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Nintendo: Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem apps on the way

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Jason Nason

Get ready for at least two more Nintendo apps for your smart phone this year. Nintendo announced that its next two mobile apps will be based on Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing franchises. Nintendo plans to release both of these applications this fall. For Fire Emblem, Nintendo plans to make it more accessible in comparison to the Fire Emblem games for Nintendo’s gaming systems. Nintendo said that it aims to offer the great value of a role-playing strategy game while make it more approachable. Nintendo will design the Animal Crossing mobile game so that it will be connected with the

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Miitomo reaches 10 million worldwide users

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Jason Nason

Nintendo provided some updates for multiple games this morning, with some news about their first mobile application: Miitomo. Nintendo reported that their first app for smartphones and tablets has surpassed 10 million unique users worldwide. The free-to-start social experience app launched in Japan on March 17th and in a variety of other countries, including Canada, on March 31st. In the United States, Miitomo reached #1 free app status in its various online stores shortly after release. As well more than 20 million Miifotos have been created.

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Activision & Sony Pictures Announce New ‘Ghostbusters’ Video Games

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Jason Nason

Activision and Sony Pictures has announced a pair of new Ghostbusters video games set in and inspired by the comedic action world of the upcoming Ghostbusters film, which hits theaters on July 15th. Taking place after the events of the new movie, both Ghostbusters games introduce new casts of rookies keeping watch over the station while the now-famous Ghostbusters tour the country stopping high-profile poltergeists. When paranormal phenomena unleash apparitions across New York City, these new squads of recruits must don their proton packs and wrestle those rogue spirits back to the afterlife! The console game, Ghostbusters, is a third-person

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Digimon Heroes! update brings a new storyline and Digimon

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Jason Nason

Bandai Namco has released an new update for their mobile game Digimon Heroes! which brings a new storyline and Digimon characters. Digimon Heroes!, which has reached almost two million downloads since the game’s launch, is available to download for free from the App Store and the Google Play store. In the latest update, players will have access to the new Aegiomon and the Olympos XII storyline. As gamers embark on their journey, they will unlock new episodes of the storyline, as well as powerful new Digimon. The story of Aegiomon and the Olympos XII immerses players into an ancient tale

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Pokémon Camp now available worldwide on Android devices

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Jason Nason

The Pokémon Company released a new app for Android devices today with the release of Pokémon Camp. In the app younger fans can head off to explore an island whilst interacting with different Pokémon and activities as they learn what it takes to become a Pokémon Trainer. Features of the app include Pokémon Theater. This feature lets you watch videos that are fun for Pokémon fans of all ages. Different videos are regularly added the Pokémon Theatre. There is also a section of the app for the Pokémon trading card game. Take part in Pokémon TCG Match, a fun way

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Shinigami Battle Dragons In The Bleach X Puzzles & Dragons Crossover

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Popular mobile game Puzzles & Dragons opens their door to the Soul Society from Weekly Shonen Jumps long running franchise Bleach in a special two week event. Players will be able to explore several bleach themed dungeons ranging from the intermediate difficulty all the way up to mythic difficulty in their quest to take out the 13 royal guard squads. A rare egg machine has been added that gives players the chance to score some Bleach characters – everyone from the main character Ichigo Kurosak to fan favorites like the cat-girl ninja Yoruichi Shihoin. Below is the complete list of

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Surprise, The Internet Loves Miitomo – Combining Miis & Cats Is The Best Thing Ever!

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

The internet loves adorable kitty cats and memes, right? Well, we can add Nintendo’s first mobile title Miitomo to that list as well, for the time being. The company’s first mobile offering is currently trending in top 10 on Twitter with over 135K tweets about the game. Sadly over on Facebook the story isn’t exactly the same, as of publication time Miitomo is not trending. However, for those who doubted Nintendo’s presence carrying over into the mobile space, this just shows that there is an appetite for Nintendo content on smartphones. The dream #miitomo pic.twitter.com/fGuxw3K2rM — Sunny Jo (@joooocat) April

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Miitomo, My Nintendo, Enhanced web eShop Launches in the U.S. on March 31st

