Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments

According to Level-5 president Akihiro Hino, Youkai Watch is seeing a western release next year. The company already has a toy company in place to support the series. Hino also believes that the success of Youkai Watch is guaranteed.

Hino said:

“In regards too foreign markets, we have been taking a look at it in regards to Yokai Watch. We think it has a big appeal as a very Japanese-ish fantasy story. We already have support from a foreign toy maker company saying that it will be a definite success.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 128 Comments

Here’s Masahiro Sakurai’s latest update for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 103 Comments

Ubisoft is releasing two Assassin’s Creed games this year, but Wii U isn’t getting either of them. Wondering why this is the case?

While speaking with Game Informer at Gamescom last week, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot explained:

“It’s very simple. What we see is that Nintendo customers don’t buy Assassin’s Creed. Last year, we sold in very small numbers.”

Guillemot also spoke about Ubisoft’s shift in focus on Wii U:

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

A new system update is now available for all Wii U consoles. Firmware 5.1.2 was just released by Nintendo tonight.

Below are the official update notes:

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

As is always the case, you’ll need to install today’s update before you can access the eShop.

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

Nintendo also put out the following PR with today’s trailer:

18th August 2014 – Explore the vast open world of Reveria alongside friends and share your discoveries with a host of local and online features available to players of Fantasy Life, the much-anticipated role-playing adventure from LEVEL-5 coming to Europe on 26th September for Nintendo 3DS and 2DS systems.

Link Mode, an online communication tool discovered by paying an in-game visit to the Guild Office in the town of Castele, is a feature that – once activated – allows you to connect with friends when they are playing Fantasy Life at the same time*, and exchange messages and valuable tips during gameplay. To keep your friends informed of your in-game exploits, Link Mode also contains a notification setting to communicate your achievements, and ‘Applaud’ the landmarks reached by others.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s UK software sales:

INDIVIDUAL FORMATS

ALL FORMATS

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s Nintendo downloads for Europe are as follows:

3DS

Tomodachi Life (Demo) – free
Bit Boy!! ARCADE (Demo) – free

3DS VC

Mega Man 4 (Gameboy) – €3.99 / £3.59 / CHF5.60

3DS Special Offers

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival – €19.95 / £17.99 / CHF28.00 until05/09/14
Nano Assault EX – €7.49 / £6.35 / CHF9.30 until11/09/14
Aqua Moto Racing 3D – €5.99 / £5.39 / CHF8.39 until18/09/14
VAN HELSING SNIPER ZX100 – €2.69 / £2.69 / CHF4.20 until24/09/14

Wii U VC

Adventures of Lolo (NES) – €4.99 / £3.49 / CHF7.00
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES) – €4.99 / £3.49 / CHF7.00

Wii U Special Offers

Nano Assault Neo – €7.49 / £6.70 / CHF10.50 until11/09/14
Chasing Aurora – €3.49 / £2.99 / CHF4.49 until11/09/14

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 8 Comments

Another assist trophy today, this time featuring Nightmare Wizard from Kirby titles:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in General Nintendo, News | 37 Comments

It appears The Pokemon Company has another project in the works which they’ll be revealing to the public on August 26th via NicoNico. It’s unclear at this time whether or not the project will be a game, manga etc. but the official website has ???????? (Games – Additional) listed so there’s plenty of reason to be excited.

The stream will commence August 26th at 10PM JST via NicoNico, so we’ll have updates for you after then!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Around the Water Cooler, Videos | 7 Comments

In this episode of Around the Water Cooler, Scott looks back on a few of the different entries in the Mario Kart series. We also feature comments about last week’s Hyrule Warriors topic.

To close things out, we want to hear from you about the following: What is your favorite Mario Kart track and why? Comment on YouTube or in the comments below, and you could be featured in the next episode!

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