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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 57 Comments

A new press release sent out by Spike TV reconfirms Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime’s appearance at VGX 2013 this weekend. He’ll be “presenting a new look at an upcoming Wii U game.”

Is that a reference to an already-announced Wii U game? Or something brand new? The announcement doesn’t say, though the wording sort of points to the former.

VGX 2013 will air this Saturday at 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT.

Source: Spike TV PR

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo of France deputy general manager Philippe Lavoué shared updated Wii U and 3DS sales figures for the country while speaking with JDLi.

According to Lavoué, Wii U’s life-to-date hardware sales stand at 175,000 in France as of the middle of November.

As for 3DS, the system’s life-to-date sales come in at 2,150,000 units. The 2DS accounts for 30 percent of the 3DS’ total sales. 3DS possesses a market share of 50 percent of all systems at the moment.

It’s also worth mentioning that 3DS software sales rose from 850,000 to 1,700,000 year-over-year during the same timeframe.

Additionally, Pokemon X and Pokemon Y collectively sold 220,000 copies in its first three weeks of availability.

We also have the following (Google translated) comments from Lavoué:

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Fire Emblem: Awakening and New Super Luigi U are available for just $15 as of now. Thing is, you’ll need to find a store nearby as both are out of stock for shipping. Check out that link and you’ll find other titles for pretty decent prices as well such as LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins for $15.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

Leaks from the latest issue of Famitsu reveal an interesting tidbit for Monster Hunter Frontier G. While we don’t have the exact details just yet, the game will feature a collaboration with Nintendo’s Fire Emblem series.

On Wii U, Frontier G will include two special costumes from Fire Emblem. Players will be able to dress as Chrom and Lucina. It’s unclear if there any any additional costumes or further collaborations at this time.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Interviews, Wii U | 2 Comments

With Coaster Crazy Deluxe having been released just recently, there’s no better time then now to learn more about Frontier’s under-the-radar Wii U eShop title.

We spoke with producer Adam Woods who shared some information about the game, such as why the team decided to bring Deluxe to Wii U. Woods also commented on general topics including the possibility of returning to LostWinds, 3DS support, and more.

You can find the entire interview after the break.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Features, Videos, Wii U | 8 Comments

Some of you may remember my short-lived series of features (well, two) for Nintendo Everything known as “Rambling Thoughts”. It was mainly a means for me to share a few thoughts about a random topic.

For a few months now, I’ve been thinking about bringing that series back, but in brief video form. And that brings us to the topic at hand today: “Random Thoughts”.

Similar in name and purpose as Rambling Thoughts, I’m introducing Random Thoughts as a potential new feature for the site. Depending on how the first video is received, there could be more. Or maybe this will be the only one. We’ll see!

I’ve been working on this first one – again, for a several months – as I tried to determine what the best format was. I admittedly was thinking about scrapping the idea altogether at a few different points, in part because this is something completely out of my comfort zone. I also wasn’t sure if I had the voice/personality for this kind of thing.

But after I showed the first video to a few people, they convinced me to share it with you all. It’s nothing fancy, though hopefully you’ll enjoy it. I did put a heck of a lot of work into it! If you don’t like it, feel free to let me know. I’ll be thankful that you watched it in any case! If nothing else, you now have some evidence that I’m not a robot, and not just some person operating behind the scenes. And you’ll get to hear my voice. Hopefully you won’t mind it – Austin knows I’ve been incredibly harsh on how I sound.

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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze includes four playable characters. Thus far, we know of three: Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Dixie Kong.

An updated version of Tropical Freeze’s boxart – discovered on Amazon – may reveal the fourth playable character. Who is it? Head past the break for the image.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
2. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
4. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
5. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive
6. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
7. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
8. LEGO City: Undercover – Nintendo
9. Disney Infinity – Disney Interactive
10. Just Dance 2014 – Ubisoft

3DS

1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – Nintendo
2. Pokemon X – Nintendo
3. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
6. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
7. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
8. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins – Nintendo
10. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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