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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 31 Comments

Plenty of beta footage of Lost Reavers has been posted online today. We’ve rounded up a few videos below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Bandai Namco’s mysterious new free-to-play game formerly known as Project Treasure, which was recently revealed as Lost Reavers, has now released the Beta for players in Japan to try. The free-to-play Wii U exclusive has you and other players attempting to reach the end of dungeons with a specific set of skills dependent on your character while collecting treasures along the way. You can read up more on the various characters and watch its brand new trailer here.

No word yet on when or if we’ll be seeing this Beta make its way over to the west.

Thanks Niels for the heads up!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment

In an official report, Media Create shares more information about sales on the Japanese market for the week of August 17.

Super Robot Wars BX was the big seller having moved 98,000 units. According to Media Create, that amounted to a 85.42 percent sell-through rate. It couldn’t beat out the first week sales of the previous entry in the series, Super Robot Wars UX, which sold 115,000 units in March 2013 (and a 70.85 sell-through rate). The difference with BX’s sales could have been caused due to a shortage in stock.

Overall, 447,000 pieces of software were sold between August 17 and August 23. That is 75.64 percent when compared to the previous week. Now that the holiday period of Obon is over, total sales decreased by more than 250,000 units and new titles couldn’t fill the gap. Media Create mentions that the decline was especially remarkable for games on Nintendo systems, like Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (sold 66,000 units, which is 47 percent when compared to the last week sales). Total software sales were also below 500,000 units for the first time in seven weeks.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

Bandai Namco has passed along a few screenshots from its Wii U title Lost Reavers. Check them out in the gallery below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 19 Comments

Update: The official website is now live here. Bandai Namco is kicking off the beta on September 3 – at least in Japan.

Bandai Namco’s Project Treasure has finally resurfaced – and it has a new name.

The latest trailer for the game just came online a few minutes ago. In the new video, we learn that it’s been updated with the title “Lost Reavers”, and a beta test is happening soon.

Lost Reavers is a free-to-play online co-op action game. Four players hunt down treasure by fighting whatever gets in their way.

Players will have several characters to choose from. Sayuri, for instance, is an all-rounder who fights with both blades and guns. Dwayne is a “power type” character who seems to use heavy weapons. Victoria duel-wields guns, and ShadowStalk is a tricky character with a variety of attacks.

The main goal in Lost Reavers is to find and recover relics, but there’ll be all kinds of enemies and giant bosses standing in the way. One aspect of the game lets you customize the characters with different weapons, costumes and consumable items. The GamePad displays the map and can be used to chat with other players through pre-set messages. All of that stuff also appears on the main screen, so there might be Pro Controller support.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

Pokemon Tournament’s Wii U version is launching worldwide next spring. The fighter is also on arcades in Japan, but its future in the west is unclear.

Take a look at this exchange between Nintendo World Report and The Pokemon Company’s J.C. Smith:

Nintendo World Report (NWR): So the whole Dave & Buster’s thing…

J.C. Smith (JS): Mhm.

NWR: How that’s moving towards arcades presumably next year. We’ll see how that goes. Was that organized by The Pokémon Company International also?

JS: It was not actually. In fact, I haven’t been involved in that, but I’ve been told that the arcade machine is not coming to the U.S., so I don’t know exactly what the plan is. But that was a long while ago, so who knows what may have changed. You know, you can’t stop someone from buying an arcade system so who knows what’s down the road.

NWR: So last you heard, there were no plans.

JS: Yeah, I haven’t been working closely on the arcade side at all because, really, I never worked on the arcade side but we’ll see. I think that will be handled by Bandai Namco. But I’d have to follow-up with you on that.

We had originally heard from Dave & Buster’s Kevin Bachus that Pokken Tournament would be tested in their arcades. Is that still in the cards? I don’t think anyone can say for certain at this point.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Bandai Namco and UIG Entertainment are bringing a pair of simulation titles to Europe. Professional Farmer 2016 and Professional Lumberjack 2016 are on the way to Nintendo’s console.

Below is an overview of each game:

Professional Farmer 2016 will take players to the countryside in one of the most realistic and authentic farming simulations ever made. Choose your favourite tractor from many different official constructors, care for it in your own garage and then take it out on the field ready for a day’s work. The game features a huge world to farm across, differing distinctive seasons, a career mode and even dynamic field management depending on the type of grain. Live the farming dream across many hours of gameplay.

In Professional Lumberjack 2016 players manage their mighty crew of cutters, create a prosperous sawmill and expand their woodland business in a realistic world ruled by the different seasons. A great lumberjack knows their Bigtooth Aspen from a Slippery Elm. To get the job done, players must understand each tree and identify the right tool in order to gain the greatest return on their hard work in the most efficient way possible.

Source: UIG Entertainment PR

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Famitsu has shared concrete details about Taiko Drum Master: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen for Wii U.

Here’s what we know thus far:

– New “Tomodachi Daisakusen!” mode (“The Great Friend Operation” mode)
– In the mode, Kacchan becomes the hero and must collect lots of friends in order to become the most popular person in the neighborhood
– Do so by meeting friends in towns
– Become close with people by performing songs and building up the “Nakayoshi Gauge” (“Good Friends Gauge”)
– The friends you make will turn up at the Wada House
– Popular features like “Mecha-Don Gasha” (lottery to unlock new songs and costumes), “Baton Touch Ensou” (four players performing the same song), “Intro Don” (four player mode where you guess a song just by hearing its intro), and costume changes will also return

And here are the first screenshots from the game:

Head past the break for a listing of the initial confirmed songs. The game will feature J-Pop, anime, video games, and more.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 10 Comments

Yesterday, the 2015 Pokemon World Championships began, and Pokken Tournament was featured in a big way thanks to a surprise Invitational. We now have the full recording – see it below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 8 Comments

Bandai Namco has announced the latest Taiko no Tatsujin game for Wii U. A live stream held just a short while ago revealed the existence of Taiko Drum Master: Atsumete ? Tomodachi Dai Sakusen! for Nintendo’s console.

Bandai Namco will be releasing a special 15th anniversary box for all first-print copies, pictured below. It will come with several bonuses in addition to the game. You’ll also notice that the box has an amiibo logo.

Additionally, Studio Ghibli is creating a special short animation that will be included with the game. Here’s some promotional art:

We’re sadly a bit short on game details at the moment. However, it’s confirmed that the title is heading to Japan on November 26. We should be getting another update in the near future.

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