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Nintendo’s E3 Events Bring the Show to You – Get the Schedule

Nintendo will showcase its 2015 and select 2016 software lineup this year at E3 and will kick off the video game trade show with insider access events that extend to fans following the show from afar. Our play-by-play reference guide below lets you track Nintendo’s live E3 coverage, the thrilling return of the Nintendo World Championships and special game sampling events, so you won’t miss a minute of the fun. We will continue to share information on future games and initiatives in the months ahead.

Sunday, June 14

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U – New Content Approaching! 6.14.2015:

Tune in to a special Super Smash Bros. video presentation at 7:40 a.m. PT at http://e3.nintendo.com. Masahiro Sakurai will detail content arriving in the new update for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U.

Nintendo World Championships 2015 Pre-Show:

A special installment of Nintendo Treehouse: Live will preview all the action of the Nintendo World Championships 2015. The show runs approximately 2:25-3 p.m. PT on http://e3.nintendo.com.

Nintendo World Championships 2015:

For the first time in 25 years, a Nintendo World Champion will rise. Eight winners from regional qualifying events will meet eight invited competitors at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles for a multi-round Nintendo game competition, but only one will be crowned the 2015 Nintendo World Champion. Tune in to the main event 3-6:30 p.m. PT on YouTube, Twitch, and at http://e3.nintendo.com. Listen in for additional announcements between matches. Los Angeles-area fans hoping to attend the competition can visit http://e3.nintendo.com for details about free tickets.

Tuesday, June 16

Nintendo Digital Event:

Get Nintendo news about upcoming games and experiences straight from the source via the Nintendo Digital Event online video program. Tune in to http://e3.nintendo.com at 9 a.m. PT for the live coverage.

Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3:

Watch Nintendo Treehouse staff live from the E3 show floor as they deliver in-depth coverage of Nintendo’s lineup, including live game play and appearances by Nintendo developers. This interactive show kicks off immediately following the Digital Event live stream at http://e3.nintendo.com and is scheduled to run daily throughout the show.

Wednesday, June 17

Nintendo Access: Mario Maker at Best Buy:

In celebration of the upcoming Mario Maker game for the Wii U, Nintendo and Best Buy have partnered to bring fans hands-on sampling events at 23 locations across Canada. Drop by 4-9 p.m. local time to play through levels in a variety of Super Mario Bros. styles. Everyone who plays the game will receive a button commemorating the 30^th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. (while supplies last).

Also, when fans pre-order Mario Maker along with one other Nintendo title from a select list, they’ll receive a free limited edition Mario Maker seven button set. Check Nintendo.ca on June 17^th for qualifying games. The seven button set will be included in the same shipment as Mario Maker. Offer available online only, while quantities last.

Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3:

The second day of the Nintendo Treehouse: Live broadcast featuring more games and content not shown in our E3 booth is scheduled to begin at 9:55 a.m. PT. Watch live at http://e3.nintendo.com.

Thursday, June 18

Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3:

The final day of the show kicks off at 9:55 a.m. PT. Staff from Nintendo’s Treehouse will be joined by Nintendo game developers for last looks at our E3 lineup. Visit http://e3.nintendo.com to watch live, and then relive Nintendo’s E3 2015 show highlights.

Saturday, June 20

Nintendo Access: Mario Maker at Best Buy:

The second hands-on event for Mario Maker runs at participating Best Buy locations noon-5 p.m. local time. The Commemorative button offer applies, while supplies last.  Find a location near you at Nintendo.ca.

Fans can follow all of Nintendo’s activities on Facebook, Twitter,Google+, Instagram, Snapchat, Periscope and Vine. For more information about Nintendo at E3 2015, visit http://e3.nintendo.com.

Source: Nintendo PR

ZaciSa’s Last Stand was a quirky but addictive tower-defense style game on the Wii U eShop at a budget price, and the developer has been working hard at creating new free content for the game.

Zenfa Productions has announced that included in the patch will be the upgrading of graphics to 60FPS, 4 new maps including maps from other eShop games like Ping 1.5+, online leaderboards, and much more. The developer is also offering a sale of ZaciSa’s Last Stand to coincide with the new content, and the game will be available for just $1.19. The sale will last 4 weeks.

