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

An official Japanese page for Hyrule Warriors shares a bit more about the Wii U game.

First, as many had anticipated, online play is now officially confirmed. The wording on the page suggests that a unique mode is being prepared for those who intend to play over the Internet.

Aside from a brief mention of online support, Nintendo also confirms the automatic posting of your play status to Miiverse and the ability to purchase DLC (this was a given based on the costumes we’ve heard about).

Lastly, Hyrule Warriors supports 1 save file per user. Oh, and the game’s file size weighs in at 7.8GB.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Capcom sales are down for the quarter ending June 30, 2014. In its financial report published today, the company noted that net sales dipped to 9.57 billion yen ($93 million, £55.1 million). That’s a decrease of 45.1 percent from the previous year.

Net income also dropped from 828 million yen ($8 million, £4.7 million) the previous year to 765 million yen ($7.4 million, £4.4 million).

Why the downturn? Capcom believes the decrease in sales can be attributed to “a lack of new major titles.”

Fortunately, today’s news isn’t entirely disappointing for Capcom. Operating income actually rose by 75.3 percent year-over-year for an increase of 1.26 billion yen ($12.2 million, £7.2 million). Monster Hunter Frontier GG also “performed steadily with major update.”

Capcom says the company is “on track to achieve full-year forecasts with improving profitability” with a desire to improve earnings by “reducing the cost of sales.”

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

Like most Wii U games, Hyrule Warriors will be available both at retail and on the eShop. If you opt for the latter option, keep in mind that the title is a 7.8GB download.

Hyrule Warriors is a pretty big game. However, it’s not quite as large as some of the other Wii U titles out there such as Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment

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

A new Nintendo Direct will be hosted on Monday, all entirely dedicated to Hyrule Warriors.

Nintendo of America’s confirmed on Twitter that the presentation will be held at 11 PM ET / 8 PM PT. A tweet from the company reads:

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

The Hyrule Warriors streams just keep on coming! In addition to the presentation currently being held at this very moment, there will be yet another event on Friday.

Twilight Princess-oriented content is set to be shown, and will feature Yosuke Hayashi and Furusawa Masaki from Koei Tecmo as well as writer Watanabe Hiroshi.

The latest Hyrule Warriors stream will be held at 7:30 AM ET / 4:30 AM PT. You’ll be able to watch it here.

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

This week’s Famitsu’s most wanted games chart is in. Persona 5, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Final Fantasy XV, Hyrule Warriors, and Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire are all in the top five.

Here’s the full lineup, as chosen by Famitsu readers:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii U | 2 Comments

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

The only Nintendo-related items I spot here are rock candy controllers for Wii U. Definitely one of the worst weeks we’ve seen thus year!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 180,880 / 1,829,533
2. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island – 58,285 / NEW
3. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 18,129 / 560,487
4. [PSV] Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines – 17,690 / 111,465
5. [PSV] Tokyo New World Record: Operation Abyss – 15,242 / NEW
6. [PSV] Corpse Party: BloodDrive – 13,688 / NEW
7. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 10,620 / 1,218,698
8. [PS3] Under Night In-Birth – 9,171 / NEW
9. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don to Katsu no Jikuu Daibouken – 9,080 / 110,558
10. [PS3] Atelier Shallie: Alchemist of the Dusk Sea – 7,432 / 51,177
11. [3DS] Gundam Tri Age SP – 7,110 / 28,634
12. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy – 5,768 / 75,404
13. [PSV] Freedom Wars – 5,344 / 267,771
14. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 5,089 / 4,112,000
15. [PS3] GTA New Price Version – 5,026 / 28,685
16. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 4,591 / 3,316,196
17. [PS3] Watch Dogs – 3,684 / 63,269
18. [PS4] FIFA 14 – 3,587 / 71,128
19. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 3,346 / 2,355,647
20. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 3,068 / 3,764,042

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 15 Comments

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

3DS LL – 31,789
Vita – 21,875
Wii U – 9,429
PS3 – 7,175
3DS – 6,656
PS4 – 5,581
Vita TV – 1,767
PSP – 489
Xbox 360 – 122

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

3DS LL – 31,192
Vita – 27,352
Wii U – 8,209
PS3 – 7,389
PS4 – 6,456
3DS – 6,185
Vita TV – 2,249
PSP – 556
Xbox 360 – 129

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