New Code Name S.T.E.A.M. details – multiplayer, StreetPass, and more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
IGN has gone live with a new preview for Code Name S.T.E.A.M. The website’s report reveals details about multiplayer, StreetPass support, and more. We’ve rounded up information from IGN’s article below.
Multiplayer
– Play locally or online
– Timer is an important part of multiplayer
– You and an opponent take turns planning out strategies 60-seconds at a time
– When this is taking place, your 4-person squad can individually secure spots on the map, attack opponents, heal teammates, obtain items
– Items: increase health, movement, other attributes
– Can’t move during an enemy’s turn, but you can interrupt them with overwatch
– Overwatch requires a specific amount of steam to use and sometimes a certain type of gun
– Each squad member’s special moves are disabled in multiplayer
– Characters have their own weight that determines the types of boilers they can equip
– Boilers produce steam, which enables player movement and the ability to fire weapons
– Both multiplayer modes have a 60-second clock
– Death Match: eliminate a squad in 30 turns
– Medal Match: pick up medals across the battlefield, outscore your opponent
– Killing an enemy will relieve him or her of some medals
– In both multiplayer modes, players can earn more medals to unlock more sub-weapons in the campaign
– Third multiplayer mode is a tournament, where an organizer can create an event, distribute a code to invite participants over the internet, and make custom titles for the winners
– Nintendo will distribute their own tournaments via SpotPass
Characters
– Queequeg in the game, fictional island native from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick
– Queequeg can fire a mechanical penguin from a launcher and send it waddling into a squad before it explodes
– Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz uses pumpkin bombs to set up traps
– Fox uses a sniper rifle for long range attacks
– Fox can also use a special move in single-player called Sharp Eye
– This doubles the range and damage of her overwatch attacks
– Randolph: recurring character from H.P. Lovecraft
– Randolph uses the Unspeakable Lure weapon
– Unspeakable Lure leaves a distraction on screen that attracts enemies during the campaign
– In multiplayer, it disguises a bomb as a healing item
Weapons
– Can’t switch out primary weapons
– Can customize sub-weapons to complement each character
StreetPass
– Compare stats against other squads in each mission and move up a leaderboard
– If you hold the top rank on a mission’s leaderboard, you’ll receive a score bonus
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eShop “Throwback Sale” – week 3 deals – Mario Kart 8 and more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 12 Comments
A new round of deals are now live on the eShop as part of Nintendo’s “Throwback Sale”. The lineup of discounted titles include:
Wii U
Metroid Prime Trilogy – $9.99 (normally $19.99)
Mario Kart 8 – $44.99 (normally $59.99)
Super Mario Kart – $5.99 (normally $7.99)
3DS
Metroid – $3.49 (normally $4.99)
Mario Golf: World Tour – $22.49 (normally $29.99)
Mario Golf – $2.49 (normally $4.99)
These deals are valid until February 5 at 11:59 AM ET / 8:59 AM PT.
Nintendo Download (1/29/15, North America) – Metroid Prime Trilogy, Gunman Clive 2, more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii Download for Wii U
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Wii U Download
Rock ’N Racing Off Road
Frenchy Bird
Wii U Virtual Console
Shadow of the Ninja
3DS Download
Gunman Clive 2
Sumico
Drop Zone – Under Fire
Jewel Quest The Sapphire Dragon
3DS Virtual Console
Shadow of the Ninja
3DS Demo
Code Name S.T.E.A.M.
New Animal Crossing: New Leaf Items
Between Feb. 1 and Nov. 7, every two weeks Nintendo will release a new item that has only been available in the Japanese version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. To get them, visit your nearest Nintendo Zone!
eShop Sales
It’s the final week of the Throwback Sale! Save up to 50 percent on select games of past and current Nintendo console generations! Hurry, the sale ends at 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 5.
Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones, Thomas Was Alone and more games from Curve Digital are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 12.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 5.
Source: Nintendo PR
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Xenoblade Chronicles X uses most of the Wii U disk space, more than one disk was once considered
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 43 Comments
Xenoblade Chronicles X is a huge game. So much so that it nearly takes up all of the space on the Wii U disk, and the game is extremely close to the storage limit. At one point, Monolith Soft actually considered using more than one disk.
All of that information is from today’s Japanese Xenoblade Chronicles X Twitter update, which was posted by producer Shingo Kawabata. His full comments are posted below.
