Nintendo hosted its annual shareholders meeting a couple of weeks ago, and Austin and I discussed some of the more interesting topics – including Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto’s approval ratings, Zelda Wii U, a tease of new “ideas” for Zelda on 3DS, and more.

Check out the video below:

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Best Buy: Buy 1, get 1 free on first-party 3DS games next week, $20 off Wii U Pro Controller, more

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 23 Comments

Best Buy will be running a fantastic deal on 3DS games next week. Starting on July 20, if you buy one first-party title, you’ll receive a second for free. Best Buy showcases games such as Pokemon X/Y, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and more.

Best Buy will be offering a few other Nintendo deals as well. These include $20 off the Wii U Pro Controller, $30 off the Mario & Luigi 3DS XL bundle, and a $10 gift card with select Wiimotes.

All of these deals will be valid through July 26.

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Bandai Namco comments on Project CARS’ Wii U delay

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 37 Comments

Bandai Namco has issued an official response regarding Project CARS’ delay on Wii U.

We learned earlier today that the racer won’t be arriving on Nintendo’s console until 2015. The PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions are still due out in November of this year.

Bandai Namco’s statement reads:

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Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – new Pokedex, Madame Pikachu

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 4 Comments

Update: More scans, including a look at the gym leaders and five different Pikachu appearances that appear to be related to the contests.

More content from this month’s CoroCoro has started to leak. The latest images show the new Pokedex, which seems to be based on the Game Boy Advance. There’s also a piece labeled “Madame Pikachu”. Another piece shows the gym leader Brawly.

Stay tuned for further updates…

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Nintendo revealing new Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS character on Monday

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News | 7 Comments

Nintendo is set to announce a new character for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS in just a few days. A new video, which is about 3 minutes long, will reveal the mystery character.

Expect it on Monday. The video will be shown at 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT.

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Nintendo 3DS Direct: 3rd Party Publisher Games – full presentation

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Nintendo 3DS Direct: 3rd Party Publisher Games live stream, blog (Japan – 7/11/14)

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This is going up a few hours early, but that’s okay! We’ve got you all set up with the stream and a live blog for Nintendo 3DS Direct: 3rd Party Publisher Games.

Today’s presentation will kick off at 7:00 AM ET / 4:00 AM ET. Updates will be posted below throughout the event. We’ll also make separate posts for new announcements if there are any!

Updates to follow below:

Final Fantasy Explorers

Plenty of gameplay footage shown, starring Final Fantasy III summon Ifrit
The game will feature up to 4 player online co-op
Coming to Japan this winter

Tales of the World: Reve Unitia

Re-confirmed October 23rd release date
Fresh gameplay footage shown

Dragon Quest X

Plenty of new 3DS footage shown, focusing the online interactions with other players
Game will be running on a cloud server so 3DS doesn’t have to do much of the processing power
A slot mini-game was also briefly shown off
Coming September 4th for 3 800 yen

Kinki no Magna (Forbidden Magna)

A new SRPG from the developer that made Rune Factory 4
You form tight bonds with your spiritual companions and they gain special attacks
Street pass is a bit part of the game, allows for the ability to unlock stuff in your garden / aids in battle
Coming October 2nd. A sleep mask and CD will be included in a special edition

Kenka Bancho

A Kenka Bancho title was briefly teased during the direct but no further information has been given about the game

Monster Hunter 4G / Ultimate

Coming October 11th
Game will be playable tomorrow in Akihabara
More footage of the game will be on Niconico following the Direct

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Screenshots (07/11/14)

Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 4 Comments

The Super Smash Bros. series has got throwbacks to the classics littered literally everywhere throughout the game, but Sakurai takes us even further back in time with today’s screenshots:

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And that’s not all:

See? There’s a variety of characters. Huh? One of them looks pretty recent.