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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 71 Comments

Tomonobu Itagaki and the team at Valhalla Game Studios have been working hard on Devil’s Third since the game was last shown at E3. Their effort has payed off, as Itagaki told one fan on his Facebook page that the visuals have been improved.

Itagaki mentioned that the textures, weapon and environment models, and lighting have seen an upgrade. Ultimately, “it’s looking completely different now.”

Itagaki’s words in full:

The amount of progress we’ve made since then will surprise anyone.?Higher-quality textures, improved weapon and environment models,?better lighting… it’s looking completely different now.

That’s not all Valhalla has changed in Devil’s Third. The assignment of buttons have been modified, and the HUD UI has changed.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Renegade Kid has announced that Xeodrifter is launching on the North American 3DS eShop next week. You’ll be able to download the title on December 11 for $9.99.

Renegade Kid co-founder passed along today’s news on Twitter, writing:

Head past the break for today’s announcement and more details about Xeodrifter.

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

Curve Studios hasn’t stopped making new announcements! Along with yesterday’s news regarding OlliOlli coming to Wii U and 3DS as well as today’s Ultratron reveal, the company has also confirmed plans to bring Titan Attacks to Nintendo’s portable. It will be available on the eShop early next year.

Curve has another small Nintendo-related announcement in the pipeline as well. We’ll be hearing about that at some point tomorrow.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

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

Wii U Retail

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (available Friday)

Wii U Virtual Console

Fire Emblem
Lode Runner

Wii U Demo

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

3DS Retail

Ultimate NES Remix (available Friday)
Disney Violetta Rhythm & Music

3DS Download

Christmas Wonderland 4

eShop Sales

To celebrate Walt Disney’s birthday this week, Disney is discounting Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two on Wii U, Disney Planes on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and other fun games until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 8.

99Seconds is more than 40 percent off (reduced from $2.49 to $1.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 26.

Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 8 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 22.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 8 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 22.
AeternoBlade is more than 40 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $7.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Dec. 5 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 19.
AiRace Xeno is 40 percent off (reduced from $2.49 to $1.69) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Dec. 25.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

XSEED Games and Marvelous have officially announced that Rune Factory 4 is slated for release in Europe – as well as Australia – next week. It’s due out on December 11 for £24.99 / €29.99 / $49.95 AUD.

Head past the break for the official announcement.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 30 Comments

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai addressed the series’ future in the latest issue of Game Informer.

Speaking about whether or not we’ll see another game in the series, Sakurai mentioned that he “can’t deny the chance for another.” He adds, however: “as for myself, I don’t think there will be.”

Sakurai spoke about how the goal with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U “was to provide extra merits to the game which go far beyond the sale price.” Limits have already been surpassed in terms of scope and content.

Sakurai does mention towards the end of his comments: “I also have trouble picturing someone else taking my place and providing all this value-added content without me.”

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

Following today’s Play-Asia leak, Atlus has now officially confirmed Etrian Mystery Dungeon for North America. The title is due out in spring 2015 for $39.99. It’ll be released in stores and via the eShop.

A teaser site for Etrian Mystery Dungeon is located here. View some screenshots above.

Source: Atlus PR

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment

Atlus hasn’t confirmed Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon for the west yet, but Play-Asia appears to leaked an upcoming announcement.

A listing for “Etrian Mystery Dungeon” popped up on the retailer’s website recently. That would seem to be the localized name of Etrian Odyssey and Mystery Dungeon. We should also mention that Play-Asia’s listing contains English screenshots as well as a logo – view them above.

If Play-Asia’s listing is correct, Etrian Mystery Dungeon will be available in March.

Head past the break for a features and description overview.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments

With Media Create having reported the latest gaming sales from Japan, we now have confirmation that lifetime Wii U hardware sales have topped two million. The milestone was reached in just under two years.

Media Create reports that for the week of November 24, Wii U hardware sales came in at 12,496 units. The console’s total now stands at 2,009,513 units.

View a graph created by DualShockers showing the sales of Wii U in Japan since launch above.

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

This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 298,613 / 1,626,284
2. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova – 107,313 / NEW
3. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey II Untold: The Knight of the Fafnir – 59,531 / NEW
4. [PSV] Fate/hollow ataraxia – 53,979 / NEW
5. [PS3] Resident Evil HD – 50,258 / NEW
6. [PS4] Dragon Age: Inquisition – 29,274 / NEW
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 27,264 / 2,200,698
8. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 21,755 / 1,758,790
9. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 20,577 / 2,902,388
10 [PSV] Nisekoi Marriage!? – 15,508 / NEW
11. [PSV] Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit! – 14,275 / NEW
12. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 – 12,886 / 104,801
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 12,742 / 734,626
14. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 12,211 / 54,053
15. [PSV] Great Edo Blacksmith – 11,562 / NEW
16. [PS3] Dragon Age: Inquisition – 11,294 / NEW
17. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 10,291 / 105,302
18. [3DS] Local Railroads: Local Characters and a Journey All Around Japan – 9,936 / NEW
19. [3DS] Hero Bank 2 – 8,014 / NEW
20. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires – 7,784 / 45,907

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