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BREAKING NEWS: Hideki Kamiya, a game designer that works on The Wonderful 101 for the Wii U, has announced that The Wonderful 101 will make an appearance at the May 17th Nintendo Direct. He hasn't told anyone about what we'll see in the Nintendo Direct about the game, but it's reasonable to assume that a release date and/or a trailer for the game is in order along with some new details on it.

BREAKING NEWS #2: Nintendo has announced a Nintendo Direct broadcast that will take place tomorrow, May 17th, 2013, at 7pm PST. This Nintendo Direct will discuss the Wii U and 3DS.

BREAKING NEWS #3: Pokemon X/Y news will be announced from an episode of Pokemon Smash on May 19th, 2013.

SOON TO COME ON PROFILE PAGE: 3DS and Wii U eShop List Updates & Updates to the Breaking News Section

Blog Corner: Check out my latest blog If I were the CEO of Nintendo...

Thread Center: Check out my latest thread Should I buy the Wii U ZombiU Bundle?

Guide Time: Check out my latest guide Mario Tennis Open Characters Guide w/ QR Codes

Group Alert: Check out my group The Official Animal Crossing Group

REVIEW RELEASED: Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger

REVIEW RELEASED: New Super Mario Bros. 2

Incoming Review: FIFA Soccer 13 (3DS)

Incoming Review: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Incoming Blog: Coming Soon

Herded Reviews:

• 2/2/12 Super Mario 3D Land
• 5/24/12 Mario Party 9
• 6/14/12 Sonic the Hedgehog: 4 Episode 2 (iOS)
• 7/12/12 Kid Icarus: Uprising
• 8/2/12 The Amazing Spider-Man (3DS)
• 2/28/13 New Super Mario Bros. 2
• 4/18/13 Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger

Herded Blogs:

• 7/26/12 Is The Wii U Really Doomed?
• 8/9/12 Pikmin 3 Preview (Featuring: Kid Ica)
• 2/14/13 Rayman Legends Delay: Who it Affects and Why it May Have Been a Bad Move
• 3/21/13 Why Nintendo is not Leaving the Gaming Industry Anytime Soon
• 4/18/13 The Advantages and Disadvantages of DLC
• 4/25/13 Nintendo Direct 4/17/13: My Impressions

Featured on the GameInformer Newsletter:

• 4/27/13 Nintendo Direct 4/17/13: My Impressions

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More Animal Crossing: Jump Out! Information Revealed

     Animal Crossing: Jump Out! is the fourth video game in the Animal Crossing series and was first announced in E3 2010, as we all should know. Fans of the series have anxiously been awaiting more information to be revealed for it. Well, luckily, more information on this game has been discovered today. The NeoGaf user Streets Ahead has already confirmed to us tons of brand-new information from some Animal Crossing: Jump Out! scans and has announced the information he has found. Below is everything that he found. Remember, Animal Crossing: Jump Out! will be released on November 8th, 2012 in Japan and will be released in the first half off 2013 in North America.

