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

Project X Zone 2: Brave New World is coming to 3DS, Bandai Namco has revealed.

Bandai Namco held a “Level Up” event in Milan, and several announcements were made. One of these was Project X Zone 2: Brave New World for Nintendo’s portable.

It seems that this news went up a bit earlier than it should have, so we don’t have any details yet. Stay tuned!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 28 Comments

The Japanese Xenoblade Chronicles X website was updated today with information regarding file installation. Players can obtain four downloads from the eShop that will ultimately reduce load times in the game when using the disc version.

There are four files to download in total. Here’s a breakdown of each:

Field/Basic Data Pack (Large effect): 2GB, just basic data
Enemy Data Pack (mid): 2.7GB, loading improved on the field
Player Data Pack (mid): 3.6GB, loading times improved while changing equipment
Doll Data Pack (mid): 1.7GB, shortens time for Dolls deployement

Note that the basic data pack can be combined with the others, but you need to have that one first.

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

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 7 Comments

Nintendo and Monolith Soft have one more live stream taking place today for Xenoblade Chronicles X. We’ll be learning about the Dolls and the game’s network features.

The stream will begin at 9 AM ET / 6 AM PT / 2 PM in the UK / 3 PM in Europe. We’ll have live updates going on as well.

– Congrats on passing your Doll certification exam. You’re now a pilot. You’re responsible to support NLA and explore Planet Mira.
– Doll types. Doug knows a lot about Dolls. Light, Middle, Heavy types. Light type: HP is low, evasion is high. Middle: balanced.
– Heavy type: HP is high, agility is low. Which to choose is up to you. They’re not just to look at. Let’s see them in action.
– Dolls can all transform into wheeled vehicles: motorcycles, cars, treaded vehicles. Transform into flying machines as well.
– Dolls can be customized to your liking by buying parts, though it can be expensive. Dolls also use weapons and arts in battle.
– Hand weapons are used in auto-attacks. Arm weapons include beam shields and vulcans. Spare Weapons incl. beam sabres, granades.
– Back weapons can be pulled out for high-powered attacks. Shoulder weapons are even more powerful still. Some aren’t in shops.
– It makes you want to customize the strongest possible Doll, no? Customize the color and name. Dolls require fuel, even w/ arts.
– If you run out of Doll fuel, you won’t be able to use arts, and will fall from the sky if flying. Fuel recovered slowly.
– Additional fuel can be bought in NLA. Manage it carefully. Catch enemies with your Doll to prevent them from moving, do combos.
– Cockpit mode can be used to manage the timing of arts execution. Overclock gears carry various effects, suspend fuel usage.
– Doll insurance. If an arm is broken off, it’ll become unusable. It can even be totally destroyed. Insurance restores up to 3x.
– Think about dismounting from your Doll when it’s low on HP in order to prevent its destruction. HP recovers while dismounted.
– Doll defense. Mixed parties of humans and Dolls provide boosted defense for the human characters so they can also fight.
– Aliens are invading NLA. The city must not be lost. Protect it! Others will help you on Mira. Meet other Blade members online.
– Cooperate and gain experience together. Form squads of 32 members to share free text Blade reports and explore efficiently.
– Approve of helpful Blade reports and popular posts will be shared across the game with everyone. Treasure Deals allow swaps.
– Squad Missions allow everyone to cooperate in defeating prescribed numbers of various enemies. Squad Quests are for 4 players.
– The degree of world exploration is tracked. World Enemies are large bosses to be fought together. There are 8 Unions to join.
– Ranking boards. You’re not alone on your quest. Connect with others on your quest. Everyone and everything on Mira is connected.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Site updates | 2 Comments

Giving this a bump to the top. All emails that have been sent in have been responded to!

Kira is lessening her role on the site slightly to pursue some new opportunities and free up time. Because of that, we have a spot open for a news writer!

