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Week of: 8/22/16 – 8/28/16
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Nintendo Spot is basically the major Nintendo news that blasts onto the internet and such, be it leaks or actual news, you’ll hear it from me. I, Sol, will be tackling it as soon as I can, so come here each day to see what has come out into the open!
Monday, August 22nd
Pyukumuku Chucking
The Pokémon Pyukumuku is well-known in Alola to invade their shores, and as GameXplain explores, there is a side-quest where you must toss them back into the sea in Pokémon Sun and Moon. Watch the video for more details.
Zelda Art and Artifacts
A new Zelda artbook that will cost $39.99 has been announced for a release on Februrary 21st, 2017. There will be loads of of pieces of art from the several games covering the Zelda series. The Legend of Zelda: Art and Artifacts will even include artwork of the awaited The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. There will even be full interviews with the artists behind some of these pieces. If you want to check it out, please go here!
Tuesday, August 23rd
Pokémon Check-Up
A new update for Pokémon GO is coming around and has added something very new. To incorporate the Team Leaders, you will be able to “appraise” a Pokémon’s defensive and offensive capabilities in battle. So, if you are on Team Valor, Candela will do this. If you are on Team Mystic, Blanche will do this. Finally, if you are on Team Instinct, Spark will do this.
The Tiniest of NES’s
At Gamescom, the NES Classic was able to seen by the public and here is a video comparing the original NES to the new “NES Classic” by size. You can see that it is so small, you may be able to hold the Classic in the palm of your hand! Remember, the NES Classic releases November 11th for $59.99 and comes with thirty legendary titles. If you want to check out more on the NES Classic, please go here.
Wednesday, August 24th
Armed and Dangerous
If you’ve been keeping up, Nintendo has been posting short videos of various scenes holding bits of information for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on their Facebook page. They’ve done it again, however, this one was found on their Twitter. It shows off Link wielding various weapons as he traverses the land. If you want to see just what he uses, please go here.
64 DS on Wii U
If you are familiar with the title “Super Mario 64 DS” you probably will be ecstatic to hear that the game is coming to the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console. Soon you’ll be able to jump through portraits all over again. Actually, it releases tomorrow, so get excited!
Thursday, August 25th
Back to Bianco
A modder/Youtube user named “Mk7Tester” has posted this video showing that they managed to import the first world of Super Mario Sunshine, Bianco Hills, into Super Mario 3D Land. There are no Sunshine enemies of course, but the modder placed question blocks, power ups, and even the goal pole from Super Mario 3D Land within the level. In the description of the video, they let us know that eventually, they will release this level that is part of an entire hack “sometime in the future.”
Meta Knight Nendodroid
Nendodroids are quite popular, I’m aware, so if you are a fan of the Kirby series, I’m sure this will be pleasant news. Meta Knight’s Nendodroid, shown to the left, appears to be available for pre-order. Here the pre-order is roughly $50, so if you are interested, perhaps you want to invest? If you want to see more pictures of just what this Meta Knight Nendodroid looks like, please click here.
Friday, August 26th
Mexican Mario Doritos
Yes, you see the title correctly! Nintendo seems to have partnered with Doritos of Mexico, so if you are in Mexico, you may have seen Mario and other Mario characters adorned on the chip bags. There even seems to be some promotion involving a chance to get physical rewards such as Mario Kart 7 or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. To see more details on this promotion, go here to the official page.
Shot Down!
Yet another video showing off a simple feature for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild came up from one of Nintendo’s social media platforms. This one is also from their Facebook and shows off Link’s archery skills. While it doesn’t show off the special glowing arrow we’ve seen in the original teaser trailer for Breath of the Wild, we get to see the standard, Fire, Ice, and Bomb arrows in action. We even get to see how they work against other enemies. You can watch this video here.
Saturday, August 28th
Luigi Time!
Did You Know Gaming has released their latest episode on Mario’s brother, Luigi. The paragon Player 2 is the subject of this entire video, with facts ranging from his origins to his ghost-hunting side business. What did you learn after watching this?
Sonic Racing Transformed Once More?
A recent interview with many of the develops behind Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed gave some insight within the background of creating the game. Sure, the development origins are interesting and all, but there’s more inside that interview! Within the EDGE Magazine interview, design director Gareth Wilson mentioned at the end that the team could definitely make another iteration of the series. If they do make one… just how soon will we get the announcement?
Sunday, August 29th
Pokémon and Target Team-Up
Pokémon GO has jacked up Pokémon’s popularity tenfold and it seems the superstore chain Target has caught on. According to this press-release by them, the red spheres sitting outside their stores have been changed to PokéBalls! It seems like this is supposed to celebrate Pokémon as a whole as well as advertise Target’s Pokémon products. I’ve seen these new PokéBalls myself, so it is funny to see more stores around the country are doing it.
16 Minutes with Zelda
GameXplain posted this video just a few hours ago showing off a full sixteen minutes of gameplay of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This was all filmed at Gamescom, too. With all these teaser clips of the game, I figured I should let you all know on a greater and longer video with more gameplay of this open-world game. Just go and check it out, will you?
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