Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 39 Comments

GameFly recently listed the original Darksiders for Wii U. Nordic Games has now come forward, officially confirming the game for Nintendo’s console. Online features will be present, though that may only extend to Miiverse.

Darksiders will be released physically and digitally during Q4 2016 for €20 (probably $20). Nordic is also readying new merchandise for the franchise.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment

At San Diego Comic-Con 2016 today, Warner Bros. announced that six collectable expansion packs are launching for LEGO Dimensions on November 18.

Wave 7 includes the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Story Pack, Sonic The Hedgehog Level Pack, and more. All of the LEGO minifigures included in wave 6-9 expansion packs feature special, golden Toy Tags which unlock a Battle Arena within the Adventure World of the corresponding entertainment brand.

Battle Arenas provide players with the “first-to-LEGO videogames competitive split-screen local gameplay for up to four players. Each Battle Arena has four gameplay modes and comes with its own traps, special powers and interactive environments that make every battle arena unique.”

Find the lowdown on all of the new LEGO Dimensions packs slated for November below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 136 Comments

SEGA just wrapped up a party to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. At the event, the series’ next 3D game was finally announced. Sonic Team is developing Project Sonic 2017.

Here’s the first trailer:

The YouTube trailer teaser, “When things look their darkest, even heroes need a helping hand.” Project Sonic 2017 appears to feature both Modern Sonic and Classic Sonic, similar to that of Sonic Generations.

Project Sonic 2017 launches Holiday 2017. It should receive a proper title before then.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 40 Comments

Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon are still a few months away, but Famitsu reached out to director Shigeru Ohmori and producer Junichi Masuda for an interview. There were a lot of juicy tidbits here, with topics including gameplay changes / improvements, the setting, Battle Royal, potential linkage with Pokemon GO, and more.

We’ve prepared a lengthy summary of the four-page interview. Head past the break to read it in full.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 3 Comments

Pokemon GO has been breaking records left and right, but unofficially so. Today, however, Apple has come forward confirming an official milestone for the popular game. Polygon reports that it has more downloads in its first week than any other app in history through iTunes.

It’s not entirely clear how many times Pokemon GO has been downloaded, at least officially. The last number reported from Sensor Tower earlier in the week was 30 million across iOS and Android.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 130 Comments

A new article from Polygon focuses on online abuse of employees from various game companies. The site reached out to 25 of them in total, asking each one the following:

“Please can you share with us how [your company] plans to deal with any situation in which an employee comes under abuse, doxxing or threatening messages. Alternatively, please let us know what steps you are currently taking to tackle this issue.”

Only six companies responded to Polygon’s inquiry, including Nintendo. Here’s what the big N shared:

“Nintendo firmly rejects the harassment of any individual in any form, including through social media or online game play. We take steps to support and protect our employees through policies based on best practices in this area and consistently evolve that approach as online harassment grows more complex and challenging.

“We also seek to maximize consumers’ enjoyment of our games and experiences by limiting their exposure to negative communications and online interactions.

“But it takes more than the best efforts of any one company to protect an individual being harassed online. Nintendo is committed to continuing its work within the industry and the broader community to ensure that people can both work and play without the fear of hate-fueled attacks.”

CCP, Electronic Arts, Gearbox, Microsoft, and the IGDA also responded. You can read their statements on Polygon here.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of June 2016. The results can be found below.

1. Overwatch
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4. Doom 2016*
5. Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst
6. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End*
7. NBA 2K16
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
9. Destiny: The Taken King
10. Minecraft*

Note: for the first time, NPD is starting to include digital sales in its reports. Games marked with the asterisk do not include digital sales. Also keep in mind that NPD’s format has changed – this is a revenue ranking rather than unit rankings.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

We learned yesterday that Legendary Entertainment has obtained the rights to the Pokemon films, and will begin by producing a live-action Detective Pikachu film. Based on a new interview with screenwriter Max Landis, it sounds like that idea came straight from The Pokemon Company.

Landis, along with producer Roy Lee, pitched his idea for a different Pokemon film around a year ago. It was accepted, shown to studios (and led to a “huge Netflix offer”)… and then The Pokemon Company “pulled back”. Landis told Collider that they only wanted to sell one character, which was Detective Pikachu. He wasn’t interested, and that’s when everything fell apart.

You can hear about Landis’ pitch in the video below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 30 Comments

A few hours ago, Nintendo shared a new Metroid Prime: Federation Force video. It contained commentary from Kensuke Tanabe, the game’s producer.

Kotaku picked out one excerpt from the interview which is particularly interesting. At one point, Tanabe explained why Federation Force’s art style was chosen.

Tanabe spoke about how Next Level Games wanted “to make a multiplayer gameplay experience great on a handheld system” following Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. Technical hurdles were in the way, however. Another issue was that players would be shooting objects that look tiny on a small handheld screen. That eventually led to the “more rounded art style for the characters”.

Here’s Tanabe’s full explanation:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 18 Comments

Update: Here’s another video:

GameXplain recently got their hands on a preview build of Paper Mario: Color Splash. Take a look at some footage from their preview session below.

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