New Easter Egg found in Resident Evil 4 more than a decade later
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Wii | 7 Comments
YouTuber Slippy Slides has stumbled upon an interesting Easter Egg in Resident Evil 4. Some sort of mystery person is hidden away in one of the game’s areas, and he’s pretty tough to see normally.
Slippy Slides messed around with Resident Evil 4 a bit and managed to place the camera in a spot that shows this person in a slightly more clearer light. Yet even after that, the model is rather blurry. After going through the game’s files, Slippy Slides found out that it’s actually a 2D texture. Was it a developer who worked on the project way back in the day? Or something else entirely?
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Nintendo loses lawsuit with iLife involving Wii Remote tech, ordered to pay $10 million
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 131 Comments
Update: Nintendo’s statement is in, and is as follows:
“On Aug. 31, 2017, a jury in Texas found that certain Wii and Wii U video game systems and software bundles infringed a patent belonging to iLife Technologies Inc. related to detecting if a person has fallen down. The jury awarded iLife $10 million in damages. Nintendo disagrees with the decision, as Nintendo does not infringe iLife’s patent and the patent is invalid. Nintendo looks forward to raising those issues with the district court and with the court of appeals.”
Original: Several years ago, iLife Technologies Inc. and Dallas-based law firm Munck Wilson Mandala filed a $144 million patent infringement case against Nintendo of America. Nintendo was accused of infringing on iLife’s motion-sensing accelerometer technology present in Wii Remote controllers.
A verdict was finally handed down today. A jury in Dallas, Texas sided with iLife, and Nintendo will be forced to pay $10 million.
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EDGE ranks the top 100 greatest games (2017 edition)
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii, Wii U | 134 Comments
Back in 2015, EDGE published a special issue of its magazine featuring what it felt was the top 100 greatest games of all time. This month, they’re back at it again with a revised list.
The 2017 edition makes a number of changes. One big addition is Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which has taken Dark Souls’ spot as EDGE’s best game of all time. Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Zelda: Ocarina of Time remain in the top ten, however.
The full list is as follows:
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Just Dance 2018 song list part 2
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii, Wii U | 8 Comments
In celebration of Gamescom, Ubisoft unveiled the next wave of songs that will be included in Just Dance 2018.
The following music will be available in the game:
Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
Blow Your Mind (Mwah) – Dua Lipa
Dharma – Headhunterz & KSHMR
Blue (Da Ba Dee) – Hit The Electro Beat
John Wayne – Lady Gaga
Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) – Shakira
Beep Beep I’m A Sheep – LilDeuceDeuce ft. BlackGryph0n & TomSka
Swish Swish – Katy Perry ft. Nicki Minaj
Rockabye – Clean Bandit Ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
24K Magic – Bruno Mars
Side To Side – Ariana Grande Ft. Nicki Minaj
Chantaje – Shakira Ft. Maluma
Naughty Girl – Beyoncé
The Way I Are (Dance With Somebody) – Bebe Rexha Ft. Lil Wayne
Automaton – Jamiroquai
Bubble Pop! – HyunA
Love Ward – Hatsune Miku
Make it Jingle – Big Freedia
Daddy Cool – Groove Century
We’ve included a new Gamescom trailer for Just Dance 2018 below.
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Video shows more objectives in Mario Kart Wii’s cut mission mode
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii | 4 Comments
Earlier this month, YouTuber MrBean35000vr made a significant discovery about Mario Kart Wii. It turns out that Nintendo had been planning a Mission Mode at one point, similar to what was included in Mario Kart DS.
MrBean35000vr returned with another video today. He’s shared new findings, including all of the functional objectives left behind in the game’s code. You can get a look at that and more in the video below.
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Let’s Sing 2018 heading to Switch and Wii
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii | 13 Comments
Let’s Sing 2018 was announced today, and the game is heading to two generations of Nintendo platforms. It’ll be available on October 20 for Wii, and this Christmas on Switch. Ravenscourt and Voxler says Let’s Sing 2018 will be Switch’s first karaoke game.