We’re looking for someone who can cover Nintendo Everything two days each week (between Monday and Friday) at the following times:

1:30 AM PT – 4:30 AM PT
4:30 AM ET – 7:30 AM ET
9:30 AM GMT+1 – 12:30 AM GMT+1
6:30 PM GMT+10 – 9:30 PM GMT+10

When joining the team, you’d initially pick the days that you’d be responsible for, though you’d need to stick with them. If you select Mondays and Wednesdays, we’d count on you being available during those days each week.

Please note that this is a non-paying position. I’d love to compensate our writers, and I feel awful that I can’t… but I just don’t have the means to do so. At all.

… anyway, I’ll also mention that you would only be responsible for news coverage, but your role could expand into areas such as reviews and features – depending on your interest of course!

I’m probably forgetting something, but I think that’s it! If you’re interested, send an email here and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Giveaway | 63 Comments

Winners are in! Congratulations to:

Leonel
DavidEssex
windstar
Adrian Brown
Derek

Codes should hopefully be sent out tomorrow!

With psyscrolr having launched on the North American Wii U eShop this past Thursday, we’re kicking off a new giveaway. Five codes are up for grabs. Just leave a comment below talking about your favorite memories and experiences of playing classic 2D sidescrollers. Note that we may give more consideration to those who put some effort into their posts.

You have until April 9 to get your entry in. Keep in mind that codes will only work with North American Wii U systems!

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

Bravely Second released a few new videos for Bravely Second today. We have a job introduction video, plus two commercials. All three are attached below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 17 Comments

EDGE brought us a whole bunch of information about Splatoon in its latest issue. One topic covered by the magazine was the game’s development, and Shigeru Miyamoto’s thoughts on its early days.

Co-director Tsubasa Sakaguchi, producer Hisashi Nogami, and director Yusuke Amano spoke with EDGE about how Miyamoto wasn’t originally pleased with what the team had come up with Splatoon. Here’s what the three developers shared:

[After] the prototype phase, we had all these ideas about the height, the ink, the characters, and the image of the character and the squid. But we couldn’t kind of filter it down to a final result that would result in a simple, fun game. And during this period, we were being scolded by Mr Miyamoto all the time.

He was saying, ‘I don’t understand. What do you want to do? There’s no appeal to this game.’

We had the basics and then we were like, ‘Let’s add the hiding [in ink] feature; let’s add jumping; we need height, because it’s a 3D map.’ And then we thought, ‘We need to be able to shoot up and down.’ And we realised we’d added all this stuff, and we got confused. We didn’t know what the game was about.

Splatoon launches for Wii U on May 29.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments

Nintendo’s “Super Spring Sale” is now live on the eShop. Several titles have been discounted, which spans a number of retail, downloadable-only, and Virtual Console titles.

Here’s the full lineup of deals:

Wii U

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – $27.99 (was $39.99)
Pikmin 3 – $41.99 (was $59.99)
Golden Sun – $5.59 (was $7.99)
Chariot – $10.49 (was $14.99)
A World of Keflings – $6.99 (was $9.99)
CastleStorm – $6.99 (was $9.99)
Sportsball – $7.00 (was $9.99)
F-Zero Maximum Velocity – $4.89 (was $6.99)

3DS

Mario Kart 7 – $20.99 (was $29.99)
Tomodachi Life – $24.49 (was $34.99)
Mighty Gunvolt – $2.79 (was $3.99)
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels – $3.49 (was $4.99)
Kirby Triple Deluxe – $24.49 (was $34.99)
Tetris Ultimate – $13.99 (was $19.99)
Kersploosh! – $2.09 (was $2.99)
Woah Dave! – $3.49 (was $4.99)
Siesta Fiesta – $3.99 (was $5.99)

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment

Last night’s Xenoblade Chronicles X website brought along a ton of details about the Arts and Soul systems. For a summary of what was shared, read the lengthy summary below.

Arts

– Win battles with a combination of Auto Attacks and Arts
– Choose between the 8 arts you set beforehand
– Deciding ‘which arts to use in what order’ will greatly influence the outcome of the battle
– Learn Arts as you rank up your classes
– Can strengthen your favorite Arts as well

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