[Wii U] Animal Crossing Plaza available for free on Wii U right now

[Wii U] Animal Crossing Plaza available for free on Wii U right now

Nintendo has released a new application for the Wii U called Animal Crossing Plaza, it is a free service available for download right now and will operate through until the end of 2014.

Using this service Animal Crossing fans from around the world will be able to "meet, interact and exchange information through the Animal Crossing Miiverse community." You'll also be able to import images that you've taken on Animal Crossing: New Leaf and custom QR code patterns you've created and organise them neatly into albums, from here you'll be able to post them to the message board directly (I guess this will suffice until the Miiverse comes to the 3DS). Additionally, players can select their favourite animals in Animal Crossing Plaza to post about those specific animals or view posts only about them.

If players want to see more posts then Nintendo reminds wants to remind you that you can jump over to the full Animal Crossing Miiverse community.

I'm not sure what the goal is here, but that didn't stop me from firing up my Wii U in order to download this free application. I was just starting to quit my Animal Crossing: New Leaf addiction as well, Nintendo.

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Nintendo Direct Brings Animal Crossing Plaza and More!

Today, we were treated to another Nintendo Direct. Initially, we were told via press release that we they would only cover games already announced. While that might have been the case, there were still a few surprises, like the Animal Crossing Plaza for Wii U. Feel free to watch the entire video and check out the official press release with all the details below.

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Animal Crossing fans are getting a new place on Wii U where they can talk about their towns and share images with players from all over the world. Nintendo announced the free Animal Crossing Plaza application during today’s Nintendo Direct presentation. Nintendo also discussed a variety of other topics about Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games, including the debut of the Pokémon series on Wii U with Pokémon Rumble U and the story behind The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds for Nintendo 3DS.

Animal Crossing Plaza Logo (Photo: Business Wire)

“The second-half of 2013 is packed with great games and great experiences for Nintendo fans, from new entries in longstanding franchises to software that highlights the many benefits of connecting our hardware to the Internet,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “We’re always on the lookout for new ways that our fans can interact with their favorite game series, andAnimal Crossing Plaza extends the fun of the infectious series to Wii U.”

To view the Nintendo Direct in its entirety, visit http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct. Some of today’s announcements included:

Wii U News

Animal Crossing Plaza: A new application on Wii U for Animal Crossing fans is now available for download for free in the Nintendo eShop. The service will run through the end of 2014, and allows Animal Crossing fans from around the world to meet, interact and exchange information through the Animal Crossing Miiverse community. Players can import images they took in Animal Crossing: New Leaf for Nintendo 3DS, custom design QR Code patterns via their SD cards and organize them in albums. Players also can post messages to Miiverse with those images. The QR Code patterns posted can also be directly scanned and used in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Players can select their favorite animal in the Animal Crossing Plaza to post about those specific animals or view posts only about them. If players want to see more posts, they can jump directly to the Animal Crossing series Miiverse community from Animal Crossing Plaza.Pokémon Rumble U: Players have the opportunity to befriend some of the Toy Pokémon that they defeat in battle. People can play as, and do battle against, every one of the 649 Pokémon that have appeared in the video games through Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2. Pokémon Rumble Ualso lets players bring the game into the real world with optional, collectible NFC Figures that let them access Toy Pokémon with Special Traits in the game by scanning them with the Wii U GamePad controller. Players can purchase 18 different Figures exclusively through GameStop stores once Pokémon Rumble U launches. These NFC Figures are not required to see everything the game has to offer, but are a fun new way to interact with Wii U. Pokémon Rumble U launches exclusively in the Nintendo eShop onAug. 29.Challenger Approaching!: Luigi has been confirmed as a playable character in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo is calling 2013 “The Year of Luigi” due to the high number of games that Mario’s brother is starring in, such as Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon for Nintendo 3DS and New Super Luigi U for Wii U.Sonic Lost World from SEGA: Launching exclusively for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS on Oct. 22, the game features radio-controlled gadgets that can be created and customized on Nintendo 3DS and sent to a player’s Wii U for use in cooperative multiplayer mode. Players use these gadgets to destroy enemies and collect items.Rayman Legends from Ubisoft: Even Rayman likes to cosplay! The Wii U version of the game will include a special bonus: Players will be able to unlock a Mario costume for Rayman and a Luigi costume for Globox. Players on the Wii U version will also have access to select fan-favorite stages from the previously released Rayman Origins game. Rayman Legends launches Sept. 3.Art Academy: SketchPad: This application, headed to the Nintendo eShop on Aug. 9, uses features from an upcoming edition of the Art Academy series for Wii U to let users create original artwork that can be posted directly to Miiverse.The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD: This reinvented HD version of the Nintendo GameCube classic features several adjustments that enhance the overall play experience, such as faster sailing. The game launches this October.Pikmin 3 on Miiverse: The recently released Pikmin 3 game allows players to capture in-game images from the eye-level of diminutive Pikmin, and post them directly to Miiverse. Nintendo is asking fans to post their most creative captions for a series of Miiverse images that will be posted to the Wii U Facebook page in the coming weeks. The top captions will be highlighted for everyone to see and enjoy.The Wonderful 101: Stay tuned! A special installment of Nintendo Direct dedicated to The Wonderful 101is coming at 7 a.m. PT on Aug. 9. The game launches in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on Sept. 15.