• You have the ability to place a Reset Management Center in your town. Also, after you place it, Mr. Resetti will appear.
• Don Resetti is returning to Animal Crossing: Jump Out!.
• Brewster's coffee shop will no longer be attached to the museum and will be separate. You will have to build it as the mayor, and, if you go there often, you will eventually be able to get a part-time job from the coffee shop.
• You are now able to drink coffee outside rather than just in the store.
• There are two types of police stations. Each station has a different police officer at it and the police officer will vary by the type of police station you choose.
• A new villager will appear: A hamster called Hamsuke. It was born on May 30th and has a brisk personality.
• A new villager will appear: A pig called Britanny. It was born on November 14th and has a mature personality.
• A new villager will appear: A horse called Anthony. It was born on May 22nd and has a smug personality.
• A new personality will appear: Some villagers now have the personality smug. This means that the person acts like a gentlemen but talks indirectly. They are supposedly pure so that you can't hate him.
• A new villager will appear: An octopus called Takoya. It was born on March 8th, is shaped like takoyaki, and has a carefree personality.
• A new villager will appear: A penguin called Frappe. It was born on February 22nd and has a lively personality.
• The Happy Room Academy is now called the Happy Home Academy, suggesting that they now rate homes rather than the rooms. Lyle will be working there.
• Picnics are now available. You will be able to use blankets, chairs, and even picnic baskets.
• New flowers are available to purchase and plant.
• Cherry blossoms have returned.
• Your character will now be able to eat ice-cream cones.
• Your first act as the mayor of your town is to plant a tree. This tree will grow as your city grows.
• You can build camping grounds, bridges, wells, jungle gyms, benches, and the face-hole cardboard cut-outs.
• You can receive donations from the villagers in your town and other players to help pay for fundings for the buildings and to pay for new buildings.
• The clothing types have been confirmed: socks, tops, shoes, dresses, bottoms, accessories, and hats are the types.
• A new villager will appear: A deer called Doremi. It was born on March 26th.
• A new villager will appear: A gorilla called Sunairu. It was born on December 5th.
• A new villager will appear: An elephant called Hajime. It was born on September 7th.
• The flower shop will be owned by an animal called Reiji. The shop will sell flower seeds, tree saplings, garden tools, and house plants. This shop will be open from 10:00am - 8:00pm, but, of course, you will be able to change the hours if you want to. Reiji is a sloth and is lazy, meaning that he might not be in the shop sometimes.
• The museum will still be open 24/7, and the museum will now host "planned exhibitions" of items other than the items you donate to them. A museum shop inside the museum will be ran by Blathers's little sister.
• The Able Sisters will be open from 8:00am - 9:00pm, but, of course, you will be able to change the hours if you want to. The Able Sisters will also have a new section (the accessories corner) specially for accessories.
• Nook Housing will be open from 10:00am - 8:00pm, but, of course, you will be able to change the hours if you want to. Every day, Tom Nook will have new supplies for decorating your house.
• A Speck Shop is going to be taking place of Tom Nook's previous shop. This shop will be ran by twin tanookis. They will sell you daily goods (like cups). Just as Tom Nook's previous store, this store will upgrade over time. They will be open from 8:00am - 10:00pm, and the hours will depend on which type of the shop you choose. You should still be able to change the hours to your liking.
• Shank the Skunk will run the shoe shop while Lisa the Llama will run the recycle shop.
• You will start off living in a tent. When you collect enough money, you will be able to upgrade your house.
• Bunnie, Chevre, and Peanut are all villagers that have been confirmed to return.

     So, what do you think? Do you like the new information that was announced? I certainly do. Do you need more to convince you into getting Animal Crossing: Jump Out!? What are your thoughts?

Sources:  My Nintendo News & NeoGaf User Streets Ahead

Fresh from Nintendo Power comes more Rayman Legends Information

     By now, most of us probably already know how Nintendo Power is shutting down this upcoming December (December 2012). Well, while they're preparing to shut down, they're still churning information like mad. Fresh from Nintendo Power comes more information about the Wii U's upcoming, triple-A game Rayman Legends, the sequel to Rayman Origins. Below is everything that Ubisoft has told Nintendo Power about Rayman Legends.

• The reason why Ubisoft decided to make this game for the Wii U was because of its unique Wii U GamePad.
• One of the first developers to receive the Wii U video game development kits was Ubisoft Montpellier, the creators of Rayman Legends.
• Michael Ancel, creator of the Rayman series, has said that the environment in Rayman Legends is an important part and that the Wii U GamePad is used to allow players to change the environment.
• A maximum of four players can play Rayman Legends with a Wii remote and accompany them through levels with Wii remotes.
• The player that uses the Wii U GamePad will control Murfy, a small, green character that helps Rayman.
• Murfy has the ability to cut ropes, lower platforms, and turn gears.
• You will be turning gears using the Wii U GamePad's gyroscope.
• Murfy also can be mischievous in the game.
• It is possible for you to take a health bottle from somebody who is going to give it to another player.
• Along with helping players, Murfy can also hurt players in the game. One example of this is that Murfy can dump lava on a player's head.
• Ubisoft wants the person who is using the Wii U GamePad "to feel like they have an identity in the game's world."
• You will be controlling Rayman or one of the other playable characters mostly during single-player mode.
• In single-player mode, you can temporarily switch to Murfy in order to overcome obstacles that Murfy has to do. This is only available in some sections of the game. Because of this, Al will take over the other character.
• The developers promise that Al will perform flawlessly in this game.
• There won't be any mosquito levels.
• There is a new character in each world.
• Barbara comes from the medieval world.

