Maintenance for Wii U / 3DS games scheduled for next week
This morning, Nintendo announced that online services for some Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games would be down for maintenance next week, at the usual time!
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Wii U
All the latest news about the Wii U and its games.
Splatoon: new weapon to be added in a few hours (Sloshing Machine Neo)
Today, the Squid Research Lab announced that a brand new weapon from the Slosher family would be added in a few hours hours: the Sloshing Machine Neo!
Read MoreSplatoon: Squid Sisters Live recording (official)
Today was the 1st day of the Game Party Japan. As announced last month, Nintendo held a concert with the Squid Sisters from Splatoon. Here’s the recording!
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Nintendo World Store getting a makeover next month
Yesterday, Nintendo announced that the Nintendo World Store would close for one month, on January 19th. It’s actually getting a make over, next month!
Read MoreBloodstained: teaser for the next Kickstarter update
Earlier this week, Inti Creates posted a teaser for the next Kickstarter update for Bloodtained: Ritual of the Night, which should come sometime next week!
Read More[North America] Nintendo eShop line-up (Jan. 7) – The Adventures of Bayou Billy
This week, the line-up for the eShop in North America is packed, but if you’re not interested in the Virtual Console or indies, there is nothing for you!
Read MoreFamitsu: scans of the week (January 7th, 2016)
This week, the following games are showcased in Famitsu magazine (January 21st issue): Medabots Girls Mission, Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 3, and more!
Read MoreJapan: more sales data (December 2015, Monthly Hardware sales, more)
In this post, you will find some additional sales data for Japan, with data about December 2015 by Famitsu, and data for the full year by Media Create!
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[Japan] Virtual Console line-up for January 6th and next week
Today, three new titles were added to the Wii U Virtual Console catalogue in Japan: Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Kart 64, and Final Fantasy I – II Advance!
Read MoreToday’s Super Mario Maker #32: new Event Course and Sky Pop costume
Today, a new Event Course went live for Super Mario Maker. It’s called Southwest Air Adventure: beat it to unlock the Sky Pop costume from Super Mario Land!
Read MoreDaily briefs (Jan. 7): animated Pokémon stickers on LINE, Splatoon mangas, more
Today’s Daily Briefs: animated Pokémon stickers on LINE, two Splatoon mangas in Famitsu, a tease from Cirle Entertainment, Yo-kai Watch goodies, and more!
Read MoreJapan: Famitsu sales for 2015 (Top 10 Software, Hardware, more)
Today, Famitsu published a preliminary report for Year 2015 in the video game market in Japan. Unfortunately, things aren’t looking
Read MoreJapan: Top 10 for the Nintendo eShop (Dec. 27, 2015 – Jan 3, 2016)
Today, Nintendo published the Top 20 for the Nintendo eShop in Japan. On Nintendo 3DS, Cube Creator took the top spot, and on Wii U, Minecraft is still #1!
Read MoreMaintenance for Xenoblade Chronicles X scheduled for tonight
Today, Nintendo announced that online services for Xenoblade Chronicles X would be down for maintenance tonight. Of course, single player is not impacted!
Read MoreDaily briefs (Jan. 6): Splatoon stamps, Yo-kai Watch Busters commercial, more
Daily briefs for January 6th: pictures of the Splatoon stamps from Japan, another commercial for Yo-kai Watch Busters Getto-gumi update, and more!
Read MoreGenei Ibun Roku #FE: Vocal Collection album to be released next month in Japan
Today, it was announced that a Vocal Collection album for Genei Ibun Roku #FE would be released on February 10th in Japan. Tracklist and cover in this post!
Read MoreStar Fox Zero: Hashimoto talks about working with Nintendo, dual-screen challenges
Last week, Gamespot published a rather lengthy feature about PlatinumGames, which includes an interview with Yusuke Hashimoto about Star Fox Zero (on Wii U)!
Read MoreMedia Create sales for Week 52, 2015 (Dec. 21 – 27) [Top 50]
Week 52 is Christmas week, by far the biggest year for video game sales in Japan. Unsurprisingly, Nintendo platforms/games did pretty well during that week!
Read MoreShovel Knight: new update coming soon (Ver. 2.2)
Yesterday evening, Yacht Club Games revealed that a new update for Shovel Knight was coming soon. Both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS versions will get it!
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