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

There’s not much time remaining in the Wii U Deluxe Digital Promotion. Those who have purchased a Deluxe Set console are eligible for the points program. For every $50 spent on the eShop, you’re entitled to a $5 credit.

Nintendo is ending the Deluxe Digital Promotion after December 31 – yes, tomorrow! So be sure to get your last few digital purchases in before it ends. Points earned can be exchanged for $5 credits through March 31.

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

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Media Create has posted new analysis about the latest gaming sales from Japan.

Youkai Watch 2: Shinuchi was the big seller last week with 1.244 million copies sold. The title’s sales saw an expected drop to 533,000 units. As a result, overall sales for the market were at 1.909 million, which was 84.36 percent of the previous week.

Because of Christmas demand, consoles sold 108.48 percent compared to last week. Total hardware sales for the week before Christmas went down to 71.48 percent of that of last year.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

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

New Super Mario Bros. Wii does feature multiplayer, but it’s limited to local play. It was simply impossible to play with a friend online… until now!

Fans have come up with a mod to allow for online multiplayer in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. You can see a demonstration above.

As for how it works on a technical level, YouTube user “MrBean35000vr” explains:

It works by sending a long stream of inputs over the Internet; button presses on a controller. An assigned host dictates RNG (random number generator, random elements in games like which item you get from a box in MKW for instance), and synchronises level loads so that everyone plays the game at the same speed. It also has an adjustable lag threshold, to allow smoother gameplay with people far away with you, at the cost of slight input delay.

There’s no word yet as to when the mod will be widely available. At the moment, its creator is still working through various issues. This is very neat though, and it sounds like online multiplayer could be implemented in other Wii games that have local multiplayer.

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

Tengami creator Nyamyam was asked by one fan on Twitter today if the studio would ever consider making a Wii U exclusive. Nyamyam pointed out that making games exclusive to the platform is “risky” at this point, and the company would need “to see how the platform develops.”

As for future Wii U support in general, it sounds like Nyamyam would be open to making additional titles in the future. The studio “would love to make games” for the Nintendo community, which “is super fun.”

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments

What would Captain Toad look like if it were on the Game Boy Color? One person may have the answer!

Take a look at artist Johan Vinet’s attempt at re-imagining Captain Toad for the classic portable:

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

Dengeki will be hosting a new stream for Bravely Second on January 9. It will take place at 8 PM Japan time, which is 7 AM ET / 4 AM PT / 12 PM in the UK / 1 PM in Europe.

The following guests will be in attendance:

Mai Aizawa (VA for Edea in Bravely Default) as an MC
Tomoya Asano
Shinji Takahashi (assistant producer)
Goemon (from Dengeki)

We’ve included the stream embed above. Just come back on the designated day and time to watch!

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 17 Comments

Update: Nyamyam also added the following on Twitter…

Nyamyam hasn’t disclosed any specific sales figures for Tengami, but the studio says that the game’s performance on Wii U has been “somewhat disappointing”.

Co-creator Phil Tossell told Nintendo Life in a recent interview:

Tengami has done very well for us on iOS. No doubt the worldwide Editor’s Choice was a large contributing factor. I hate to think what might have happened had we not been featured. I’d say that the Wii U sales have been somewhat disappointing. Although we had much lower expectations than iOS, I think even taking that into consideration we’ve been disappointed with the sales so far.

Tengami has been out on Wii U for about two months. Hopefully the game’s sales can pick up over time!

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