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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – €59.99 / £49.99 / CHF77.90
Thomas Was Alone – €7.99 / £6.99 / CHF10.00
Pier Solar and the Great Architects – €11.49 / £11.99 / CHF17.50
Ittle Dew – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF14.00
Shiny the Firefly – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF9.80 until 31.12.2014 23:59 UTC; regular Price will be €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF14.00
The Penguins of Madagascar – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF51.90

Wii U VC

Breath of Fire – €7.99 / £5.49 / CHF11.20

Wii U DLC

Hyrule Warriors: Twilight Princess Pack – €6.99 / £6.29 / CHF9.80

3DS

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – €44.99 / £39.99 / CHF57.90
Persona Q – €39.99 / £34.99 / CHF51.90
The Penguins of Madagascar – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF38.90
Horse Vet 3D – €29.99 / £24.99
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom – €29.99 / £24.99 / CHF38.90
Castle Conqueror EX – €3.99 / £3.49 / CHF4.80
Talking Phrasebook – 7 Languages – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF6.99
My First Songs – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF7.00

3DS VC

Pokemon Puzzle Challenge – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF7.00

3DS DLC

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Ancient One of the Sun – €0.99 / £0.75 / CHF1.20
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Eternal Youth – €1.79 / £1.49 / CHF2.20

3DS Demos

Fishdom H2O: Hidden Odyssey Demo – free
Survivor – Heroes Demo – free

3DS Themes

Pikmin working together – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Pikmin and a Hungry Bulborb – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80
Spotlight: Shovel Knight – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF2.80

Special Offers

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – €8.99 / £7.79 / CHF12.60 until 04.12.2014, 23:59 UTC; regular price is €14.99 / £12.99 / CHF21.00
Runner2 – €3.99 / £3.33 / CHF4.50 until 11.12.2014, 23:59 UTC; regular price is – €11.99 / £9.99 / CHF13.99
Farming Simulator 14 – €19.99 / £12.99 / CHF26.99 until 11.12.2014, 23:59 local time; regular price is – €29.99 / £19.99 / CHF39.99
The Keep – €5.99 / £5.49 / CHF7.99 sale until 11.12.2014 23:59 UTC; regular price is- €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF12.99

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

A pair of Pikmin 3DS themes are coming out in Europe this Friday, Nintendo has confirmed.

The company tweeted a few minutes ago:

We already knew about the theme on the left thanks to a Miiverse interview with Shigeru Miyamoto. The one on the right is a complete surprise!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Site updates | 5 Comments

Surprise!

All the way back in July, Nintendo Everything’s weekly podcast “Here’s a Podcast” ended abruptly with a strange-yet-totally-normal episode about, among other things, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. In a few weeks, all three podcast crew-members are going to be back together in the same city, and they all felt like it would be appropriate to record another episode as a parting gift to you all until further notice. Now, I smashed my finger under a couch earlier so it hurts to type, which means I am going to make this brief:

If you were a fan of the podcast, we’d love if you would do us a solid and send us some listener questions mail to [email protected]. We’ll need some for the show, after all! You can include parting words if you like– maybe some favorite moments from the 102 episodes prior– or just a regular old question; the future of the podcast looks at least semi-hopeful, but just in case… you may want to consider these your last emails ever!

I’d expect the podcast to be put up either the weekend of December 6th or December 13th.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Discussing Everything | 0 comments

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

Have Super Smash Bros. for Wii U or Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire? Then join us for the latest Discussing Everything, where we’ll talk about both of those releases! We’ll be sneaking in some news as well such as the new Hyrule Warriors DLC.

Note that you can log in with Facebook/Twitter, but these are optional. You can choose a random username as well!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Discussing Everything | 0 comments

It’s almost that time again! We’ll be hosting another Discussing Everything today. Come join us at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT to talk about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. There will probably be some news to discuss as well!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in DS, DSiWare, Features, Reader Poll | 3 Comments

The big (only?) selling point of the DSi was the existence of DSiWare, a collection of downloadable games available for purchase. From cheap, simple titles like Pyoro and other re-released WarioWare games to larger titles that were a bit too niche for a retail release like Wayforward’s Mighty Flip Champs, there was a fair bit worth playing on the service, so I thought it was worth highlighting the best it has to offer – or at least the games you readers claimed to be the best. I personally have minimal experience with DSiWare, only discovering a handful of games through the 3DS eShop, which is why other editors, namely Austin, are giving me a hand in writing this up.

