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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, Switch, Videos, Wii | 0 comments

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is launching on Switch in a couple of months following previous releases on Wii and New 3DS. A new comparison video for all three versions can be found below.

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MadWorld, PlatinumGames’ brutal action game for Wii with a monochromatic visual style, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The game originally came out in North America on March 10, 2009.

To celebrate the milestone, MadWorld lead character designer Masaki Yamanaka has made some new artwork of Jack. We have the image above.

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Posted on 4 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto spoke about the public impression during the Wii era of Nintendo being for kids in the latest issue of Famitsu. 

Miyamoto highlighted that people have come to expect the company’s reliability. This influenced their first mobile game, Super Mario Run, as Nintendo gave a lot of thought on how players would pay for the game. Miyamoto also stressed that rather than focusing on market trends, Nintendo puts the player first above all else.

Here’s our full translation of the excerpt: 

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Switch Retail

Code: Realize – Guardian of Rebirth – $39.99

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Posted on 4 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii | 0 comments

A clear sign that a console is truly off the market is when the manufacturer is no longer offering repairs for it. That is what will soon happen to the Wii in Japan. Nintendo announced today that it will stop accepting repair requests for the Wii in Japan after March 31, 2020. The reason given is that the replacement parts are increasingly hard and expensive to come by.

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments

NPD Group has shared some interesting information about video game sales in the United States. We have a look at the top twenty best-selling titles starting out at 1995, going all the way up to 2019.

Below are the full results:

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

Fans have always embraced former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. There are many reasons for that, but memorable quotes, moment, and memes certainly plays a part of that.

During a recent episode of the Present Value podcast, Reggie weighed in on what becoming a meme means to him. Here’s what he shared on that front:

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 0 comments

In 2013, iLife Technologies Inc. filed a lawsuit against Nintendo. The company claimed that motion-sensing accelerometer technology used in Wii Remote controllers infringed upon one of its patents. Five patents were previously dismissed, but Nintendo was ordered to pay damages relating to a sixth filing.

This past Friday, a federal court in Dallas ruled that this patent asserted against the Wii Remote was not valid, and determined that iLife Technologies Inc. was impermissibly trying to cover the broad concept of using motion sensors to detect motion. That means the ruling has nullified the $10.1 million jury award against Nintendo from 2017.

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments

NPD Group issued its latest report on gaming sales in the United States this past week. You can catch up on the primary news here, here, and here.

On top of what was previously reported, we now have a look at two sets of interesting of data from the past two decades. Aside from a look at the top twenty best sellers from 2010 through 2019, we have another list from 2000 through 2009.

Below are the full results:

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Posted on 4 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii | 0 comments

Whereas Wii U struggled to get new games throughout its lifecycle, the situation has been much different for Switch. New games continue to lands on the system every day. That’s particularly evident in the weekly Nintendo Download report, where it’s not uncommon to see over a dozen new releases.

According to the NPD’s Mat Piscatella, the company tracked more than 1,480 new releases on Switch in the United States in 2019. That stacks up favorably to other consoles, as it’s actually over 400 more than the PS4 and Xbox One combined.

Piscatella also compared the situation to another successful Nintendo console – that being the Wii. Here’s a chart showing how the first three calendar years of Switch and Wii stack up against each other:

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