Source: Nintendo Enthusiast

This new patch is now available for download. If you don’t currently have this game installed on your console, make sure to download it again to check out the new content!

Curve Digital announced this morning that they will be bringing Pumped BMX + to a number of home consoles, including Nintendo’s Wii U. The game is an enhanced version of the successful IOS and Android game, Pumped BMX 2. The Wii U version will feature enhanced HD visuals and a brand new soundtrack. The game is slated for release on the eShop some time this summer.

Originally developed by one man studio Yeah Us!, Pumped BMX + will feature an array of levels which gradually increase in difficulty. The game challenges players to complete these levels, all while pulling off the best tricks they can. The game also features leader boards, though Curve has yet to clarify whether these are online or local.

Source: 8-Worlds News

Spotlighting Activision’s classic game, Plaque Attack, for the Atari 2600!

If you’d like to see us play more of this game, let us know in the comments below.

Before digital game purchases were a thing, people could only acquire them in physical form.

I remember my school friends wanting to borrow games that I had, and in exchange I would borrow games from them that I’ve never played before. It was a win-win situation because it allowed us to play games that we’ve never had a chance to try. If the game was really fun, I’d ask my parents to purchase it for my birthday etc.

This was also the case with game rental stores, as I’d rent a game for a day or 2 and it if was really good, I’d ask my parents to buy it. With Nintendo games being in cartridge form, you didn’t have to worry about anything going wrong with the borrowed physical media unless you smashed it with a hammer etc.

Things are different now with digital game purchases since they are tied to your online profile. There’s no way to allow friends or family to borrow any of your games unless you purchased a retail copy. The only option, apart from them buying their own copy (new/used) or borrowing a physical copy, is to come down and try the game on your system.

Many people live on a budget and can’t afford to buy all the games they’d like to play, which is why game rentals / borrowing was such a great thing (unless the focus of the game was playing online, like PSO). Being able to help a friend or family member out by letting them play through a game they might not normally be able to was rewarding.

I was thinking, what if Nintendo were to implement some kind of game borrowing system. All your NNID’s are in their system anyway, along with the digital purchases you have made. You could be assigned a borrowing limit of 3 games. This means you can lend out up to 3 games and borrow up to 3 games from different people. There’d be a secondary limit allowing only 1 borrow / lend per set of NNIDs.

The borrowing period could range from a 1 day minimum to a 14 day maximum. The person lending out the game would pick the duration. What would happen is that the lender’s system would be flagged as having that game lent out and that game would become disabled from launching during this period. The lending process could be initiated from the Nintendo eShop, in the user’s Account area.

The person borrowing the game would then have the set duration to play the game. The user could choose to return the game early if they wanted and have the system delete or disable the game on their console at that time. The benefit of disabling the game would be incase the person ended up purchasing their own copy. The borrowed (disabled) copy would be unlocked and no longer disabled. If the game gets re-borrowed, then the system is updated to allow access to that game for the new duration period.

To avoid people changing their system clocks to extend the borrow duration, the system would call home to verify the remaining duration. If the console was offline, you would be allowed 3 launches. On the 4th launch, the system would disable launching the game until it can verify how much time is left for the borrow duration. I’m sure there would be a few kinks to work out, but this seems like a plausible idea.

What is your take on the idea of digital game lending / borrowing? If you could give a friend the opportunity to experience a great game they normally wouldn’t be able to, would you?

During tonight’s Class vs Crass podcast, Jools Watsham of Renegade Kid was asked by our live audience about Xeodrifter coming to the Wii U.

Jools confirmed that Xeodrifter would be coming to the Wii U, which should be very exciting to fans of Metroid-style games.

He also hinted that there would could be some sort of cross-buy for people who already own the 3DS version of the game.

source: Nintendo Enthusiast

Spotlighting Frozenbyte’s indie game, Trine: Enchanted Edition, for the Nintendo Wii U!

For those having trouble with Adventures of Pip, Twinworld has released a series of videos showing how to complete each level and collect all the villagers!

Here’s our video review of Adventures of Pip by TicToc Games for the Nintendo Wii U.