After poking through the contents of the Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom, fans have come across a hidden message. You can get a look at a special note left behind by the developers below.
The “hanafuda captain” part is a nice reference to Nintendo’s old days, when the company used to produce Hanafuda playing cards. It also appears to indicate that it wasn’t an easy task putting together the Nintendo Classic Mini: Famicom.
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Mario Party 2
2. Mario Kart 64
3. Super Mario Maker
4. Zelda: Majora’s Mask
5. Super Mario 3D World
6. Minecraft: Wii U Edition
7. Super Mario World
8. Mario Party 10
9. Super Mario Bros.
10. Super Mario 64
11. Super Mario Bros. 3
12. Pokemon Snap
13. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
14. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
15. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
16. Zelda: Skyward Sword
17. Zelda: Wind Waker HD
18. Super Mario RPG
19. Mario Kart 8
20. DuckTales Remastered
Videos
1. First look at Nintendo’s new home gaming system
2. Super Mario Mash-Up Pack for Minecraft: Wii U Edition
3. Paper Mario: Color Splash – A Splash of Mystery
4. Pokken Tournament TV Spot
5. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Time to Make a Splash
6. Zelda: Breath of the Wild E3 2016 Trailer
7. Paper Mario: Color Splash TV Spot
8. Super Mario Maker Key Update Video
9. New Super Mario Bros. U Video
10. Just Dance 2017 Trailer
11. Super Mario 3D World Trailer
12. Lost Reavers Trailer
13. Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer
14. Super Smash Bros. – Final Video Presentation
15. Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Heroes Showdown Trailer
16. DuckTales Remastered Trailer
17. Super Mario 3D World Trailer 2
18. Super Mario 64 Trailer
19. Super Play Time – Splatoon – Get Kraken with Pro Tips
20. Super Mario 3D World Accolades Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
A listing on the eShop indicated that Shift DX would finally be launching on January 12 in Europe. Choice Provisions has now officially announced the news, and it also looks like North America is getting the game on the same day.
View a trailer for Shift DX below. You can also learn more about the title with an overview containing a bunch of details.
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta share their gaming resolutions for 2017. Check out the full episode below.
The Crunchyroll anime app can be found on practically all major consoles. Of course, Wii U and Wii are included in that.
Crunchyroll has since shared a look at what its users like to watch more on Nintendo systems compared to other consoles. Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! seems to be a hit on Wii U, while Dream Festival! is watched on Wii quite a bit.
Have a look at the full results above.
San-ei Boeki announced a line of All Star plushies, featuring a mix of characters from Mario and Kirby titles such as Rosalina, Hammer Bros, Dry Bones and even Kirby.
The plushies will ship around March 18th, and a deadline for pre-ordering the plushies is set for February 7th. You can order the plushies here, and view pictures of them in the gallery below.
If what is shown in this YouTube video is to be believed, it appears that the NES Classic Edition has been modified in a way to enable it to play a host of other NES titles, such as Dragon Warrior, Duck Tales and more.
YouTuber Arcaderu posted a video of himself scrolling through his list of games available on his NES Classic Edition, claiming that he can choose from 60 games to play on the console as opposed to the 30 that the NES Classic Edition ships with. Arcaderu claims that the console had been soft-modded, and that he did not need to open the case to achieve his results. You can view the video below.
Whatever turns out to be the case here, it would be wise to take this with a grain of salt for now. Arcaderu says he’ll release a video detailing the process of modding the device in the future, so keep an eye out for that if you fancy playing Darkwing Duck on your NES Classic Edition.
IGN has posted a new preview of Rime that goes into detail as to how the game actually plays. Below, we’ve rounded up a bunch of the information. You can also read IGN’s full piece here.
A month ago it was announced that Super Mario toys will be coming back as part of McDonald’s UK Happy Meal campaign. Now we have a look at the toys from the Super Mario universe, as a Twitter user got hold of the Mario one early.
It seems that there will be at least 8 figures as part of this advertising campaign. They are expected to be gifted with Happy Meals through this month of January and the first week of February. The promotional leaflets show that the Super Mario toys will be distributed in different waves for 4 weeks.
Additionally, all these toys are part of the same campaign that began today in all McDonald’s restaurants in Japan, though it looks like the UK will get fewer Super Mario figures.
Mercenaries Saga 3 is already out in North America, as it arrived on the 3DS eShop last month. In Europe, the game is now dated for next week. A listing on the eShop has it down for January 12 with a €5.99 price point.
Here’s a look at the listing:
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— Nintendo Hall (@NintendoHall) January 6, 2017
