Category: Nintendo

New Nintendo eShop Releases: Mega May (Week 3)

Mega May continues this week with the release of Mega Man Zero 2 for the Wii U Game Boy Advance Virtual Console. If you've never played any of the Zero series games before, I'd highly recommend giving one of them a try. They are all excellent. Also out this week is the Mario edition of Puzzle & Dragons for the 3DS, and the Super Nintendo port of an old arcade shmup called Earth Defense Force (no relation to the current series). Get ready, equip your Z-Saber, and then jump past the break to see the complete list of new releases.
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[Image: Capcom]

Andrew J Amideo
[Source: Business Wire]

Nintendo World Championships Playlist Unveiled

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If you expect to participate and win in the Nintendo's World Championships of 2015, you'd better brush up on your skills in Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3, and Dr. Mario! These three games are the focus of the challenges in the Championship mode of Ultimate NES Remix on the 3DS. This Nintendo handheld game will be used to determine the winner of the competition.
The original Nintendo World Championships in 1990 included third party games to which Nintendo no longer holds the rights. Square Enix's Rad Racer and The Tetris Company's eponymous game followed Super Mario Bros in the inaugural event.

A complete list of locations across the US in which you can enter the 2015 Championships can be found here, and these competitions will be streamed on the web by Nintendo.

Source: Siliconera

Another Round of Splatoon on May 23rd

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Smile! You've got another hour to play Splatoon, at 6PM EST on May 23rd. If you're getting in on this early preview, you'll also be able to save 10% off the digital version of the final game from Nintendo's eShop. The demo is still up online for preloading, so download now and be ready!
Splatoon's release is only two weeks away, and Nintendo is stress testing their servers to make sure multiplayer goes smoothly on launch day. That will be May 28th in Japan, the 29th in NA and EU, and the 30th in Australia.

There will also be a campaign mode and local co-op in case you don't want to play online.

Source: VGChartz

New Nintendo eShop Releases: New Super Mario Bros, Mega May (Week 2)

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This week, the Nintendo eShop has several great items to choose from. For starters, New Super Mario Bros hits the Wii U Nintendo DS Virtual Console. Then Mega May continues with a Wii U Game Boy Advance Virtual Console double shot consisting of Mega Man Battle Network 3 - Blue and Mega Man Battle Network 3 - White. Sega adds another 3D classic to the mix. And finally, there is Nintendo's surprise Stretchmo release. All this and more is now available for your purchasing/gaming pleasure. So push your 3D slider up, eat a mega mushroom, and then jump past the break to see this week's complete list of new releases.
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Andrew J Amideo
[Source: Business Wire]

Nintendo’s Surprise Stretchmo Release

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Up now on the eShop is Nintendo's follow up to Pushmo, called Stretchmo. Purchased either in bite sized chunks for $4.99 or $2.99 (depending on which world you choose to play in), or in one complete package for $9.99, there's a total of 250 new puzzles to experience.
Once the main component is downloaded, you can play the first seven levels for free, after which you must purchase one of four level packs to continue. A level editor is available, allowing you to share fan-made stages, but at least one of the add-ons must first be purchased.
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Source: Nintendo's YouTube Channel

Nintendo World Championships 2015

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Reggie Fils-Aime is excited to announce the comeback of the Nintendo World Championships, "it'll be the first time we've done it in 25 years!" Qualifying rounds will take place May 30th, and the most skilled Nintendo fans will move on to a head to head showdown in front of a worldwide audience (via stream) on June 14th.
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Aside from this exciting tournament, Nintendo will have a live Treehouse presentation at E3, featuring many guest appearances from game developers.

Mario Kart 8 Producer in Charge of Mobile Games

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As a Nintendo alumnus since Doki Doki Panic, having worked on most Super Mario and Mario Kart titles, Hideki Konno is heavily involved with some of Nintendo's hottest properties. Nintendo's serious intentions for producing quality experiences for phones and tablets are being backed up as Konno has been appointed to head up their mobile game development.
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"Regarding the number of the titles, you may want to know that we will release approximately five titles by the end of the next fiscal year, which is the end of March 2017", said Iwata in Nintendo's financial report; "We aim to make each title a hit, and because we want to thoroughly operate every one of them for a significant amount of time after their releases" he continued.
It's difficult to tell what type of titles Nintendo's cooperation with DeNA will result in, but the desire to specifically craft games optimized for mobile from the ground up is probably the right approach, rather than shoehorning existing titles and slapping on a touch interface.

What franchises would you like to see, and how should they be handled for bite sized touch-focused gaming?

Source: GameSpot

Nintendo + Universal Studios = Mario Theme Parks!!

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Nintendo announced today that they are partnering with Universal Parks & Resorts in order to bring themed attractions (and tons of joy) to the world. No specifics have been announced as of yet but the mind races at the thought of the near-endless possibilities. Princess Peach's castle, Kirby's Dreamland, Pokemon parades, Mario Karting, Hyrule Town, an F-Zero roller coaster, Star Fox: the ride... Oh man, I wish I was there already!

How about you? Are you excited about the prospect of future Nintendo theme parks? What attractions would you most like to see? Tell us in the comments section below.

Andrew J Amideo
[Source: Business Wire]

New Nintendo eShop Releases: Mega May (Week 1)

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Get Ready...For Mega May! Each week throughout the month of May, a new Mega Man title will be dropping onto the Wii U Game Boy Advance Virtual Console. First up, Mega Man & Bass (my favorite GBA Mega Man game)! In honor of its release today, I will offer up a few interesting facts about Mega Man & Bass. Did you know that Mega Man & Bass is actually a localized port of a previously Japan-only Super Nintendo title? For several years, many fans assumed that Mega Man & Bass was actually Mega Man 9, since the original series stopped at 8. Following that logic led many to also assume that Mega Man X was Mega Man 10. It wasn't until 10 years later that the actual Mega Man 9 (and later 10) would be released.

Wherever it may fall in the series, numerically or non, Mega Man & Bass is certainly a worthy entry. I would definitely recommend picking it up if you haven't played it before (or even if you have). And while that's downloading, feel free to check out the rest of this week's new releases after the jump.

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[Image: Capcom]

Andrew J Amideo
[Source: Business Wire]

Nintendo’s Back in Black

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The March 31st financial year report shows that for the first time in three years, Nintendo is making a profit. Wii U sales declining in Japan and climbing in North America, but the 3DS is selling steadily across the globe. Pokemon, Mario Kart, and Smash Bros have all contributed, helping Nintendo climb back into profitability. Beating their forecast of ¥35 billion, they've jumped to ¥41.8 billion, way up from a loss of ¥23.2 billion last year.
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Image courtesy of NintendoNuggets.com

Keep buying those Amiibos, no doubt that's helping too.
Source: VGChartz