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

This week’s issue of Famitsu reveals Super Bike Rider: Gather! Super Beast Hunter, the latest Bike Rider entry for 3DS. The magazine has some extensive details about Spicysoft’s new game. It has the prefix “Super”, which means all aspects are being upgraded.

One of the new features is “Bike Super Beast”. Enemies will drop parts, and by combining them you’ll be able to obtain Bike Super Beasts with excellent stats. In total there are over 40 Bike Super Beasts.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jakob Vujovic(@jakovujo) in Reviews, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

System: Wii U (eShop)
Release date: January 28, 2016
Developer: Sarepta Studio
Publisher Snow Cannon Games

The premise of Shadow Puppeteer is simple: one night, a boy and his shadow are separated by a strange man playing a music box. From there, the journey consists of chasing him down throughout gloomy Tim Burton-esque levels. The game has you controlling the boy and his shadow individually with the controller being split by its left and right sides – each analogue stick controls a character with the buttons on their respective sides being used for jumping and other interactions. If you played Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, the concept should seem familiar. Where this differs is that you control the boy in a 3D space and his shadow along the surfaces of the environment, interacting with other shadows as a 2D platformer. The two ideas on their own aren’t exactly unique, but fusing them together provides plenty of puzzling levels.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 43 Comments

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, some changes were made to Wario. One of these includes the removal of the Shoulder Ram move. Masahiro Sakurai, director of Smash Bros., spoke about this in his latest Famitsu column.

Sakurai took on one reader question regarding the Shoulder Ram move in his piece, after a fan pointed out that he now uses a backhand punch instead. When asked about the change, Sakurai responded that they wanted to make Wario stronger. Shoulder Ram was a move that made him use his own body which is his hitbox to attack, making him easier to get hit. It had no range, and it was also difficult to push opponents off the cliff with it. Since Smash Attacks, especially the horizontal ones are moves that will decide the game, it was changed to make him stronger.

Sakurai added that if the team were to cling too much to reenacting the original moves, sometimes it wouldn’t be too interesting. He indicates that, ultimately, they prioritize the fun factor over adhering to the original series’ accuracy.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 14 Comments

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

New 3DS LL – 31,452
PS4 – 24,441
Vita – 14,999
Wii U – 11,298
New 3DS – 4,715
3DS – 2,813
PS3 – 1,671
3DS LL – 697
Xbox One – 52

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

New 3DS LL – 30,172
PS4 – 25,592
Vita – 18,202
Wii U – 15,398
New 3DS – 6,241
3DS – 4,797
PS3 – 1,939
3DS LL – 1,162
Xbox One – 99

And here are the software charts:

1. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami – 103,256 / NEW
2. [PS3] Yakuza: Kiwami – 60,427 / NEW
3. [3DS] Hyrule Warriors Legends – 54,479 / NEW
4. [PS4] Just Cause 3 – 33,660 / NEW
5. [PS4] Resident Evil Origins Collection – 21,015 / NEW
6. [3DS] Monster Hunter X – 20,714 / 2,644,499
7. [PS3] Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster – 15,639 / NEW
8. [WIU] Splatoon – 13,764 / 1,215,154
9. [3DS] Monster Strike – 11,684 / 769,491
10. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 10,608 / 2,172,431
11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 10,431 / 631,491
12. [PSV] Odin Sphere Leifthrasir – 9,379 / 52,774
13. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 9,264 / 776,345
14. [PS4] Odin Sphere Leifthrasir – 7,292 / 49,555
15. [PS4] Fallout 4 – 5,756 / 203,426
16. [PSV] Muv-Luv Double Pack – 4,366 / NEW
17. [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege – 3,915 / 60,145
18. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 3,890 / 639,960
19. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III – 3,827 / 283,493
20. [3DS] Disney Magical World 2 – 3,742 / 263,358

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 16 Comments

The new Pokemon 3DS Virtual Console games don’t support Restore Points. However, Red, Blue, and Yellow will all allow for wireless trading and battling. GamesBeat shares more about how this works.

You can begin trading by talking to the Cable Club counter. After that, a menu shows up on the lower screen that lets you set up a room or join somebody else’s request. Like the original versions, you sit down at the terminals across from the opposing player. Wireless battles work in a similar fashion.

This shouldn’t be a major shock, but it’s not possible to trade Pokemon you’ve caught in the Virtual Console games to the newer entries. Trading is only allowed between Red, Blue, and Yellow.

We also have a couple of other random tidbits. The Game Boy Printer menus are still in, and Surfing Pikachu remains in the games as well. However, Nintendo isn’t sure how or if it would be distributed.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 597 Comments

In Fire Emblem Fates’ original Japanese release, the game allowed players to stroke characters on the 3DS’ lower screen. For the west, Nintendo has decided to remove this element.

