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

Update: To clarify, the update will be up during the evening of December 21 in North America. Europe will have it in the very early morning on December 22. Also added in the official announcement below.

Nintendo has pulled back the curtain on a new Super Mario Maker update coming on December 21 which adds a number of new features.

Those are as follows:

– bumpers (create one by shaking a grinder)
– P Warp Door (create one by shaking a Warp Door)
– Fire Koopa Clown Car (create one by shaking a Koopa Clown Car)

Aside from these new elements, you’ll now be able to see the world record time for each course in addition to the person who completed it first.

Here’s a look at the upcoming update:

The Bookmark web portal, which was announced during last month’s Nintendo Direct, is also releasing on December 21:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 23 Comments

A few hours ago, Game Informer published a new interview with Splatoon co-director Yusuke Amano and producer Hisashi Nogami. The developers talked about things like the single-player campaign, why it wouldn’t work well on 3DS, and no plans for voice chat or paid DLC.

A good amount of Amano and Nogami’s can be found below. You can read the full interview over on Game Informer.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

A new Splatoon patch is coming tomorrow, Nintendo has announced. Your game will be brought up to version 2.4.0 once downloaded.

Splatoon’s latest update makes updates to matchmaking, Rainmaker, and stages. Some battle fixes have been implemented as well. The full patch notes are posted below.

It’s also worth mentioning that some Splatoon maintenance will be taking place tomorrow. All network services for the game will be affected at the following times:

– 4:50 PM PT – 6 PM PT
– 7:50 PM ET – 9 PM ET
– 12:50 AM in the UK (Friday) – 2 AM in the UK (Friday)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (Friday) – 3 AM in Europe (Friday)

From (approx.) Friday, 18 December 2015 00:50 to Friday, 18 December 2015 02:00.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 10 Comments

Nintendo has revealed a pair of new Splatoon maps in a video published to its Japanese YouTube page today. Currently in the works are “Piranha Pit” as well as “Ancho-V Games”. Get a look at both in the video below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News | 3 Comments

Earlier today, GamesBeat went live with a new Niantic interview. The site spoke with chief executive John Hanke as well as chief marketing officer Mike Quigley.

Pokemon Go was, as one would expect, a pretty big part of the interview. Between Hanke and Quigley, they discussed its origins and having Nintendo on board, how the game could reach a massive audience, and the Pokemon Go Plus device the Big N is making. There are also comments about things like how Niantic wants players to be able to participate no matter how small their area is in terms of population.

Head past the break for a roundup of Hanke and Quigley’s remarks. For the original interview, visit this page.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 18 Comments

TIME is the latest outlet to have put up an interview with Monolith Soft head Tetsuya Takahashi. Xenoblade Chronicles X’s data packs, western games, and his next project were among the topics discussed.

You can find excerpts for these interview questions below. A couple of additional topics are on TIME’s website here..

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments

Nintendo of France shared sales numbers for a variety of titles today. We have figures for Wii U and 3DS games, plus the Animal Crossing amiibo cards.

Lifetime sales of Splatoon in France are now sitting at 280,000 copies. It’s the second most popular game after Mario Kart 8.

Also on Wii U, Super Mario Maker has sold 145,000 units thus far in France. Xenoblade Chronicles X, a game which just launched this month, has already moved 40,000 copies.

Moving on to 3DS, sales for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer are at 220,000 units. New Style Boutique 2 – Fashion Forward has sold 110,000 copies.

Finally, one note about amiibo. Nearly 200,000 packs of Animal Crossing amiibo cards have been purchased by French consumers.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments

A FAST Racing Neo update is due out sometime next month. According to developer Shin’en, a mini-map of the track and online tags will be added. Stability improvements and bug fixes will be implemented as well.

Here’s the news from Shin’en:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 47 Comments

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

New 3DS LL – 81,294
Wii U – 47,890
PS4 – 38,497
Vita – 35,116
New 3DS – 19,454
3DS – 8,549
3DS LL – 3,531
PS3 – 2,434
Vita TV – 793
Xbox One – 609

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

New 3DS LL – 76,779
PS4 – 35,782
Wii U – 32,604
Vita – 21,860
New 3DS – 17,202
3DS – 7,915
PS3 – 1,916
3DS LL – 1,113
Vita TV – 646
Xbox One – 289

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 192,203 / 2,013,048
2. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 52,878 / 1,851,500
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 51,138 / 912,335
4. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 48,600 / 491,188
5. [PSV] Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni – 39,013 / NEW
6. [PSV] Steins;Gate Zero – 38,746 / NEW
7. [PS4] Steins;Gate Zero – 38,156 / NEW
8. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – 32,580 / 81,847
9. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 27,669 / 1,175,208
10. [PS4] Gravity Rush Remastered – 25,004 / NEW
11. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege – 23,402 / NEW
12. [PSV] The Idolm@ster: Must Songs – Red Board / Blue Board – 23,349 / NEW
13. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 – 21,553 / 152,533
14. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 17,643 / 442,010
15. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution – 15,202 / NEW
16. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 14,232 / 524,053
17. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi Omise Hajimerun Desu – 12,506 / 41,953
18. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – 8,840 / 240,340
19. [PS3] Steins;Gate Zero – 8,645 / NEW
20. [PS4] Star Wars Battlefront – 8,368 / 160,104

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

Splatoon has managed to sell over one million copies in Japan. Nintendo announced the news on its blog, confirming the figure is what has been sold to consumers rather than shipped.

In other news, the Squid Sisters will be performing at the finale for Splatoon’s Japanese tournament – Splatoon Koshien 2016 – on January 30. That’ll be held at the following times:

– 12 AM PT
– 3 AM ET
– 8 AM in the UK
– 9 AM in Europe

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