Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 35 Comments

This week’s issue of Famitsu reveals a pair of new characters for Hyrule Warriors Legends. Thanks to the magazine, we now know that Skull Kid will be playable. Phantom Ganon is also in as a boss, and he uses an ocarina during battle (not to mention that a fairy is at his side).

Hyrule Warriors Legends comes out in Japan on January 21. The western release will follow sometime in Q1 2016.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Interviews, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

Nearly three years ago, Tomorrow Corporation brought Little Inferno to the eShop in time for the Wii U’s launch. The studio is now almost ready to release its next game, Human Resource Machine. Just a few weeks ago, an announcement was made confirming a Wii U launch for October 14.

We recently got in touch with Tomorrow Corporation’s Kyle Gabler in hopes of learning more about Human Resource Machine. Gabler shared more information about the game and talked about what we can expect from the Wii U version, and also touched on a few other topics like the Nindies community and the difficulties of being a small team.

For our full interview, head past the break.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 13 Comments

Famitsu published another round of screenshots from Genei Ibun Roku #FE today. Among other things, we have images of collaboration costumes, which are as follows:

– Itsuki Aoi (collaboration costume: Devil Survivor 2 protagonist)
– Tsubasa Oribe (collaboration costume: Persona Q’s Rei)
– Toma Akagi (collaboration costume: Shin Megami Tensei IV’s Walter)
– Kiria Kurono (collaboration costume: Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City’s Princess)

Hit up the gallery below for the new screenshots.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 31 Comments

Shin Megami Tensei IV Final is coming to 3DS, Atlus has revealed. The game will be released in Japan on February 10 for 6,480 yen.

Teasers from Atlus today suggested that this would be a new version of Shin Megami Tensei IV, but that’s not the case. Famitsu, which has full coverage of the game this week, says it’s an entirely new project set in the same world. “Godslayer” is said to be a keyword.

Atlus is planning a Niconico stream for October 11, which will be held at 7 PM Japan time. Since it’s covered in this week’s Famitsu though, we should be getting information within a day or two. You can find the teaser site here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

STARWHAL – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00

Mario Sports Mix (Wii download software) – €14.99 / £13.49 / CHF 21.00 until 15/10/2015. Regular price €19.99 / £17.99 / CHF 28.00

Whispering Willows – €9.99 / £7.99 / CHF 9.00

Wii U Virtual Console

Mario Golf (N64) – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (SNES) – €7.99 / £5.49 / CHF 11.20

Dig Dug II (NES) – €4.99 / £3.49 / CHF 7.00

Pocky & Rocky with Becky – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

3DS Download

3D Sonic The Hedgehog 2 – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00

eShop Sales

Wii U

Citizens of Earth – €4.99 / £4.00 / CHF 8.00 until 22/10/2015. Regular price €11.99 / £9.99 / CHF 16.80

Little Inferno – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99 until 15/10/2015. Regular price €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 13.99

3DS

Citizens of Earth – €4.99 / £4.00 / CHF 8.00 until 22/10/2015. Regular price €11.99 / £9.99 / CHF 16.80

Retro City Rampage: DX – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.69 until 22/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €8.99 / £7.99 / CHF 12.99

Secret Agent Files: Miami – €5.99 / £4.49 / CHF 5.99 until 22/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €7.99 / £5.99 / CHF 7.99

Jewel Match 3 – €4.99 / £3.99 / CHF 4.99 until 22/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €6.99 / £4.99 / CHF 6.99

Funfair Party Games – €4.99 / £3.69 / CHF 4.99 until 22/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €6.99 / £4.99 / CHF 6.99

Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D Download Version – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00 until 29/10/2015, 22:59 UTC. Regular price €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.00

Permanent price drops

3DS

Toy Stunt Bike – €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 4.20 (previously €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 7.00)

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

We went a long while without any news on Monster Strike 3DS, but now we’ve been getting updates pretty regularly. Famitsu shares even more about the game in its latest issue with a new preview.

First, below are details about some of Monster Strike 3DS’ different characters:

Ren Homura

– Has a forward facing and bright personality
– Though appears to be an average boy, has memories of having lived in a Divine Realm
– A protagonist of many mysteries

Aoi Mizusawa

– Ren’s classmate from childhood
– S weeks to reform her own group of monsters that had disbanded
– What does she have to do with Ren’s lost memories?

Oragon

– Self-proclaimed prince of the Monster Realm
– Travels with Ren, came from Sumaho
– Not much is known aside from being a child of dragons

Minami Wakaba

– An airheaded girl who loves her family cafe
– In the same class as Ren
– Always feels cold so dresses to stay warm

Akira Kagetsuki

– Ren’s classmate
– Was once a cool top member of the Strikers, but has recently been distant from the “Monster” group

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 39 Comments

Last month’s issue of GamesTM has a lengthy interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. As you would expect, the discussion is largely focused on the Super Mario Bros. series.

A few interesting comments came about when Miyamoto and Tezuka were asked if they ever made any choices that they were concerned about being controversial. Miyamoto started things off, and spoke about how it’s difficult catering to both advanced players and beginners.

He said:

“For me one of the things was maybe the gap between the really advanced players and the first-time players. The difficulty balance is always something that I hear frustrations about from the public, whichever way we decide to go. We always have the testing team test our game, but whatever they say is really fun, the first-time players might consider to be very difficult. One of the things I do sometimes at the later phases of development is go in and hear the testing team’s requests and actually pull that away and lower the barrier or change what it is they want. Sometimes I even hear from the testing team, ‘You’re destroying the fun’, but on the other hand, the flipside is you hear the first-time players saying ‘If I can’t clear a level it’s not fun for me. If I can’t complete a game it’s not fun for me’. The more years that have passed, the gap between advanced and first-time players has become wider.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 27 Comments

Let’s Talk #26: What are you playing? – October 2015

A new month is here! I’d love to know what everybody has been playing as of late, or intends to play in the weeks ahead.

I’ve been focusing on two main games really: Super Mario Maker and Ys: Memories of Celceta. Ys has been getting most of my time, but I’ve still been playing Super Mario Maker regularly. It’s fun to just boot up the game and mess around with a few levels. I’m not at all creative myself, yet I’m still finding a ton of enjoyment with it.

But what about you guys? What’s everyone playing these days?

Highlights from last week’s topic: Nintendo and movies

windstar

I think an animated Mario would be great. We never got a proper one, I think everyone would love to finally see that.

Kira – HylianKeyblade

I think a Zelda movie done by Studio Ghibli could be really interesting and there would probably be a lot of high quality work there ^^. Of course the Zelda movie then have to be in a anime format and I think the Zelda series can suit a anime look pretty well :-).

I do think Nintendo should start making movies more or at least anime/animation series to attract a new young audience like Pokémon and Youkai Watch have accomplished. Also I think it could be pretty cool to see Nintendo characters come to life through animation again ^^. (If done right).

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

Although some amiibo are losing their retailer exclusivity in North America, a new set of upcoming figures will be sold at just one store. It turns out that the amiibo for the Mii Fighters will be distributed at only Toys “R” Us. That information is based on the image above, which is a photo snapped from a display.

All of the Mii Fighters are scheduled for November 1. You’d have to think that after a few months have passed, the amiibo will be available at other retailers as well.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 19 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes contains a few multiplayer options. There’s Download Play which only requires a single copy of the game, local multiplayer with both players owning the title, and online.

We do have to point out one important detail regarding Internet play. Unfortunately, it seems that you can only play with people in the same region. If you’re in the United States and your friend is in Europe for example, it doesn’t sound like you’ll be able to pair up.

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