Nintendo 3DS News

Layton-Mania: The third game in the latest Professor Layton series will launch in 2014, as will a new crossover adventure co-starring Capcom’s Phoenix Wright in Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: The game’s logo represents one of its key plot points: Link will undergo a new adventure across two worlds. In one world, the iconic Triforce exists, while the shadowy Triforce in the logo suggests the existence of another Triforce in a different world from where Link lives. Taking place long after the events of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, some of the game’s scenery will be familiar to fans of the series, while its puzzles and dungeons are new. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds launches this November.Summer Carnival ’92: RECCA: This notoriously hard-to-find Famicom game was originally designed for a games festival in Japan in the summer of 1992. It’s remembered as being one of the most challenging shooters ever created, and it’s coming to the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS soon.Virtual Console Games: More classics are headed to Nintendo 3DS. The NES version of Donkey Konglaunches Aug. 15, followed by Tecmo Bowl in September. Game Boy Color platformer Wario Land 3 is coming soon, and Super Mario Bros. 3 will be released in the Nintendo eShop on both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS later this year.Exclusive Animal Crossing: New Leaf Item at Nintendo Zone: Starting Aug. 11, owners of Animal Crossing: New Leaf can visit any Nintendo Zone location to receive a Pumpkin Pie in-game item. Visit a Nintendo Zone, then go to the post office in the game and ask about a present. Different in-game items will be distributed every two weeks through late September.Mario & Luigi: Dream Team: The latest hand-held adventure for this super sibling duo launches in stores and in the Nintendo eShop on Aug. 11. While exploring the two massive worlds of the real world and Luigi’s dream, players can customize their play experience by equipping different badges and gear that impart different benefits in battle. Players can also extend their play experience by taking on Expert Challenges, such as dodging 10 consecutive enemy attacks to earn special gear.

Remember that Wii U and Nintendo 3DS feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu and http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii U™ and Wii™ home consoles, and Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ families of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 4.1 billion video games and more than 655 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™, Nintendo GameCube™and Wii systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at http://www.nintendo.com.

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[PAX, 3DS] Special Animal Crossing: New Leaf video from PAX Australia

[PAX, 3DS] Special Animal Crossing: New Leaf video from PAX Australia
Clumsy Kyran actually forgot to post this earlier, but Nintendo Australia were kind enough to upload the special Animal Crossing: New Leaf presentation that was shown at the first ever PAX Australia last weekend.

The video features Directors' Isao Moro and Aya Kyogoku and Producer Katsuya Eguchi.

If you were unable to attend or just want to re-live the video then hit 'play' below to see what questions were asked of the development team.

I'm suffering from a severe case of Post-PAX Depression right now, it's actually pretty crippling. I'm just going to go and flick through some photos and re-live the event through them.

Also -- if you attended, did you spend much time at Nintendo's booth? I did and I had a great time, so far Nintendo's won my heart with the two previous shows I've attended, PAX Australia and the EB Expo last year.

