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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, kids ride through the McDonald’s drive-thru on their Mario Kart Ride On vehicles and are handed Happy Meals by Mario and Luigi July 12, 2014 in Los Angeles. Nintendo is celebrating the recently released Mario Kart 8 game for the Wii U console by partnering with McDonald’s nationwide to include themed toys in the Happy Meal program. The program began on July 4 and is available while supplies last in stores until July 31. (Photo by Nintendo of America/Bob Riha Jr.)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Mario and Luigi enjoy Happy Meals on July 12, 2014 in Los Angeles. Nintendo is celebrating the recently released Mario Kart 8 game for the Wii U console by partnering with McDonald’s nationwide to include themed toys in the Happy Meal program. The program began on July 4 and is available while supplies last in stores until July 31. (Photo by Nintendo of America/Bob Riha Jr.)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Mario shows off one of the Mario Kart 8 themed Happy Meal toys at a McDonald’s restaurant on July 12, 2014 in Los Angeles. Nintendo is celebrating the recently released Mario Kart 8 game for the Wii U console by partnering with McDonald’s nationwide to include themed toys in the Happy Meal program. The program began on July 4 and is available while supplies last in stores until July 31. (Photo by Nintendo of America/Bob Riha Jr.)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, excited fans compete for first-place as they play Mario Kart 8 on Wii U inside a McDonald’s restaurant on July 12, 2014 in Los Angeles. Nintendo is celebrating the recently released Mario Kart 8 game for the Wii U console by partnering with McDonald’s nationwide to include themed toys in the Happy Meal program. The program began on July 4 and is available while supplies last in stores until July 31. (Photo by Nintendo of America/Bob Riha Jr.)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, kids receive Mario Kart 8 themed Happy Meal toys from Mario and Luigi at McDonald’s during a special event on July 12, 2014 in Los Angeles. Nintendo is celebrating the recently released Mario Kart 8 game for the Wii U console by partnering with McDonald’s nationwide to include themed toys in the Happy Meal program. The program began on July 4 and is available while supplies last in stores until July 31. (Photo by Nintendo of America/Bob Riha Jr.)

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments

The Wii U GamePad High Capacity Battery has been sold out on Nintendo’s online store for quite some time. Thankfully though, it won’t be long before the item comes back in stock.

A Nintendo customer service representative has said that the battery will be available once again either this month or in August. Consumers are advised to check back regularly to see when stock is available.

Hello Ken,

Please forgive the delay in our response, for we have been especially busy lately. I’m glad you contacted us with your questions. In answer, we expect the Wii U GamePad High Capacity Battery to return to stock sometime this month or in August. We aren’t able to notify you directly when we receive more stock, so I recommend you keep checking back periodically.

Sincerely,
Ben Weekly

Nintendo of America, Inc.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 30 Comments

Update: It turns out that the comments below shouldn’t be taken at face value, as the page is not run by Slightly Mad Studios. Apologies for the confusion.

Bandai Namco, the distributor of Project CARS, has already weighed in on the racer’s Wii U delay. Now we have a few words from the game’s developer as well.

On Facebook, Slightly Mad Studios explained that Nintendo’s platform “uses a substantially different architecture to other consoles and the PC”, which means more time is needed “to code to the same quality of the other releases.” Ultimately the team needs a bit more time to adapt Project CARS for Wii U.

Check out Slightly Mad Studios’ full comments below.

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Bandai Namco has issued an official response regarding Project CARS’ delay on Wii U.

We learned earlier today that the racer won’t be arriving on Nintendo’s console until 2015. The PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions are still due out in November of this year.

Bandai Namco’s statement reads:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 48 Comments

Yuichiro Takeda, one of the major writers on Xenoblade, has re-tweeted the Japanese announcement about the Super Smash Bros. character reveal coming on Monday. Perhaps it’s a sign that Shulk will be revealed as the latest roster addition? We’ll just have to wait and see.

Nintendo will make the next character for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS known on Monday. The announcement is set for 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Masahiro Sakurai has posted a Miiverse message that covers Monday’s Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS character reveal.

According to Sakurai, the announcement will be streamed live. He also mentioned, “Looks like we’re nearing the bottom of the stash of new challenger videos that we’ve made.”

Here’s Sakurai’s post in full:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 17 Comments

Project CARS will be available this November on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of the Wii U version.

Publisher Bandai Namco confirmed on Twitter today that Project CARS is launching on Nintendo’s console in 2015. The company did not explain why this is so.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 4 Comments

The Super Smash Bros. series has got throwbacks to the classics littered literally everywhere throughout the game, but Sakurai takes us even further back in time with today’s screenshots:

And that’s not all:

See? There’s a variety of characters. Huh? One of them looks pretty recent.

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