During E3, Best Buy ran a special Nintendo pre-order offer. By reserving two select games, consumers could receive a Super Mario Maker button set. A lot of folks have been wondering about what was happening with the promo, and today there’s finally been some movement.
Best Buy has started sending out emails to eligible customers about the promotion. You should be receiving a unique code that can be used to obtain the 7-button set for free. It can be used through the end of January 2016.
If you missed out on the promotion, you can try your luck on Best Buy’s site here. You won’t get the button set for free, however, as there’s a $75 asking price otherwise.
Those looking for a copy of Mega Man Legacy Collection Collector’s Edition can get a pre-order in over at Best Buy. Reservations are back up here. Along with the game, you’ll be provided with a gold Mega Man amiibo.
Best Buy is now taking pre-orders for three upcoming amiibo. You can reserve Lucas, Celeste, and Kicks right here. Each one releases on January 22.
Note that in-store pickup is currently the only option for these three amiibo. Shipping will likely be added in very soon.
Reddit user Gluetendo has stumbled upon an interesting glitch in Smash Bros. Wii U. By taking advantage of it, it’s possible to control eight characters at once.
Here are the full steps, as described by Gluetendo:
- Have 8 amiibo.
- Use a controller that can “desync” (a GameCube controller preferably).
- Go to the 8-Player Smash mode.
- Just move your joystick until the “Player #” or port space pops up.
- Click the name part of your port until it says “None”.
- Remove your controller from the port or desync it.
- Scan your amiibo.
- Plug everything back in.
- Move your joystick again and now you will be the Player in the next available space after your scanned amiibo. Nothing out of the ordinary, but trust me, it’s working.
- Repeat Steps 5-9 until all the Player spaces are filled with the 8 amiibo.
- Go to the Settings (where Time or Stock and Item rules are). Then simply exit.
- Enjoy controlling 8 characters simultaneously
If you’d like to see the glitch working, give the video below a look.
Alongside Genei Ibun Roku #FE’s standalone release in Japan, Nintendo shipped two special items. Consumers have been able to pick up the Fortissimo Edition as well as the Fortissimo Edition Set (Wii U bundle). There are some neat goodies included such as a six-song soundtrack, art book, and more. Check out the gallery below for a look at the various extras.
In a new interview with 4Gamer, Tsunekazu Ishihara talked about how late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata’s vital work helped bring the original Pokemon games to the west. You can read up on the full excerpt below, courtesy of Siliconera’s translation.
4Gamer: I believe there may be more people now that don’t know that Iwata-san was involved in Pokémon.
Ishihara: I think there are even people within Nintendo that don’t even know. 1998 was around the time Iwata-san was working as President of HAL Laboratory.
This week’s Japanese sales numbers include two big milestones for Nintendo. One is all about hardware, and another applies to one specific game.
First, 3DS has sold over 20 million units in Japan. It’s also important to mention that Splatoon has now sold over 1 million copies in the territory. The game likely already reached that number with digital copies included, though Famitsu’s data officially confirms the figure with physical units. It’s a nice way for Nintendo to close out the year!
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD has gone in and out of stock on Amazon a couple of times since pre-orders went up a little over a month ago. It’s now back up again with orders being accepted here.
I’ll try to keep an eye on the listing and will update this post if it disappears once more!
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Amazon is selling an Animal Crossing amiibo card pack and the HORI binder/card holder at a bit of a discount. If you pick up the “bundle”, it’ll be yours for only $13. You can partake in the deal right here.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
What is the NX? Is it a console or a handheld? Perhaps a mix of the two? We’ve actually received a number of hints and vague statements indicating that the NX will at least be a home console, but Nintendo has yet to go on the record and confirm anything officially.
Enter Koei Tecmo. During an interview with Japanese website 4Gamer, president and CEO Yoichi Erikawa further hinted that gamers can expect NX to be a home console.
Here’s the full exchange between the two sides:
4Gamer: On one hand, virtual reality requires special machinery to play, and we feel that the current state of “games” is headed to yet another way of playing. It’s almost as if it’s evolving towards the opposite direction of smartphones, and requires to “only play at that spot,” or something along those lines. Lately it seems that [home] consoles haven’t been doing too well, but is that the case? At least that’s what we’re wondering.
Erikawa: “Actually, I think that it’ll start doing much better. The PlayStation 4 has recently surpassed 2 million units in nationwide sales, and Nintendo announced a new ‘machine’ called the NX. From this point forward, I believe that each company will make clear commitments for these machines.”
