Dragon Quest X: All in One Package hitting Japan in August
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii, Wii U | 5 Comments
Square Enix has announced the “Dragon Quest X: All in One Package” for Japan. It will be available on August 7 for 4,800 yen.
As an initial investor incentive, each new copy will come bundled in with 20 lottery tickets and 10 Health Balls. The package contains the original game as well as the expansion released towards the end of last year.
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Over 100 million LEGO games have been sold
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
In total, over 100 million LEGO games have been sold, Warner Bros. has confirmed. The series joins other notable franchises such as Mario, Pokemon, and Final Fantasy to accomplish the same feat.
The latest LEGO game – LEGO Batman 3 – will launch this fall.
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Yoshi Wii Remote Plus unboxing
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More details about the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection from former GameSpy general manager
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 1 Comment
During IGN’s latest Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, former GameSpy Technology general manager Todd Northcutt was brought in to discuss some of the behind the scenes details about the service and the company’s relationship with Nintendo. For those unaware, GameSpy provided the back-end infrastructure for Wii/DS games.
We brought you just a few of these details on Friday. Now you can find a more comprehensive summary below.
An Ode to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection – Saying goodbye to DS and Wii’s online (part 2)
Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in DS, Features, Wii | 3 Comments
Today we’ll be continuing our look at the Nintendo Wi-Fi lineage with a focus on Wii titles. The Wii’s online infrastructure surprised us time and time again with what it could (and couldn’t) do, with experiences ranging from the cohesive and fleshed out Mario Kart online to a slideshow crawl through Super Smash Bros. Brawl matches. With the rise of homebrew, we saw some interesting mods to popular games, some of which also found their way into the online scene (like Project M and CTGP). Here’s a look at some of the more popular and interesting titles that used the service and what we’ll miss most about them:
Boxarts for the latest European Nintendo Selects
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Media Create software sales (5/12 – 5/18) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One for All #
02./00. [PSV] Genkai Totsuki Moero Chronicle #
03./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
04./02. [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour
05./03. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour
06./04. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment #
07./07. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
08./05. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call #
09./06. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
10./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
11./14. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
12./15. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
13./08. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters – Tokimeki Up!
14./10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
15./20. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V
16./11. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World
17./16. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z
18./18. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind
19./00. [PS3] Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
20./00. [PSV] God of War Collection
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[Feature] An Ode to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection – Saying goodbye to DS and Wii’s online (part 1)
Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in DS, Features, Wii | 3 Comments
On May 20th, GameSpy ceased all maintenance for multiplayer services that they previously hosted, marking the end of online support for Wii and DS titles and the end of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (WFC) era. Since its launch in November 2005, the little blue circle on the boxes of our beloved franchises have signified the ability to participate in matchmaking online and experience Nintendo’s first real take at online gaming. From Friend Codes to Nintendo branded Wi-Fi dongles, let’s take a look back at some of the best WFC had to offer in all its WEP encrypted, Wii Speak glory.
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Interesting behind the scenes tidbits from GameSpy about the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 6 Comments
During the latest episode of IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, former GameSpy Technology general manager Todd Northcutt revealed some interesting behind the scenes tidbits about the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. As many of you know, the big N partnered with GameSpy back in the day for Wii and DS titles incorporating online play.
Here’s a summary of what was shared:
– Not getting a copy of Monster Hunter from Capcom and having the game go live in Japan and kill server capacity while not having anyone that spoke Japanese on staff
– Not being able to patch games so Smash on Wii was broken and Gamespy had to fix it all server side
– Meeting with 2 separate Nintendo teams at once and having them go off for 10 mins arguing against each other cause one side wanted one friend code per user/system and messaging and invites and such and the other didn’t all in Japanese while Gamespy Tech sat there seeing it unfold
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PDP planning “Wired Fight Pad” for Wii U and Wii
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Wii, Wii U | 2 Comments
Performance Designed Products – in partnership with Nintendo – is developing the “Wired Fight Pad”, a new line of Classic Controller that takes inspiration from the GameCube controller.
The Wired Fight Pad is compatible with the Wii U as well as the original Wii. It plugs directly into the Wiimote’s extension connector and can be used with games that support the Classic Controller, the Classic Controller Pro, and some Virtual Console games. Mario, Yoshi, and Princess Peach are among the fan-favorite characters featured by the Wired Fight Pad.
PDP will release its product this holiday season for $24.99.
Source: PDP PR
