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

Today’s Super Mario Maker revealed a brand new element of the game: sound customization.

Players can eventually unlock the sound effect frog, which lets them drag sound effects into the editor. It’s also possible to create entirely new sound effects. A demonstration in the video seemed to show the player talking into the Wii U GamePad, and then using their voice in-game.

Here’s the news about Super Mario Maker’s sound effect options straight from Nintendo:

New sound effects and music block customisation – You can create your own sound effects in Super Mario Maker, with some sounds even generating fun visuals! And by shaking a classic Note Block during level creation, it becomes a Music Block. When something activates one of these Music Blocks, it will play a note based on its height, allowing players to arrange songs of all types.

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

Nintendo has published a new overview trailer for Super Mario Maker. We’ve included it below.

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

Square Enix released the first direct-feed screenshots from Dragon Quest XI on 3DS today. View them in the gallery below.

Note: although it seems likely that the PlayStation 4 (“console version”) will be on NX, we won’t be covering that edition until we receive complete confirmation.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 36 Comments

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

New 3DS LL – 29,203
PS4 – 14,619
Wii U – 13,007
Vita – 12,841
New 3DS – 7,250
PS3 – 2,567
3DS – 1,657
3DS LL – 898
Vita TV – 496
Xbox One – 200

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

New 3DS LL – 44,994
PS4 – 18,740
Vita – 13,214
Wii U – 11,938
New 3DS – 7,671
PS3 – 2,540
3DS – 1,585
3DS LL – 874
Vita TV – 527
Xbox One – 186

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 181,377 / 703,933
2. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters – 84,939 / 1,202,789
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 35,620 / 519,034
4. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 18,852 / 392,837
5. [PSV] Luminous Arc Infinity – 16,217 / NEW
6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,100 / 280,140
7. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 7,916 / 396,710
8. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 7,256 / 1,088,732
9. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 6,098 / 4,019,151
10. [PSV] IA / VT Colorful – 5,902 / 44,783
11. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 5,839 / 76,757
12. [PSV] Gal Gun: Double Peace – 5,792 / NEW
13. [PS4] Gal Gun: Double Peace – 5,020 / NEW
14. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 4,913 / 54,980
15. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 4,879 / 79,302
16. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 4,554 / 179,804
17. [3DS] Nobunaga’s Ambition 2 – 4,552 / NEW
18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 4,486 / 2,677,443
19. [3DS] Cho Tousouchuu Atsumare Saikyou no Tousousya Tachi – 3,729 / 33,289
20. [3DS] Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 – 3,433 / NEW

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 20 Comments

Here’s a neat little piece of information that some folks may have overlooked when Xenoblade Chronicles launched on the European Wii U eShop last week. Thanks to the RPG’s support of the Classic Controller, the GamePad can be used. That essentially means that off-TV play is supported.

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

During Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2015, DeNA West CEO Shintaro Asako further commented on DeNA’s partnership with Nintendo.

He said:

“The Nintendo deal is a huge, huge deal. Nintendo has the best IP, and IP that’s perfect matched to smartphones”.

Asako also spoke about how talks with Nintendo began years ago. Originally, DeNA hoped that Nintendo would be interested in releasing games on Mobage.

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

Runbow is coming to the North American Wii U eShop on August 27, 13AM Games has announced. It will be available for $14.99, but if you downloaded the Nindies@Home demo, you’ll receive a $2.25 discount.

Runbow is also slated for the European eShop, but there’s no release date yet. When we hear any news on that front, we’ll be sure to bring it to you.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 67 Comments

Over the past few days, Examiner has been putting up a bunch of quotes from Scott Moffitt, executive VP of sales at Nintendo of America. There are still comments from Moffitt to read up on, including topics that cover franchise annualization, the Wii U GamePad, the 3DS, and more. Head past the break for a roundup of his different remarks.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 24 Comments

A new Just Dance game based on Level-5’s hit series Yo-Kai Watch is in development, according to this month’s issue of CoroCoro. The full title is Yo-Kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version.

Ubisoft and Level-5 are co-developing the new project for Wii U. The game supports cooperative and competitive play with up to four people.

For the time being, a release date and price haven’t been determined.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 15 Comments

A new round of crossover characters have been announced for the indie Wii U title Runbow. Gunvolt from Azure Striker Gunvolt, Teslamancer from Teslagrad, Clone from Stealth Inc, ARID from The Fall, Xeodrifter from Xeodrifter, Princess from Chariot, Max from Mutant Mudds, Drifter from Hyper Light Drifter, and Unity Chan (Unity Japan’s mascot character) will all be included.

Have a look at each of these characters in a new trailer:

Several guest characters had been previously announced for Runbow. Shovel Knight, Rusty (SteamWorld Dig), Juan and Tostada (Guacamelee), Swift Thornebrooke (Sportsball), Scram Kitty (Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails), and Bit.Trip’s CommanderVideo and CommandgirlVideo were revealed back in April.

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