UK software sales (Week ending 9/5/15)
Posted on 10 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments
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Famitsu’s most wanted games (9/6/15)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Monster Hunter X continues to hold its position at number one spot while Dragon Quest XI continues its ascent towards the top.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between August 20 and August 26.
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Best Buy: Purchase Super Mario Maker, save $20 on MK8, Splatoon, or Smash
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments
Best Buy is running an offer on Super Mario Maker this week. If you pre-order / purchase Super Mario Maker, you can save $20 on Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, or Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The deal will last through September 12.
Pre-order updates (9/6/15)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:
North America
Wii U
Super Mario Maker – Amazon (save $10 with Prime), Best Buy, GameStop
 Skylanders SuperChargers – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Skylanders SuperChargers Dark Edition Starter Pack – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 LEGO Dimensions – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Shovel Knight – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations – Amazon, GameStop
 Guitar Hero Live – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Just Dance: Disney Party 2 – Amazon
 Just Dance 2016 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Snoopy’s Grand Adventure – Amazon, GameStop
 Rodea: The Sky Soldier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – Amazon, GameStop
 Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival – Best Buy
 Star Fox Zero – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Amazon
 Terraria – Amazon
 Mighty No. 9 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
 The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
3DS
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson – Amazon, GameStop
 Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Skylanders SuperChargers Racing – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer bundle – Amazon, GameStop
 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash – Amazon, GameStop
 Shovel Knight – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 The Legend of Legacy (pre-order for launch edition) – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations – Amazon, GameStop
 Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Master Splinter’s Training Pack – Amazon, GameStop
 Snoopy’s Grand Adventure – Amazon, GameStop
 Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets – Amazon, GameStop
 Rodea: The Sky Soldier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Moco Moco Friends – Amazon
 Yo-Kai Watch – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Stella Glow – Amazon, GameStop
 Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairlytale – Amazon, Best Buy
 Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Final Fantasy Explorers – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 LEGO Marvel’s Avengers – Amazon
 Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – Amazon
 Hyrule Warriors Legends – Amazon
 Project X Zone 2 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
 Terraria – Amazon
 Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright – Amazon, Best Buy
 Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest – Amazon
 Metroid Prime: Federation Force – Amazon
 Zero Escape 3 – Amazon
Console
Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle – Walmart (exclusive)
Canada
Wii U
Super Mario Maker
 LEGO Dimensions
 Shovel Knight
 Yoshi’s Woolly World amiibo bundle
 Yoshi’s Woolly World
 Just Dance Disney Party 2
 Adventure Time Finn and Jake Investigations
 Just Dance 2016 
 Rodea: The Sky Soldier
 Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
 Guitar Hero Live
 Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
 Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
 Xenoblade Chronicles X
 Devil’s Third
 LEGO Marvel Avengers
 Terraria
 Mighty No. 9 Wii U
3DS
Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson
 Skylanders SuperChargers
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Master Splinter’s Training Pack
 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer NFC bundle
 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
 Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash
 Rodea: The Sky Soldier
 Shovel Knight
 Adventure Time Finn and Jake Investigations
 Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
 Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets
 Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
 Moco Moco Friends
 Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale
 Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
 Stella Glow
 Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
 Yo-kai Watch
 The Legend of Legacy
 LEGO Marvel Avengers
 Project X Zone 2
 Hyrule Warriors Legends
 Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 
 Fire Emblem Fates
 Metroid Prime: Federation Force
 Zero Escape 3
Console
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer New 3DS bundle
Europe
Wii U
Super Mario Maker
 Skylanders SuperChargers
 LEGO Dimensions
 Shovel Knight
 Just Dance: Disney Party 2
 Just Dance 2016
 Guitar Hero Live
 Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations
 Rodea: The Sky Soldier
 Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
 Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
 Star Fox Zero
 Xenoblade Chronicles X
 Terraria
 Mighty No.9 
3DS
Etrian Mystery Dungeon
 Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Master Splinter’s Training Pack
 Skylanders SuperChargers Racing
 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer NFC bundle
 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
 Shovel Knight
 The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
 Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden
 Adventure Time Finn and Jake Investigations
 Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
 Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash amiibo bundle
 Rodea: The Sky Soldier
 Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends
 Terraria
Consoles
Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle
 Xenoblade Chronicles X Wii U bundle
 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer New 3DS bundle
 Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden New 3DS bundle
 New Style Boutique 2 New 3DS bundle
This post is sort of a work-in-progress once again! As some of you may have noticed, we’re starting to add Europe and Canada to the list. I think that we’ll limit things to Amazon though, otherwise things will start to really get out of hand. If any of you have suggestions or ideas for the format of this post, let me know!
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Genei Ibun Roku #FE staff on the Mirage designs
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Towards the very end of August, the Genei Ibun Roku #FE website was updated with two new staff blogs. Art director Fumitaka Yano and Hideo Minaba from CyDesignation both discussed the designs of Mirages. While battling, the main characters merge themselves with Mirages, who take the appearance of characters from the Fire Emblem series.
We now have complete translations of the two blog posts. You’ll find them after the break.
Starlight Fun Centers in hospitals now feature Wii U units
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 10 Comments
Before this year, Starlight Fun Centers in hospitals across North America and other areas included Wii units. Sometime in around April, they were swapped out with Wii U consoles.
The Starlight Fun Center has the Wii U (with related controllers) and a flat panel screen. 25 games are pre-installed, including Mario Kart 8 and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
NDCube working on Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 30 Comments
A classification from Australia reveals that NDCube is developing Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. In the past, NDCube has worked on the Mario Party and Wii Party games.
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is set to arrive this holiday. It will be a free download from the eShop, but a retail version will also be made available which comes with a game disc, two figures, and three amiibo cards.
A look at all of the costumes in Super Mario Maker
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 30 Comments
Super Mario Maker won’t be launching until next week, but someone as already uploaded a video showing all of the different costumes in the game. If you’d like to see it, head past the break.
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Splatoon – Japanese Splatfest #5 taking place next weekend
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments
The fifth Japanese Splatfest in Splatoon is happening next weekend, Nintendo has announced.
This new competition has boke and tsukkomi sides facing off. In Japanese comedy, “boke” is kind of like the “funny man” while “tsukkomi” is comparable to the “straight man”.
Japan’s new Splatfest will begin on Saturday at 12 PM. Similar to previous events, it will run for a full day.
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Amazing Super Mario Maker levels: A Song of Ice and Fire
Posted on 10 years ago by Travis(@nintentravis) in Features, Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment
Leading up to Super Mario Maker’s release on Sept. 11th, we’re highlighting some of the coolest, most creative, or just plain ridiculous levels users have created so far. In this episode, we check out the level “A Song of Ice and Fire” from Michael, who channels his inner Game of Thrones-fanboy when creating this level!
If you have any suggestions for levels give us a shout in the comments!









