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This week’s issue of Famitsu contains an interview about The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. Series producer Eiji Aonuma, along with assistant director Tomomi Sano, participated in the discussion.

Topics included how the remake came about, consideration of Wii Remote controls, the Twilight Cave, and more. You can find a full translation of the interview after the break.

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

Two Tribes is still hard at work on RIVE, a game planned for the Wii U eShop among other platforms. The end of development is in sight, as it now carries a September release window.

Here’s a new trailer:

Two Tribes also shared some surprising news today that RIVE will be the studio’s final game. The company “will continue to support our partners and all gamers out there,” but the team won’t be making any new, original projects.

Two Tribes wrote in a blog post:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 7 Comments

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

Wii U Download

Grumpy Reaper – $4.99
Jewel Quest – $4.99
Star Ghost – $8.99

Wii U Virtual Console

Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar – $6.99
Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Falzar – $6.99

Wii U App

Rhapsody – Music & Radio

Wii U Demo

Word Puzzles by POWGI

3DS Download

Blast ‘Em Bunnies – $4.99

3DS Demos

Bravely Second: End Layer – The Ballad of the Three Cavaliers
Word Puzzles by POWGI

3DS DLC

Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation – This third path in the Fire Emblem Fates story reveals many secrets not available in the Birthright or Conquest versions. Players who own either Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright or Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest can purchase Revelation for $19.99 via the Dragon’s Gate in game. Once purchased, a third option will appear at the Branch of Fate moment of the game: “Refuse to Choose a Side.” Additional content will be released on a weekly basis through April 21 and is all part of Map Pack 1 available now for purchase.

3DS Themes

Fire Emblem Fates : Two Kingdoms
Blast ’Em Bunnies : Zombies
Blast ’Em Bunnies : Western
Blast ’Em Bunnies : Ninjas
Blast ’Em Bunnies : Luchadors
Blast ’Em Bunnies Bundle

eShop Sales

Wii U/3DS

– Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal from SEGA are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
– Jones on Fire, Gardenscapes and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 24.

Wii U

– VoxelMaker is 20 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
– KEYTARI: 8-bit Music Maker is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 13 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 26.
– Test Your Mind is 33 percent off (reduced from $2.99 to $1.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 25.
– Christmas Adventure of Rocket Penguin is 20 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.59) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
– Art of Balance is 25 percent off (reduced from $8.99 to $6.70) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.
– Mortar Melon and Plenty of Fishies from Nitrolic Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 30.

3DS

– Fantasy Pirates, Toys vs Monsters and more from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 7.
– Snow Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 17.
– Code of Princess is more than 65 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 21.
– The Delusions of Von Sottendorff and His Square Mind is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 22.
– The Keep is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 24.
– Big Hero 6 Battle in the Bay, Disney Frozen: Olaf’s Quest and more games from GameMill Entertainment are on sale from 9 a.m. PT on March 11 until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 18.
– Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 4.

Price Reductions

Nintendo Selects – Starting on March 11, some of the most popular and critically acclaimed Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games become a part of the Nintendo Selects program and will be available at a suggested retail price of only $19.99 each. Newly priced games include Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Pikmin 3 and NES Remix Pack for Wii U; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Yoshi’s New Island, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Mario Party: Island Tour for Nintendo 3DS; and Super Mario Galaxy 2, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Super Mario All-Stars for Wii.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 220 Comments

This week’s issue of Famitsu has an interview centered around The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD. But of course, the discussion wouldn’t have been complete without a question regarding Zelda Wii U.

When asked about how development is going on the new game by Famitsu, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma told the magazine:

“Busy. When we did Skyward Sword for the Wii, at the end stages of development, I was in charge of the characters’ dialogue and the in-game text. And, now as well, it’s like it was then. I had to work on text today, too. But, the game has really taken shape, and things have gotten easier. That means things are progressing well.”

Aonuma added that the keyword/key phrase for the game is “something new.” Ocarina of Time was a huge leap for the Zelda series and since then Aonuma explained:

“I think the base of our secret sauce has always been Ocarina of Time. But this time, the change in flavor will be like going from Japanese food to Western style food. Perhaps, players will be surprised. Please look forward to it, because I think we’ll be able to make ‘something new’ like Ocarina of Time was.”

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Nintendo is continuing its developer series based on Fire Emblem Fates. Check out the second episode below called “A Tale of Two Families: Conquest”.

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Famitsu has posted the first direct-feed screenshots from Zero Time Dilemma. Find them in the gallery below.

Note: these screenshots are from the PlayStation Vita version of the game.

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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Ace Attorney 6, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3, Medabots Girls Mission, Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure, and Zero Time Dilemma. Scans of each title can be found in the gallery below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 28 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

Vita – 29,937
PS4 – 28,863
New 3DS LL – 19,111
Wii U – 7,260
New 3DS – 6,013
3DS – 2,679
PS3 – 1,600
3DS LL – 552
Xbox One – 490

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

PS4 – 26,502
Vita – 17,368
New 3DS LL – 17,257
Wii U – 5,392
New 3DS – 4,944
3DS – 2,694
PS3 – 1,493
3DS LL – 550
Xbox One – 60

And here are the software charts:

1. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 – 74,639 / NEW
2. [PS4] Gundam Breaker 3 – 66,580 / NEW
3. [3DS] Haikyuu!!: Cross Team Match – 23,440 / NEW
4. [PSV] Atelier Shallie Plus – 19,693 / NEW
5. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games – 18,391 / 82,160
6. [PSV] Is the Order a Rabbit? Wonderful Party! – 13,458 / NEW
7. [PSV] Attack on Titan – 12,445 / 96,735
8. [PS4] Life is Strange – 12,111 / NEW
9. [WIU] Splatoon – 10,939 / 1,281,087
10. [PSV] Kan Colle Kai – 9,556 / 171,900
11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vitga Edition – 8,333 / 684,587
12. [PS4] Attack on Titan – 8,208 / 86,168
13. [3DS] Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjou – 7,443 / NEW
14. [PSV] Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis – 6,872 / 29,477
15. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 6,862 / 812,781
16. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 6,467 / 2,223,515
17. [PS4] Street Fighter V – 6,357 / 59,553
18. [3DS] Mega Man Legacy Collection – 6,343 / 30,285
19. [PSV] Dragon Quest Builders – 6,343 / 276,533
20. [3DS] Monster Hunter Generations – 6,301 / 2,705,132

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Super Mario Maker should be receiving another new costume very soon. Some players managed to get their hands on Mashiko, but the outfit is no longer available. It seems that new Event Courses for Mashiko and Wolf Link went live very briefly several hours ago.

Mashiko, otherwise known as Mary O, is Super Mario Maker’s manual guide.

We’ll let you know when Mashiko and her new Event Course are officially made available.

Thanks to jikes10 for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments

Update (3/8): Bumped to the top. Swapped out the Japanese version with the English video.

Original (3/3): Nintendo has released a new video showcasing the latest update for Super Mario Maker. Give it a look below.

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