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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 192 Comments

A new video message from Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma reveals that the title is no longer expected in 2015, as was originally announced.

“As I have watched our development progress, I have come to think that rather than work with meeting a specific schedule as our main objective, and releasing a game that reflects only what we can create within that scheduled time, I feel strongly that our focus should be to bring all of these ideas to life in a way that will make Zelda on Wii U the best game it can possibly be,” Aonuma explained. “So I must apologize to all of you who were expecting the game by year’s end, but we are no longer making a 2015 release our number one priority. Instead, our priority is to make it the ultimate and most complete Zelda game.”

You can watch the video in full below.

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

Towards the end of 2013, Two Tribes asked if fans would be interested in seeing Toki Tori 1 on 3DS. The studio has posted several hints on its Twitter account about the possibility since then, and it looks like we now have a confirmation that it’s happening.

Based on a Twitter message earlier month, we seem to have solid confirmation that Toki Tori 1 is coming to the 3DS. Two Tribes and Engine Software are teaming up for the release. As it turns out, it’s the first collaboration between the two companies in over twenty years.

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

Update: Bumped to the top, as the listing has been pulled. Was it discovered too early? Or was it a mistake?

Azure Striker Gunvolt appears to finally be coming to Europe next week, based on a listing from the eShop. The game will apparently arrive on April 4 for €12.99.

This date hasn’t been officially confirmed just yet, but eShop listings tend to be spot on these days. We’ll let you know if/when an announcement is made.

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

4Gamer has uploaded 10 minutes of footage from Rodea: The Sky Soldier. Check it out above.

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

A new Iwata Asks has gone live. This time around, we get to read up on a discussion about Xenoblade Chronicles 3D between Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Monolith Soft’s Tetsuya Takahashi. Access it here.

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

Another round of details have been translated from the Xenoblade Chronicles X. We get to learn more about battles, including the Overclock Gear feature. You’ll find the full set of information below.

– Battle flow is dependent on the order and timing of arts usage as well as your relative position
– Combo attacks are arts with descriptions like “Increases damage if used following a Melee Art” or “Increases damage if used following a Ranged Art”
– This makes it possible to achieve greater effects than normal through combinations
– Link arts together skillfully to increase the damage you do to enemies
– Certain arts inflict the “Break” status effect on enemies
– Use an art with the “Topple” effect while enemies are suffering from “Break” to prevent them from moving for a short time
– Your attacks will never miss when this happens
– Additionally, all damage is increased by 1.5 times while they’re suffering from Topple
– There are also arts that inflict more damage while an enemy is Toppled
– If you don’t Break them first, enemies will not Topple
– Attack an enemy from behind, above, or below to increase your accuracy and critical hit rates
– Some arts have special effects when used from the side or back
– Can target different parts of an enemy
– By destroying a part, an enemy will be unable to use it to attack
– Earn extra rewards after battle by destroying parts
– Get the “Overclock Gear” after progressing through the story to a certain point
– This technique is powerful, but it drains 3000 TP to give you massively improved battle capabilities for a short time
– When enabled, your arts’ Recast time is drastically reduced
– Overclock Gear has “Triple Recasts”, which allow your arts to charge up for a third time
– TP you’ve accumulated carries over between fights
– Gear Counter: Changes color depending on the arts used
– Gear Time: A meter that slowly decreases; the OC Gear ends when it empties

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

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

Wii U Download

Dot Arcade

Wii U Virtual Console

Namco Museum

Wii U Demo

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham

3DS Retail

LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin

3DS Download

Jet Dog
My Pet School 3D

3DS DLC

Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley

3DS Themes

NES: Samus Aran
NES: Pit
Etrian Mystery Dungeon — Available March 21

eShop Sales

Wii U

Zen Pinball 2’s South Park Pinball table is 50 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition is 37 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT April 9.
Rock ‘N Racing Off Road is 16 percent off (reduced from $5.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 12.

3DS

Moon Chronicles DLC is 50 percent off until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
Funfair Party Games, 3D Game Collection and Murder on the Titanic from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 9.
Snow Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.

DSiWare

Titanic Mystery

Source: Nintendo PR

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

Famitsu has a big update on Bravely Second this week. Among other things, the magazine provides first information about the Chariot job.

The Chariot job is described as a physical attacker who can use all types of weapons. Their abilities include “Fighting Race”, which raises the aptitude for equipped weapon for regular attacks. There’s also “Three-sword School”. This allows them to wield three weapons temporarily.

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

Update: It turns out that the screenshot is old, as it was originally posted by Nicalis’ Tyrone Rodriguez about a year ago (thanks BrybryPokebip). I have no idea why Nicalis tweeted it out as a company today though!

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has long been teased for 3DS. That continued today with a new tweet from Nicalis.

Just a couple of minutes ago, the company posted the following:

By scanning the above QR code, you’ll be redirected to a URL on Nicalis’ website. What is it? A 3D screenshot of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (shown above), which seems to come from a 3DS build.

We need the teases to stop. Now it’s time for an announcement – don’t you think?!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 19 Comments

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

PS4 – 46,395
Vita – 20,923
New 3DS LL – 17,652
Wii U – 7,595
New 3DS – 6,566
PS3 – 6,352
3DS – 2,371
3DS LL – 2,115
Vita TV – 639
Xbox One – 344

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

PS4 – 33,826
Vita – 20,103
New 3DS LL – 19,668
PS3 – 7,221
New 3DS – 7,164
Wii U – 7,054
3DS – 2,666
3DS LL – 2,590
Vita TV – 688
Xbox One – 307

And here are the software charts:

1. [PS4] Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – 92,094 / NEW
2. [PS3] Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 73,373 / NEW
3. [PS4] Battlefield Hardline – 68,823 / NEW
4. [PS4] Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 42,358 / NEW
5. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 36,151 / NEW
6. [PS3] Yakuza Zero – 29,568 / 175,390
7. [PS3] Battlefield Hardline – 28,976 / NEW
8. [PSV] Phantasy Star Online 2 Episode 3 – 26,289 / NEW
9. [WIU] Mario Party 10 – 21,433 / 71,645
10. [3DS] PriPara & Pretty Rhythm: PriPara de Tsukaeru Oshare Item 1450! – 21,261 / NEW
11. [PSV] Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – 20,166 / 96,926
12. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes – 16,446 / 442,854
13. [PS4] Yakuza Zero – 15,255 / 105,761
14. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 11,353 / 2,551,238
15. [3DS] Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – 10,851 / 392,553
16. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 6,450 / 2,568,569
17. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes – 7,915 / 327,389
18. [3DS] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars – 6,893 / NEW
19. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Kurosensei – 6,358 / 31,852
20. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 6,293 / 2,186,501

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