     So, what do you think? Do you like what Ubisoft announced? Do you want Rayman Legends? Are you still on the fence about this game

Source: My Nintendo News

New Nintendo Land Information Revealed

     If you have a subscription to the Official Nintendo Magazine, a European publication, then you probably have already read about the brand-new Nintendo Land information that they revealed. Well, the Official Nintendo Magazine has revealed brand-new information for four of the twelve theme parks in Nintendo Land, and the information revealed isn't half-bad, either. Below is the information that the Official Nintendo Magazine boasted in their latest issue.

Balloon Trip Breeze

• Each hero, the person you play as in the game, will carry a parcel that they must deliver to their destination on each island.
• You will earn currency that you can spend in the theme park after you deliver each parcel.
• You are able to tap on certain objects on the screen to remove the objects, but, if you randomly tap objects, then they won't go away and just end up ricocheting.

Metroid Blast

• You need to use the Wii MotionPlus to shoot rather than the sensor in normal Wii remotes.
• The gunmen on the ground have a full array of Samus's moves: morph ball, charge shots, evasive dodges, and grapple beams. You can also use the latter to hang from the gunship.

Mario Chase

• If you play on the Mud River Run stage, the escapee, the person who escapes, can run on bridges in order to cross mud rivers. These bridges will crumble/dissolve under his/her feet, though.
• The game will give you a breakdown of everybody's movements in the round after the round ends.

Pikmin Adventure

• The whole entire Pikmin world was re-imaged into a clockwork Gashapon toys world.
• Each enemy will arrive into the world by coming from a plastic capsule that was sent from a vending machine.
• Every Pikmin that gets eaten by an enemy will appear as poop and friends in the game will have to chip them out.

So, what do you think about the new information announced for Nintendo Land? Do you like them? Do you not like them? Are you getting Nintendo Land? Are you not getting Nintendo Land?

Source: My Nintendo News

Pictures:

Take a look at some pictures from the Nintendo world. If you're looking for pictures from infographics to video game covers to wallpapers, then this is where you'll find them. If you're looking for Animal Crossing pictures, it would probably be best for you if you check out the "The Official Animal Crossing Group's" media gallery.

Essential Question of the Week 5/20/13 - 5/27/13 What do you think about the new announcements from the May 17th Nintendo Direct?

Last Week's Essential Question of the Week 5/13/13 - 5/20/13 What do you think about the new Pokemon announced for Pokemon X/Y?

My Top 10 Favorite Video Games Of All Time:

It was very, very hard for me to choose which games would make it into my top 10 favorite video games list of all time, but I did it! These are the games that I would have to say are my top 10 favorite video games of all time.

1. Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii)
2. Pikmin (GameCube)
3. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (DS)
4. Animal Crossing (GameCube)
5. Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (GBA)
6. Mario vs. Donkey Kong (GBA)
7. Luigi's Mansion (GameCube)
8. Super Mario Sunshine (GameCube)
9. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
10. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team (DS)

Recommended Websites:

• Nintendo
• Club Nintendo
• Nintendo 3DS Photo Showcase
• 3DSBuzz
• IGN
• GameStop
• PowerUp Rewards
• YouTube
• My Nintendo News
• GoNintendo
• Nintendo World Report
• Nintendojo
• Cubed3

Future Nintendo 3DS Games:

