Walmart’s Black Friday 2014 gaming deals are in.
Highlights include Mario Kart 8 for $35 and Wii Party U for $25. A New Super Mario Bros. 2 Gold Edition 3DS XL bundle will also be made available for $150.
You can find Walmart’s entire lineup of Black Friday deals above.
Sanuk Games announced today that they will be launching Talking Phrasebook 7 for the 3DS eshop in Europe on November 27.
The game will contain 780 expressions broken out into 53 categories, covering the most common situations a traveler might come across when in a foreign land.
Translate from any language to any other among English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch. Get both the spelling and the pronunciation right, as everything is written and spoken!
As with any phrasebook, you can use it ahead of your trip to learn the basics of a language, and then in situation with interlocutors.
The content is offline and can be accessed immediately: there is no loading time, which makes the application convenient to use. You don’t need to have access to a network, nor will you incur any roaming charges: it is a better alternative to using a web-based translation service on a smartphone.
Check out screenshots of the game below:
Launching today are two new sites for Nintendo, one focused on children, and the other an online magazine targeting kids, teens, and adults alike.
Here is the latest PR statement from Nintendo UK:
12th November 2014 – Extra, extra, read all about Nintendo! Hot off the press, and published via the Nintendo website today comes two new online offerings giving fans of all ages the chance to get the lowdown and interact with their favourite Nintendo characters and series.
Offering younger fans the chance to enjoy playing with famous Nintendo characters including Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Peach, Nintendo Kids Club is a new website that offers a host of content including fun puzzles, Nintendo-themed artworks to cut out, create and decorate, and top trivia on much-loved characters. The Nintendo Kids Club will also play host to present and future episodes of the puppet-based video series ‘The Cat Mario Show’, providing yet more free content for kids to tune into.
Meanwhile, for fans of all ages looking for useful gaming tips, exclusive Wii U and Nintendo 3DS game content, and fancy the odd Nintendo-themed challenge to boot, issue one of a new online magazine, Nintendo Extra, has been unveiled today. From picking up some handy pointers for reigning victorious in Mario Kart 8, to learning from none other than Eiji Aonuma himself about the fundamentals of a The Legend of Zelda game, Nintendo Extra kicks off with a bang, with further issues to be published in the coming months.
For further details:
Nintendo 3DS Guided Tour http://guidedtour.nintendo.co.uk
Nintendo 2DS Website http://www.nintendo.co.uk/nintendo2ds
Wii U (UK) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WiiU.co.uk
Nintendo 3DS (UK) on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo3DSUK
Nintendo UK on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NintendoUK
Nintendo of Europe on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendoeurope
Nintendo UK on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendouk
They may not even be out yet, but Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are already shaping up to be huge hits. Ahead of their release, the remakes have already been pre-ordered over 1 million times in Japan, numbers way ahead of what Pokemon X and Y were able to achieve. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are due out November 21st in Japan and North America and November 28th in Europe.
Today Sakuai revealed another stage making its debut with the Wii U version, the Mario Circuit as seen in Mario Kart 8. Here’s what he had to say:
He continues:
On the upside-down course, Shy Guys jump their karts upside-down too!! It’s amazing how the course twists on this stage. Of course, the gravity for the fighters will always go downward.
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a decade since the Nintendo DS hit store shelves. From its humble beginnings an experimental “third pillar” to the existing GameCube and Game Boy Advance, the DS grew to become both Nintendo’s most successful console in terms of sales and the best-selling handheld of all time. The two screens and stylus controls might have been initially dismissed as a gimmick, but thanks to a great lineup of games everyone from existing fans to casual users seemed to be sold on that touch screen. Predating the boom in mobile gaming, software like Brain Training and Nintendogs helped to bring a new audience to the console. Heck, even my Grandma owns a DS!
What started as a truly terrible launch lineup (well, Super Mario 64 DS and Feel the Magic: XX/XY were okay) grew to an absolutely massive library of titles with something for everyone. Sure, there was a lot of shovelware, but it seemed like everyone from Atlus to Zoonami were backing the console. Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon games might have dominated the sales charts, but the DS became home to a number of more off-beat series like Phoenix Wright, Trauma Center, Etrian Odyssey and Dementium. I’d argue the Nintendo DS had the best third-party support of any Nintendo console since the NES, and this time Nintendo weren’t bullying publishers with oppressive, restrictive contracts!
But let’s get down to business; we’re running a bunch of DS-related features throughout the month and we need your feedback. If you remember our Big Huge NintendoEverything Wii Send-Off from 2012, you can expect something along those lines, with a series of top-arbitrary-number lists and other things. So please fill in our handy dandy voting form and help us in celebrating the best the DS had to offer.
This week’s Wii U eShop charts are as follows:
Software
1. Pikmin Short Movies HD
2. Demon’s Crest
3. Bayonetta 2
4. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
5. Super Mario World
6. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
8. Bayonetta
9. Super Mario Advance
10. EarthBound
11. Hyrule Warriors
12. Zelda: A Link to the Past
13. Pixel Paint
14. Zelda: The Minish Cap
15. The Legend of Zelda
16. Shovel Knight
17. Super Mario Bros.
18. Resident Evil: Revelations
19. Disney Infinity 2.0
20. Costume Quest 2
Videos
1. Pikmin Short Movies Trailer
2. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: 50-Fact Extravaganza
3. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS One Dog, One Bird, One Zapper
4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS: The Future King
5. Nintendo Direct: 11/5/14
6. Bayonetta 2 – eShop Offer Trailer
7. Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack #1 Excitebike Arena Track
8. Mario Kart 8 – DLC Pack 1 Trailer
9. Sportsball Gameplay Trailer
10. Deluxe Digital Promotion Video
11. Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack #1 Yoshi’s Circuit Track
12. Super Mario Advance Trailer
13. Sonic Boom Combo Trailer
14. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Trailer
15. Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D Teaser Trailer
16. Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack #1 Info Trailer
17. Hyrule Warriors amiibo Trailer
18. A World of Keflings – The Curse of the Zombiesaurus Trailer
19. Hyrule Warriors – Master Quest Pack Trailer
20. Demon’s Crest Trailer
Source: Wii U eShop
Back in August, Nintendo teamed up with Mercedes-Benz for the release of free Mario Kart 8 DLC. The original announcement was accompanied by a rather strange commercial. If you missed it, feel free to check out the video right here.
Mercedes-Benz is back with another two Mario/Mario Kart 8-related commercials that are being used to promote the GLA class model. You’ll find both below. One is for Luigi, whereas the other is for Peach.
