Posted on 10 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News | 10 Comments

The latest Ace Attorney spin-off game, The Great Ace Attorney (Dai Gyakuten Saiban) was just recently released in Japan. Seems like Capcom aren’t resting on their laurels though – the next mainline Ace Attorney game has just been announced. Famitsu revealed that the title will be playable at Tokyo Game Show this year.

Naturally it’s a 3DS game.  The game is spearheaded by producer Motohide Eshiro and Takeshi Yamazaki, both of them series veterans.

We will keep you updated.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Just a Chat | 4 Comments

Lots of important Nintendo news has come in over the past few days, including the announcement of the standard New 3DS for North America, Shovel Knight amiibo, and Xenoblade Chronicles X Special Edition. Daan and I talk about it all in this week’s episode of Just a Chat!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Travis(@nintentravis) in Features, Videos, Wii U | 6 Comments

Leading up to Super Mario Maker’s release on Sept. 11th, we’re highlighting some of the coolest, most creative, or just plain ridiculous levels users have created so far. In this episode, we check out the level “Winners don’t do shrooms” from Kocobe in France, who flips the idea of mushrooms being a friend of Mario’s on its head.

Let us know in the comments below if you have suggestions for future videos!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Site updates, Wii U | 3 Comments

Hello everyone! We’re planning another Super Mario Maker live stream for Tuesday. Like last time, it will be hosted on our YouTube page.

We’re currently planning on having the stream begin at 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT. Also like last time, it will be an hour long.

If we make any changes to our streaming plans, this post will be updated with relevant information!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 2 Comments

Three new Wii Remote Plus controllers are heading stateside, courtesy of GameStop.

Controllers for Bowser and Toad will be available on September 11. On October 16, the Yoshi version will follow.

Pricing is set at $39.99 for each controller. Note that all three are GameStop exclusives. They can be ordered on the retailer’s website here.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Update: Bumped to the top. Nintendo’s official patch notes have been added in.

Nintendo is releasing a new 598MB Splatoon update in just a couple of days. Version 2.1.0 will arrive Tuesday in North America, and Wednesday in other territories. The breakdown of times is as follows:

– 7 PM PT (Tuesday)
– 10 PM ET (Tuesday)
– 3 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 4 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

Prior to the update’s release, Splatoon’s servers will be experiencing maintenance for 70 minutes.

As for the update itself, it’s mostly a means to fix bugs. You can find details about the patch below.

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Posted on 10 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

Runbow – €13.99 / £10.99 (€11.89/£9.34 if you downloaded the Nindies@Home Preview)
Gunman Clive HD Collection (Horberg Productions) – €3.99/£3.59
Zombie Defense (Teyon) – €7.99/£7.19

Wii U Virtual Console

Sin and Punishment (Nintendo, N64 VC) – €9.99/£8.99
StarTropics (Nintendo, NES VC) – €4.99/£4.49
Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II (Nintendo, NES VC) – €4.99/£4.49

3DS Retail

Little Battlers eXperience – €39.99/£34.99 (available Friday)

3DS Demo

Proun+ Demo (Engine Software) – Free

3DS DLC

SENRAN KAGURA 2: Deep Crimson: Waist-Deep (Marvelous Europe, Add-on Content) – €4.99/£4.49

eShop Sales

Wii U

Rayman Legends (Ubisoft) – €11.99/£9.49 (Ends September 10, normally €29.99/£23.99)
Master Reboot (Wales Interactive) – €5.99/£4.99 (Ends October 1, normally €11.99/£9.99)
Blok Drop U (RCMADIAX) – €0.50/£0.45 (Ends September 30, normally €1.49/£1.29)
Blok Drop X Twisted Fusion (RCMADIAX) – €1.00/£0.90 (Ends September 30, normally €2.99/£2.69)
Tabletop Gallery (RCMADIAX) – €1.49/£1.39 (Ends September 30, normally €4.49/£4.09)
Nevr Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) (E-line Media) – €9.99/£8.59 (Ends September 17, normally €14.99/£12.99)

3DS

Rayman Origins (Ubisoft) – €5.99/£5.39 (Ends September 10, normally €19.99/£17.99)
Art of Balance TOUCH! (Shin’en Multimedia) – €5.20/£4.70 (Ends September 24, normally €6.99/£6.29)
Witch & Hero (CIRCLE Ent.) – €1.99/£1.59 (Ends September 24, normally €3.99/£3.19)
World Conqueror 3D (CIRCLE Ent.) – €3.99/£3.19 (Ends September 24, normally €4.99/£3.99)
WAKEDAS (CIRCLE Ent.) – €1.99/£1.69 (Ends September 24, normally €2.99/£2.49)
Proun+ (Engine Software) – €3.99/£2.39 (Permanent, was €5.99/£3.50)

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

Last week, Nintendo announced that VS. Excitebike would soon be available on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. A final date has now been shared.

On its Twitter account, Nintendo of America confirmed that VS. Excitebike is due out tomorrow. The message is as follows:

It’s pretty unusual to see a Virtual Console release on a day other than Thursday. I’m absolutely fine with it though!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 29 Comments

Let’s Talk #21: Indie amiibo you’d like to see

Nintendo and Yacht Club Games made a major announcements during Nindies@Night. The two sides confirmed rumors – plus retail leaks – that Shovel Knight is getting its own amiibo. This is definitely a big move for Nintendo, and third-parties as a whole.

What’s happening with Shovel Knight really presents some interesting opportunities. It now seems like the possibility exists for any character to receive its own amiibo.

But let’s go back to the news about Shovel Knight for a second, and more specifically, independent developers. Indies have become a very important part of Nintendo’s plans over the past few years. Having said that, is there any indie character you’d like to see have an amiibo aside from Shovel Knight? Tell us in the comments below!

