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TalkBack / Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Available Early in Australia
« on: June 27, 2011, 09:16:51 AM »

Australian street date has been broken, mostly.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26970

Recent circumstances have allowed Australian retailers to sell The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D before the official release date in Australia.

Last week Australian retailer Game Traders began selling import copies of the game from the UK. This prompted other outlets such as EB Games and JB HIFI, to announce that they would be selling stock when it arrived.

Retailers will not have stock displayed on the shelves until the official launch date on June 30, but if you go into stores and ask for the game, and it is in stock, they will likely sell it to you.


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Podcast Discussion / Episode 94: Eisa Cap Zone
« on: June 25, 2011, 07:12:00 PM »

Nick from Australia joins Radio Trivia in this international episode.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/radiotrivia/26961

Did you like the third and fourth games? Let your fellow listeners know in TalkBack! Think you've got a better choice? Then send it my way and your request might be on the next episode of Radio Trivia: Podcast Edition!  Heck, throw in a question and specific songs if you want.  Just remember, it has to be a game found on a Nintendo system in North America (unless we say otherwise)!


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TalkBack / New Kirby TV Wii Channel Coming to Europe
« on: June 22, 2011, 08:03:37 PM »

Kirby TV episodes will be coming to Europe, Australia and New Zealand via the Wii.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26907

Starting 23 June, 2011, Nintendo of Europe will be launching a new Wii channel that will let users view over 50 episodes from the Kirby TV series.

The channel will be updated twice a week over a six month period. New episodes will be available every Monday and Thursday, the episodes will be able to be viewed for two weeks, before being put back in the archive. Episode one will be permanently available, so people can see how the series started. It is currently unknown if it will be possible to watch episodes from the archive at will, but Nintendo is saying to keep an eye on the channel, as this may be possible.

The Kirby TV channel will be available to the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Greece, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Australia and New Zealand.

Most of the episodes will be available in English, German, French and Italian, although Nintendo notes there will be some exceptions.


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TalkBack / Miyamoto Talks Wii U, Remakes
« on: June 21, 2011, 02:03:41 AM »

Nintendo's top game designer also hasn't forgotten the Virtual Boy.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26894

In a recent GameSpot interview, Shigeru Miyamoto was asked about various things, ranging from Starfox 64 3D to Nintendo's stance on the Wii U's power and pricing. Below are some points from the interview.

- Miyamoto feels that it was better for Nintendo to simply revamp Starfox 64, instead of making a new one from the ground up. Because it re-introduces the basis of the series to new people, and it was a way for Nintendo to get the game out more quickly.

- The Virtual Boy has not been forgotten by Miyamoto, and he has plans to possibly bring those games back on the 3DS. Although they might not be simple Virtual Console ports.

- On the subject of hardware power and pricing, Miyamoto said that Nintendo is very sensitive to what they price their systems at. They have to strike a balance so that parents are willing to buy the system, but at the same time they have all these technological advances which contribute to the overall cost. He thinks that Nintendo is a company that proberly pays the most attention between the hardware capabilities and the price of it.

- When showing off the Wii U controller to third party developers, Nintendo shows them various examples of how it could be used in games. Nintendo finds that the more they show them, the more it gets their creativity flowing and they start to see how they can implement it into games they currently have in development.

Read the entire interview at GameSpot


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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 57: Denouement
« on: June 19, 2011, 07:31:09 AM »
I think a bit of cross platform talk is good, and often times interesting in regards to newscast and RFN. I like hearing about the games from a Nintendo gamers perspective. They often cite things about games that are sometimes overlooked by other gaming outlets, or highlight what Nintendo focused people might either enjoy or not enjoy. It also keeps you in the loop in regards to whats going on in the industry as a whole, thats if you dont listen to multi-platform podcasts.

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TalkBack / Re: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Review
« on: June 18, 2011, 03:49:12 AM »
45 seconds to beat Gohma... Really :P

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TalkBack / Luigi's Mansion 2 Preview
« on: June 14, 2011, 12:43:31 AM »

Luigi is back with more ghost busting shenanigans.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/preview/26706

Luigi is once again exploring creepy old mansions, armed with his trusty Poltergust vacuum, bravely sucking up various ghosts and ghouls.

