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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Switch eShop, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

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

Switch Retail

Dragon Quest Builders – $49.99 (available February 9)
The Longest Five Minutes – $39.99 (available February 13)

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Posted on 6 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch eShop | 0 comments

Update: The My Nintendo website went into a little more detail on the process. In Europe, one Gold Point equals 1 cent, so if you have 500 Gold Points, you could buy a game that costs 5€ with those points or get a 5€ discount on a more expensive game.

Also, how many gold points you get per purchase is changing. Here are the new exchange rates for digital and physical games:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Mobile, News | 0 comments

Nintendo recently announced their next mobile game, Mario Kart Tour. They didn’t really divulge any details beyond the game’s name, other than a very vague release date of “fiscal year 2018”. However, we learned a pretty crucial fact today. According to Wall Street Journal reporter Takashi Mochizuki, Isao Moriyasu, the CEO of DeNA, Nintendo’s partner in the mobile games business, said that Mario Kart Tour would be “free-to-start”, like Fire Emblem Heroes and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Site updates | 0 comments

Hello! If you’ve been having any issues accessing the site over the past couple of days, it’s been intentional. Mostly.

We’ve been carrying out some much-needed site maintenance this week. We didn’t really expect things to last as long as they did, unfortunately. If we anticipated maintenance taking multiple days, we would have provided advance notice. The site has been up for the most part, but today in particular there were issues. We’re mostly done… for this week anyway, though if you happen to see any downtime (it’s very unlikely), you’ll know why.

There’s actually a ton that we still have to do from a technical perspective, but in the near-term, it shouldn’t impact anyone who visits Nintendo Everything normally. This year, hopefully sooner rather than later, we hope to make some improvements that won’t just be for the backend of the site. While we’re definitely not going for an overhaul/redesign, we’ll be implementing at least one change that has been requested in the past.

Thanks for bearing with us!

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 21 Comments

This week’s issue of Famitsu has a surprise update on Fire Emblem Warriors. Along with new DLC, an update will be released next week.

Here’s what we know about the new update and DLC:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Switch | 32 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

PS4 – 86,174
Switch – 49,165
PS4 Pro – 23,113
New 2DS LL – 6,522
Vita – 4,207
New 3DS LL – 3,857
2DS – 1,082
Xbox One X – 565
Xbox One – 72

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

PS4 – 110,023
Switch – 47,107
PS4 Pro – 30,122
New 2DS LL – 6,842
Vita – 3,744
New 3DS LL – 3,377
Xbox One X – 1,618
2DS – 1,094
Xbox One – 68

And here are the software charts:

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 41 Comments

Some major discoveries appear to have been made on the LinkedIn profile of a Bandai Namco staffer. Two significant Switch projects are listed on the CV, and both are apparently exclusives.

The first game is an unannounced first-person shooter/adventure. The second we have more information on, and is clearly called labeled as Ridge Racer 8.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 9 Comments

Image & Form’s hit Switch eShop title SteamWorld Dig 2 is getting a retail release. Today, Rising Star Games announced that a physical version will be sold this spring in both North America and Europe.

SteamWorld Dig 2’s boxed version will naturally include the game on a cartridge. You’ll also find an exclusive double-sided poster featuring iconic artwork along with a reversible inlay with never-before-seen artwork.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 31 Comments

During Nintendo’s financial results briefing, the company made the new animated Mario movie with Illumination official. Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri will be co-producing. At the Q&A portion of the briefing, Miyamoto shared more details on how the partnership came to be.

Miyamoto started out by saying that he’s been considering an animated movie for many years. However, in his view, creating games and movies aren’t really that similar.

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Posted on 6 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Let's Talk, Mobile | 14 Comments

The end of Miitomo was announced last month. But as the sun sets on one Nintendo mobile app, the company is gearing up for something entirely new. Earlier in the week, Mario Kart Tour was revealed for smart devices.

As of now, we know almost nothing about Mario Kart Tour. Literally the only information we have is that it’s releasing in the fiscal year ending in March 2019. That’s it. Not a single gameplay detail.

That means it’s up for us to think about the possibilities for Mario Kart Tour. Will it retain the same basic style of gameplay that we know of in which the perspective is set from behind the racer you’re playing as? How will the game play on mobile devices? Who should be on the roster? If you have any thoughts about Mario Kart Tour, be sure to share them with us in the comments below.

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