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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Discussing Everything | 0 comments

Update: Now over, but you can find the full replay below.

This week’s Discussing Everything will kick off very soon – roughly 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM PT. Come join us through the application below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 7 Comments

Renegade Kid’s Dementium franchise is heading to the 3DS. While chatting with Vinesauce during a live stream event last night, co-founder Jools Watsham shared news about what’s planned for the IP.

Renegade Kid is bringing the first Dementium game to the 3DS eShop. The company is working to address some of the more “brutal” elements like enemies that constantly respawn and the save system. In the U.S. release of the first Dementium, players would return to the beginning of the chapter if they lost to a boss. Watsham mentioned that the European version addressed this somewhat by adding automatic checkpoints before boss encounters, though it was still “not quite there.” Dementium II featured save devices, and Renegade Kid would like to implement something like that into the new eShop release.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Discussing Everything | 0 comments

This week’s Discussing Everything will be taking place once again tomorrow. However, please note that we’ll be starting a half hour later – 4:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM PT. I’ve been noticing that a bunch more people have been showing up for the second half of the event, so I’ll be curious to see what happens if we begin 30 minutes later than usual. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll return to normal time next week.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 23 Comments

NeoGAF’s “creamsugar” has come through with a new set of sales data leaks from this month’s NPD report.

First, let’s talk about software. Sonic Boom is off to a rough start, as Rise of Lyric only moved 25,000 copies in its first month. Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal on 3DS apparently sold even lower.

On a somewhat brighter note, Persona Q: Shadows of the Labyrinth sold around 48,000 units last month. That’s not too bad considering the game launched during the very last week of November and was up against anticipated titles like Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Finally, we have news about the limited edition New Super Mario Bros. 2 3DS XL. Consumers snatched up 140,000 of these handhelds in the U.S. last month.

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

New crossovers continue to be announced for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. During today’s Capcom Cup Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament, it was revealed that Blanka and Chun Li will be featured in the 3DS game as outfits for Felynes. You can catch the trailer revealing the new Street Fighter crossover below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos | 1 Comment

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

Nintendo is parterning with Best Buy, GameStop, and Toys “R” Us for some exclusive amiibo releases. The Meta Knight, Shulk, and Lucario figures are exclusive to each of these stores respectively. It’s long been rumored that Rosalina & Luma would be another amiibo only available at one retailer, but we now have confirmation.

Rosalina & Luma will indeed be exclusive to Target as previously speculated. Pre-orders have yet to go live, but as soon as they do, we’ll be sure to let you know.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

Yesterday, Nintendo shared some sales data for amiibo in the United States. We now have information about how the figures are performing in Japan.

According to Japanese sales tracker Media Create, 104,000 figures have been sold thus far. Link is the most popular amiibo with 16,000 units sold. Since Link works with both Smash Bros. and Hyrule Warriors, Media Create speculates that consumers were interested in getting special items.

Media Create talks about the sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as well. It sold 228,000 copies in its debut week, which is much lower than the 820,000 first week sales of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

This newest Smash Bros. was the first multiplatform entry in the series having launched on both Wii U and 3DS. Because the 3DS version released in September, Media Create believes more users flocked to that version. Smash for Nintendo’s handheld moved 945,000 units in its first week and total sales are at 1.788 million. Combined, the two games on Wii U and 3DS are at two million copies sold.

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

We just received a 3DS update earlier this week, but Nintendo has already prepared new firmware. Version 9.4.0-21 is now available for download.

Here are the full update notes:

Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

That’s it! Not a major update, but one that’s required nonetheless.

Thanks to DavidTendo for the tip.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 12 Comments

Update: NPD made a reporting error in its data. The new list is as follows:

1. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Activision
2. GTA V – Take-Two Interactive
3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
4. Madden NFL 15 – EA
5. Assassin’s Creed Unity – Ubisoft
6. Far Cry 4 – Ubisoft
7. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
8. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
9. NBA 2K15 – Take-Two Interactive
10. Halo: The Master Chief Collection – Microsoft

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of November 2014. The results can be found below.

• 1.) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (360, XBO, PS4, PS3, PC)
• 2.) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3)
• 3.) Super Smash Bros. (NWU, 3DS)
• 4.) Madden NFL 15 (360, XBO, PS4, PS3)
• 5.) Pokemon Alpha Sapphire (3DS)
• 6.) Far Cry 4 (PS4, XBO, 360, PS3, PC)
• 7.) Pokemon Omega Ruby (3DS)
• 8.) NBA 2K15 (PS4, 360, XBO, PS3, PC)
• 9.) Assassin’s Creed: Unity (PS4, XBO, PC)
• 10.) Halo: The Master Chief Collection (XBO)

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