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

A new episode of Game Center DX focusing on Star Fox Zero is now available (with a little bit of Star Fox Guard towards the end). The full video can be seen below.

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

GameStop has started taking pre-orders for the Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Special Edition. Place an order here. Pre-orders aren’t up on Amazon yet, but we’ll let you know when they are.

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Update: Added the Japanese voices version for those that are interested!

Nintendo has now posted the complete video of the Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins animated short on its YouTube page. We’ve included it below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 4 Comments

Nintendo will soon be hosting a live stream for its new animated feature, Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins. Right after this, a special Nintendo Treehouse session with Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard will begin.

The festivities will begin at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET / 11 PM in the UK / 12 AM in Europe (about an hour from now). We’ve attached a live stream for the event below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Vincent Ward in Reviews, Wii U | 19 Comments

System: Wii U
Release date: April 22, 2016
Developer: Nintendo / PlatinumGames
Publisher Nintendo

Over the years we’ve seen the Star Fox series take many new directions in its style of gameplay simply to shake things up from standard air combat. Whether it be shooting rocket launchers in a battlefield or saving a planet of dinosaurs, Fox McCloud has done it all. Now, with Star Fox Zero, Nintendo has finally decided to reconnect with the series’ roots in an attempt to build upon the formula that worked so well in the series’ origins.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Philip(@P_Trah) in Reviews, Wii U | 4 Comments

System: Wii U
Release date: April 22, 2016
Developer: Nintendo / PlatinumGames
Publisher Nintendo

During E3 2014, Nintendo showed off a couple of demos that were meant to highlight some of the more unique uses of the Wii U GamePad. Two years later, fans would hear nothing about either of them until the March Nintendo Direct of this year where it was announced that one of the demos, Project Guard, had been completed. Enter Star Fox Guard, a companion game to coincide with the release of the newest entry in the Star Fox series, Star Fox Zero. Nintendo’s spin-off games of popular franchises have proven to be hit-or-miss over the years, so just how well does this title fare?

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

Polygon has put up the latest video in its “Devs Make Mario” series. In today’s feature, La-Mulana and La-Mulana 2 director Takumi Naramura creates a level in the game. View it below.

Naramura’s Super Mario Maker level is located on the official bookmark site here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Wii U | 4 Comments

Spike Chunsoft published a second Zero Time Dilemma trailer in Japanese a few hours ago. Aksys has now uploaded the English version, which you can find below.

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

A new batch of Nintendo Selects just recently came out in Europe. Find a promo for the various releases below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 106 Comments

Plenty of reviews for both Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard are starrting to flood in. We’re rounding up the early verdicts below.

Star Fox Zero

Nintendo Everything – “Thumbs Up”
IGN – 7.5 / 10
GameSpot – 7 / 10
Eurogamer – N/A
Nintendo World Report – 8 / 10
Nintendo Life – 8 / 10
GamesRadar – 2.5 / 5
Game Informer – 6.75 / 10
USGamer – 3.5 / 5
Shacknews – 6 / 10
GameXplain – N/A
Videogamer – 7 / 10
Destructoid – 7 / 10
GamesBeat – 83 / 100

Star Fox Guard

Nintendo Everything – “Thumbs Up”
IGN – 7.8 / 10
Nintendo World Report – 7.5 / 10
Nintendo Life – 8 / 10
Kotaku – N/A
GameXplain – “Liked”
Destructoid – 6 / 10
GamesBeat – 65 / 100

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