I had initially planned to do all these lists as a “top 10” since it’s the tenth anniversary of the Nintendo DS, but since the DSi has only been out for six years let’s streamline things a bit. Yes, that’s the reason that only six games are on it and not because there were only a few entries that completely dominated the poll.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Site updates | 34 Comments

Update: Max has now passed along the winners! Congratulations to amtom, Adrian Brown, and Granpapá Oso. We’ll be in touch shortly with your codes.

Another week, another giveaway! This time around, we have three Tetrobot & Co. codes to hand out (thanks Max Criden!). Unfortunately, this is for North American Wii U owners only.

For the Tetrobot & Co. giveaway, we’d like you to talk about your favorite unusual uses of technology in a game or your favorite puzzle games. We’ll give extra consideration to those who put a little effort into their submissions. It’s only fair, right? Feel free to link to screenshots, videos, or even soundtrack samples!

We’ll let the Tetrobot & Co. giveaway run through Thursday. Winners will be announced soon after.

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

Shigeru Miyamoto was interviewed over on the Pikmin Miiverse community yesterday and talked quite a bit about the Pikmin Short Movies. While there weren’t any major revelations, he did share some interesting things – including news about a Pikmin 3DS theme.

Here are some excerpts:

On Pikmin being individuals…

Actually, the Pikmin in the game move in a way that is every bit as individual as those in the movies, it’s just that you can’t control them directly, only lead them. And because they’re so small, and there are so many of them, it’s hard to tell what each individual is doing. That is why I wanted to create these Short Movies that focused only on the Pikmin.

On conveying the concept of “affinity” with the shorts…

…the concept of “affinity” was something I really wanted to communicate, so I’m very happy to hear you say that. When I was working on the games, I found this feeling of affinity to build up quite naturally, and even in my normal life I was thinking, “I wonder what would happen if there were Pikmin here?” or “I wonder what this would look like from a Pikmin’s point of view?” Those little ideas became doodles, and that was the beginning of the PIKMIN Short Movies.

On what’s easier: game or movie production…

Game production, I think! But it’s not really that game production is easier, it’s more that movies and games are so fundamentally different that the areas where you must focus your energy are also completely different. For that reason, the easier process to me is the one I’m the most used to, which is game production.

To put it simply, the difference is that with animations and other such visual media the consumer is a viewer, whereas in games the consumer is a player, so they are created from two different mindsets. Being able to make games is no guarantee you’d be any good at making animations, and vice versa. This is another thing the experience of making these movies has taught me!

On the sound for movies versus a video game…

This probably overlaps with what I just said, but games are created for people to play, and if a game is outside the range of the player’s expectations, it creates a kind of wall or a distance between them and the game world. In a film, every frame must be constructed to communicate something to the viewers, and to achieve this purpose, scenes are sometimes intentionally exaggerated or even made absurd.

I worked together with the sound directors from the Pikmin games to create the sound. For the background music and so on, we have a library from the three Pikmin games, so I listened to all of that for the first time in a long time.

On how you can hear sounds when pressing the A button while watching the shorts on 3DS…

Of course I used what I considered to be the right sound for the job in the movies, but I thought I’d add a tiny bit of interactivity here for the viewer!

This hidden feature is only available on the Nintendo 3DS version, but then the Wii U version has those beautiful big-screen visuals, so I don’t think you’re losing out, whichever one you pick!

Final words from Miyamoto…

Now I feel like I’m writing my will or something! Anyway… For a long time I’ve been of the opinion that if a game world is in sync with your personal experiences, it will be more fun to play. By seeing the movies and playing the game like you have, MariChan, I think you can get a deeper level of enjoyment out of the game. For that reason, we’ve created a demo of Pikmin 3! The game now has new control options that make it easier to play, so please enjoy the movies and the game together!

View the gallery below for storyboards, opening art, and a look at the bulletin board that hangs on the wall in Olimar’s room in the first movie.

You’ll also find a photo of a new Pikmin 3DS theme. Miyamoto confirmed that the theme will be releasing next week.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Rumors | 6 Comments

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D is making a number of improvements to the original game. Nintendo hasn’t detailed all of the changes, but we’re aware of things like enhanced visuals, an improved boss battle, and the inclusion of fishing. Another improvement may concern the handling of Clock Town.

Those who played Zelda: Majora’s Mask on the N64 are well aware of the different sections of Clock Town. There’s North, South, East, and West areas. Each time you head into a new section of the town, you’re presented with a brief loading period.

For Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, these loading sections may have been eliminated entirely for a more streamlined experience. Check out the shot below:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 25 Comments

Somewhat surprisingly, there’s more than one Rayman trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Along with Rayman himself, you can also nab Barbara and Globox. Quite the representation for Ubisoft there!

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