Shovel Knight amiibo out in Europe on Dec. 11, North America on Jan. 8
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
Yacht Club Games has finally shared a concrete release date for the Shovel Knight amiibo.
In Europe, the figure is officially slated for December 11. North America will be receiving the Shovel Knight amiibo on January 8. Pricing is set at $12.99 / £10.99 / €14.99.
Yacht Club Games spoke about the release timing and stock in a website post:
“You may be wondering why the Shovel Knight amiibo is coming out so much earlier in Europe! It was an agonizing decision, as production difficulties forced us to choose between rushing to ship a tiny, insufficient number of amiibo units before Christmas, or ship a good healthy supply of stock to North America just after Christmas. We’ve received hundreds of emails bemoaning the difficulty in finding some of your favorite amiibo, racing for a pre-order window, issues with scalpers, having trouble unlocking the new features you want to play; so, we made the decision to launch the amiibo in January so there would be enough units available. Hopefully, this later date will make buying a Shovel Knight amiibo easy and fair for everyone. So just be sure to save up that Christmas money for the new year!
On that note, if you’re interested in picking up the Shovel Knight amiibo, then we’d like to implore you to wait for it to release in your territory. There will be plenty and it will not be a limited run, so please don’t feel pressured into importing or buying from scalpers. Don’t spend more than the retail price! Also, keep in mind the new Shovel Knight amiibo features will not function on your game system in your territory until the listed release date. Thank you everyone for your patience!”
On Wii U and 3DS, the Shovel Knight amiibo provides these features:
– Level up to a max level of 50 by finding treasure!
– Earn relics in an all new way while uncovering all-new relics, abilities, and powers you never thought possible!
– Customize the look of your Shovel Knight with cool and crazy cosmetic options!
– Use your Custom Knight seamlessly between Nintendo 3DS and Wii U!
– Battle your way through amiibo exclusive challenge stages that take advantage of the new Custom Knight relics and abilities!
– 5 new solo challenges and 5 new co-op challenges (exclusive to Wii U) await!
And below are some details about co-op multiplayer on Wii U:
– Join a friend’s Shovel Knight campaign and shovel together!
– Use your cooperative skills to help each other out along the way!
– Compete against each other collecting gold and defeating enemies to prove who is the true hero of Shovelry!
– Play with any combination: two Custom Knights, one Custom Knight/one Classic Knight, or 2 Classic Knights.
View a new video showing off the Shovel Knight amiibo functionality below.
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New Nintendo patent: Supplemental Computing Devices For Game Consoles (cloud gaming)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 19 Comments
Last June, Nintendo filed a trademark in the United States database for “Supplemental Computing Devices For Game Consoles”. It’s essentially about increasing the speed or quality of the gaming experience – mainly in a cloud gaming context.
Here’s the patent’s abstract:
“Supplemental computing devices that provide processing and/or storage resources to game consoles to assist these game consoles in executing a game. In some instances, a game console locally executes a copy of a game using resources of the game console. In addition, however, the game console may couple to a supplemental computing device that includes resources that the game console may also utilize to increase the speed or quality of a user’s gaming experience. For instance, the supplemental computing device may couple via a physical connection (e.g., a wired connection) to the game console for processing data associated with the game and providing a result back to the console, and/or for storing game data on behalf of the game console.”
If you’d like to read up on more details regarding the patent, you should definitely head on over to this link. It’s interesting, but we’ll have to wait and see what (if anything) comes from this.
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Terraria heading to the 3DS eShop next week
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 4 Comments
Terraria is making a surprise launch on the 3DS eShop next week. Today, publisher 505 Games announced that the title will be available starting on December 10 in both North America and Europe for $19.99 / £16.99.
Here’s a comprehensive overview:
Reach directly into the world of Terraria with uniquely-tailored touchscreen controls, fashioning elaborate structures and fighting off enemies with an intuitive swipe of the stylus. Explore vast fantasy worlds by soaring up to floating islands in the sky or excavating down to the depths of the earth. Wage war on hundreds of different enemies – ranging from Zombies to Goblins to Unicorns to Wyverns – with weapons and armour you’ve crafted yourself. Build amazing structures and dwellings with ease, laying brick and stone with the responsive touch interface.
The Nintendo 3DS version of Terraria offers the ideal introduction to the franchise for the young and old player alike, and a fresh way to play for veterans of the franchise. Share the adventure with your friends, with four player sessions supported through Local Play; a safe and sociable multiplayer environment where players only engage with real-life acquaintances.