Xenoblade Chronicles X is using up most of the space on the Wii U disk. It’s really, really close to the storage limit. (To the point that at one stage we were considering using more than one disk for the game). To enjoy playing, the enormous seamless map must load quickly (which was achieved through the hard work of our programming division), but we had help from Nintendo proper implementing a further improvement to what we had. I believe we’re going to reveal the details of that on the official page in the future, but to people considering purchasing the packaged version of the game, as one of the game’s developers, I highly recommend you make use of this improvement.
Just in case you’re wondering, Wii U disks offer 25GB of space. It makes you wonder what Xenoblade Chronicles X’s size will be!
LEGO Jurassic World, LEGO Marvel’s Avengers announced
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 6 Comments
Warner Bros. Interactive has announced not one, but two brand new LEGO games. LEGO Jurassic World and LEGO Marvel’s Avengers are coming to both Wii U and 3DS.
LEGO Jurassic World is due out in June. LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will follow this fall.
Check out details about each below:
LEGO Jurassic World
Following the epic storylines of Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III, as well as the highly anticipated Jurassic World, LEGO Jurassic World is the first videogame where players will be able to relive and experience all four Jurassic films. The game will be available in June for the Xbox One, all-in-one games and entertainment system, the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment systems, PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system, the Wii U system from Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS hand-held system, and Windows PC.LEGO Marvel’s Avengers
Avengers Assemble! Experience the first console videogame featuring characters and storylines from the blockbuster film Marvel’s The Avengers and the much anticipated sequel Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, and more. Play as the most powerful Super Heroes in their quest to save humanity. The game will be available in fall 2015 for the Xbox One, all-in-one games and entertainment system, the Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment systems, PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system, the Wii U system from Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS hand-held system, and Windows PC.
Source: Warner Bros. Interactive PR
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 1.0.2 detailed – 15 new 8 player stages incoming
Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is getting a fresh update and in addition to all the usual stability fixes it was announced that a fresh batch of 8 player stages are incoming. They are as follows:
???????? Regular stages
?????????X?/ Mario Circuit (X)
????????? / Luigi’s Mansion
??????? / Pyrosphere
????? / Norfair
????????? / Lylat Cruise
?????????2 / Pokémon Stadium 2
??? / Animal Crossing / Town and City
??? / Animal Crossing / Smashville
Wii Fit ????/ Studio Wii Fit????????? Final Destination stages
????????? / Mario Galaxy
?????????X? / Mario Circuit (X)
????? / Kirby : The Great Cave Offensive
????????? / Lylat Cruise
?????????2 / Pokémon Stadium 2
??? / Animal Crossing – Town and City
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Aonuma reflects on Majora’s Mask’s short dev time, was originally worried about fans accepting the game
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
Majora’s Mask might be one of the most interesting games in the Zelda series. Not only is the title darker and different from other entries, but development itself was also atypical.
Eiji Aonuma reflected on the original release of Majora’s Mask in a recent issue of GamesMaster. In his chat with the magazine, he discussed the game’s short development cycle, and how “innovation truly comes when you have to work under some kind of big pressure.”
Below are his words in full:
Hyrule Warriors – Majora’s Mask Pack live in Japan, trailer
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
The Hyrule Warriors Majora’s Mask Pack is now live for players in Japan. Users can download the 1.5.0 update, too. Check out a trailer for the Majora’s Mask Pack above.
More: DLC, Hyrule Warriors, Koei Tecmo, Team Ninja, top
“Nintendo Creators Program” launches for YouTube, currently in beta
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 35 Comments
Nintendo has just announced the “Nintendo Creators Program”, a new opportunity for fans on YouTube to earn revenue. Users will be able to receive a part of the advertising proceeds for Nintendo-related YouTube videos by signing up on the official page.
The program is currently in beta form. It should launch in full on May 27.
More information can be found here. View this page for a list of supported games.
Nintendo release schedule, million sellers list (1/28/15)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 15 Comments
Thanks to supplementary financial results information issued by Nintendo, we now have a fresh release schedule and million sellers list from the company.
In terms of release dates, Yoshi’s Woolly World is still apparently targeted for the first half of 2015 in North America and Europe. Other games like Mario Maker, Zelda, and Star Fox have vague “2015” dates. Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem is still on the list as “TBD”.
You can find the full release schedule and million sellers list in the gallery above.
