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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 10 Comments

This information comes from Shigeru Miyamoto…

“We didn’t really look around at that many different places. Our first instinct was to try and find an appropriate team within Nintendo. One place we kind of considered was Monolith Soft.”

“But it kind of came down to to there wasn’t really a place we wanted to work with other than Platinum just because they are so committed to creating exciting visuals. We kind of really wanted to improve the visual quality of the game.”

Miyamoto also said Nintendo felt comfortable trusting Platinum with an intellectual property due to the studio’s understanding of action games. Additionally, the team has a number of Nintendo fans.

Aside from that, Platinum was approached first mainly because of Miyamoto’s history with game designer Hideki Kamiya. Miyamoto mentioned: “A kind of another element is the fact that I worked for a long time with Kamiya, even going back to our Capcom days working on Mickey Mouse games. So that was definitely part of it, too.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments

Engadget has published a new interview with Nintendo’s Kensuke Tanabe about Metroid Prime: Federation Force. Tanabe discussed the game’s origins, revealed that a Wii U version was considered, and spoke about how Nintendo tried making a multiplayer Metroid game for the DSi. There’s that and much more in the interview roundup posted after the break!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 10 Comments

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

New 3DS LL – 19,620
Wii U – 16,413
PS4 – 10,822
Vita – 10,797
New 3DS – 4,329
PS3 – 2,633
3DS – 943
3DS LL – 880
Vita TV – 566
Xbox One – 100

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

Wii U – 21,169
PS4 – 11,763
Vita – 10,829
New 3DS LL – 10,677
New 3DS – 4,086
PS3 – 2,716
3DS – 2,089
3DS LL – 1,039
Vita TV – 610
Xbox One – 219

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 157,591 / NEW
2. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 74,660 / NEW
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 53,198 / 266,929
4. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC Evolution – 20,484 / NEW
5. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 9,661 / 1,029,263
6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
7. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 8,723 / 111,834
8. [PS4] Alien: Isolation – 6,277 / NEW
9. [PSV] Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus – 6,070 / 22,295
10. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 4,891 / 151,194
11. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 4,698 / 263,127
12. [PSV] Moujuutsukai to Oujisama Flower & Snow – 4,054 / NEW
13. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 3,914 / 2,639,104
14. [3DS] Stella Glow – 3,306 / 16,638
15. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Kurosensei – 3,277 / 83,774
16. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – 3,175 / 51,484
17. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 2,999 / 2,243,532
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,517 / 3,982,813
19. [PS3] Natsuiro High School Seisyun Hakusyo – 2,148 / 8,920
20. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 2,122 / 2,615,158

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 13 Comments

The quotes below come from a Eurogamer interview with Shigeru Miyamoto and Platinum’s Yusuke Hashimoto…

Miyamoto on the connection to Star Fox 64…

“The overall structure is very similar, but the gameplay, bosses – lots of new content in there.”

Miyamoto on the different views you get on the TV and GamePad…

“We’re definitely going for a different feel where it’s very cinematic, but you’re able to control everything at the same time, so it’s between a movie and a game.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 49 Comments

This information comes from Metroid Prime producer Kensuke Tanabe when if Metroid Prime Federation Force is the only Metroid Prime game he’s working on…

“I said this at the beginning, but I’m not involved in the 2D Metroid games that Mr. Sakamoto works on. I still feel like there’s a little more work left for me to do in the Metroid Prime series. I can’t say when, but I want to make another one.

– Tanabe reminded IGN about the ending of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
– After Samus’s ship flies off into the distance, another ship suddenly appears
– He said that players Metroid Prime Hunters should recognize that the ship belongs to a bounty hunter called Sylux.

“He’s actually chasing after Samus, and that’s where that game ends. There’s still more I want to build around the story of Sylux and Samus. There’s something going on between them. I want to make a game that touches upon [it].”

“I’m also thinking that, in that eventual game between Sylux and Samus that might get made, that I wants to involve the [Galactic] Federation as well. So it would be a good idea to release a game like Federation Forces to flesh out its role in the galaxy before moving on to that.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash is in development for Wii U, Nintendo announced today. The title will be released this holiday.

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Today, Nintendo revealed that Yo-Kai Watch is coming west this holiday. A new trailer was shown during the company’s Digital Event. We’ll have that here shortly.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

– Turbo Charge Donkey Kong, Hammer Slam Bowser

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Nintendo announced a new entry in the Star Fox series during E3 2015 last year. But since the game was in such early development, only a few select members of the press were given an opportunity to see it for the first time.

During its Digital Event, Nintendo made sure to host a proper blowout of the new Star Fox game for Wii U. The game is coming this holiday.

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