With over 1,300 crafting recipes, 150 enemies and 15 bosses to battle, players will have endless hours of fun as they literally dig to the ends of the earth, crafting amazing armor, weapons and other items with what they discover. Players will explore vast and vibrant worlds, encountering treacherous perils -including hundreds of twisted foes, magical creatures, and mighty monstrous bosses like the Eye of Cthulhu – to provide the ultimate test of the player’s combat ability. There may be a few Nintendo surprises in store, too!
Terraria remains on track for a retail release for both 3DS and Wii U. That’ll be happening early next year, along with the digital Wii U version.
Check out a launch trailer for Terraria on 3DS below.
Source: 505 Games PR
Kimishima – mobile talk, Wii U support, QoL still coming, will be around for more than a year
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News, Wii U | 25 Comments
In addition to NX, new Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima addressed several other topics pertaining to the company while speaking with TIME. These include mobile, Wii U support in the future and how he didn’t say the system would be a failure, amiibo, Shigeru Miyamoto’s “fellow” role, Genyo Takeda, Quality of Life, and the length of his presidency.
We’ve rounded up Kimishima’s comments below. You can also find TIME’s original piece here.
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Kimishima – NX not the next version of Wii or Wii U, “something unique and different”
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 61 Comments
TIME magazine recently caught up with Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima. Among other things, he shared a bit more about NX, though in vague terms.
Here’s what he said about the upcoming system:
“NX [the codename for Nintendo’s next game system] is in development. (It is) a next step in our dedicated device strategy, the core and primary focus of our business.”
“As far as NX goes, I’ve said it’s different and obviously a new experience. If you look back to the beginning of our conversation today, we talked about the transition from Wii hardware to the Wii U hardware and how difficult it is to explain to the consumer base what is different and new about the new hardware. It’s difficult to convince them to switch from their current platform to the next platform. That being said, I can assure you we’re not building the next version of Wii or Wii U. It’s something unique and different. It’s something where we have to move away from those platforms in order to make it something that will appeal to our consumer base.”
Kimishima also commented on the “NX” codename. It seems that there’s no “real meaning behind it” – at least as far as he knows.
Kimishima said:
“As for the codename NX, I don’t believe that there’s any real meaning behind it, and to be perfectly honest, I don’t know where it came from. Or perhaps Mr. Iwata had meant to tell me and then never got the chance.”
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Nintendo Download (12/3/15, North America) – Trauma Team, Pokemon Picross, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends – $39.99
Xenoblade Chronicles X – $59.99 (available Friday)
Wii Download for Wii U
Trauma Team – $19.99
3DS Retail
Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends – $29.99
3DS Download
Dementium Remastered – $14.99
Pokemon Picross – free-to-start
DSiWare
The Mysterious Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – $4.99
3DS Demo
Fantasy Pirates
eShop Sales
Wii U/3DS
– Citizens of Earth (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 7 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 21.
Wii U
– 99Moves, Abyss and more games from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
3DS
– Crash City Mayhem is 75 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $4.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 7 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 14.
– Shin Megami Tensei IV is 25 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $14.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 7 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 21.
– Escape from Zombie City, Ninja Battle Heroes and more games from Tom Create are on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 4 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 18.
– Darts Up 3D, Soccer Up 3D and more games from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 7.
– 3D MahJongg, Gardenscapes and more games from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 17.
3DS Themes
Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX “Carton Box”
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival : Plaza
Source: Nintendo PR
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Splatoon – Mahi-Mahi Resort map out tomorrow in North America, Friday in Europe
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
During its “Splatournament”, Nintendo announced that the latest Splatoon map will be added to the game tomorrow. Mahi-Mahi Resort is joining the rotation at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT. That’ll be Friday for those of you in Europe.
Here’s a look at Mahi-Mahi Resort from the Splatournament:
In just a short while, the Nintendo Treehouse Splatournament will begin. We should be seeing the first battles at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT. You can watch the full event in the live stream below.
Trauma Team (Wii download) coming to the North American Wii U eShop tomorrow
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 20 Comments
A new downloadable game for Wii U is making its way to the North American Wii U eShop this week. Starting tomorrow, system owners can purchase Trauma Team from Atlus.
Here’s a brief overview:
“Carefully review patient cases and decide on the best course for treatment as you assume the role of six different medical professionals. With steady hands on the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, make precise and quick decisions to keep your patient’s vitals stable and save the day!”
Trauma Team will be sold for $19.99. It’s worth noting that this is the first third-party downloadable Wii game for Wii U in North America.
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FAST Racing Neo due out on the Wii U eShop next Thursday
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 22 Comments
FAST Racing Neo now has a release date. In both North America and Europe, the racer will be out on the Wii U eShop on December 10 – next Thursday. Pricing is set at $14.99 / €14.99 / £10.99.
