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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 27 Comments

Not all of Super Mario Maker’s content is available to players as soon as they boot up the game. Basically, you need to play around with the level editor for about 15 minutes before new tools and items are added.

In the latest issue of EDGE, Nintendo producer Takashi Tezuka spoke about Super Mario Maker’s unlock system. He told the magazine:

“This decision was part of our basic policy. We wanted the rewards to increase as you became more familiar with the game and to look forward to what would unlock the next day,” he says. “From our testing, we learned that if too much was available all at once then many players weren’t sure what they should do and didn’t have as much fun with the game. However, I do understand the feeling of wanting to unlock things earlier.”

Nintendo did end up changing Super Mario Maker’s unlock system right before launch. Previously, players would need to wait several days to unlock all of the game’s content.

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

Well before the release of Super Mario Maker, there was some confusion as to whether or not the game would feature unique physics for the different game styles. It wasn’t entirely clear if Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. U would all play like they originally did.

This is something that was pretty much assumed with so many people getting their hands on Super Mario Maker, but we can now officially say that all game styles are based on New Super Mario Bros. U. And in an interview with EDGE in its latest issue, well-known Mario developer Takashi Tezuka explained why Nintendo went in that direction.

Tezuka said:

“In the end we used the New Super Mario Bros. U system for all of the game styles. There was quite a lot of discussion about this within the team. Staff who had strong attachment to the original games expressed a strong desire to see implemented the same system they remembered. However, when players who are used to the modern Mario physics tried playing with the old physics, they found it much more difficult than they remembered. The original Super Mario Bros would only scroll to the right, so we tentatively made it so that it doesn’t scroll left in this game style. However, many people on the team complained that it was less fun to play. Still, we have left in some unique aspects to each game style, like how you can carry shells from Super Mario Bros 3 onwards, but you can’t throw them upwards until Super Mario World, and you can only wall-jump in New Super Mario Bros. U.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

On Wednesday, Nintendo pushed out a new Super Mario Maker update. The patch brought the game up to version 1.10. The small increase suggested that nothing major was introduced, and that was backed up by a single patch note from Nintendo: “Adjustments have been made to make for a more pleasant gaming experience.” So what was behind the new update?

Random Talking Bush, who is known for digging up information from game files, has passed along information that the Super Mario Bros. 3 goal star sprite is now fixed. A notice was also introduced saying that courses made by the Big N cannot be reported, and additional Nintendo-made course support was added. The only other files that have been touched are related to menus.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

The first off-screen footage of Terraria running on Wii U has come in. Check it out below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Comcept, Inti Creates, and Deep Silver announced a new release date for Mighty No. 9 today. The game is now confirmed to be shipping on February 9, 2016 in North America and February 12, 2016 in Europe. On 3DS, Mighty No. 9 will be shipping at a later date.

Today’s news was announced at TwitchCon. It’s also worth mentioning that the PC demo is live on Humble Bundle for Kickstarter backers.

Mighty No. 9 was most recently planned for September 15. However, the release date was shifted at the beginning of August.

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

Update: Bumped to the top. The page is now live, and there are currently ten that can be purchased (thanks CrossForte).

The standard New 3DS finally launched in North America today, but if you’re looking for cover plates, the only option thus far has been importing. That could be changing very soon, however.

An image has appeared on the Nintendo online store showing that New 3DS cover plates will be sold to U.S. and Canadian customers. You can check out the page here, though it’s currently blank. We do at least know that cover plates like the one pictured above should be going on sale soon!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 33 Comments

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

New 3DS LL – 19,811
Vita – 19,471
Wii U – 16,033
PS4 – 8,375
New 3DS – 4,672
PS3 – 2,411
3DS – 1,527
Vita TV – 739
Xbox One – 737
3DS LL – 729

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

New 3DS LL – 21,504
Wii U – 20,891
PS4 – 18,555
Vita – 9,018
New 3DS – 4,214
PS3 – 2,628
3DS – 1,275
3DS LL – 836
Vita TV – 462
Xbox One – 207

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – 151,823 / NEW
2. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 54,544 / 192,785
3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 36,979 / 1,527,272
4. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII – 24,758 / 758,874
5. [PSV] World Trigger: Borderless Mission – 23,334 / NEW
6. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 20,635 / 357,075
7. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 18,267 / 1,028,888
8. [WIU] Splatoon – 16,772 / 660,659
9. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 16,288 / 156,474
10. [PSV] Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 15,932 / NEW
11. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 Empires – 14,297 / NEW
12. [3DS] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX – 14,034 / 73,490
13. [PSV] Saki Whole Country – 13,698 / NEW
14. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4 Empires – 13,056 / NEW
15. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4 Empires – 11,360 / NEW
16. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,244 / 332,663
17. [PS4] Destiny: The Taken King – 6,643 / NEW
18. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 5,866 / 468,228
19. [PSV] Yunohana SpRING! – 4,561 / NEW
20. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 4,095 / 1,126,412

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

Nintendo has announced the addition of yet another weapon for Splatoon. Later today (tomorrow if you’re in Europe!), the Tri-Slosher will be made available.

Here’s when the weapon will launch in Splatoon:

– 7 PM PT (Friday)
– 10 PM ET (Friday)
– 3 AM in the UK (Saturday)
– 4 AM in Europe (Saturday)

View a set of screenshots for the Tri-Slosher below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Videos | 7 Comments

Who would play Link in a live action movie based on The Legend of Zelda? What about the casting for a new Super Mario Bros. film? Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka were asked about these questions in an interview with MTV.

As for feature length films in general, Miyamoto once again expressed openness to the idea. After discussing the Pikmin short movies that can be seen on both Wii U and 3DS, he said: “A feature length film? It’s definitely a secret! I can’t make any comments right now but we’ll see.”

Check out the full interview with Miyamoto and Tezuka below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 6 Comments

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Beatbuddy – $8.99
Extreme Exorcism – $12.99
Hold Your Fire: A Game About Responsibility – $1.99
Job the Leprechaun – $2.99
Nova-111 – $10.99
Starwhal – ?

Wii U Virtual Console

The Ignition Factor – $7.99

3DS Retail

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – $39.99 (available Friday)

3DS Demo

Mercenaries Saga 2

3DS Themes

Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer : My Town

eShop Sales

Wii U/3DS

– Phineas and Ferb: Quest for Cool Stuff (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is on sale for $4.99 until 8:59 a.m. on Sept. 28.

Wii U

– Family Tennis SP is 25 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $3.70) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 15.
– Legend of Kay Anniversary is 50 percent off (reduced from $24.99 to $12.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.
– Elliot Quest is 15 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $10.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 30.
– Suspension Railroad Simulator is 37 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $5) until 8:59 a.m. on Oct. 8.
– Paper Monsters Recut and Blocky Bot from Mobot Studios are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.
– Quadcopter Pilot Challenge is 50 percent off (reduced from $8.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 8.?

3DS

– Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 28.
– Crash City Mayhem is 75 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Sept. 28.
– Snow Moto Racing is 25 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $5.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 1.
– Murder on the Titanic and 3D Game Collection from JoinDots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. on Oct. 8.
– 10-in-1 Arcade Collection, Hazumi, League of Heroes, Monster Shooter, Pick-A-Gem, PIX3D, Crazy – Kangaroo, SpeedX 3D Hyper Edition, SpeedX 3D and Rage of the Gladiator from Huuuge Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 22.
– Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival is 50 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Oct. 21.

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