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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 28 Comments

Earlier this week, it was rumored that someone had found a U.S. version of the 64DD peripheral for the Nintendo 64. Jason Lindsey, who came across the item, has now posted a video explaining how he found it, which looks to be a prototype. Lindsey even shows the 64DD running by initiating the boot sequence. The whole video is quite interesting, so we definitely recommend you give it a watch!

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Nintendo has shared some early information about its sales performance in the United States during the month of June 2016. Next week, the NPD report will be published in full.

In terms of actual numbers, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has surpassed two million units sold. Smash Bros. for 3DS has topped three million units in the states.

Nintendo also said that sales of the 3DS family rose by 39 percent last month. Kirby: Planet Robobot placed fourth on NPD’s retail charts. Rhythm Heaven Megamix, a digital-only title, sat atop the eShop charts for most of the month.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 88 Comments

Update: Added in some more answers courtesy of Polygon.

Kotaku fired off a few questions to Nintendo to learn more about the NES Classic Edition site open. The company commented on whether it can connect to the Internet (it can’t), whether it’ll get more games (nope), whether it can play old cartridges (won’t work!). Kotaku also asked about plans for other mini consoles, but Nintendo’s answer won’t surprise you.

In any case, head past the break for all of Nintendo’s comments.

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

Pokemon GO has managed to leap over another set of popular apps. According to SimilarWeb, it’s now surpassed Pandora, Twitter, Netflix, Hangouts and Spotify for daily use in the United States. The report goes on to speculate that Snapchat, WhatsApp, and other popular social apps will be next based on Pokemon GO’s performance.

On July 11, 5.9 percent of all Android owners in the U.S. used Pokemon GO. That’s 46 percent more than the 4.1 percent who used the Twitter app on the same day.

Going back to game-specific talk, Pokemon GO is above Candy Crush Saga (8.7 percent) and Clash of Clans (5.2 percent) on installs at the moment. It also has a larger reach than Viber, LinkedIn, ESPN, iFunny, Lyft, musical.ly, and Tinder.

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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

Chroma Blast – $1.49
Jackpot 777 – $1.49
Reptilian Rebellion – $2.99
Tumblestone – $22.49

Wii U Virtual Console

Bonk’s Adventure – $5.99
New Adventure Island – $5.99
R-Type – $7.99

3DS Retail

7th Dragon III Code: VFD – $39.99
Monster Hunter Generations – $39.99 (available Friday)

3DS Download

Journey to Kreisia – $9.99

New 3DS Virtual Console

Final Fight – $7.99

3DS Themes

Monster Hunter Generations Felynes
Monster Hunter Generations Glavenus
Monster Hunter Generations Gammoth
Monster Hunter Generations Standard Theme
Monster Hunter Generations Astalos
Monster Hunter Generations Mizutsune

eShop Sales

Wii U / 3DS

– OlliOlli (Nintendo 3DS and Wii U), Nova-111 and more games from Curve Digital are on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on July 15 until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 22.

Wii U

– Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is 50 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $7.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 21.

3DS

– Legend of Dark Witch 2, Quell Memento and more games from CIRCLE Ent. are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Aug. 4.
– Azure Striker GUNVOLT is 33 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 31.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 96 Comments

Update 3: For those in the United States, Amazon’s placeholder page is now up here.

Update 2: It’s also now live on Amazon Germany. You can also find it on Amazon Italy with the retailer also taking pre-orders for the controller.

Update: Pre-orders now open on Amazon UK.

Nintendo has just announced the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition, “a near-identical, mini replica of Nintendo’s original home console” that plugs into your high-definition TV using an included HDMI cable. The device, which launches on November 11 in North America and Europe, includes 30 NES games built in, including Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Kirby’s Adventure. It’ll retail for $59.99.

Here’s the full list of games:

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

System: 3DS
Release date: July 15, 2016
Developer: Capcom
Publisher Capcom

The more that I sit down and think about it, the Monster Hunter series has always been in this kind of gray area for me. I’ve never quite held it as one of my favorite franchises, but since I’ve discovered it, I’ve undoubtedly sank hundreds of hours into the various entries. With every new game there’s always new monsters, tasks, weapons and worlds to explore, so saying that I wasn’t excited to spend a ton more time on Monster Hunter Generations would be a straight up lie. Having said that, will this title be a great enough collection of the series’ best to change my outlook and finally put it into my favorites list, or will it just give off the same one note impression it’s always left on me?

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

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

PS4 – 22,717
New 3DS LL – 16,505
Wii U – 15,470
Vita – 11,042
New 3DS – 3,284
PS3 – 1,126
3DS – 670
3DS LL – 87
Xbox One – 72

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

PS4 – 23,679
New 3DS LL – 17,648
Vita – 11,461
Wii U – 4,444
New 3DS – 4,122
PS3 – 1,265
3DS – 718
3DS LL – 82
Xbox One – 73

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Culdcept Revolt – 29,321 / NEW
2. [WIU] Splatoon – 16,351 / 1,415,016
3. [3DS] Story of Seasons: Tri of Towns – 15,530 / 146,677
4. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition – 9,762 / 42,830
5. [WIU] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 9,329 / 38,285
6. [PS4] Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers – 9,080 / 79,471
7. [PSV] Refrain no Chika Meikyuu to Majo no Ryodan – 7,476 / 34,572
8. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot – 6,850 / 344,903
9. [PS3] Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers – 6,603 / 45,318
10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 6,423 / 818,113
11. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure – 5,410 / 57,210
12. [PSV] Shin Hayarigami 2 – 5,351 / NEW
13. [PS4] Tales of Zestiria (Welcome Price) – 5,045 / NEW
14. [PS4] Overwatch – 4,957 / 115,725
15. [PSV} Dragon Quest Heroes II – 4,425 / 212,434
16. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – 4,363 / 187,339
17. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice – 3,959 / 245,424
18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 3,518 / 2,819,752
19. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (4,990 Yen Edition) – 3,136 / 130,380
20. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 3,003 / 908,424

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

Nintendo will be present at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 next week. The company will have a bunch of playable games at the show as well as various activities.

First, have a look at Nintendo’s full lineup below:

Nintendo 3DS

Monster Hunter Generations from Capcom – Launching July 15
Metroid Prime: Federation Force – Launching Aug. 19
Style Savvy: Fashion Forward – Launching Aug. 19
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice from SEGA – Launching Sept. 27
YO-KAI WATCH 2 – Launching Sept. 30
YO-KAI WATCH – Now available
Yoshi’s New Island – Now available
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – Now available
Kirby: Planet Robobot – Now available
Mario Kart 7 – Now available
Pokémon Omega Ruby / Pokémon Alpha Sapphire – Now available
New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Now available

Wii U

Splatoon – Now available
Mario Kart 8 – Now available
Pokkén Tournament – Now available

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 49 Comments

Pokemon GO isn’t slowing down, and it’s continuing to reach new milestones. Survey Monkey now reports that the app is the biggest mobile game in U.S. history, based on daily active users. It apparently attracted just under 21 million daily active users as of yesterday.

Within a day, Pokemon GO surpassed Slither.io and Clash Royale, the latter of which was the biggest game of 2016. It also took down the previous record holder Candy Crush. Note that Candy Crush was said to have 93 million total daily active users at its peak, but that was based on all countries and devices. Survey Monkey compared both apps on the basis of U.S. smartphone audience.

SurveyMonkey goes on to say that, given what we’ve seen thus far, Pokemon GO may pass Snapchat on Android very soon. It also speculates that it “could surpass Google Maps itself as the largest user of Alphabet’s mapping data.”

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