In the latest Super Smash Bros. 4 Wii U ‘pic of the day’ posted by Masahiro Sakurai on Miiverse, Pokémon Dedenne is apparently using the move ‘Discharge’ against Marth in the new boxing ring stage that was recently unveiled. Is Dedenne a new playable challenger in the game, or is he merely a Poké Ball…
The Nintendo Wi-Fi service, which provides online functionality for certain Wii, DS, and DSi software titles, will be terminated May 20, 2014. This includes Wii mode on Wii U and Nintendo DS games played on Nintendo 3DS family systems. There is a silver lining here, as the Wii Shop Channel, Nintendo DSi Shop, and video-on-demand services (i.e.…
Masahiro Sakurai has posted his latest ‘pic of the day’ of Super Smash Bros. 4 for Wii U on Miiverse, revealing that once again Waluigi is returning as an Assist Trophy. This, in turn, means that Waluigi will not be joining as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Unfortunately, not every character makes…
Director of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, has revealed on Miiverse that in Super Smash Bros. 4, when two consecutive attacks land on an opponent, a finishing move will always take place. The above picture displays Fox’s finishing move, a “finishing kick”, which occurs after his standard combo of two consecutive attacks is…
Nintendo has released their February 25th eShop sales charts and The Legend of Zelda series continues to have a strong showing, once again showcasing eight titles cross-platform on the charts. On the Wii U, The Wind Waker HD was dethroned from the top spot by the release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze after maintaining…
In this latest screenshot of the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. 4, Masahiro Sakurai reveals that there are two different versions of the boxing ring stage in the game. One is the Smash Bros. version, as portrayed above, and the other is from the Punch-Out!! series. “Pic of the day. There are actually two…
On Miiverse, it has been revealed by Super Smash Bros. 4 director Masahiro Sakurai that Diddy Kong’s rocketbarrels are returning from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and they now possess the ability to launch along “a more horizontal trajectory”. The rockets can also now be knocked off by other challengers if Diddy is hit while he…
To commemorate the launch of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze in Europe and North America, Masahiro Sakurai has announced on Miiverse that Diddy Kong is once again returning as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Diddy Kong previously made his first appearance in the Smash Bros. franchise in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for…
In today’s latest screenshot from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Masahiro Sakurai compares the height of both Little Mac and Samus. While Little Mac may be smaller than his fellow challengers, he uses his grit and punching gloves to knock out opponents regardless of their size. It will be very interesting to see Little…
New updates for Miiverse have gone into effect. Nothing too drastic, but you may notice a few little changes, including a more efficient way to follow/unfollow others, and accessing HQ videos on the Wii U. Marty from Nintendo of Europe posts: There has been an update to Miiverse today. 1 – All versions You can…
Nintendo has released their latest eShop charts for both the 3DS and the Wii U, with a total of eight Zelda titles appearing across the two platforms. On the Wii U, The Wind Waker HD continues its dominating performance topping the charts once again, followed by the newly-released A Link to the Past on the…
In this latest Super Smash Bros. pic of the day, a Nintendog towers over both Mega Man and King Dedede in the 3DS version of the game. As Mr. Sakurai notes, the Super Smash Bros. series isn’t always true to scale when it comes to size. Whether this Nintendog is an assist trophy or not,…
In today’s daily screenshot for Super Smash Bros. Wii U, a brand new item was revealed: a fairy in a bottle! According to Masahiro Sakurai, the man at the helm of the Smash Bros. project, the bottle can heal those who have even accumulated over 100% damage. It is unclear if this heals fighters completely,…
The Zelda 3DS game card case is officially sold out at Club Nintendo. Per usual, Zelda-themed items sell out quickly. I’m crossing my fingers that I can still get my hands on the A Link Between Worlds poster set! For those of you that wanted a 3DS game card case, I hope you were able…
Industry-wide software sales are down, but Nintendo is seeing some improvement, according to the US January NPD report. The Wii U and 3DS saw a 6 percent increase in software sales, 26 percent when normalized to a four week period. In January alone, Pokemon X & Y sold over 125,000 copies, totaling over 3.25 million…