Luigi's Mansion 2 is being developed by Next Level Games, the same developer who has brought us the likes of Mario Strikers Charged and Punch-Out!! for Wii. Players familiar with the original game's mechanic of stunning ghosts by shining your flashlight on them will be interested to know that it has been changed up slightly. You will now also have to activate a strobe/burst effect to stun them and suck them in.

Another new twist is that there are now multiple mansions for Luigi to explore, each with different types of ghosts haunting them. Solving puzzles and exploring these areas will help you open up more of the game. Luigi can now use his vacuum to remove wallpaper to reveal hidden rooms, which more than likely house treasure for you to collect.

Luigi's Mansion 2 is set to release in 2012.

Read our hands-on impressions from E3 2011 here (TYP, James).


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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Iwata watches
« on: June 13, 2011, 07:54:31 AM »
Haha awesome!

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TalkBack / Re: Virtual Console Recommendations: 3DS eShop Launch Spectacular
« on: June 13, 2011, 12:20:11 AM »
Super Mario Land is a good game, feels a bit janky, but you do get used to its quirks. In fact I finally beat the game the other day for the first time!
 
 

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General Gaming / Re: Duke Nukem Forever
« on: June 12, 2011, 11:37:07 PM »
I got the 360 version. The game runs pretty well overall for me. There has been a tiny amount of screen tearing, and sometimes the frame rate sputters for a couple of seconds when there are a lot of explosions and enemies of screen.
 
Gameplay wise, I have to say its better than what I was expecting. I was a little worried after reading peoples thoughts on the demo, but I have found that the demo seems to be far worse than the finished product. Its fun interacting with different objects in the enviroment, and so far has had good variety locations of the levels themselves. The Hive level, reminds you of something from a Metroid game possibly, in terms of looks.
 
Its not all just shooting over and over again either, the game is broken up with small platforming areas, aswell as some basic puzzle solving. It is also fun to drive the remote controlled cars. I havnt touched the multiplayer yet, but im hearing it is good fun. Controls are fine aswell, I dropped the sensitivity down one notch and has felt pretty good overall.
 
Btw I wasnt a Duke fan before getting the game, so I have no real nostalgia for the character or Duke 3D. Yes its crude humour and at times over the top, but if it doesnt bother you or you can chuckle at such things every now and then, you will find a fun, colourful FPS, that is in ways a throwback to a time when shooters werent all completely serious and actually offered more to the player than simply killing lots of enemies.
 
Some elements of the game may seem a little dated, but overall it is enjoyable so far. Try it out, it wont be as bad as many are making it out to be. I may even go download Duke 3D later on.
 
EDIT: Forgot a major thing that is really bad, and that are the load times. The game takes ages to load the levels, im talking PS1 levels of load times here.

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TalkBack / Re: Register The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Receive a Special Soundtrack 
« on: June 11, 2011, 05:41:23 PM »
lol
 
I'll swap you if you want

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TalkBack / Re: Register The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Receive a Special Soundtrack 
« on: June 11, 2011, 03:29:16 AM »
This looks to be at least similar to the original Oot soundtrack released in Japan back in the late 90's. Im pretty sure one exists with the same cover art. I will proberly end up buying this though, cause it doesn't seem like this will happen in Australia.

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TalkBack / Re: No GameCube Support For Wii U 
« on: June 08, 2011, 12:33:54 AM »
No Jon's next mission is Chrono Cross!

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TalkBack / Kirby Mass Attack Preview
« on: June 07, 2011, 11:47:06 PM »

Mass Kirby attack incoming!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/preview/26647

Kirby Mass Attack is a new game for the Nintendo DS. The basic premise of the title is that one day an evildoer with magic cane appears and splits Kirby into 10 pieces. He then sets off to return his body back to the way it was.

The gameplay revolves around players using to touch screen to control the mass of Kirbys. Sometimes you will need an exact number of Kirbys to accomplish certain tasks.