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Nintendo Download: June 6, 2013 – Animal Crossing, Yoshi, Spelunker, Sengoku, & Sales

Is Nintendo holding back something great for next week’s E3? It seems that way. Other than a big title for Nintendo 3DS coming on Sunday, today’s Nintendo Download only contains two games available today. The others are available early next week.

What is that big 3DS game? You probably do not need me to tell you that Animal Crossing: New Leaf will be available for download on June 9. Want more for your 3DS? Well, you are going to have to wait until next week, perhaps, because that is all this week contains for the handheld.

The Wii U has a bit more growth, but it is not much. Today, you can download Spelunker for the Virtual Console, and you can get Yoshi for the low price of 30 cents on June 12. Other than those two VC games, Nintendo did let us know that Trine 2: Director’s Cut is on sale for $9.99 until June 27, and Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth‘s price has been cut down to $29.99.

However, we do have one other new game today! Sengoku 3 is now on the Wii Virtual Console. That is right. Apparently, Nintendo is still pumping out VC games for Wii, even though the Wii U’s lineup is quite low.

Hopefully next week will bring much much more for you fans of the Nintendo Download. Until then, be sure to check out the full list of all the releases and prices below, along with the official press release, straight from Nintendo of America. And be sure to let us know what game(s) or apps get you excited to play. Let us know in the comments below or in our forums!

Nintendo eShop on Wii U

Yoshi ($.30) *Available June 12, 2013Spelunker ($4.99)

Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS

Animal Crossing: New Leaf ($34.99) *Available June 9, 2013

Virtual Console on Wii Shop

Nintendo eShop Sales on Wii U

Trine 2: Director’s Cut - $9.99 until June 27, 2013Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth - NEW PRICE at $29.99

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[3DS] Review Roundup - Animal Crossing: New Leaf

IGN - 9.6/10 - "There’s always something to work toward, something to look forward to, something to be proud of or to remember fondly. New Leaf is a truly magical game, one that you can easily expect to invest hundreds of hours in over the course of years. Anyone with access to a 3DS should absolutely give this game a try - just be prepared to kiss your “real” life goodbye."

Eurogamer - 9/10 - "Finally, playing it my way has lead me to the kind of self-reflection that a man in his 30s can't always afford. Why do I care what this leopard thinks of me? Why am I losing sleep over the construction of a virtual bench? Maybe, though, you're somewhere else in this special game's vast audience - a clued-in senior who's long tired of Brain Training, or a delighted kid falling in love with video games right at the start of your personal journey. The first Animal Crossing you play is always the best, isn't it? If this is your first, I envy you."

EGM - 8.5/10 - "If you’ve never tried an Animal Crossing title, then Animal Crossing: New Leaf is the perfect place to start. If it’s been a while since you’ve paid the games a visit—or if you weren’t totally happy with how City Folk turned out—then New Leaf should have enough content to make the return trip worth it. From the convenience of its portability to the 3D affect that legitimately makes the game look and feel better, Nintendo’s latest handheld provides a fantastic platform for the future of the Animal Crossing series."

GameSpot - 8/10 - "New Leaf is a very strange game with an appeal that seems nonexistent to outsiders. The moment-to-moment activities are so banal that it's not readily apparent just how engrossing the small-town life can be. However, the more you play, the more invested you become in the well-being of your city, and the more exciting each small success becomes. When you receive perfect town status, it's hard to contain your joy, because you've had to work long and hard to earn that recognition. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is an expected sequel that doesn't stray far from its predecessors. Still, the happiness of your citizens is so intoxicating that it's easy to be sucked into this portable adventure as you live out your dreams as an all-powerful mayor."

Destructoid - 7/10 - "There's plenty of fun and silliness to be had in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, and obsessive fans will likely find the extra content, however fundamentally familiar, to be endearing and laudable. It's a good little game, but it's nowhere near as special as it used to be, and those hoping for more flexibility and interaction from their new political careers will feel let down by what is, ostensibly, just more goalpost shifting and further excuses to get you to shake bananas off trees. A new leaf has not been turned. Rather, an old dog is on display. Faithful, loyal, and hard to dislike, but you know what it can do already."

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