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 Retail

Brunswick Pro Bowling – $39.99

Wii U Virtual Console

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 – $7.99

Wii Download for Wii U

Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure – $19.99

Wii U Download

Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 1: The Order of the Stone – $4.99
SKEASY – $1.49

Wii U Demos

A World of Keflings
Cube Life: Island Survival

3DS Retail

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – $39.99 (available Friday)

3DS Download

Pet Inn 3D – $19.99

3DS Themes

SEGA SG-1000
Animal Crossing : Winter Frolicking

eShop Sales

Wii U/3DS

– Winter Warm-Up Sale! – It’s week two of the Winter Warm-Up Sale! Save up to 30 percent off select games, and be sure to check back next week for a lineup of new deals. This week’s deals start Jan. 21 at 9 a.m. PT and end Jan. 28 at 8:59 a.m. PT.
– Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS), Barbie and Her Sisters Puppy Rescue (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) and more games from Little Orbit are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 12.

Wii U

– Super Toy Cars is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 28.
– The Quiet Collection is 20 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 1.
– Toon Tanks is 20 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.59) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 4.
– Fit Music and Luv Me Buddies Wonderland from O2 Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 22.

3DS

– Luv Me Buddies Wonderland is more than 45 percent off (reduced from $24.90 to $12.90) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 11.
– Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight and Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl from ATLUS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 1.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

Twilight Princess HD isn’t the only Zelda-related game that provides unique functionality when using the Wolf Link amiibo. If you scan the figure in the new 3DS game, players can unlock enhanced weapons for Midna. It’s a neat little bonus that I don’t believe we heard about previously!

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 1 Comment

Good news for Zelda fans in Europe, as the Hyrule Edition New 3DS XL was announced for the territory today. You’ll be able to pick one up starting on March 24.

Here’s the news from Nintendo’s Twitter account:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Vincent Ward in 3DS, Reviews | 9 Comments

System: 3DS
Release date: January 22, 2016
Developer: AlphaDream
Publisher Nintendo

In all honesty, Mario & Luigi has fallen off my radar within the last few years. That’s not due to a dislike of the various games. I played the first one, but after that, I simply never picked up another title. However, when Nintendo announced that Paper Mario would be coming together with Mario & Luigi, my love for the former franchise was enough to finally push me to giving it another spin. Now that the RPG is finally in my hands, I can comfortably say that Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam is a great representation of both series.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Splatoon added its final weapon last week. Tomorrow, the last map in the game will be coming as well.

Ancho-V Games is going live at the following times:

– 6 PM PT (Thursday)
– 9 PM ET (Thursday)
– 2 AM in the UK (Friday)
– 3 AM in Europe (Friday)

View the gallery below for screenshots of Ancho-V Games.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 20 Comments

Nintendo has uploaded a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD highlighting amiibo functionality.

For the most part, the video recaps what we already knew. Using the Wolf Link amiibo unlocks the Cave of Shadows (final name), which has players taking on waves of enemies. We also have clarification on saving with the figure. Today’s trailer mentions: “You can save a record of your remaining hearts to the Wolf Link amiibo and attempt to beat your score whenever you want.” I suppose our theory from earlier today about checkpoints was too ambitious, and this does make the most sense!

Link and Toon Link amiibo restore arrows, as was mentioned in Famitsu’s report. The Zelda figure restores hearts, and Ganondorf provides a challenge with extra damage (this lasts until your session ends or are defeated). Oh, and we still don’t know how the Wolf Link amiibo ties into Zelda Wii U.

Thanks to shinun and Mucrush for the tip.

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

In addition to new amiibo information, this week’s Famitsu article on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD contains another set of screenshots. We’re able to see the inventory screen for the first time (shown above, blurry after making it bigger), and it contains an interesting secret.

The very last box has an icon… but not an ordinary icon. This is actually the very same image used for Miiverse stamps. So while not officially announced by Nintendo, Twilight Princess HD should make use of those. Listings for the collector’s edition guide have also teased Miiverse functionality.

The inventory screen itself has seen a revision since the original release of Twilight Princess. Here’s what it looks like on GameCube (image via Zelda Wiki):

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 33 Comments

This week’s issue of Famitsu features several dual creator interviews. One of these has Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai and well-known Square Enix developer Tetsuya Nomura conversing. As expected, the conversation was focused around Cloud’s appearance in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS.

Sakurai mentioned that roughly 25 percent to 33 percent of fan requests in terms of Final Fantasy characters in Smash were for Cloud. Although Sakurai felt “it would be impossible” to make this happen, he reached out in any case.

Here’s a notable excerpt from the discussion, courtesy of Source Gaming:

Nomura: When we first talked, I asked “are you sure you’re okay with Cloud?” He’s not a character from a new game, after all.

Sakurai: But on the other hand, if you think about who to add from Final Fantasy, it’s hard to come up with a choice that’s not Cloud. We could have used Terra or Bartz, protagonists in their own right, but I feel like there would be some people who wouldn’t know who those characters are.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 17 Comments

The latest details about amiibo support in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD leaked out of Famitsu yesterday. Now that we have the issue for ourselves, we have even more information about how different figures work in the game.

First, we have additional news about the Ganondorf amiibo in Twilight Princess HD. After scanning it, you’ll receive twice the amount of damage as you normally would. You’ll know the effect has taken place when Link’s hearts bar changes from red to blue. Also, unlike other amiibo which can be only used once per day, it looks like Ganondorf can be scanned as many times as you like. This is partially speculation, but this might be because the effect has a time limit and wears off after awhile.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Nintendo UK has published a new Bravely Second trailer. View a video focusing on the story below.

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