Kotaku confirmed with the company that petting has been completely removed. In a statement, one representative from Nintendo explained while also defending the original intent of the Japanese version:

“Yes, that is the case [that petting isn’t in the English version]. You might have heard somewhat misinterpreted or exaggerated information about the Japanese original game, but even in the Japanese original version, we have not included any features which are considered inappropriate in Japan.”

Here’s a look at the petting in question:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 2 Comments

The first actual gameplay of Pokemon Yellow running on the 3DS Virtual Console has emerged. Check out the footage below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 58 Comments

Way back in 2013, you may recall that a new Pokemon game featuring Pikachu was teased. This was announced as a title featuring the classic character in a detective role. The project finally resurfaced today, and you might be surprised to hear that it’s coming out in Japan next week.

Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination, developed by Creatures, releases on February 3 as a 3DS eShop game. Pricing is set at 1,500 yen (1,200 yen between January 27 and February 29). You can watch the first trailer below.

The game is described as a “cinematic adventure”. Detective Pikachu features a story set in Rhyme City, a place where people and Pokemon live together. A young boy named Tim Goodman comes to this city to fulfill a certain objective. There, Tim and Pikachu have an unexpected encounter. A new story begins from here.

Great Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Combination takes up 800MB of space (6,400 blocks). You can access the official site here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 63 Comments

After its phenomenal success on Kickstarter, Mighty No. 9 has had a somewhat troubled development period, with multiple delays and lukewarm receptions to its gameplay. Today, an e-mail was sent to backers of the project from Keiji Inafune himself, informing them that the game would not be ready in time for its targeted release date of in February. Inafune cites bugs in the game’s network / online as the reason for the delay. The new release date is, for the moment, set as “Spring 2016”.

Here’s Inafune’s statement in full:

To the fans eagerly awaiting the release of Mighty No. 9,

Unfortunately, we have an announcement that will be very disappointing to all of you. In preparation for the February release of Mighty No. 9 we have been working hard with our partners to resolve any network issues and porting work necessary to publish Mighty No. 9 on the various platforms. However, the issues relating to the network modes were more critical than expected, and it has become apparent that we will need to delay the game from its February 9th release date. We have been working up until the very last moment to resolve these issues in order to make the February release, but it has become clear that we no longer have enough time to fix the issues and have everything prepared for release.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Retail

LEGO Marvel Avengers (available January 29th) – €49.99 / £39.99 / CHF 60.00

Wii U Download

Shadow Puppeteer – €14.99 / £13.49 / CHF 21.00

Sense by Play.me – Free

Level 22 – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

PictoParty – €7.99 / £7.00 / CHF 11.00

Word Puzzles by POWGI – €8.99  /£7.99 / CHF 11.99

Wii U DLC

LEGO MARVEL Avengers: Season Pass (available January 29th) – €9.99 / £7.99 / CHF 11.90

Skylanders SuperChargers – Boost Kit (available January 27th) – €1.99 / £1.59 / CHF 2.00

Skylanders SuperChargers – Super Kit (available January 27th) – €4.99 / £3.99 / CHF 5.00

Skylanders SuperChargers – Mega Kit (available January 27th) – €9.99 / £7.99 / CHF 10.00

Wii U Demo

Cube Life: Island Survival

Wii U Virtual Console

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA) – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80

3DS Retail

Final Fantasy Explorers – €39.99 / £29.99 / CHF 51.90

LEGO Marvel Avengers (available January 29th) – €39.99 / £29.99 / CHF 45.00

3DS Download

Word Puzzles by POWGI – €8.99 / £7.99 / CHF 11.99

Epic Word Search Collection – €7.99

Family Fishing – €5.48 / £3.98 / CHF 5.94

Runny Egg – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

3DS Themes

Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: Café Theme (available January 29th) – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

The Legend of Legacy: The Seven Adventurers Theme (available January 29th) – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

eShop Sales

Wii U

Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 21.80 (Ends February 27th, regular price €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90)

Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 21.80 (Ends February 27th, regular price €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90)

Affordable Space Adventures – €13.20 / £11.80 / CHF 18.00 (Ends February 4th, regular price €18.99 / £16.99 / CHF 26.00)

Cube Life: Island Survival -€7.99/ £6.39 / CHF 7.99 until February 28th, regular price €9.99 / £7.99 / CHF 9.99

3DS

Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 21.80 (Ends February 27th, regular price €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90)

Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 21.80 (Ends February 27th, regular price €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90)

Art of Balance TOUCH! – €5.20 / £4.70 / CHF 7.35 (Ends February 18th, regular price €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF 9.80)

Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 21.80 (Ends February 27th, regular price €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90)

Monster High New Ghoul in School – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF 21.80 (Ends February 27th, regular price €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF 38.90)

Permanent price drops

Wii U

Tabletop Gallery – €2.99/£2.69 / CHF 4.20 (Previously €4.49 / £4.09 / CHF 6.30)

Source: Nintendo PR

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