• 50 Classic Games Release Date: October 2012
• Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage!? Release Date: Fall 2012
• American Mensa Academy Release Date: October 2012
• Angry Birds Trilogy Release Date: October 2012
• Art Academy: Lessons For Everyone! October 1st, 2012
• Ben 10: Omniverse Release Date: Fall 2012
• Bratz: Fashion Boutique Release Date: October 2012
• Classic Games Overload: Card and Puzzle Edition Release Date: November 2012
• Code of Princess Release Date: October 9th, 2012
• Crosswords Plus Release Date: October 1st, 2012
• Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion Release Date: November 18th, 2012
• Disney-Pixar Finding Nemo Release Date: September 2012
• Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure Release Date: September 2012
• FIFA 13 Release Date: September 2012
• Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive! Release Date: November 5th, 2012
• Harvest Moon: A New Beginning Q4 2012
• Hello Kitty Picnic Release Date: October 2012
• Hotel Transylvania Release Date: September 18th, 2012
• Imagine Babyz Release Date: October 23rd, 2012
• Imagine Fashion Life Release Date: October 23rd, 2012
• Jet Tailfin Release Date: November 2012
• Junior Classic Games Release Date: October 2012
• Lalaloopsy: Carnival of Friends Release Date: October 2012
• LEGO The Lord of the Rings Release Date: Fall 2012
• Moshi Monsters Moshlings Theme Park Release Date: October 2012
• Old Skool Classics Release Date: September 2012
• Paper Mario: Sticker Star Release Date: November 11th, 2012
• Petz Countryside Release Date: November 6th, 2012
• Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask Release Date: October 28th, 2012
• Rabbids Rumble Release Date: Holiday 2012
• Rayman Origins Release Date: Q3 2012
• Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game Release Date: November 20th, 2012
• Scribblenauts Unlimited Release Date: Holiday 2012
• Skylanders Giants Release Date: October 21st, 2012
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Release Date: November 20th, 2012
• Spy Hunter Release Date: Fall 2012
• Style Saavy: Trendsetters Release Date: October 22nd, 2012
• The Trash Pack Release Date: October 2012
• TRANSFORMERS PRIME Release Date: October 30th, 2012
• Unchained Blades Release Date: Summer 2012
• Wipeout 3 Release Date: October 2012
• Word Wizard 3D Release Date: September 2012
• Wreck-It Ralph Release Date: October 2012
• Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Release Date: October 23rd, 2012

December 3DS eShop Game Releases:

• 12/6  & Murder on the Titanic (3DSWare) $7.99 & Mighty Bomb Jack (NES) $4.99
• 12/13 Crimson Shroud (3DSWare) $7.99, Gardenscapes (3DSWare) $7.99, & Ninja Gaiden (NES) $4.99
• 12/20 Wario Land II (Gameboy), Pix 3D (3DSWare) $3.99, 3D Game Collection (3DSWare) $5.99, Bit. Trip Saga (3DS Game) $14.99, & Riding Stables 3D: Rivals in the Saddle (3DSWare) ($29.99)
• 12/27 Fluidity: Spin Cycle (3DSWare), Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels (NES), Johnny Impossible (3DSWare) ($5.99), & Mahjong 3D: Warriors of the Emperor (3DSWare) ($9.99)

November DSi Shop Game Releases:

• 11/1 Spot It! Mean Machines (DSiWare) 200 Points & Cake Ninja 2 (DSiWare) 500 Points
• 11/8 Come On! Dragons (DSiWare) 200 Points & Smart Girl's Playhouse Mini (DSiWare) 500 Points
• 11/15 Jump Trials (DSiWare) 200 Points & Working Dawgs: A-Maze-ing Pipes (DSiWare) 200 Points
• 11/22 Spirit Hunters Inc: Light (DSiWare) 800 Points & Spirit Hunters Inc: Shadow (DSiWare) 800 Points
• 11/29 ?

NOTE: Thruspace is available on Club Nintendo for until December 9th, 2012 while Brain Age Express: Sudoku is available until December 16th, 2012.

Content Center:

Do you want more content for your video games? Why, of course you do! That's why there is this handy dandy content center. It is specially made to provide you with some more content for your 3DS, and, in the future, it will provide you with more content for your Wii U. Check out what is below. You're bound to like it.

Miis (Mii Maker):

Freakyforms: Your Creations Alive (3DSWare):

Pushmo (3DSWare):

The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave (3DSWare)

Antony

Bronn

Jordan

Now, the question is "what Nintendo games are you going to buy?"