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

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS feature stages from previous games in the franchise. There are some stages from Brawl, Melee, and even the original release.

In his latest “Smash Bros. Diaries” entry included in this month’s issue of Game Informer, director Masahiro Sakurai addressed a question about how the team decided on which stages to bring back.

There are several factors that came in to play. Sakurai mentioned “the popularity of the stage, whether or not it’s a match for the 3DS screen, and whether or not two stages from the same setting are getting ported” were all considered.

Below are Sakurai’s full comments:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 26 Comments

Reliable NPD leaker “creansugar” is back once again with another round of data from the latest NPD report. This time around, we have lifetime U.S. sales figures for various 3DS and Wii U titles, including Bravely Default, Bayonetta 2, and more.

Here’s the full set of data:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments

There will be two versions of Mario Party 10 at launch – the standard game, and a bundle containing the new Mario amiibo. Strangely, we’re now hearing that the Mario figure will be exclusive to the bundle at launch.

A notice on Amazon’s product page states, “For a limited time, the only way to play with the Mario Party Mario amiibo included!”

We’re not sure how long that “limited” window is. But at least to start out, you’ll need to pick up the bundle if you want to get your hands on the new Mario amiibo. Pre-orders are already sold out on Amazon, so that’s one retailer option already gone.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 13 Comments

Update: Best Buy is sending out an email to consumers confirming that low stock is to blame. $50 credit is being offered to compensate.

We’re sorry but there is an issue with your pre-order. The popularity of Nintendo 3DS XL Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Limited Edition Gold/Black exceeded the quantities made available to Best Buy. As a result, we are unable to fulfill all of the pre-orders received. We regret that your particular order has been canceled and we know that this is disappointing. We want to make it up to you by offering a $50 discount that may be used towards the purchase of one of these alternate options, or other products on BestBuy.com/

The Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL situation just got a whole lot messier at Best Buy. We’re hearing that a slew of people have experienced order cancellations today.

This is different than what we reported on earlier this week, in which Best Buy started cancelling orders containing more than one system. Unfortunately, those who did only order one Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL are now seeing cancellations as well.

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

GameFly listed Terraria for Wii U and 3DS earlier this week. At the time, we couldn’t be sure if those listings were legitimate or innocuous errors. But thanks to new findings at a different retailer, it seems quite possible that 505 Games is indeed bringing Terraria to both of Nintendo’s platforms.

Terraria popped up for both Wii U and 3DS on Amazon today. A $29.99 price point is listed, along with a tentative October 31 launch date.

There is one strange thing about this situation: GameFly has since pulled its Wii U and 3DS Terraria listings. GameFly tends to be reliable more often than not, so I’m wondering if that was done simply because 505 Games hasn’t made an announcement yet. Either way, we’ll try to get an official answer from the company.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

The monthly Famitsu stream for Pokken Tournament has begun and there are plenty of details already emerging about the arcade game to be release in Japan.

First, we know about three new Pokemon set to be included. They are Suicune, Gardevoir and Pikachu. Support Pokemon, which can be used to help, were also shown for the first time.

The stream also gives us a look at Pokken Tournament’s arcade machine.

View all of the new images in the gallery above.

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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 Download for Wii Wii U

Punch-Out!!

Wii U Download

Citizens of Earth
Midnight
Breezeblox

Wii U Virtual Console

S.C.A.T.

3DS Download

Citizens of Earth
Undead Storm Nightmare

3DS Demo

Undead Storm Nightmare

3DS Virtual Console

S.C.A.T.

eShop Sales

It’s week two of the Throwback Sale! Save up to 50 percent on select games of past and current Nintendo console generations. This week’s sale starts at 9 a.m. PT on Jan. 22 and ends at 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.

Only one week left to take advantage of deals on hit indie games with the Super Indie Connection Sale #2. Now through 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29, fans who already own any participating games or purchase one at full price during this promotion will receive 60 percent off other participating games.

Super Toy Cars is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.

Darts Up is 40 percent off (reduced from $2.49 to $1.49) until 8:59am PT on Feb. 19.

Retro City Rampage DX is 30 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $6.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival is on sale (reduced from $19.99 to $12.99) from Jan. 24 through 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 6.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 50 Comments

Pokemon as a gaming franchise has been around for nearly two decades. Given its popularity, Pokemon won’t be slowing down any time soon and we’ll continue to see new entries in the franchise.

Where might Pokemon go from here though? Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda won’t give any specifics away, but he did tease to Polygon that he has “some big-picture ideas” for the series.

Masuda said:

There’s probably going to be a lot more games; we might not be able to use the “Gotta catch ’em all” catchphrase anymore [laughs]. Of course, we want to keep creating things that will surprise and delight fans. I don’t think that’s going to change. … I have some big-picture ideas, but I can’t really talk about them.

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

Last year, Koei Tecmo executive vice president Hisashi Koinuma mentioned that he’d love to use Mario in a Musou-type game. That was not a joke – Koinuma was being completely serious.

Koinuma elaborated on his original comment while speaking with Polygon, with the site reporting:

He sees Mario as a character that would need to branch out from hand-to-hand combat but could focus on his distinctive moves. Speaking hypothetically, Koinuma suggests Mario could “blast enemies off the screen or knock them unconscious” with his moveset. “I suppose the game would be balanced so the kids could enjoy it as their first action game experience, whereas the adults could enjoy the game with friends and families as a group,” he says.

Pokemon producer Junichi Masuda also weighed in on Musou. He’d be open to seeing the Pokemon franchise cross over with Koei Tecmo’s IP if it wasn’t too violent. During his discussion with Polygon, Masuda suggested that perhaps players could throw out a lot of Pokeballs. It would also need a new form of gameplay so as to not feel too familiar.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Update 3: All games are back to their normal prices.

Update 2: Back in stock on Amazon!

Update: Monster Hunter is gone on Amazon, but Walmart has it for the same price.

Several new deals have gone live on Amazon, including Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for $27, Super Smash Bros. Wii U for $41, and more. Find our roundup below.

Pokemon Omega Ruby – $26.85
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – $27.36
Fire Emblem: Awakening – $27.41
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – $41.05

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