Friday, April 1, 2016

Nintendo News: 28.03.2016 - 01.04.2016

Hello and Welcome to Dillians Nintendo News Recap.

It was a pretty uneventful week, apart from some new NX rumors, but don't we get those every week? So let's jump right in with new games released this week.


New Releases:


  • Chompy Chomp Chomp Party - Wii-U Download-Software
  • Metroid: Other M – Wii Download Version (Wii-U)
  • FreezeME – Wii-U Download-Software
  • Justice Chronicles – Nintendo 3DS Download-Software
  • Tachyon Project – Wii-U Download-Software
  • The Beggar's Ride – Wii-U Download-Software

No huge title this week, as so often, but a selection of fine E-Shop titles and an okay Metroid Title. If you like 3D Jump'n' Runs in the vein of Super Mario 64 you definitely should take a look at FreezeME.



Miitomo:





On March 31st Nintendos first Smartphone app launched in most western countries, and now the company announced that Miitomo already passed 3 Million downloads, making the social app a huge success.

While Miitomo is nothing for me, there is obviously a market there and Nintendo is wise to tap it. Congratulations.



Pokken Tournament:



Update 1.2 will soon release and fix some problems with the game.
  • The infinite Shadow Mewtwo combo, which can't be stopped, will be fixed
  • The support Pokemon Reshiram will be adjustetd
  • Several smaller fixes



MyNintendo:



MyNintendo has launched and Europe got it's first set of rewards. While you earn Platin Points for playing games, visiting the Miiverse or connecting your Facebook to your MyNintendo account, the only way to get some Gold Points is buying games in the Nintendo E-Shop. Here is a list of rewards you can get with these points.

Platin Rewards:
  • My Nintendo Picross – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – 1.000 Platin Points
  • WarioWare: Touched – 1.000 Platin Points
  • Miitomo Mario Outfit – 250 Platin Points
  • 20% Discount on Yoshi's Wooly World – 600 Platin Points
  • 20% Discount on PullbloxWorld – 150 Platin Points
  • 20% Discount on Mario Kart 7 – 700 Platin Points
  • 20% Discount on The Legend of Zelda: A Link between Worlds – 300 Platinpoints
  • My Nintendo-Design 1: Mario – 200 Platin Points
  • My Nintendo-Design 1: Donkey Kong – 200 Platin Points

Gold Rewards:
  • 40% Discount on Splatoon – 100 Gold Points
  • 40% Discount on The Wonderful 101 – 120 Gold Points
  • 50% Discount on Metroid: Other M – 60 Gold Points
  • 40% Discount on Super Mario 3D Land – 110 Gold Points
  • 40% Discount on Tomodachi Life – 100 Gold Points
  • 50% Discount on Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move – 30 Gold Points
  • Super Mario 64 (Wii-U Virtual Console) – 90 Gold Points
  • New Super Luigi U – 90 Gold Points
  • DLC for Pikmin 3 – 20 Gold Points
  • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS Virtual Console) – 35 Gold Points
  • Metroid Fusion (Wii-U Virtual Console) – 60 Gold Points
  • Super Punch Out! (Wii-U Virtual Console) – 70 Gold Points

And no I also don't know why Gold Points are worth more than Platin.



Pokemon Go:



While the closed Beta for Pokemon Go is well underway in Japan, we still have to wait for the spiritual Ingress successor. Still we got some fresh news from our friends in the east.

  • There are now fights against wild Pokemon currently in the Beta. You simply catch them by throwing your Pokeball.
  • You can individualize your Trainer with different clothes.
  • There have already been found 137 different attacks in the source code of Pokemon Go, which indicates that there will be a battle mode.
  • At the start you'll get a starter Pokemon.
  • There is a function called Starburst. What it dose? Your guess is as good as mine.
  • There have been found several mentions of Google Cardboard, a VR-Device by Google, in the source code.
  • You can choose between teams. Red, Blue or Yellow.
  • In the Beta there are currently only first generation Pokemon.
  • There are seven item categories.
  • Pokemon will have different Natures, but they won't be the same as in the regular games. In the Beta the Natures are: Assassin, Guardian, Raider, Protector, Sentry and Champion.
  • There aren't any Micro Transactions in the Beta.
  • There will be a System that differentiates between Day and Night.
  • There will be normal, legendary and mysterious Pokemon available.
  • In the Beta there is currently no mention of Mega-Evolutions.

We also got audio samples for the Music in Pokemon Go:







Nintendo NX:


Lord give us our weekly NX rumors. I just mention it, so that this Post won't be incomplete. But I won't talk about it anymore, because I'm pretty sick of the constant NX rumors, leaks and all of that. People treat this baseless speculations as fact and are quick to jump to conclusions. Honestly it's pretty tiring and that's why I won't talk about the NX anymore. At least until it's officially unveiled by Nintendo.
Oh and by the way. I heard that the NX will cook your meals.


Star Fox Zero:



This week we not only got gameplay material for Star Fox Zero, but also the English introduction Video. Also we got some deeper insights into how Amiibos interact with the game. While it was already known that Fox unlocks the classic Airwing from the SNES title, we now also know what Falco does. With his Amiibo you'll get the chance to fly the Black Airwing.

This Airwing can target two enemies at the same time, but also takes threefold the damage of a normal Airwing. It's also not the Airwing that Miyamoto mentioned as a way of making the game harder, but another optional way to increase challenge of Star Fox Zero.




And here are the Videos:





Metroid Prime: Federation Force:



Some new gameplay material from WonderCon surfaced. And I must say that it looks good. I still think that this will be a good and enjoyable game´.



All in all it was a pretty normal week and I'm pretty hyped for StarFox Zero. What about you? Was there any News that stood out for you this week?

And as always

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