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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 49 Comments

Famitsu has a big update on Xenoblade Chronicles X this week. There’s a total of ten pages dedicated to the game, including an interview with director Tetsuya Takahashi.

The following information has leaked out of Famitsu thus far:

– Mira is 400km^2, which is 5 times the size of Xenoblade’s world
– Takahashi’s final check play time was over 300 hours
– “Union” Sound; something like factions for quests
– There are 8 of them, and you can join any of them, and change them depending on your goal
– PATH FINDER, COLEPEDIAN, INTER CEPTOR, LAND BANK, AVALANCE, ARMS, TESTAMENT, COMPANION
– Nagi (Takayuki Sugou): Former Captain of the White Whale and current Military Chief in the Autonomous Government of New Los Angeles
– Guin (Yuichi Nakamura): Worked in the same division as Elma and Irina on Earth; was their subordinate
– Many options for player avatar customization
– Kunihiko Tanaka did the preset avatar designs
– Some famous voices actors providing their voice as options for the avatar, will be announced on the Xenoblade homepage later
– GamePad shows character locations, quest locations
– Warp to previously visited areas on the GamePad
– The use of ‘X [Cross]’ has implications for the online functionality
– Not a standard online game, more ‘loosely connected’
– About 90 songs in the game
– Xenoblade had 1 vocal song at the end, but Xenoblade X has many vocal songs (many for an RPG)
– Sawano involved in all aspects of music
– Battles are faster paced, more-actiony than Xenobalde
– Differentiates close and distant attacks
– No healers
– Healing done with new system called ‘Soul Voice’
– 4-player party
– You control 1 character, the AI controls the rest
– More unique monsters and equipment than Xenoblade
– Xenoblade was a traditional RPG, whereas Xenoblade X is an open world RPG
– Xenoblade was linear despite having big world
– Xenoblade X you will get quests from different places and have more freedom

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments

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

New 3DS LL – 20,065
Vita – 14,991
PS4 – 13,793
PS3 – 8,600
New 3DS – 8,028
Wii U – 7,088
3DS LL – 3,882
3DS – 3,287
Vita TV – 589
Xbox One – 259

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

New 3DS LL – 25,299
Vita – 16,823
PS4 – 15,480
New 3DS – 9,916
Wii U – 8,894
PS3 – 7,036
3DS LL – 4,776
3DS – 4,238
Vita TV – 682
Xbox One – 300

And here are the software charts:

1. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria – 340,891 / NEW
2. [3DS] The Legend of Legacy – 53,974 / NEW
3. [WIU] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse – 32,137 / NEW
4. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 31,875 / 2,404,246
5. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 17,035 / 2,474,658
6. [PSV] Atelier Escha & Logy Plus – 15,778 / NEW
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 12,318 / 2,440,373
8. [PSV] Ken no Machi no Ihoujin – Kuro no Kyuuden – – 11,559 / NEW
9. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 10,475 / 2,122,433
10. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6 – 8,794 / 33,068
11. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 8,728 / 569,714
12. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 5,979 / 3,088,387
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 5,386 / 901,365
14. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers – 5,178 / 249,497
15. [3DS] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – 5,052 / NEW
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 5,006 / 3,904,259
17. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 – 4,397 / 122,296
18. [WIU] LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – 4,207 / NEW
19. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V New Price Version – 4,133 / 116,633
20. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V – 3,831 / 154,713

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Screenshots, Wii U | 0 comments

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

Those who are attending Apex 2015 this year will be able to go hands-on with an upcoming Wii U game. Nintendo has confirmed that Splatoon will be playable at the expo, though the demo will be the same one from last year’s E3.

Apex 2015 will take place between January 30 and February 1 in New Jersey.

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

People have been poking around the Hyrule Warriors’ 1.5.0 update files – specifically the Majora’s Mask DLC. Thanks to that, we can now listen to three new tracks that are featured in the Majora’s Mask Adventure Map. You’ll also find random asset images below.

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

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric’s update is huge – as in 1GB huge. So what exactly is included in the massive patch? We did hear about a few things recently, but Sonic Stadium has offered further information as to why the update is so big.

Here’s what the site shared:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in Screenshots, Wii U | 0 comments

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments

Koei Tecmo has announced that its release of Hyrule Warriors has now shipped 1 million untits globally, with the possibility that the majority of those numbers are from the US.

At this time we have no data for Europe however we know that in its first month’s shipment alone of Hyrule Warriors we saw 190,00 units shipped in the US and another 100,000 in Japan. Now it seems as if we are seeing shipments of at least 400,000 in the US and at least 120,000 in Japan.

In honor of this Koei Tecmo has released wallpaper for your enjoyment. Check out the screenshots of the wallpaper below and click on the Koei Tecmo link to download your own.

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

Super Smash Bros. fans have come up with a new mini-game called “Falcon Potato”. It’s done with three players in Special Smash with a higher launch rate and timers-only. Two play as Mario (or Dr. Mario), and another plays as Captain Falcon.

After the match begins, you slow down time with an item, and start a Falcon Punch. The Mario players then use their “Cape” move to redirect the punch until someone gets hit.

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

While the Mario Party 10 amiibo bundle quickly ran out of stock on Amazon, it’s now available once again on the site. You can place an order here. At least at launch, this will be the only way for consumers in North America to obtain the new Mario amiibo.

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