You can control the characters in a number of ways. It is possible to flick the stylus to launch a single Kirby into the air, or you can tap a specific point multiple times in order to make your Kirby swarm dash in that direction.

There are a number of medals that are hidden throughout the levels to find, players can also unlock various mini-games aswell.

Kirby Mass Attack is set to release on September 19, 2011.


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TalkBack / Nintendo 3DS Release Schedule
« on: June 07, 2011, 09:02:40 PM »

Kid Icarus, Mario Kart and Super Mario are all coming this year.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26638

Activision
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - June
Skylanders Spyro's Adventure - Oct 16
Generator Rex: Agent of Providence - October
Spider-Man: Edge of Time - Fall

Aksys Games  
BIT.TRIP SAGA - End of Q3

Atlus Games
MAHJONG CUB3D - July 19
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked - Aug 23

Capcom 
RESIDENT EVIL: THE MERCENARIES 3D - June 28
RESIDENT EVIL: Revelations - TBA

D3Publisher
Angler's Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D - Summer
BEN 10 GALACTIC RACING - Fall

Electronic Arts
Need for Speed The Run - Nov 15
Fifa Soccer 12 - Fall
The Sims 3 Pets - Fall

Konami
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights - Summer
Frogger 3D - Fall
Nikoli Pencil Puzzle - Fall
METAL GEAR SOLID 3D SNAKE EATER - Winter

Majesco Entertainment
Face Racers Photo Finish - Sept 6
The Hidden - Oct 4
Cooking Mama 4 Kitchen Magic - Oct 11
Pet Zombies - Oct 11
Nano Assault - Nov 15

NAMCO BANDAI
ACE COMBAT 3D (Working Title) - 2011
DualPenSports - 2011
PAC-MAN & GALAGA DIMENSIONS - 2011
PAC-MAN Party - 2011
Tales of the Abyss - TBA
TEKKEN 3D - TBA

Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - June 19
Starfox 64 3D - Sept 11
Kid Icarus: Uprising - Holiday
Mario Kart - Holiday
Super Mario - Holiday
LEGO City Stories - 2012
Luigi's Mansion 2 - 2012
Animal Crossing - TBA
Paper Mario - TBA

NIS America 
Cave Story 3D - Aug 9

SEGA
CRUSH 3D - Sept 6
Shinobi - September
Captain America: Super Soldier - Fall
Thor: God of Thunder - Fall
Sonic Generations - November
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - February 2012

Square-Enix
Heroes of Ruin - Early 2012

Tetris Online
Tetris - October

THQ
WWE'12 - Nov 22

Ubisoft
Cubic Ninja - June 14
Petz Fantasy 3D - June 21
Driver Renegade - Aug 30
James Noir's Hollywood Crims - Aug 30
Puzzler Mind Gym (Working Title) - Sept 6
Imagine Fashion Designer - Oct 11
Cute Puppoes - Oct 25
Horses 3D - Oct 25
Imagine Babyz 3D - Oct 25
Michael Jackson The Experience - Oct 25
NCIS (Working Title) - Oct 25
Raving Rabbids 5 (Working Title) - Nov 1
Farm (Working Title) - Nov 15
The Adventures of Tintin (Working Title) - Dec 6
Rayman Origins (Working Title)  March 13, 2012

Warner Bros
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters - June 7
Happy Feet Two: The Videogame - Fall
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

Coming to the Nintendo eShop

Gameloft 
Let's Golf 3D - Summer

Sega
Columns - Summer
Dragon Crystal - Summer
Shinobi - Summer
Sonic Drift 2 - Summer
Sonic The Hedgehog: Triple Trouble - Summer

Nintendo
Picture Lives! - TBA
The Rolling Western - TBA

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TalkBack / The Rolling Western Announced for eShop
« on: June 07, 2011, 03:10:10 PM »

A western-styled eShop game is on its way.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26609

A new download game for the Nintendo 3DS eShop has been announced, called The Rolling Western. The game has a an old west inspired visual style.

More details to come. Check our game profile for eight new screenshots.


