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As promised, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has started answering fan questions on the company’s official Twitter account. You can find all of his responses rounded up below.

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Since last week’s Nintendo Direct, the Japanese Splatoon Twitter account has been posting screenshots and details on a regular basis. The latest images can be found above, and a batch of information is posted below.

– The cave we’ve seen is the referee who decides the winner of each match
– They can determine who has the largest covered area in an instant
– Protagonist wears the Hero Suit and travels through the underground world
– The Octopus Army Corps hope to invade the Squid’s world
– The army built the underground facility
– ZL: Squid (dive into ink, restores ink)
– L-stick: move
– R: bomb (uses 70% of your ink)
– ZR: Ink Shot (uses up ink)
– R-stick: look left/right
– X: jump
– Y: camera reset
– Touch the Squid Icon to make a big jump to one of your team mates
– Use gyro to aim
– Your main way of painting the ground in ink and attacking enemies is the Paint Gun
– Different weapon types
– This includes the Charge Gun
– Charge Gun lets you hit at a distance
– Roller is useful in close-range combat
– Use sub-weapons by tapping the R button
– Splash Bomb is one such sub-weapon
– Splash bomb explodes and shoots ink over the immediate area
– The bomb hurts your opponents and has tactic uses
– These include distracting enemies or exposing hidden ones

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U can now be pre-loaded in North America and Europe. It’s the first title on Nintendo’s console to make use of the functionality.

Pre-loading allows Wii U owners to buy games in advance and have them downloaded before release. Most of the game data will be downloaded at the time of pre-purchase while the system is in Standby mode. The final data needed to unlock Smash Bros. Wii U will be automatically downloaded at midnight Eastern time on November 21.

You can buy Smash Bros. Wii U in advance directly from the eShop or by purchasing a download code from retailers. Additionally, the title can be pre-ordered on Nintendo.com. Pre-orders on the company’s website now support the same pre-load capability. Those who have pre-ordered the digital version of the game on Nintendo.com using their Nintendo Network ID will be emailed a redemption code within 72 hours. Once redeemed, they will also be able to pre-load the game.

You’ll find Nintendo’s official Smash Bros. Wii U pre-load announcement below.

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This week’s GameStop ad has gone live. You can find it below.

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

Famitsu brought us the surprising news yesterday that Rodea: The Sky Soldier is still in development. That’s despite the fact that the game was announced nearly four years ago. Rodea is still coming to 3DS, but it’s now heading to Wii U (the latter version also features the original Wii game that never released).

Earlier today, Famitsu posted an official about Rodea: The Sky Soldier. Along with several fresh screenshots, there are a few new details to read up on as well. You can find all of the latest content below.

– Begins on the floating continent of Garuda
– A curious girl named Ion discovers and reactivates Rodea in the ruins of Garuda
– Rodea is the legendary “Majin” machine soldier
– Was in a 1,000 year slumber
– Rodea lost his memory and is found with his right arm completely destroyed
– All that remains of his memory is a “fierce battle from the past” and “a girl with facial features similar to Ion”
– Rodea and Ion team up to fight against the machine empire of Naga
– Naga is approaching Garuda with the aim to capture the continent’s “Gravity Energy”

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The credits of LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham seem to tease the future of LEGO video games. At one point, players are shown a Tyrannosaurus Rex with the Jurassic Park theme song.

We do know that LEGO will be making Jurassic World sets in 2015. There has been speculation about a video game as well. Maybe we’ll hear something next year then…

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 57,645 / 2,104,844
2. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 27,182 / 2,842,890
3. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 24,509 / 1,701,465
4. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 9,070 / 111,037
5. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 7,661 / 71,073
6. [PS3] The Evil Within – 7,562 / 82,932
7. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – 5,280 / 62,120
8. [3DS] The LEGO Movie Videogame – 4,180 / NEW
9. [WIU] The LEGO Movie Videogame – 3,574 / NEW
10. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 3,210 / 699,588
11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,844 / 3,805,306
12. [PS3] Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – 2,676 / 15,062
13. [PS4] Metro Redux – 2,624 / 8,782
14. [3DS] Dragon Quest X – 2,501 / 116,252
15. [PS4] The Evil Within – 2,359 / 66,956
16. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix – 2,258 / 129,660
17. [PS4] Onechanbara Z2: Chaos – 2,245 / 12,719
18. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 – 2,2158 / 154,098
19. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 2,033 / 1,293,939
20. [PSV] Super Hero Generation – 2,028 / 22,856

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

New 3DS LL – 50,619
New 3DS – 15,020
PS4 – 10,078
Vita – 9,874
3DS LL – 9,083
Wii U – 4,787
PS3 – 4,666
3DS – 4,495
Vita TV – 678
Xbox One – 513
Xbox 360 – 107
PSP – 2

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

New 3DS LL – 41,633
New 3DS – 14,040
Vita – 10,688
3DS LL – 9,270
PS4 – 8,906
PS3 – 5,066
3DS – 4,730
Wii U – 4,696
Vita TV – 718
Xbox One – 599
Xbox 360 – 79
PSP – 50

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