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Jason Nason

Don’t miss out on being a part of a Nintendo first! On March 31, Miitomo, the company’s first-ever smart device application, is launching in the United States and several other countries. Miitomo is a free-to-start social experience that lets users spark one-of-a-kind conversations with friends in a whole new way using Mii characters. The app recently launched in Japan and was downloaded more than 1 million times in its first three days of availability, while achieving the #1 most downloaded free app status in both the App Store and Google Play storefronts. “Miitomo brings the special Nintendo charm and polish

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Space Grunts | Review

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Robyn Robo

Space Grunts is a lovely little game available now on Steam for PC/Linux/Windows, the Humble Store, Apple’s App Store & Google Play. For this article I reviewed it on Linux. The game was released cross-platform at the end of February. The one-man development team, Orange Pixel, has a track record of creating simple cross-platform action games. This game is similar to those in of its action-oriented screen shaking chibi-pixel style. It is unique, however, in of that it’s a turn based rogue like with a light strategy bent. Like its predecessors’, Space Grunts is a straightforward game at face value,

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Yo-Kai Watch Wibble Wobble Now Available

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Jason Nason

LEVEL-5 Inc. and NHN PlayArt have released their mobile YO-KAI WATCH game to mobile screens yesterday with the release of YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble. The game is a skillful blend of puzzle gameplay and RPG mechanics for Android and iOS. “We’re super excited to bring this fully localized version of YO-KAI WATCH Wibble Wobble to the United States, Canada, and Australia – and to be able to share the Yo-kai story with the world at large,” says Yukari Hayakawa, COO of LEVEL-5 abby. “Just last December In Japan, the 2nd YO-KAI WATCH movie beat Star Wars Episode VII: The Force

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Hands On With Adventure Quest 3D & A Chat With Artix

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Adventure Quest is one of those intellectual properties that feels timeless, not in the fact that it has never advanced, but in the sense that it has always just kind of been around in one form or another since 2002. At GDC 2016 I got the chance to sit down with a member of the Artix development team working on the game, as well as play a pre-beta version of their new cross platform MMO, Adventure Quest 3D. After a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised almost double their initial goal, totalling over $368 000 USD, Artix Entertainment is busy reimagining

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Miitomo reaches 1 million downloads in Japan; Could it be released this week in North America?

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Jason Nason

With Nintendo of America set to announce the launch date for Miitomo any day now, Nintendo of Japan recently issued a statement of the initial success of the app in Japan. In the first three days Miitomo of release, Miitomo has been downloaded over 1 million times in Japan. The app was released for iOS and Android this past Friday, March 18th. While no official date has yet been set for over here, Nintendo’s timeline is listed as late March. And by a look at the calendar we,re now in the final third of the month. If NOA follows the

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Miitomo Launches in Japan March 17th

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Jason Nason

Nintendo announced late Thursday via Twitter that they will roll out Miitomo in Japan next week. The app will launch for iOS and Android. Miitomo is a free-to-start social experience that lets you spark conversations with your friends in a whole new way and uses Nintendo’s Mii characters, which first debuted with the launch of Wii Sports in 2006. More than 200 million Mii characters currently exist across Nintendo systems worldwide. To get started, users can quickly create a Mii character, customizing its facial features, eyes, hair, as well as voice and personality. Users can also use the camera of

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Yo-Kai Watch Wobbles West onto Mobile this March

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Jason Nason

With Nintendo set to launch their first mobile game Miitomo this month, Level 5 is set to do the same thing in North America this month as well with a YO-KAI WATCH mobile game coming this March. YO-KAI WATCH wobbles its way into a new puzzle game soon to be available on mobile devices! Now, mischievous Yo-kai have transformed into bite-sized Yo-kai called ‘Wib Wob’ and they’re bouncing your way! Not much more is known about the mobile game at this point, but it’s sure to have a charm all its own. Check out the trailer below.

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Bethesda Crafts Fallout Shelter Version 1.4

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Fallout Shelter
The surprise mobile hit Fallout Shelter has been updated to version 1.4 according to a press release that Bethesda released this morning. This brand new release offers players the chance to check out a crafting system for the first time. Overseers can turn the useless junk that their vault dwellers might have laying around into useful items to help them survive. Other enhancements include new rooms like the barbershop which will allow you to customize the look of any dweller as well as new pieces of fashion and pets. Fallout Shelter was one of the many surprises Bethesda had in

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