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NES Remix
''NES Remix'' is a compilation video game series developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The first and eponymous game was simultaneously announced and released on December 18, 2013, on the Nintendo eShop following a Nintendo Direct presentation. A second game, ''NES Remix 2'', was released on April 25, 2014. A retail edition consisting of both games, titled ''NES Remix Pack'', was released on April 24, 2014, in Japan and December 5 in North America. Another title, ''Ultimate NES Remix'' for Nintendo 3DS, was released on November 7–8, 2014 in Europe and Australia, December 5 in North America and August 27, 2015, in Japan. The first game in the series, ''NES Remix'', is composed of 16 vintage Nintendo Entertainment System games with a total of 204 challenges throughout; the second game, ''NES Remix 2'', features 12 additional NES games with a further 169 challenges. Mostly composed of vintage excerpts from games, these compilations also present special categories of sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EAD and formerly known as Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department (abbreviated as Nintendo R&D4), was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. It was preceded by the ''Creative Department'', a team of designers with backgrounds in art responsible for many different tasks, to which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged. Both served as managers of the EARD studios and were credited in every game developed by the division, with varying degrees of involvement. Nintendo EAD was best known for its work on games in the ''Donkey Kong'', ''Mario (franchise), Mario'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', ''F-Zero'', ''Star Fox'', ''Animal Crossing'', ''Pikmin'', and ''Wii (video game series), Wii'' series. Following a large company restructuring after the death of company president Satoru Iwata, the division merged with Nintendo's Software Planning & Development division in September 2015, be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedrun
Speedrunning is the act of playing a video game, or section of a video game, with the goal of completing it as fast as possible. Speedrunning often involves following planned routes, which may incorporate sequence breaking and exploit glitches that allow sections to be skipped or completed more quickly than intended. Tool-assisted speedrunning (TAS) is a subcategory of speedrunning that uses emulation software or additional tools to create a precisely controlled sequence of inputs. Many online communities revolve around speedrunning specific games; community leaderboard rankings for individual games form the primary competitive metric for speedrunning. Racing between two or more speedrunners is also a popular form of competition. Videos and livestreams of speedruns are shared via the internet on media sites such as YouTube and Twitch. Speedruns are sometimes showcased at marathon events, which are gaming conventions that feature multiple people performing speedruns in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donkey Kong Jr
is a 1982 Platformer, platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for arcade video game, arcades. It is the sequel to ''Donkey Kong (1981 video game), Donkey Kong'', but with the roles reversed compared to its predecessor: Mario is now the villain and Donkey Kong Junior (Nintendo character), Donkey Kong Jr. is trying to save his kidnapped father. It first released in Arcade game, arcades and, over the course of the decade, was released for a variety of home platforms. The game's title is written out as ''Donkey Kong Junior'' in the North American arcade version and various conversions to non-Nintendo systems. The game was principally designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and his coworker and the company's chief engineer Gunpei Yokoi. Miyamoto also created the graphics for the title along with Yoshio Sakamoto. As with its predecessor, the music for the game was composed by Yukio Kaneoka. Gameplay Like its predecessor, ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' is a platform game. There are a to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clu Clu Land
is a puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo in 1984 in Japan for the Family Computer. It was released in North America in 1985 as a launch title for the Nintendo Entertainment System, with Europe receiving the game in 1987. Nintendo has re-released the game on many different platforms via emulation, of which includes the Virtual Console digital distribution service on the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and the Nintendo Classics service. Title Although "Clu Clu Land" is the official English title for the game, "Clu Clu" is actually an anglicization of "Kuru Kuru"; a Japanese onomatopoeia that refers to something going "around and around". This is derived from the main gameplay mechanic, in which the Bubbles (the protagonist) moves around mazes via grabbing onto poles, hence spinning "around and around". The same phrase is also the basis for the title of the Game Boy Advance game '' Kuru Kuru Kururin'' and its subsequent sequels. Gameplay In ''Clu Clu Land'', the playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball (1983 Video Game)
