Wii hacker downplays recent Nintendo leaks, source code to reproducing the console not included
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments
A few days ago, news emerged regarding a pretty significant Nintendo leak. It was primarily centered around Wii, but hacker Hector Martin has downplayed the importance of what has emerged. Martin told PCMag says that the files involved don’t actually contain source code to reproducing the console.
Martin said:
Internal presentation talks about why Nintendo used Friend Codes over screen names
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments
The DS and Wii era marked Nintendo’s first foray into online gaming. For both of these systems, the company introduced a feature known as Friend Codes. This was a bit controversial as some felt that screen names would have been much more convenient and easier to use.
An internal presentation has appeared online, which gives insight into Nintendo’s thinking at the time. This is part of the big leak that we heard about this weekend.
Nintendo suffers huge leak, source code and design files for Wii appearing online
Posted on 3 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments
A few days ago, leaks started to surface regarding some of the older Pokemon games. We were able to get a look at tons of beta designs from the Gen 2 era, which was followed by even more earlier sprites and other assets. Apparently, this Pokemon content was just a larger portion of an overall huge Nintendo leak. Source code for older systems, Spaceworld ’99 demos, and more have started to appear online.
Also included are some massive leaks involving the Wii. It seems that the console’s full source code, design files, documentation, and essentially all material involved with its creation have started to spread.
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Best-selling Final Fantasy and Resident Evil games of all time in the United States
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments
New data from the NPD Group has revealed the best-selling Final Fantasy and Resident Evil games of all time in the United States. Rankings are based on dollars and include physical/digital full game downloads.
Below is the full set of data for both franchises:
Producer Keisuke Kikuchi talks Fatal Frame again, comments on the possibility of Switch remasters
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments
With the lack of Fatal Frame games in recent years, fans have been very much anticipating a new entry. We asked series producer Keisuke Kikuchi about the possibility of the franchise appearing on Switch a few months ago, and while he seemed potentially interested, no promises were made.
We saw the strong fan reaction after we published our article and decided to give things another go by asking Kikuchi about Fatal Frame once again. We also brought up the possibility of remasters since we know that’s something some of our readers expressed interest in.
Here’s our full exchange with Kikuchi:
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Video: Xenoblade Chronicles – Switch vs. New 3DS vs. Wii 2020 graphics comparison
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, Switch, Videos, Wii | 0 comments
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is launching on Switch in a couple of months following previous releases on Wii and New 3DS. A new comparison video for all three versions can be found below.
PlatinumGames celebrates MadWorld’s 11th anniversary with new art
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii | 0 comments
MadWorld, PlatinumGames’ brutal action game for Wii with a monochromatic visual style, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The game originally came out in North America on March 10, 2009.
To celebrate the milestone, MadWorld lead character designer Masaki Yamanaka has made some new artwork of Jack. We have the image above.
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Miyamoto on Nintendo’s perception since the Wii, focusing on players instead of market trends
Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto spoke about the public impression during the Wii era of Nintendo being for kids in the latest issue of Famitsu.
Miyamoto highlighted that people have come to expect the company’s reliability. This influenced their first mobile game, Super Mario Run, as Nintendo gave a lot of thought on how players would pay for the game. Miyamoto also stressed that rather than focusing on market trends, Nintendo puts the player first above all else.
Here’s our full translation of the excerpt:
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Nintendo Download – February 6, 2020 (North America) – Knights and Bikes, Kunai, more
Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Switch Retail
Code: Realize – Guardian of Rebirth – $39.99
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Nintendo is ending the Wii repair service in Japan soon
Posted on 4 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii | 0 comments
A clear sign that a console is truly off the market is when the manufacturer is no longer offering repairs for it. That is what will soon happen to the Wii in Japan. Nintendo announced today that it will stop accepting repair requests for the Wii in Japan after March 31, 2020. The reason given is that the replacement parts are increasingly hard and expensive to come by.
