Zelda: Wind Waker Easter egg lets you defeat one of the bosses right away with an unconventional item
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Random, Wii U | 12 Comments
In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, the Forest Water is primarily used to heal Withered Forest Trees during an early part of the game. However, YouTube user Fish_waffle64 recently came across another usage: to essentially kill one of the game’s bosses instantly.
The Kalle Demos boss fight is normally a battle that would take the average player several minutes to complete. But if you use the Forest Water after exposing its core with the boomerang, it’ll go down right away.
Here’s a look:
What’s amazing about this is that the Easter egg works in the original Wind Waker on GameCube as well as the HD version on Wii U. That means, technically, the opportunity for it to be spread widely online has been there for years. It doesn’t really seem like something that’s really been publicized though!
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Splatoon devs pick sides on various Splatfest topics
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Over on Nintendo of Europe’s website, Splatoon producer Hisashi Nogami and Katsuya Eguchi fielded a number of questions about the game. Most of the talk was about Splatfest topics, but they were also asked about things like their favorite weapon and who’s behind the Squid Research Lab.
Find Nogami and Eguchi’s answers below. A second portion of the interview is on the way, so look for that soon as well.
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Media Create sales (9/26/16 – 10/2/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
PS4 – 36,251
New 3DS LL – 13,701
2DS – 10,595
Vita – 9,357
New 3DS – 2,655
Wii U – 2,111
PS3 – 907
3DS – 406
Xbox One – 121
3DS LL – 67
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
PS4 – 49,652
New 3DS LL – 15,491
2DS – 14,492
Vita – 9,817
New 3DS – 3,379
Wii U – 2,731
PS3 – 1,105
3DS – 462
Xbox One – 124
3DS LL – 74
And here are the software charts:
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Paper Mario: Color Splash – Rescue V Episode 7 (official)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Nintendo has now officially uploaded the final episode in its “Rescue V” video series for Paper Mario: Color Splash. We have it below.
Famitsu review scores (10/4/16)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:
Forza Horizon 3 (XBO) – 8/9/9/10
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Wii U/PS4/PS3) – 9/8/9/8
Severed (PSV) – 8/8/9/7
Kangokutou Mary Skelter (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
Plastic Memories (PSV) – 8/8/8/7
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (3DS/PSV) – 8/7/8/8
ReCore (XBO) – 7/8/8/7
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Lots of Zelda talk, Breath of the Wild, original planning documents at 30th anniversary concert in Japan
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii U | 14 Comments
This past weekend, Nintendo hosted a special 30th anniversary Zelda concert in Kyoto, Japan. It was a big event as key staff involved with the series were present – Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Takashi Tezuka, and Koji Kondo. Famitsu shared an in-depth report of what occurred and what was said.
Voice actress Ruriko Aoki hosted the concert. She was actually planning on buying a ticket for the event in Nagoya, and even asked her agency to free up her schedule. However, she was eventually told that she got the job for this concert. Series producer Eiji Aonuma also appeared and introduced Aoki. The two showed up together during a Niconico Majora’s Mask 3D live stream last year, and since she’s a big fan of Zelda, he asked her to be the MC.
LEGO Dimensions Mission Impossible footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Zack in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
Kotaku has uploaded the footage of their playthrough of the LEGO Dimensions Mission Impossible level set to YouTube. You can watch the video below.
Latest Skylanders Imaginators footage showing Crash and more
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Nintendo World Report has given us another look at Skylanders Imaginators. Take a look at the video below for additional footage of Crash and other characters.
Easter egg in new LEGO Dimensions pack pokes fun at Ghostbusters movie controversy
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 14 Comments
Warner Bros. released a bunch of new LEGO Dimensions packs last week, including one based on Ghostbusters. Eurogamer has now come across an entertaining Easter egg relating to the film.
Before the new Ghostbusters movie hit theaters, it saw quite the fan backlash. Some people weren’t happy that the franchise was receiving a new film, as they felt the original two films were fine as is. Others weren’t pleased that the team was changed from all male to all female.
In LEGO Dimensions’ new pack, writer and director Paul Feig is hiding in the first level. After unlocking him from a cupboard, he says: “I wonder if they’d be mad if I remade ‘Back to the Future’.” That’s incredibly unlikely to happen, though Feig has joked about remaking Back to the Future as a way of having fun with some of the Ghostbusters internet trolls.
Playtonic confirms boxed version of Yooka-Laylee
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 12 Comments
Yooka-Laylee will be more than just a digital download. Today, Playtonic confirmed that its 3D platformer is indeed getting a physical version.
When Yooka-Laylee launches in Q1 2017, fans will be able to purchase either a digital or boxed release. Playtonic is currently working on a way for Kickstarter backers to upgrade digital pledges to the retail version as an option. The team is still working out the kinks, but this should be available soon.
