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

IGN passed along a few questions to Mario Kart 8 director Yasuke Kabuki as part of a new interview. Kabuki talked all about the racer’s DLC, and a tiny bit about amiibo.

Read on below for IGN’s full Q&A. Be sure to check out the site’s full article here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 1 Comment

Today Sakurai touches on some of the games in Stadium mode which will be receiving a bit of an upgrade from their 3DS incarnation:

The batting order gets determined randomly to make it fair for the poor person that has to go first. Target Blast and Home-run Contest are games that you play over and over again, but you might find unique ways to play when you only have one shot at victory.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Inti Creates has announced that downloadable content is coming to Mighty Gunvolt. If you have a Japanese copy of the game, you’ll be able to purchase the DLC starting next week.

Inti Creates has made four new stages for Mighty Gunvolt. There are new bosses to fight as well.

Screenshots of the Mighty Gunvolt DLC are posted above. The content is due out on November 26 for 300 yen.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 44 Comments

Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma has revealed the new playable character coming to Hyrule Warriors via the next round of DLC.

The Twilight Princess Pack, which launches on November 27, will add Twili Midna. New weapons, costumes, and an adventure map are also included.

“When I was developing Twilight Princess, I thought it was such a waste to let a beautiful princess like her only appear in the ending,” Aonuma said in a new Miiverse post. “Now Koei Tecmo Games has made my wish to see more of her come true.”

Check out Aonuma’s full Miiverse post below:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, News, Wii Shop Channel, Wii U eShop | 21 Comments

Update: Another four games have been added to Club Nintendo, so we’ve updated the image above. The additional titles are PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit (Wii, 250 coins), Kirby’s Pinball Land (3DS, 150 coins), Metroid II: Return of Samus (3DS, 150 coins), and Starship Defense (3DS, 200 coins).

This month’s digital rewards on Club Nintendo have gone live. Members can choose from Pilotwings (Wii U, 200 coins), Vegas Stakes (Wii U, 200 coins), Clu Clu Land (Wii, 200 coins), and Tokyo Crash Mobs (3DS, 200 coins). These items last through December 14.

You can check out all of October’s digital games here.

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

Polygon recently caught up with Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker director Koichi Hayashida and producer Shinya Hiratake. The two spoke about how the game came to be, and shared plenty of development information.

Read on below for a summary of the interview. Also be sure to check out Polygon’s full piece here.

Hayashida on how Captain Toad came about…

“We began with Super Mario 64. While Super Mario 64 was quite an interesting game, we heard that roughly 20 percent of gamers found it too difficult,” he said, brandishing a copy of the Nintendo 64 game. We kept that comment that the game was too challenging and made games like Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario 3D World with that in mind.”

– In making 3D Land and 3D World, the team felt it was getting away from a fundamental design principle that made Mario 64 so special
– This was the idea that the levels were a sort of “diorama” or a “garden in a box”
– The studio was able to get back to that idea with the Captain Toad stages in 3D World

Hayashida on how Miyamoto suggested making Captain Toad into its own game…

“At the completion of 3D World, Mr. Miyamoto said, ‘That worked well; I think we should create a single spin-off title just featuring Captain Toad.’ The start of the conversation was, ‘Let’s take a lot of the elements that we have in 3D World and incorporate them’ into what eventually became Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.”

– The team started out by making 100 stages
– Two issues: Toad couldn’t jump, and they were still basically making Mario stages
– Action felt limited without being able to jump
– Since Toad can’t jump, this also means enemies are overpowered
– The team addressed this with the plucking action, and by implementing some stealth
– The process of making a level begins with what mechanics/gimmick they’re interested in
– Stage set in the haunted house was originally a puzzle stage
– The two devs wouldn’t confirm/deny a similar approach of making more Nintendo spin-offs with other franchises

“When we were doing 3D World and creating these diorama-style worlds… we tested them using Mario as playable character. Because Mario has ability to jump, the types of stages we came up with became impossibly large. Mario made those stages too big, which broke our whole goal, so… it worked out that we had this character there.” – Hayashida

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 40 Comments

Update: Some clarification (and partial corrections) via the source below: the Creative Endorsement Program was originally created by Niconico and its parent company Dwango – not Nintendo. It was originally started in 2011 to reward creators who made highly-viewed videos. Nintendo’s announcement was that its games will soon be eligible for the program.

Fans will be able to create and post derivative works without any concerns. It’s not limited to Let’s Plays, but game music covers and song covers as well.

Nintendo games will be eligible for the Niconico program starting December 1. Once that date rolls in, we should receive more information!

Dwango has revealed Tokaigi “Game Party Japan” 2015, which is all about playing games together. It will take place on January 31 and February 1 next year.

Some extremely notable Nintendo information has come through the initial announcement. Nintendo will be a special sponsor of the event, and president Satoru Iwata appeared in a video. He stated that the company now officially gives its permission for anyone to use their properties for derivative works – Let’s Plays, music covers, fan art, and more were specifically showcased.

Additionally, Iwata announced a “Creative Endorsement Program”. This will allow Nintendo to provide revenue to creators who produce well-received work. At the moment, this program is only available on Niconico, as it is a subsidiary of Dwango.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
3. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales
4. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
5. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software
6. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
7. Hyrule Warriors – Omega Force
8. Bayonetta 2 – Platinum Games
9. Skylanders Trap Team – Beenox
10. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft (France)

3DS

1. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
2. Super Smash Bros. – Sora Ltd.
3. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo / Retro Studios
5. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Level 5
6. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
7. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tale
8. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable
9. Animal Crossing New Leaf – Nintendo
10. Fantasy Life – Level 5

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

All Formats

Individual Formats

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 4 Comments

This week’s Nintendo downloads are as follows:

Wii U

Watch Dogs – €59.99 / £49.99 / CHF74.99
Watch Dogs – Conspiracy (DLC) – €4.99 / £3.99 / CHF5.90
Watch Dogs – Access Granted Pack (DLC) – €6.99 / £5.49 / CHF8.60
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric – €49.99 / £39.99 / CHF 64.90
Rock Zombie – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF9.80

Wii U VC

Wild Guns (SNES) – €7.99 / £5.49 / CHF11.20
Natsume Championship Wrestling () – €7.99 / £5.49 / CHF11.20

3DS

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF51.90
Asterix The Mansions of the Gods / Demo – €34.99 / £29.99 / CHF44.90 / Free
Tetris Ultimate – €19.99 / £15.99 / CHF24.90
101 Pony Pets 3D – €4.00 / £3.59 / CHF5.60
Shin Megami Tensei IV – Snake Scale Equipment (DLC) – €0.99 / £0.75 / CHF1.20
Shin Megami Tensei IV – Clipped Wings 2 (DLC) – €1.79 / £1.49 / CHF2.20
Around the World in 80 Days (DSiWare) – €7.99 / £7.19 / CHF11.20

3DS VC

Lufia: The Legend Returns (GBC) – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF7.00

3DS Themes

Pokémon: ONEMURI Pikachu – 1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Pokémon: Primal Groudon/Primal Kyogre – 1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Sonic Boom Theme – Free
Super Mario (Pastel Pink) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Super Mario (Neon Green) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Super Mario (Blue) – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80

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