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TalkBack / Next Mario Party Iteration Announced for Wii
« on: June 07, 2011, 02:24:53 PM »

Mario parties for the ninth time on Wii.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26599

Mario and his friends will be having one more party on the Wii. This was announced following Nintendo's E3 press conference. 

Currently there are no real details available, but we will be sure to update as we know more.


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TalkBack / Super Smash Bros. Announced for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
« on: June 07, 2011, 01:04:28 PM »

New Super Smash Bros. in development!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26595

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has announced that a new Super Smash Bros. game is in development for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata stated that the game will feature connectivity of some sort between the two systems. However, no further details were shown or discussed.


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TalkBack / Super Smash Bros. Announced for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
« on: June 07, 2011, 01:04:28 PM »

New Super Smash Bros. in development!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26595

Satoru Iwata announced that a new Super Smash Bros. game is in development for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata stated that the game will feature connectivity of some sort between the two systems. However, no further details were shown or discussed.


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TalkBack / Nintendo 3DS Teaser Video
« on: June 07, 2011, 12:43:45 PM »

Luigi's Mansion

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26588

One of the first game montages that was shown at E3 was for the Nintendo 3DS. In the trailer, we got new some CG teasers for new 3DS games. Including: Mario Kart, Starfox, Super Mario, Kid Icarus and finally Luigi's Mansion.


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TalkBack / Re: Virtual Console [3DS] Impressions
« on: June 07, 2011, 06:30:39 AM »
I kinda get why you can't though. Its ment to be an original Game Boy, it wouldn't make sense to let you do the colour altering.


Something I didnt mention in the article, is that for purists, you can turn the save state function completely off. Then at least its not quite as tempting.

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TalkBack / Virtual Console [3DS] Impressions
« on: June 07, 2011, 03:59:56 AM »

Come get your green tinge on!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/impressions/26563

The Nintendo 3DS eShop finally launched today, and one of the first things I downloaded, besides the free Pokédex and Excitebike 3D, was Super Mario Land for the original Game Boy.

At first glance, the emulator feels and looks a bit undercooked. The game launches directly to the title screen, so there is no classic Nintendo logo loading screen, and you cannot alter the colours of the game like you could on the Game Boy Color.

However, after consulting the games operation manual, I discovered some nifty additions that are just plain cool. One was surprising, in that they went further than they probably had to.

First, much like original Nintendo DS titles, you can choose to launch the game in its original resolution by holding Start and Select while the game is loading. When I read this, I assumed that it would be a tiny picture on a black screen. It turns out though, that the game screen has a classic Game Boy border around it. So it looks as though you are looking at a Game Boy. The 3D effect also makes it look like the screen is set back a little bit, providing another neat effect that looks like you actually playing the game on a Game Boy. Additionally, the battery light on the Game Boy on the top screen will blink when the system is actually low on batteries.

The other cool addition, is that by holding L and R and tapping the Y button, you can turn on the Game Boy green screen tinge for even more nostalgia.

As we have come to expect with Nintendo’s Virtual Console service, the emulation is excellent and runs perfectly. The game image running at the full screen resolution of the 3DS looks a tiny bit soft, but it shows an improvement when viewing the game at its proper resolution, although it is quite small to look at.

It is now also possible to create a permanent save state, so now you can save your game anywhere you want and return to over and over again.

Overall the 3DS Virtual Gameboy seems to be an excellent emulator, with some cool extra features. 


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Nintendo Gaming / Re: IT'S LIVE - UncleBob and Friends live blog of shop download.
« on: June 07, 2011, 01:10:50 AM »
Lame wont connect at all atm. Updated my girlfriends 3DS, then tried the shop but wouldnt load at all.

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General Gaming / Re: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Official Best Single-Player Game Ever Thread
« on: June 06, 2011, 04:29:32 AM »
I know this was discussed on RFN some time ago. But, do you guys think its better to play Uncharted 1 first? I ask, because I will be picking up a PS3 soon, and the current deal comes with 5 games, one of those being Uncharted 2. Should I pick up the first one aswell, or dont bother?

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 246: Wherefore Art Thou, Lindeo?
« on: June 06, 2011, 03:50:39 AM »
Official measurements lol

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