Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 149 Comments

There has been plenty of talk and a fair amount of speculation about Splatoon possibly receiving voice chat support. Unfortunately, however, the title won’t make use of the feature at all. GameXplain has confirmed with Nintendo that Splatoon will not offer any sort of voice chat support.

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Nintendo will add Ranked Battles to Splatoon following the game’s launch in May, the company has confirmed.

As for what Ranked Battles entail, they’re entirely about objective gametypes. Players will need to have obtained level 10 in online Turf Wars – which was first shown at E3 2014 – in order to participate.

According to a Nintendo representative:

“Once you reach level 10, you’ll be able to play Ranked Battles. However, we’ll be watching the global progress of how many people reach level 10 and, once that’s hit a certain threshold, we’ll turn that on for everyone to play.”

Regarding the decision, Nintendo feels that Turf War will provide players will enough experience with Splatoon’s core mechanics. Nintendo is also emphasizing that these skills are necessary to succeed in Ranked Battles.

Ranked Battles will use a dynamic leveling system that matches players of similar skill levels in online battles. Letter grades are implemented, beginning with C-, and is independent of the player’s overall level.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 21 Comments

TIME has put up another round of quotes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. There is plenty of additional mobile talk (such as how he isn’t a fan of the term “free-to-play”), but other topics were discussed as well. Iwata commented on the Wii U’s launch price, how Shigeru Miyamoto’s involvement with the New 3DS led to the inclusion of super-stable 3D, how the characters in Smash Bros. are technically toys, amiibo, and rumors about Netflix’s live-action Zelda series (which are apparently inaccurate).

We’ve rounded up Iwata’s comments below. If you’re interested in checking out TIME’s original report, head on over to this link.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This weeks UK software sales are as follows:

Individual Formats

All Formats

Source: Chart-Trak

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This weeks Wii U/3DS specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Mario Part 10 – Nintendo

2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo

3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

4. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo

5. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo

6. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo

7. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo

8. FIFA 13 – EA Sports

9. Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Traveller’s Tales

10. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software

3DS

1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Nintendo

2. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom

3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

4. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

5. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

6. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo

7. Pokemon Y – Nintendo

8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Wolrds – Nintendo

9. Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

10. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Retail

Trine Enchanted Edition – €12.99/£10.99 (€10.39/£8.79 if you own Trine 2: Director’s Cut)

Wii U Download

Suspension Railroad Simulator – €7.99/£5.99

Wii U Virtual Console

Mega Man Zero – €6.99/£6.29

3DS Retail

Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stones: Wildfire (available March 27) – €39.99/£34.99

Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stones: Thunderflash (available March 27) – €39.99/£34.99

LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (available March 27) – €39.99/£29.99

SpongeBob HeroPants – £19.99

Best Friends – My Horse 3D – €29.99/£24.99

3DS Download

Jet Dog – €7.99/£7.19

Excave – €4.99/£4.49

Adventure Bar Story – €4.99/£3.99

eShop Sales

Wii U

Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade – €3.14/£2.69 (Ends April 23, regular price €6.99/£5.99)

Cake Ninja 3: The Legend Continues – €3.69/£3.33 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)

Color Zen – €2.24/£2.24 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.99)

Color Zen Kids – €2.24/£2.24 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.99)

My Style Studio: Hair Salon – €3.74/£3.35 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)

99Seconds – €1.49/£1.34 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.49/£2.29)

Darts Up – €1.49/£1.34 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.49/£2.29)

TNT Racers – Nitro Machines Edition – €4.99/£4.49 (Ends April 9, regular price €7.99/£6.99)

Paper Monsters Recut – €3.29/£2.79 (Ends April 9, regular price €6.49/£5.49)

Zen Pinball 2: South Park Pinball (Add-on Content) – €2.49/£1.99 (Ends April 2, regular price €4.99/£3.99)