Let’s Sing 2018 features 30 international smash hits, including “Hymn For The Weekend” from Coldplay, “Faded” from Alan Walker, “I Hate U” from Gnash ft. Olivia O’Brien, and “Rockabye” from Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie. Other chart toppers from the likes of Lukas Graham with “7 Years”, Calvin Harris with “My Way”, The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey with “Closer” and more will be added as well.
More: Let's Sing 2018, Ravenscourt, Voxler Games
Ubisoft’s Gamescom 2017 lineup
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii, Wii U | 1 Comment
Ubisoft’s Gamescom 2017 lineup is in. The publisher will be showcasing Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Just Dance 2018, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Far Cry 5, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, The Crew 2, For Honor, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege. The first two will be on Switch.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle will have a playable demo. As for Just Dance 2018, attendees can look forward to stage performances. Those who stop by can purchase Ubicollectibles items at the dedicated Ubisoft store located Hall 5.2 booth c-011.
Gamescom 2017 will take place between August 22 and August 26 in Cologne, Germany. Ubisoft’s booth can be found in Hall 6.1, booth B020.
Source: Ubisoft PR
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Dragon Quest X anime short #1: “The Feeling of a Name”
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Switch, Videos, Wii, Wii U | 4 Comments
As a way of celebrating Dragon Quest X’s fifth anniversary, Square Enix has created a series of short animations based on “‘miraculous’ stories” submitted by players.
The first video, called “The Feeling of a Name”, is attached below. Gematsu also provides us with the following synopsis:
“The Feeling of a Name” opens as a young girl watches her parents enjoy the in-game fireworks celebration for Dragon Quest X‘s fourth anniversary on August 2, 2016. She quietly points out to her father that it looks like everyone has gathered to celebrate Yukina’s birthday. Yukina is the name of her mother’s character, but in a flashback we learn that she was named after their elder daughter, Yukina, who passed away. A year goes by, and we see the father at a cafe, chatting in Dragon Quest X on his laptop, where it is suggested he proposes to his online friends the idea his daughter mentioned a year prior, unbeknownst to his wife. Finally, on August 2, 2017, the family is gathered once again to watch the in-game fireworks celebration for the game’s fifth anniversary. It is then that everyone viewing the fireworks start to wish Yukina a happy 15th birthday, bringing tears to the surprised mother’s eyes. Had she been alive, Yukina would have turned 15 years old that day.
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Scrapped Mission Mode found for Mario Kart Wii after nearly a decade
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 18 Comments
Mario Kart DS introduced the very neat Mission Mode. It had you completing various objectives, such as racing backwards through a course. The mode even featured a number of boss battles.
The next Mario Kart game, Mario Kart Wii, was going to include its own Mission Mode at some point before being ultimately scrapped. After nearly a decade, a new discovery from MrBean35000vr reveals some of the leftover content.
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Japan’s top 100 best-selling games for the first half of 2017
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch, Wii, Wii U | 42 Comments
This week’s issue of Famitsu has a listing of the top 100 best-selling games in Japan for the first half of 2017. Eight Nintendo-related games are in the top ten alone, including Monster Hunter XX, Pokemon Sun/Moon, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
The full results are as follows:
001. [3DS] Monster Hunter XX – 1.640.005 / 1.640.005 (Capcom) – {18/03/2017}
002. [3DS] Pokémon Sun / Moon – 527.862 / 3.774.084 (Pokémon Co.) – {18/11/2016}
003. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 501.614 / 501.614 (Nintendo) – {28/04/2017}
004. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 460.480 / 460.480 (Nintendo) – {03/03/2017}
005. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS – 397.656 / 1.141.044 (Nintendo) – {01/12/2016}
006. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard – 324.066 / 324.066 (Capcom) – {26/01/2017}
007. [PS4] NieR: Automata – 311.906 / 311.906 (Square Enix) – {23/02/2017}
008. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! – 263.790 / 395.853 (Nintendo) – {22/12/2016}
009. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki – 215.297 / 724.964 (Level 5) – {15/12/2016}
010. [SWI] 1 2 Switch – 200.807 / 200.807 (Nintendo) – {03/03/2017}