There was a great deal of Nintendo news last week, and Daan/I talked about it all! That includes the Splatoon Direct, the Universal partnership for theme park attractions, and latest financial results (including related tidbits).

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The Simpsons, Portal 2, Doctor Who, Jurassic World, Scooby Doo packs confirmed for LEGO Dimensions

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii U | 5 Comments

An instruction booklet found on the official LEGO site provides a first look at a few packs planned for LEGO Dimensions.

The Simpsons, Portal 2, and Doctor Who will be available as Level Packs. Jurassic World and Scooby Doo are coming as Team Packs.

Warner Bros. still has yet to officially announce most of these products. When LEGO Dimensions was revealed, the company said that packs would ship to stores throughout 2015 and 2016.

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Rumor: Intelligent Systems tells job expo attendees that Paper Mario is coming to Wii U

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii U | 18 Comments

We’re hearing an interesting rumor about Paper Mario potentially coming to Wii U via Japanese forum 2ch.

Just recently, Intelligent Systems attended a job expo in Japan. A few folks who showed up for the event relayed this information on 2ch, along with speculation about a new Paper Mario. Representatives from the company were apparently stating that this is something that’s happening.

If nothing else, it does look like Intelligent Systems attended that job expo. The studio was handing out pamphlets/paperwork (posted on 2ch), which does suggest that part of the rumor is true.

Thanks to Kev for the tip.

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Pre-order updates (5/10/15)

Posted on 10 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:

Wii U

Disney Infinity 3.0 (new) – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mighty No. 9 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Guitar Hero Live – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Mario Maker – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
LEGO Dimensions – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Rodea: The Sky Soldier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Legend of Kay HD – Amazon
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Amazon
LEGO Jurassic World – Amazon, GameStop
Terraria – Amazon
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Splatoon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

3DS

Project X Zone 2 – Amazon
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson – Amazon, GameStop
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Rodea: The Sky Soldier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven – Amazon, GameStop
Fire Emblem – Best Buy
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Amazon
LEGO Jurassic World – Amazon, GameStop
Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Terraria – Amazon
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

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Splatoon features Miiverse posts as in-game graffiti

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments

Splatoon makes use of Miiverse in some interesting ways. For one thing, your character can appear in other players’ Plazas. Those who tried out Splatoon Global Testfire this weekend also noticed that Splatoon-related Miiverse art was showing up on billboards (and apparently some walls as well). It’s something that was hinted at before, but we now have a complete confirmation of the functionality.

If you’re not interested in seeing other players’ art/posts, it seems as though there will be an option to disable this. You’ll be able to either enable or disable “Miiverse Tags”, which show up as in-game graffiti.

Thanks to Austin for the tip.

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Nintendo thinking about what steps need to be taken to make NX region-free

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii U | 67 Comments

Update: Fairly accurate translation is below.

Removing region-locking from current game machines presents various issues, so we don’t consider that to be very realistic. However, regarding NX, given the customer feedback and proposals from the market, while nothing has been decided yet, we’re currently investigating internally what problems there would be in realizing it. You can think of that as the current situation. I understand your desire, so I’d like to look at it optimistically going forward.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata addressed the topic of region locking during the Q&A portion of the company’s latest financial results briefing.

Iwata stated that Nintendo is thinking internally about what steps need to be taken to make NX region-free. Additionally, the Big N is aware that people want a region free system, and he is “thinking positively” about region free. A decision has not been made internally about whether or not NX will be region-free.

Iwata was also quick to point out that doing away with region-locking for current hardware is “unrealistic”.

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Japanese Splatoon live stream recording (single-player, multiplayer)

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment

Nintendo held a Japanese stream for Splatoon earlier today. Plenty of multiplayer footage was shown, but we also got another look at the single-player offering as well. Check out the full recording below.

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Xenoblade X beats original game with first week sales, sells through 70% of initial shipment

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 15 Comments

The latest data from Media Create reveals that Xenoblade Chronicles X sold 85,586 copies in its first week in Japan. While it didn’t set the charts on fire, the game did quite well all things considered.

When the original Xenoblade came out on Wii, it sold 83,000 copies in its first week. You may recall that Nintendo was working with a much, much higher install base with that console at the time. It’s also worth noting that the recently-released New 3DS version sold 56,923 copies in its first week.

Separately from Media Create’s report, Dengeki indicates that Xenoblade Chronicles X sold through 70 percent of its initial shipment.

Wii U

UK software sales (Week ending 5/9/15) – Wii U/3DS

Posted on 10 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

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UK software sales (Week ending 5/9/15)