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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii | 24 Comments

Just after Nintendo made its Japanese announcement that the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will be shutting down in May, its Australian subsidiary followed with the same news.

The closure means that online play, matchmaking, and leaderboards will be unavailable, as well as other features. However, the Wii/DS shops, Internet browsers, YouTube, and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay & Play will remain in tact.

Nintendo has also provided a listing of all Nintendo-published games that will be affected by the Wi-Fi Connection’s closure. They are as follows:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii | 6 Comments

Update: Nintendo of Australia has already followed up with an announcement of its own, confirming that this announcement is for all territories.

Original: The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service will end for Wii and DS on May 20, Nintendo has announced. Although the news pertains to Japan at the moment, there’s a good chance Nintendo of America/Europe will follow up with confirmations of their own in the coming days.

Many Wii and DS services will still remain in tact despite the shutdown. They are as follows:

Wii (will still be enabled):

Wii Shop Channel
Delivery Channel
Hulu
Internet Channel
YouTube

DS (will still be enabled):

DSi Shop
DS/DSi browser

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

US consumers were able to purchase Xenoblade for several months last year before it finally sold out once again. But what about Canada?

As it turns out, Video Games Plus just made an exclusive special purchase rebuild of Xenoblade Chronicles from Nintendo of Canada. Each copy is new and factory sealed.

Video Games Plus has Xenoblade available for purchase here. The price is a bit hefty coming in at $69.99 CAD, though the game has been a bit tougher to find as of late. Video Games Plus ships worldwide, but also ships all US parcels out of Niagara Falls in New York.

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Activision is running a competition with PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America division for the next Skylanders game. Fans are being given the opportunity to choose and name a new hero that will appear in the title – along with a chance to win a $100,000 scholarship.

You’ll find the full details below.

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

A couple of weeks ago, Stick it to the Man was confirmed for Wii U. We caught up with Zoink founder Klaus Lyngeled following publisher Ripstone’s announcement to find out more about the game. We also asked about WeeWaa, interest in the 3DS, and more.

You’ll find our full interview with Lyngeled after the break.

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

Details are in for Dragon Quest X’s 2.1 update. The new batch of information has been rounded up below.

– New class: Item Master
– Update also has an entire finishing mini-game with sharks
– Opening of the cooking guild
– More housing furniture
– Item Master can enhance items used in combat
– Can control some minions as well
– Command machine and material family-type monsters, such as what appears to be a Killing Machine or Restless Armor monster
– Item Master and other classes will benefit from a rise in skill levels to 130 (up from 100)
– This adds new limit breaks such as the Super Falcon Sword skill or casting ever more powerful spells such as Kaboomle
– New furniture additions include jackpot machines
– Unclear if they’re playable
– New monster incarnations
– Update 2.1 out on February 27

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

Earlier this month, Activision confirmed that a new Skylanders game will be released later in 2014. The “announcement” didn’t come with any concrete information though, aside from the fact that Toys for Bob is heading up development once again.

John Coyne, senior vice president of consumer marketing at Activision, recently told BT that “everyone’s going to have to wait a couple more months for more details.” He also teased, “I can tell you that it’s pretty exciting – it’s a game-changer”.

Coyne’s comments in full:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 19 Comments

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze sold 35,000 copies in its first week on the Japanese market. How does that figure stack up to Donkey Kong Country Returns?

When the Wii game originally came out, it sold 163,000 units in its first week. The 3DS port Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D also sold quite well having moved 104,000 copies.

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