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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 33 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s E3 trailer last week showcased voice acting. Producer Eiji Aonuma has since elaborated on that aspect of the game, in which he told Polygon:

“It’s really difficult to leave an impression on players with just text. It’s not that I made everything voiced. But I have these moments where I want to leave impressions on users. I add voice there.”

“If Link said something the user doesn’t agree with, that relationship between the user and Link would be lost. That’s why I chose not to go with that.”

During his interview, Aonuma spoke about a moment early in development when he first heard a character with “actual human voice.” That moment “touched [his] heart” and “was really striking emotions.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Footage has come in of the new Battle Mini Game added to Minecraft: Wii U Edition today. Get a look at it below.

More: 4J Studios, Minecraft: Wii U Edition, Mojang

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Switch, Videos, Wii U | 52 Comments

At E3 last week, Game Informer chatted with Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Miyamoto touched on the gameplay, why he’s conflicted about hunting, and why these games are so hard to create. The full interview is below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 3 Comments

A bunch of Mighty No. 9 footage has popped up over the past few days, but how’s the game looking specifically on Wii U? You can see for yourself in the video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 19 Comments

Mighty No. 9 finally launched today, but things haven’t exactly been going smoothly. On Wii U, some players have been reporting various issues. Perhaps most concerning is that the game is apparently bricking some consoles.

Publisher Deep Silver appears to be aware of at least some of the issues facing Mighty No. 9, and thankfully, a patch is already being deployed. We’re hearing that it’s already out in Europe, with North America to follow by day’s end.

An official statement from Deep Silver reads:

“We’re aware of some isolated incidents of consumers experiencing issues on Wii U, and they’re actually being addressed in a patch that’s deploying out on Wii U systems today. The patch is already live in Europe, and should be hitting U.S. before the end of the day.”

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More: Comcept, Deep Silver, Inti Creates, title update

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos, Wii U | 5 Comments

Deep Silver has readied its own launch trailer for Mighty No. 9 in North America and Europe. You can find it below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 28 Comments

Yacht Club Games posted a new blog today that covers the upcoming Specter Knight campaign from Shovel Knight in-depth. You can see some animated images and a rundown of the character’s different moves here.

As for when the Specter Knight campaign is launching, that’s still unknown at this point. Yacht Club is currently working on all campaigns at once – Specter Knight and King Knight – plus Body Swap and Battle Mode features.

Here’s the rundown from Yacht Club:

When Shovel Knight originally kicked off we focused entirely on making the original Shovel Knight campaign the absolute best! It’s the game we originally pitched and knew we wanted to spend all of our efforts and energy polishing the core campaign. After release, we gathered everyone’s impressions before cracking open the game once more to brew up Plague of Shadows! Plague Knight was a chance to build upon and deliver all new story, characters, and playstyle. We made many iterations (threw out a lot of ideas), and learned some great lessons on how best to extend and change up the existing Shovel Knight game world.

With that experience fresh in our minds, the team here is now working on all remaining campaigns and updates at once! That means Specter Knight, King Knight, Body Swap, and Battle Mode (for PC and consoles). That’s a lot more game — and it should arrive sooner than the wait between Shovel Knight and Plague Knight. Creating these updates simultaneously will allow us to plan more cohesively. How levels change between the two characters, how much time is needed for new mechanics/systems, stories interweaving, and so on. Once we’re nearing completion on one set of updates, we’ll be switching our focus to a single campaign to make sure it’s polished for release. Then we’ll be doing the same by switching to the next campaign! Here are some answers to the most frequent questions:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 8 Comments

Before the plug was pulled on the Disney Infinity franchise, new figures were in the planning stages. One of these was a new design for Dr. Strange. It was never made into an actual product, but Infiniteer Adventures has a look at what the figure could have been.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Warner Bros. has come out with a new LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens character vignette for Kylo Ren, the dark warrior who commands the First Order. It also features original dialogue from actor Adam Driver who plays the character in the movie.

Here’s today’s video:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

Minecraft: Wii U Edition’s Battle Mini Game is out now. On top of that, a new update has been made available. The full patch notes can be found below.

As a side note, players should be aware of some issues surrounding the new Battle Mini Game – specifically joining public Battle Mini Games. 4J Studios put up a note on Twitter earlier today saying they’re working with Nintendo on the problem.

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