is a baseball video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer (Famicom). It was originally released in Japan on December 7, 1983, a few months after the July 15 launch of the Famicom. An arcade game version titled ''VS. Baseball'' released for the Nintendo VS. System in 1984, featuring enhanced graphics and speech, becoming a hit at Japanese and American arcades. The game was later released as launch title for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in 1985, and in Europe in 1986. It was also ported to the Game Boy in 1989 as one of the handheld's four launch titles. ''IGN'' noted that the universal appeal of baseball made the game instrumental in the NES's successful test market launch and regarded it as an important part of Nintendo's early history. At the time, it competed with Sega's arcade hit '' Champion Baseball'', released earlier in 1983. Gameplay As in real baseball, the object of the game is to score the most runs. The game supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balloon Fight
is an action video game developed by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released for arcades as ''VS. Balloon Fight'', with the console version releasing in Japan in 1985 and internationally in 1986. The gameplay is similar to the 1982 game ''Joust'' from Williams Electronics. The home Nintendo Entertainment System version was ported to the NEC PC-8801 in October 1985, the Sharp X1 in November 1985, the Game Boy Advance as ''Balloon Fight-e'' for the e-Reader in the United States on September 16, 2002, and as part of the Famicom Mini Series in Japan on May 21, 2004. It was later rereleased through Nintendo's Virtual Console and NES Classic Edition. It was released on the Nintendo Classics service in 2018. Gameplay The player controls an unnamed Balloon Fighter with two balloons attached to his helmet. Repeatedly pressing the A button or holding down the B button causes the Balloon Fighter to flap hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Off-TV Play
Off-TV Play is a feature of Nintendo's eighth-generation video game console, the Wii U. Like all video game consoles, the Wii U uses a console and a controller to manipulate an image on a television screen. The Wii U's unique feature is that its controller, the Wii U GamePad, has its own built-in screen for displaying images. It can display an entirely different image, or duplicate the television screen into the Wii U GamePad. It also allowed for 2-Player multiplayer, where each person would have their own screen with no need for Co-op splitscreen. Off-TV Play is the term used for when an entire game is played strictly on the controller, without the use of a television. The GamePad also features two speakers that can be used for Off-TV Play. There is no standardized way to activate Off-TV Play and how it's implemented depends on the game. Background The Wii U console was officially unveiled at E3 2011 in June 2011, where it was first detailed that the console's controller would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miiverse
Miiverse was a social network for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U that operated from 2012 to 2017. The service was created by Nintendo System Development and Hatena, and powered by the Nintendo Network. Miiverse was integrated into many video games, and allowed players to interact and share their experiences through handwritten messages or drawings, text, screenshots, and sometimes game videos in dedicated communities. It was available via any web browser, and a dedicated app version was originally planned for tablets and smartphones. All users who signed up for a Nintendo Network ID were automatically given a Miiverse profile per account, represented by the Mii avatar connected to said Nintendo Network ID. Miiverse was announced on June 3, 2012, during a pre-E3 2012 Nintendo Direct event; the service initially launched on the launch of the Wii U on November 18, 2012, and was later made available for the 3DS on December 9, 2013. A web-based portal was opened on April 25, 2013. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Levels
''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'', known in Japan as ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', is a 1986 platform game developed by Nintendo R&D4 for the Famicom Disk System (FDS). Like its predecessor, ''Super Mario Bros.'' (1985), players control Mario or Luigi to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. ''The Lost Levels'' has a higher difficulty level, introducing obstacles such as the poison Super Mario#Mushrooms, mushroom, counterproductive level warps and mid-air wind gusts. Luigi controls differently from Mario, with reduced ground friction and increased jump height. The game contains 32 Level (video games), levels across eight worlds, and 20 bonus levels. Nintendo developed ''The Lost Levels'' after designing some of its levels for the Nintendo VS. System version of ''Super Mario Bros''. It was directed by Takashi Tezuka and designed for players who had mastered the original. Nintendo released it as ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' in Japan on June 3, 1986, but Nintendo of America deemed it to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
