Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii | 6 Comments

During the latest episode of IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, former GameSpy Technology general manager Todd Northcutt revealed some interesting behind the scenes tidbits about the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. As many of you know, the big N partnered with GameSpy back in the day for Wii and DS titles incorporating online play.

Here’s a summary of what was shared:

– Not getting a copy of Monster Hunter from Capcom and having the game go live in Japan and kill server capacity while not having anyone that spoke Japanese on staff

– Not being able to patch games so Smash on Wii was broken and Gamespy had to fix it all server side

– Meeting with 2 separate Nintendo teams at once and having them go off for 10 mins arguing against each other cause one side wanted one friend code per user/system and messaging and invites and such and the other didn’t all in Japanese while Gamespy Tech sat there seeing it unfold

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

Nintendo will launch the Sea Green 2DS system on June 6, Nintendo announced today. Pricing is set at $129.99.

The Sea Green 2DS features a white front and back with sea green accents on the directional pad, face buttons and stylus.

Source: Nintendo PR

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap will be available on the European Wii U Virtual Console next week, Nintendo has announced. The game is slated for May 29.

Nintendo tweeted out the news just a few moments ago:

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News, Screenshots, Wii U | 11 Comments

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