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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 8 Comments

Nintendo has ruled out speculation that it will be bringing “mini-games” (also categorized as demos) to smartphone devices.

Nikkei published a report yesterday indicating that Nintendo would be increasing its presence on mobile hardware. Mini-games and an increase in advertising were mentioned as two prominent ways in which the company would be pushing its products on smartphones and tablets in the future.

A new statement from Nintendo, however, indicates otherwise. It flat-out says, “we can confirm that there are no plans to offer mini-games on smartphone devices.”

You can find the statement in full after the break.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

Since launch, the 3DS family has sold over 15 million units in Japan, Famitsu reports today. The site’s article is based on data collected by parent company Enterbrain.

Specific sales of Nintendo’s portable come in 15,037,116 units as of January 26. The feat was accomplished in 153 weeks.

Top selling games on the 3DS are as follows:

1. Pokemon X/Y – 4,228,244
2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 4,072,068
3. Monster Hunter 4 – 3,383,004
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 2,250,416
5. Mario Kart 7 – 2,188,873

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 6 Comments

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

The Beetle item from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a comical item that grabs characters and carries them into the air.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments

Natsume announced a January release window for Yumi’s Odd Odyssey last month. While that target won’t be met, we should be seeing Agatsuma’s platformer in the US very soon.

Natsume tells us that Yumi’s Odd Odyssey is unlikely to hit the eShop this Thursday. For now, the publisher guesses the game will be out “in about 2-3 weeks.” That’d put Yumi’s Odd Odyssey at around a mid-February launch.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Retail

Wii Fit U – €34.99 / £29.99

3DS Download

Brilliant Hamster – €9.99 / £9.99

Special Offer: Super Indie Connection Sale

With the Super Indie Connection Sale you can save 60% on selected independent games — but only until 13/02/2014 and only on Nintendo eShop for your Wii U!

The developers of the five participating games love each other’s games so much, they’re offering you their own game at 60% off the regular Nintendo eShop price if you have already downloaded any of the other four games on your Wii U!

If you haven’t downloaded any of the participating games yet, you can also buy one from Nintendo eShop on your Wii U during the Super Indie Connection Sale to be able to get the discount on the other games.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – €5.99 / £5.19 (regularly €14.99 / £12.99)
Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition – €3.99 / £3.59 (regularly €9.99 / £8.99)
Runner2 – €4.79 / £3.99 (regularly €11.99 / £9.99)
Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party – €2.79/£2.39 (regularly €6.99 / £5.99)
Toki Tori 2+ – €5.99/£5.19 (regularly €14.99 / £12.99)

Special Offers

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U) – €35.99 / £29.99 (until February 6; regularly €59.99 / £49.99
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS) – €26.99 / £23.99 (until February 6; regularly €44.99 / £39.99)

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Interviews | 2 Comments

Muteki Corporation recently revealed to Nintendo Everything that it will soon be bringing Dragon Fantasy: Book I (as well as Book II) to the 3DS eShop. We spoke with creative director Adam Rippon to learn about what’s new in the 3DS release, whether or not we can expect more 3DS support from the studio in the future, and a whole lot more. Continue on below for our full discussion.

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

On Twitter, Two Tribes has teased something coming from the studio as well as other indie developers for Wii U this week. KnapNok Games, Gaijin Games, Black Forest Games, and WayForward are the other teams involved.

Two Tribes’ tweet is as follows:

No one has any clue what Two Tribes is teasing at this point, but they definitely have our attention!

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Square Enix localized Theatrhythm Final Fantasy for the west, so it’d only make sense for the sequel, Curtain Call, to make its way to overseas territories as well.

If a European trademark is anything to go by, Square Enix is already planning a western release. Deculture discovered a filing for “Curtain Call” in Europe, which is almost certainly a reference to Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call.

While not official, hopefully this is a sign that we’ll be seeing the rhythm game in the US and Europe in the future.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 7 Comments

After announcing Monster Hunter 4G for Japan earlier today, Capcom followed up with a confirmation for the west. Indeed: Monster Hunter 4G will be arriving in North America and Europe in early 2015 as “Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate”.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is said to be “built on the foundations of Monster Hunter 4 but have way more content.” “In typical Monster Hunter fashion, you can expect to see a number of returning older monsters, but also a great selection of new threats to challenge you in unique ways,” Capcom teased.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

Capcom announced Monster Hunter 4G for 3DS at Monster Hunter Festa earlier today. While not many details have been revealed as of now, we do know that save data from the original game can carry over. Capcom also intends to ship the game in Japan this fall.

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