Highlights from last week’s topic: What do you want from the next mainline Pokemon?

LittleLynn

This probably sounds like a small, insignificant thing, but I was really disappointed to see trainer customization was absent from OR/AS. It was honestly one of my favorite aspects in X/Y. Between my obsession with collecting things, and my other obsession with making my customizable player characters juuust right in any game where it’s an option, I just always felt excited every time a new town had a clothing store. Plus, it was nice knowing my character wasn’t a carbon copy of approximately half of every other players’ characters. So, whether the next installment is a “third version” to X/Y, or it’s Gen 7, I really want to see that feature come back, and stay for good!

Also, whatever the next game is, it will almost inevitably have Amiibo support with it’s own special Pokemon line. I have no idea what it would do, but hopefully, something actually worth using (and hey, at the very least if character customization comes back, non-Pokemon Amiibo could be used for character-based costumes *wink wink, Nintendo*). Anyway, when it invariably happens, I’m just hoping that at least a few of my favorites will get one.

shinkuu

I’d like to see a bit of a break from the old formula, like with Animal Crossing: New Leaf. With each new generation there’s a new professor, new rival, new gym leaders, etc., and they’re largely forgettable. It might be interesting for new games to be set a bit in the future, with old familiar faces in new roles.

I think there also needs to be a bit of simplification to eliminate the “backwards compatibility” in each new generation. Like, “Oh, this Pokemon couldn’t hold this item before, so that’s why it never evolved” and “Oh, this Pokemon didn’t have this incense before, so that’s why this baby Pokemon never appeared”. Having a dynamic Pokedex that kept related evolutions together, and changed with new additions, might help too.

And finally, I think one of the most appealing aspects of the games is trading with others to get Pokemon you need. It would be interesting if your game’s exclusive Pokemon weren’t simply set by which version you got, but partially randomized, so just buying two copies of the game wouldn’t be a guarantee and you’d HAVE to trade or use the GTS.

Locky Mavo

More Regions with all the Gym Leaders and badges to earn, challenging Pokemon battles from Trainers, Rival, Bad Guy Team, Gym Leaders and Elite 4, at all times. Have the day/night cycle and calendar Pokemon like they had in Gold and Silver. A good story, X and Y did well with that, and some creepy mystery like the ghost girl in X and Y, that was cool.

But ultimately, an open world, home console Pokemon game would be nice, open world with the likes of Xenoblade’s open world feeling. And maybe with some MMO elements would be neat too.

But heck, a Pokemon game where you start in the Kanto region then made your way to the Kalos region would be awesome.

thecrimsonbolt

Aesthetically the game is pretty ok, but I’d lke the next game to look more polished and less rough around the edges.
Pokemon distribution really turned me down in X/Y. The amount of Pokemon was fine, but they were all just thrown in every route, making for some truly bloated routes (route 2 had like 6 different pokemon!) B2/W2 had the same amount of Pokemon, but their distribution was done a lot better (Make more caves and side areas so the distribution is more even).
I loved customization, but it was really biased towards the female side. For every single customization option, females had twice the options as males). Also, I’d like to go hatless as well.
HAVE THE OPTION TO TURN ROLLERSKATES OFF.
Allow Megas to be usable in Amie.
Allow for multiplayer battle backgrounds to be changed. This gen had some amazing backgrounds but for online battles you’re stuck with the boring blue one.
Then I’d like to tweak some of the breeding mechanics. Destiny Knot now passes down the 5 highest IVs instead of 5 random IVs, and make it so both parents can pass down the Pokeball, but in different ratios, (instead of only females passing them down, make it so it’s 25% male and 75% female).
More side areas like caves and forests. These last two gens have felt really linear.
I think that’s pretty much all of what I’d want.

Kogamo

What I want is what I think everyone has wanted since… jeez, the Wii’s launch, maybe? Just a simple open-world, home-console experience, if not containing all regions, at least containing all Pokémon thus far introduced. Where there aren’t two versions, and where coming across Pokémon that would normally be version-exclusive is simply a rare occurrance that isn’t dictated by your color or cover-legendary preferences. ‘Tis beautifully simple to imagine.

Also, the underground from Diamond/Pearl/Platinum is something I’ve wanted again and again since it was removed. Naturally, things that are objective improvements, like character customization and online trading, should return just because there’s no reason to remove them at this point.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Site updates | 8 Comments

Update (8/29): Giving this a bump to the top. It’s your last chance to be eligible for our August giveaway!

Original (8/2): It’s the first weekend of a new month, so I thought now would be as good a time as any to share a first update regarding out new Patreon!

First order of business: giveaways. Starting today, those who are pledging $5 or more will be automatically entered into an exclusive giveaway for a gold Mario amiibo! We’ll be choosing a winner once the August payments have been processed (end of August/very start of September). If you’ve donated $5 or more during the period, no action is needed on your part – a winner will be randomly chosen. Something else to keep in mind: each Patreon giveaway is open to all regions.

One final note about giveaways: those who are pledging $5 or more are as of today eligible for automatic entry into any giveaway we hold right here on the site. That’s in addition to the monthly giveaways held for $5+ pledges on Patreon. It’s basically two bonuses in one!

Our Hall of Fame is now officially open for business, and you can find it right here. This is our small way of showing appreciation to each person who is looking to help the site out financially.

Other things that happened on Patreon during July (for $3+ pledges):

– Sneak peaks of two features before they hit the same
– Sneak peak of one news item before it hit the site
– Just a Chat in MP3 form

I think that’s it for now. Thank you so much to those who have supported us thus far. Every contribution, no matter how little or large, is truly appreciated.

Nintendo Everything’s Patreon can be found here. If you’re wondering why it was even set up in the first place, please read this post as well as this one.

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