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

Mewtwo will be available to Super Smash Bros. players on Wii U and 3DS next spring so long as they have both versions. Additionally, the character will be sold as paid DLC at some point in the future.

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai said earlier this week that there are no plans currently to release DLC other than Mewtwo. Nintendo is now echoing similar comments.

A representative told GameSpot:

“Mewtwo will be made available to purchase as add-on content in the future, and is also available as part of the Super Smash Bros. Club Nintendo promotion, which offers consumers different ways to obtain this content. There are no other plans regarding paid add-on content at this stage.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Videos, Wii U | 6 Comments

Earlier this month, one GameStop location over on the West Coast held a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U preview event. That’s when the story of “Karissa The Destroyer” began. Karissa was thought to have taken down several top Smash Bros. players, but we quickly learned that the entire thing was likely staged.

We now have definitive proof that the event was nothing more than a stunt done by GameStop. I won’t spoil the “secret” of how the store managed to pull it off – just watch the video below!

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

November tends to be a pretty historic month for Nintendo, as that’s when many of the company’s systems launched. That includes the DS, which originally arrived on November 21, 2004 in North America. Can you believe it’s been ten years since then?!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 11 Comments

The Twilight Princess pack is coming to all territories on November 27th. Midna, the Dominion Rod and the new Adventure mode map will all be available for 500 yen each (prices for other territories TBA) and the costumes will be 200 yen.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments

Not a whole lot to say today, it’s launch day… Well, if you’re in the Americas at least (as Sakurai points out):

Here’s a look at the controls screen for the Wii U Pro Controller. We needed to match the default settings for all controllers for buttons such as L and R, but there must be players out there that want to use the ZL and ZR Buttons for shielding. You can set the controls closer to the GameCube controller if you set the B Button for standard attacks and Y for special moves. Set up your controls however you like in Controls.

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

A new message on the official Zelda Facebook page provides another look at the Hyrule Warriors Twilight Princess Pack, which launches next week.

We found out a few days ago that Twili Midna will be added as a playable character. It’s now been confirmed that Zelda will be getting a new weapon, and Link will be able to wear a Postman costume.

Here’s the full Facebook post:

Thanks to Brian for the tip.

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

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

Some folks have already obtained Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and managed to unlock a significant amount of content. That brings us to a new image showcasing all of the levels on the stage select screen. Head past the break if you’d like to see that – plus some news about an unlockable stage.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 30 Comments

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has once again commented on some of the clone characters in the new Wii U and 3DS games. He was asked to touch on the difference between clone characters like Marth and Lucina versus alternative costumes such as the Koopalings for Bowser Jr.

Below are his full comments on the matter:

“With regards to Bowser Jr., the Koopalings, Marth vs. Lucina, there are reasons for each. Lucina was the first to be split-off, this is because we made Marth’s moves more standard so he could be easy to handle by novice players.”

“However, any character which gained some uniqueness through their balancing needed to be separated so their results and statistics could be counted properly. It wouldn’t have been fair to have the results counted together even though their strengths differ between the variations. In the end, what was needed for each of these changes was to reduce the work required to balance the game.”

“Hence all these characters were adjusted relative to their clone. For example, Marth and Lucina would only be tested against each other, until they were roughly equal and in balance.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

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

Wii U Retail

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (available Friday)
Watch Dogs
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Penguins of Madagascar

Wii U Download

Alphadia Genesis
Snake Den

Wii U Virtual Console

DK: King of Swing

Wii U Demo

ZaciSa’s Last Stand

3DS Retail

Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (available Friday)
Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Penguins of Madagascar
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

3DS Download

Battleminer

3DS Demo

Fishdom H20: A Hidden Odyssey

Special Offers

Get a Smashing Soundtrack and Mewtwo DLC – For a limited time, buy and register both Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U to receive a special soundtrack CD and free Mewtwo DLC from Club Nintendo. The soundtrack CD offer runs Nov. 21 through Jan. 13, 2015. The Mewtew DLC offer runs Nov. 21 through Mar. 31, 2015.

National StreetPass Weekend is back! – Swing by a Nintendo Zone hot spot with your Nintendo 3DS system from Nov. 26 through Nov. 30. We are mashing up StreetPass Relay Points across the U.S. and Canada so you can get up to six StreetPass tags from many different places. Collect puzzle pieces from Mii characters to fill up your puzzle panels in Puzzle Swap or pick up enemy tokens for StreetSmash in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. Find a hotspot near you here: http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone.

eShop Sales

Nordic Games is putting Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune and other fun games on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 25 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 2.

The Letter is more than 75 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $0.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 30.
Ping 1.5+ is 50 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.49) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 26 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 3.

Big Hero 6 Battle in the Bay is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $19.99) starting Nov. 26 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 10.

Yumi’s Odd Odyssey, Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns and other games from Natsume will be on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 25 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 1.

Disney Frozen: Olaf’s Quest is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $19.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT Nov. 26 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 10.

The Keep is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $12.99 to $7.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec 4.
Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition is more than 30 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $19.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 1.

Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D is more than 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 25 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 4.

Coming Soon

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – Nov. 25 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
Mighty Final Fight – Nov. 27 (Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U)
Mario Pinball Land – Nov. 27 (Virtual Console on Wii U)
Ultimate NES Remix – Dec. 5 (Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Dec. 5 (Nintendo eShop on Wii U)

Source: Nintendo PR

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