3DS

Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars – €14.99/£13.49 (Ends April 9, regular price €29.99/£24.99)

Shin Megami Tensei IV – €9.99/£8.99 (Ends April 9, regular price €19.99/£17.99)

Asterix The Mansions of the Gods – €19.99/£16.99 (Ends April 9, regular price €34.99/£29.99)

Comic Workshop – €4.49/£3.99 (Ends April 16, regular price €5.99/£5.39)

Painting Workshop – €2.99/£2.69 (Ends April 16, regular price €3.99/£3.59)

Angry Bunnies – €2.92/£2.69 (Ends April 23, regular price €6.49/£5.99)

Bubble Pop World – €3.74/£3.35 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)

Color Zen – €2.24/£2.24 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.99)

Color Zen Kids – €2.24/£2.24 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.99)

Fishdom H20: Hidden Odyssey – €3.74/£3.35 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)

My Style Studio: Hair Salon – €3.74/£3.35 (Ends April 23, regular price €4.99/£4.49)

Darts Up 3D – €1.49/£1.34 (Ends April 23, regular price €2.99/£2.69)

Football Up Online – €2.99/£2.69 (Ends April 23, regular price €3.99/£3.59)

3D MahJongg – €3.59/£3.19 (Ends April 9, regular price €4.99/£4.49)

Atlantic Quest – €4.99/£3.59 (Ends April 9, regular price €6.99/£4.99)

Crazy Construction – €4.99/£3.59 (Ends April 9, regular price €6.99/£4.99)

Undead Bowling  – €4.99/£3.59 (Ends April 9, regular price €6.99/£4.99)

Snow Moto Racing 3D – €3.99/£3.59 (Ends April 9, regular price €7.99/£7.19)

World Conqueror 3D (CIRCLE Ent.) – £3.99 (Permanent, was £4.49)

Permanent Price Drop

World Conqueror 3D – £3.99 (was £4.49)

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 105 Comments

Yesterday, a short video surfaced in which Masahiro Sakurai stated that Mewtwo DLC for Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS was nearly finished and will be released “pretty soon”. But that wasn’t the only significant piece of information shared by Sakurai.

According to Sakurai, Takamaru from The Mysterious Murasame Castle was initially considered as a fighter for the new Smash Bros. entries. Unfortunately, he didn’t make the cut due to the perceived lack of familiarity among Nintendo fans. This took place before development on Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS actually began.

We’ll also mention that Sakurai is aware of the crazy Miiverse requests for fighters, like Goku and SpongeBob. Naturally, there’s no way such characters would make it into Smash Bros.

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

This week’s issue of Famitsu has a big update on Rodea: The Sky Soldier. The magazine introduces the “R series” of humanoid robots, new characters, and more.

R Series

One portion of Famitsu’s article reveals information about the “R series”. This is a series of humanoid robots with the power of flight.

The emperor of Naga empire, Giado, launched the “R project” to produce robots to use as a spearhead in invading other countries. Rodea has lost the memory of that event, and is now protecting the people of Garuda by confronting his former allies. Rodea was a prototype, so the other members of the R series are more powerful.

Speaking of Giado, Famitsu has a couple of tidbits about the character. He was formerly a good father of Cecilia. That all changes, and he has since enhanced his body with machine parts.

Below is the full rundown of the R series:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Weekly Screenshot | 0 comments

KnapNok Games has sent us another screenshot from its upcoming Wii U exclusive title Affordable Space Adventures. Check out the new image above, and view the official description below.

Solving puzzles is one of the core gameplay elements of Affordable Space Adventures. While some of them might seem easy at first (you still have to be able to control the SmallCraft alone or collaborating with friends) things will soon get more complicated as you put all of the ship’s systems to good use.

Of course all this without alerting the nearby artifacts that might try to attack you if you produce too much heat, noise or electricity.

Get your Wii U console ready! Affordable Space Adventures launches on April 9.

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