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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 60 Comments

The Associated Press has published a truly noteworthy interview with Shigeru Miyamoto. There is such a wide array of interesting questions and answers asked that we’re posting the discussion in full below.

Here’s an overview of topics addressed:

– amiibo cards
– The open world of Zelda Wii U
– Star Fox Wii U and how the game will play
– The Sony hack, and how a Mario film is unlikely
– Mario taking on a new role/appearing on a new game on Nintendo’s next platform
– A tease for what lies ahead after Wii U: “we have production lines that are working on ideas for what the next system might be”

Head past the break for all of Miyamoto’s juicy comments!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 15 Comments

Korean site Inven recently had the opportunity to interview Bandai Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada. Among the topics discussed was Pokken Tournament, which is coming to arcades (and hopefully Wii U eventually).

Harada first noted that there are “really strict” guidelines when it comes to Pokken Tournament.

He also shared the following:

“There’s a huge fan base of children for Pokemon to appeal to. But surprisingly the idea of Pokken was well received. We first had the idea of having around 20 Pokemon trainers fight each other in the game but that idea was thrown out after 2 seconds.”

Finally, when asked about the possibility of Pokken becoming a new long term project (think sequels), Harada responded:

“I feel like this game (Pokken) can always be improved in new installments Having 700 different varieties of Pokemon gives a lot of freedom.”

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

It’s been confirmed through today’s Nintendo Download report that Duck Hunt is coming to the North American Wii U Virtual Console next week. The game is set to arrive on December 25 – in time for Christmas.

Here’s the official Duck Hunt overview sent out by Nintendo:

Grab your Wii Remote controller! It’s duck season and your trusty hunting dog is ready to scour the open fields. Test your sharp-shooting skills as your targets take flight in this legendary NES classic. Be quick to knock them out of the skies, or your canine companion won’t hesitate to make you the laughing stock of hunters. Need a change in scenery? Best your score against clay pigeon targets instead.

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

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Plenty of Fishies
Blok Drop X Twisted Fusion
Toss N Go
99 Moves
Meme Run
Cake Ninja 3: The Legend Continues

Wii U Virtual Console

Mega Man Zero
Natsume Championship Wrestling

Wii U Demo

Art of Balance

3DS Retail

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D

3DS Download

Toys vs Monsters
Fairune
Asterix the Mansions of the Gods
League of Heroes
Mes Comptines
I Love My Horse

3DS Demo

Cube Creator 3D
Urban Trial Freestyle

eShop Sales

Celebrate a Mega Anniversary with a Big Sale! – The Nintendo eShop is celebrating Mega Man’s anniversary by offering up to 50 percent off select Mega Man games until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 22. Let the Mega Manniversary Sale begin!
Art of Balance, Nano Assault Neo and many more games from Shin’en on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 14.
SteamWorld Dig is 50 percent off on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 1.
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Little Inferno is more than 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 1 in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U.
1001 Spikes, VVVVVV and other fun games from Nicalis are on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 19 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 5 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
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Check Out Deals on Other Great Games! – Head to the Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS and look under “Price Drops” to find out more about these great deals. Visit www.nintendo.com/eshop/offers for more information.

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

Pokemon games block players from naming their creatures anything offensive under most circumstances. But unfortunately, hackers have circumvented these restrictions and are now flooding the Pokemon Global Trade Station with profanely-named Pokemon.

Fans are trying to improve the situation by doing things like grabbing the poorly-named Pokemon from the GTS, renaming them, and redistributing them online – which requires its own hacking methods ironically enough. Hopefully official action will be taken in the near future.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Will Zelda Wii U and Star Fox Wii U make use of amiibo? It certainly sounds like it.

During Shigeru Miyamoto’s recent interview with iJustine, he indicated that both titles will feature amiibo integration of some sort. Specifics were not shared, however.

Miyamoto said:

“I can’t really say just yet… but we do plan on doing something so that people who have amiibo will get some enjoyment out of having amiibo and using them in those games.”

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

We shared iJustine’s new interview with Shigeru Miyamoto a short while ago, but I figured this was worth a separate post. When we get comments about Zelda Wii U, they’re certainly worth paying the extra attention to.

Here’s the Q&A about the new game:

You showed the Zelda trailer and that’s such a huge world. How is that going to be for you guys to approach as far as gameplay and story, because it’s such a huge world.

With Zelda games, what we’ve always done is try to make them where you enter this big world of Hyrule and there’s a lot to explore and discover, but because of the hardware limitations, what we’ve had to do is segment off each area and piece those segments together in a way that make them feel like a big world. Now, with the hardware capabilities of Wii U, we first started by saying if we can take an entire world the size of the world from Twilight Princess, and make that the size of one of the areas in the game.

Do you see that as a game where people will go to complete a certain mission and they end up doing fifty things along the way?

Yeah, there may even be times where you forget what your goal is, because you are doing other things on the side. There may be times where you go in to one big one long dungeon, or you’re headed for a dungeon and doing other things on the side. What we’re trying to do is design it in a way where you don’t have to play it for a super long time, but more matched to today’s lifestyle where you can think for a little bit, and say “maybe I just want to play for a little bit today and do this one thing.” and get that thing done, then take a break.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 9 Comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 8 Comments

It’s not Thursday yet, but Mega Man Zero is now available on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. Pricing is set at $7.99.

Additionally, a bunch of Mega Man games have been discounted on the eShop. They are as follows:

3DS

Mega Man II GB ($1.49)
Mega Man III GB ($1.49)
Mega Man IV GB ($1.49)

Wii U

Mega Man 5 NES ($2.49)
Mega Man 6 NES ($2.49)
Mega Man 7 SNES ($3.99)

The deals above are valid from now until December 22 at 8:59 AM PT.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

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

1. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 1,244,171
2. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 152,384 / 1,950,481
3. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V – 81,659 / NEW
4. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 79,005 / 306,533
5. [PS3] Shining Resonance – 67,282 / NEW
6. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 47,393 / 1,835,852
7. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 32,168 / 2,958,112
8. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 29,418 / 2,255,273
9. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 24,938 / 778,808
10. [PS3] Assassin’s Creed: Rogue – 17,656 / NEW
11. [3DS] Derby Stallion Gold – 16,659 / 90,275
12. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365 Idol Days – 16,023 / 49,174
13. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 14,628 / 80,510
14. [PS3] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou with Power-Up Kit – 14,054 / NEW
15. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind Chain – 12,650 / 31,723
16. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu – 12,216 / 36,053
17. [PS3] Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting – 10,675 / NEW
18. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova – 10,117 / 137,263
19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 9,961 / 3,830,376
20. [PS3] Resident Evil HD – 8,493 / 74,196

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