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Posted on 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 10 Comments

Update: It appears that severs for this “special demo” will only be up for a certain period. However, online functions will still be available in the full Metroid Prime: Federation Force game.

Here’s a big surprise. Metroid Prime: Blast Ball is out on the 3DS eShop, and it’s completely free. The last we heard, this was to be a mode included in Federation Force, but it looks like Nintendo had a change of plans!

Blast Ball supports up to six players. Online play, local play, and Download Play are all supported. It’s 1,563 blocks / 195.375MB.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Buddy & Me: Dream Edition – $4.99
Defend your Crypt – $2.99
Hot Rod Racer – $2.54
Humanitarian Helicopter – $10.00

Wii U Virtual Console

Pokemon Ranger – $9.99

Wii U Demos

Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins + Training Demo – In this demo, enjoy the full animated short movie (Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins), then jump into training to prepare for combat. It’ll take more than luck to master the Arwing jet, the Gyrowing flight drone and the Landmaster tank!

Star Fox Guard – Special Demo – Grippy Toad, the founder of Corneria Precious Metals Ltd., and Slippy Toad of the legendary team Star Fox needs your help protecting their booming business! All you have to do is keep an eye on a dozen video screens as you mow down waves of attacking robots with your turret-mounted cameras!

3DS Download

Defend your Crypt – $2.99
Ninja Smasher! – $3.99

New 3DS Download

Wind-up Knight 2 – $5.00

3DS Themes

The Legend of Dark Witch 2 – Franzer
Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Swimming in the Sea

eShop Sales

Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

– 3D Game Collection (Nintendo 3DS), Island Flight Simulator (Wii U) and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 28.
– Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble (Nintendo 3DS) and more games from SEGA are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 28.
– Rock ’N Racing Off Road (Wii U) and Soccer Up Online (Nintendo 3DS) from EnjoyUp are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 18.
– Word Search by POWGI (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is 25 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $5.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 28.

3DS

– Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 8.
– Aqua Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 28.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments

The very last Splatfest in Splatoon is almost here. With the event just on the horizon, Nintendo has announced which stages will be featured in the different regions. Kelp Dome, Moray Towers and Walleye Warehouse were selected.

Here are the full voting results ranked:

Splatoon’s last Splatfest begins at 2 AM PT / 5 AM ET on Friday.

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