Nintendo Everything

Kondo was asked about a number of topics. He answered some general questions as well as ones that were a bit game-specific. Naturally, Zelda was one of the franchises GameSpot brought up.

When asked if The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D will feature music that is mostly the same as the original, Kondo responded:

Actually, with Majora, we thought it was really important to protect the feeling of the game because the music was tied so well to the original gameplay. We’ve done some clean up on the audio quality, but the music itself we haven’t changed.
We did some rebalancing, of course, to make it sound good on the Nintendo 3DS. Before you were hearing it out of you TV speakers, and we just needed to do some rebalancing for that now that it’s on a handheld.

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North American Kirby and the Rainbow Curse boxart

Posted 9 years ago by Brian in Images, Wii U | 10 Comments

Here’s a look at the North American boxart for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. No angry Kirby!

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Sakurai: Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS will continue to be improved online, but no further balane patches

Posted 9 years ago by Brian in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

The online experience in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS will continue to be improved. However, director Masahiro Sakurai has indicated that there will not be any additional balance patches.

Sakurai told Famitsu in this week’s issue:

—In the future, do you plan on adjusting or balancing the game further through a patch?
Sakurai: We don’t have any such plans, but at the very least we will be working on a few things connected to the online play experience, bit by bit.
If we were to do something like tweak characters’ customized special moves, then there’d be no end to it. But with that said, if there are any glaring issues, we may address them.
—That’s because with customized special moves or items, you can only play with them enabled online with players who are in your friends list, isn’t that right?
Sakurai: When playing with your personal friends, I think it’s probably more interesting that you can almost cheat a little through customizing your character. *Laughs*

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Footage of the new Japanese Youkai Watch 3DS themes

Posted 9 years ago by Brian in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

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PuzzleBox Setup size

Posted 9 years ago by Brian in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

PuzzleBox Setup from Bplus won’t eat up much space on your SD card. The puzzler only requires 451 blocks of space.

PuzzleBox Setup is launching in Europe towards the end of the month. It should be out in North America soon as well.

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Pre-order updates (12/14/14)

Posted 9 years ago by Brian in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

Wii U

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Splatoon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy

3DS

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker (new) – Amazon, GameStop
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Amazon, GameStop
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Amazon, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon, GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon, Best Buy
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon, Best Buy
Story of Seasons – Amazon, GameStop

Amiibo

* Note: since some of the latest amiibo figures are releasing on different days at different retailers, we’ll still list pre-order links for the next few weeks.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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