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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 23 Comments

Update: Bumped to the top. The official announcement is in, and we have the first details.

Here’s the full overview:

Go back to the roots of Harvest Moon in the latest installment of the series! Inspired by the old-school gameplay of the very first games, Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories will bring players a sense of nostalgia, along with exciting gameplay twists.

Tasked with the job of revitalizing a farm, players will need to befriend the villagers in town to unlock the titular “Seeds of Memories”! Seeds can be unlocked in many ways, such as giving a villager their favorite item, catching a giant fish, or by raising their first cow. Players will need to be up to the challenge of collecting all of the Seeds of Memories!

Old favorites return in the animal department with cows, sheep, and chickens, along with a horse to ride, and a dog to keep as a pet! Farmers will also have a new pet to take care of, but it isn’t what they’d expect… It’s a bobcat! The bobcat starts out wild, but as players befriend the animal, can they convince the bobcat to become their loyal friend?

Featuring cooking, fishing, foraging, and mining, players will need to upgrade their tools to find the highest-quality items. Players will also be able to participate in contests and festivals like the Cooking Contest and Starry Night Festival! Woo one of the ten marriage candidates – 5 bachelors and 5 bachelorettes – and find that special someone to make their farming life complete!

Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories launches this winter.

Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories is in development for Wii U, Natsume has announced. The game will also be released for PC and mobile platforms.

Natsume made today’s announcement on Twitter. Actual gameplay details are unknown at present.

Harvest Moon: Seed of Memories will be the first entry in the Harvest Moon series for Wii U. Last year, Natsume made Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley for 3DS.

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Warner Bros. Interactive prepared a fresh back of screenshots from LEGO Dimensions today. You’ll find them in the gallery below, along with the latest pack images.

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Nintendo has shared additional details about how amiibo work in Yoshi’s Woolly World.

The company previously announced that you’ll be able to unlock Yoshi patterns based on characters like Mario and Donkey Kong. Although not every amiibo can unlock a pattern relating to the character, you’ll still be able to dress up Yoshi in new styles. That means Pikachu, Charizard, Greninja, Jigglypuff, and Lucario do work with the game after all. They just won’t unlock patterns based on the Pokemon.

All three Yarn Yoshi amiibo can be used to save your favorite pattern. The two Yoshi amiibo from the Smash Bros. and Super Mario series unlock Double Yoshi (just not one made of yarn).

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A new preview from Game Informer contains the latest details about LEGO Dimensions. You can find the information rounded up below, though you can read up on the site’s full piece here as well.

– 14 different licenses
– Ghostbusters, Portal, Back to the Future, The Wizard of Oz, DC Comics, Scooby Doo, Doctor Who, Lego Chima, The Lord of the Rings, The Simpsons, The Lego Movie, Jurassic World, Midway Games, and Lego Ninjago are the featured IPs
– Warner Bros. not talking about Midway Games’ representation yet
– 14 levels in total
– Each has four different areas
– TT Games wants to please children and adults
– DC Comics’ Batman, The Lego Movie’s Wyldstyle, and The Lord of the Rings’ Gandalf star in LEGO Dimensions
– The three need to stop Lord Vortec, who is making the dimensions collide
– Plenty of humor in the game
– When Batman steps into the Wizard of Oz world, he says “We’re not in Gotham anymore. It’s so…colorful.”
– When meeting the Wizard of Oz gang, Batman says “The Scarecrow…I knew it!”
– Can beat the full game with the Starter Pack
– Extra characters, vehicles, weapons can be purchased
– This also opens up additional content in the levels.
– TT Games teased that you may see ghosts flying around a level and need the Ghostbusters to take them out
– You can use Scooby to dig and open up a new are
– Basic gameplay of collecting studs, building and rebuilding within the world, and switching between characters to get past obstacles remains in tact
– Use Batman’s grapple hook to tear down big obstacles
– Drive the Batmobile to run over poppies (flowers that put characters to sleep if they’re near them)
– When fighting the Wicked Witch of the West, throw the batarang to injure her while she flies through the air
– More emphasis on using the plastic LEGO Gateway outside of the game to avoid obstacles
– Ex: when the Wicked Witch casts a magic spell to lock you in position, the LEGO Gateway flashes red, save for one white safe area; physically move the figure over to it to break the spell
– The team didn’t want the pad to just be a spawning device
– Every vehicle has three different forms
– Need to build and rebuild vehicles throughout the adventure to get by
– Starter Packs: $99.99, contains Batman, Wyldstyle, Gandalf, Batmobile, and Lego Gateway
– Level Packs: $29.99, contains an additional new mission-based game level along with a minifigure, a vehicle, and a weapon
– Team Packs: $24.99, provide two minifigures and two vehicles or weapons, all with their own unique abilities
– Fun Packs: $14.99, provide a new minifigure and a vehicle or weapon

LEGO Dimensions is coming to Wii U on September 27.

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Warner Bros. Interactive released a new LEGO Dimensions trailer today. View it below.

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More footage of Splatoon’s new N-Zap ’85 weapon and Port Mackerel map has come in. You’ll find a couple of additional videos below.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Splatoon (Wii U) – 9/9/9/9
Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus (3DS) – 8/8/8/10
Alien: Isolation (PS4/XBO) – 8/8/9/9
AirMech Arena (PS4/XBO) – 7/8/9/9
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (3DS) – 8/7/7/7
Stretchmo (3DS) – 8/8/8/7
Rise of Mana (PSV) – 7/7/7/7
Johnny Dynamite (3DS) – 5/7/6/6

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Videos, Wii U | 7 Comments

The folks over at Digital Foundry have published another one of their frame rate tests, this time for Splatoon. Check out the video below:

As you can see, the game runs at 30 fps while at Inkopolis and at a nearly consistent 60 fps during multiplayer matches.

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A bit of footage has come in showing the new N-Zap ’85 weapon and Port Mackerel map in Splatoon. Check it out in the videos below.

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Even though it’s been less than a week since Splatoon launched around the world, Nintendo is already adding content to the game. The Port Mackerel map, N-Zap ’85 weapon, and Ranked Battle mode have all gone live. In order to participate in Ranked Battle, you’ll need to be at level 10 or higher.

Nintendo will be adding even more content to Splatoon over the next few months. In August, two new matchmaking options will be offered, along with a new battle mode and gear.

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