
02. Level 5 – 6.272.868 <14,57%>
03. Bandai Namco Games – 4.986.864 <11,58%>
04. Capcom – 3.420.434 <7,94%>
05. Square Enix – 3.015.369 <7,00%>
06. Pokemon Co. – 2.832.797 <6,58%>
07. Konami – 1.801.496 <4,18%>
08. Sony Computer Entertainment – 1.683.025 <3,91%>
09. Sega – 1.573.506 <3,65%>
10. Koei Tecmo – 1.415.031 <3,29%>
11. Spike Chunsoft – 609.576 <1,42%>
12. Electronic Arts – 607.768 <1,41%>
13. Atlus – 543.392 <1,26%>
14. Take-Two Interactive Japan – 535.792 <1,24%>
15. Marvelous AQL – 516.919 <1,20%>
16. Ubisoft – 507.739 <1,18%>
17. GungHo Online Entertainment – 507.441 <1,18%>
18. Kadokawa Games – 466.826 <1,08%>
19. From Software – 374.726 <0,87%>
20. Compile Heart – 278.138 <0,65%>
00. Other – 3.239.280 <7,52%>
00. Total Software Sales – 43.053.288 <100,00%>

Systems

01. 3DS – 23.387.031 <54,32%>
02. PS3 – 7.510.433 <17,44%>
03. PSV – 5.062.082 <11,76%>
04. WIU – 2.826.564 <6,57%>
05. PS4 – 2.441.876 <5,67%>
06. PSP – 1.053.282 <2,45%>
07. WII – 477.334 <1,11%>
08. 360 – 198.677 <0,46%>
09. XB1 – 96.009 <0,22%>
00. ALL – 43.053.288 <100,00%>

We’ve posted the top 100 best-selling games in Japan below. The full 1,000 can be seen here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 15 Comments

In last week’s issue of Famitsu, the magazine published a report on feedback for Xenoblade Chronicles X. Players shared thoughts on game length and difficulty, branching story, amount of content, size of the world, land variations, favorite Skell, and online concept.

Kotaku has since compiled the different results into various graphs. You can check them out in the gallery below.

Note that 1,257 people participated in the survey. Results were collected between May 29th and June 5th.

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