Wii U

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

Update 3: Down to $20.45

Update 2 (4/21): Back in stock.

Update: It took a long while, but it’s finally out of stock!

Amazon finally has additional stock of the GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U. The thing is, you’ll have to fork over a little bit of extra cash. Amazon’s asking price is now $29.99, which is $10 more than what the accessory sold for at launch.

Still interested? If so, you can place an order here.

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

This is about as short as a commercial, but the ESRB rating at the beginning seems to indicate that it’s just a promo. The title on YouTube also doesn’t say it’s a commercial… so I assume it’s not!

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

Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for the newly-announced Splatoon Wii U bundle. You can get yours in here.

As a reminder, the Splatoon bundle includes a 32GB Wii U console, a digital copy of the game, and a pre-installed copy of Nintendo Land.

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A French commercial has come in for Splatoon. We’ve attached it below.

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Game Informer has a couple of more videos up of Splatoon. You can get a look at the game’s single-player and multiplayer modes below.

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

Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is in the works for several platforms including Wii U and 3DS, Little Orbit announced today. Vicious Cycle is handling development.

Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is a fully-3D action title. Here’s the official overview:

Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is an all-new, real-time, fully 3D action-oriented twist on the classic story-driven graphic adventure game. Finn and Jake decide to carry on the profession of Finn’s foster parents, who were Professional Investigators. Confronted with mysterious Land of Ooo disappearances and strange events, players will interrogate colorful inhabitants, dispatch evil doers in fast-paced combat, solve mind-bending puzzles, explore new and familiar locations, and genuinely feel as if they have stepped into their own personal episode of Adventure Time.

Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations launches this November. More information about the game will be shared in the weeks and months ahead. Screenshots and a tiny bit of footage can be found below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 16 Comments

Dengeki has posted a bunch of screenshots from Xenoblade Chronicles X. View them all in the gallery below.

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Activision has prepared a new behind the scenes trailer for Guitar Hero Live. Watch it below.

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IGN put up a new preview with a bunch of additional details about Splatoon. For a summary of what was shared, read on below. You can also read up on IGN’s report here.

Battle Dojo

– Battle Dojo: 1v1 offline multiplayer versus mode
– Pop balloons in Battle Dojo
– A column of colored rings indicates where a set of inflated targets will spawn
– The player with the highest score at the end of five minutes wins
– The point value doubles in the later moments of a match
– There ate special moves as a potential X factor
– Wooden crates have surprise abilities to dominate your rival
– Need to use these abilities right away
– Not all of the special moves seen in multiplayer show up in this mode
– The first player to score 30 points wins (basically a mercy rule)

amiibo

– Inkopolis has an empty amiibo box
– Scan amiibo by the container to summon one of the three characters onto the pedestal
– You’ll see a list of trials and potential rewards after scanning figures
– Get gold or amiibo-only equipment from certain missions

Divide between online/offline modes

– The shopkeepers plus their gear are a big part of the online multiplayer package
– If you’re not connected to the Internet, you cannot buy anything to customize your character
– Seems like Nintendo will send out new gear over time that provides both a unique look and useful utility
– Single-player has its own sets of gear
– Also has a separate form of currency called Power Eggs, which beefs up your gear
– Miss out on some gear if you’re playing offline
– Producer Hisashi Nogami:

“There isn’t a gear or equipment link between single-player and multiplayer. So, it’s not that you earn money in single player to then spend in multiplayer. Instead, the link is more focused on skill. You practice your controls and develop skills in single player and then you can take those with you into multiplayer.”

Other

– No custom match types with friends like Smash Bros.
– Adjust specific user settings for look sensitivity controls before or after a match

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Nintendo isn’t limiting its new Splatoon Wii U bundle to North America. Over on Twitter, the company announced that the same package is bound for Europe as well.

Consumers will find a Wii U console and a copy of Splatoon in the bundle. However, it appears that the European version goes with a physical copy rather than a digital copy, as is the case in North America. There’s also no pre-installed copy of Nintendo Land, with Nintendo instead opting for a Wii Karaoke U trial.

The European Splatoon bundle also carries an unexpected release date. It won’t be available until June 19, which is several weeks after the actual game launches.

Nintendo’s latest tweet is as follows:

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