{"id":2707,"date":"2016-01-28T18:47:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T02:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2017-04-24T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T17:38:15","slug":"nintendo-prepares-for-an-exciting-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/nintendo-prepares-for-an-exciting-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Prepares for an exciting 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Ashton Newton\r\nStaff Writer<\/pre>\n<p>Nintendo has a big year planned for 2016. Fans have a lot to be excited for, including a new system, the NX, which is shrouded in mystery. Nintendo first officially announced the NX back in March 2015, saying that the NX is a \u201cdedicated games platform with a brand new concept\u201d before going silent.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, rumors have begun popping up all over the Internet about NX. Rumors say that Nintendo will release a handheld in 2016, with the full console coming in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Rumors have also surfaced that the NX will be able to pair with mobile devices and PS4\u2019s. As to what this means specifically, the general public is not sure, but there are hopes that this will be a means to share games between the devices or use them as second screens.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of The Legend of Zelda have something to get excited for too, with \u201cThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD\u201d releasing on the WiiU March 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwilight Princess\u201d came out in 2006 for the Gamecube and Wii, and has held a solid fan base since.<\/p>\n<p>A brand new Amiibo will be releasing with \u201cTwilight Princess HD.\u201d Amiibos are Nintendo\u2019s line of collectible figurines that grant bonuses when paired with their games. Amiibos feature Nintendo characters, and the one releasing alongside \u201cTwilight Princess HD\u201d is Wolf Link, a character from the game.<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2016, Nintendo\u2019s \u201cLegend of Zelda WiiU\u201d is scheduled for release. Although not much is known about the next installment of the Zelda series, a few screenshots of the new game were revealed at E3 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo promises that the players will have more freedom than ever before and that they\u2019re \u201crethinking the conventions of Zelda.\u201d Fans can be on the lookout for new information soon.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Nintendo will be releasing \u201cPokk\u00e8n Tournament,\u201d \u201cStar Fox Zero,\u201d and the well-received PC game \u201cKerbal Space Program\u201d for WiiU in the first half of 2016. As well as Mega Man creator\u2019s releasing \u201cMight No.9\u201d later this year, after several production delays.<\/p>\n<p>Even with lower hardware specs than the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One, Nintendo\u2019s WiiU has remained a competitor for both systems since launch.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo\u2019s previous President, Satoru Iwata, who passed away in July 2015, is quoted as saying \u201cAbove all, video games are meant to be just one thing: fun. Fun for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fun is largely Nintendo\u2019s goal for players, and there is a lot of fun to be had, both announced and unannounced, for 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has a big year planned for 2016. Fans have a lot to be excited for, including a new system, the NX, which is shrouded in mystery. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":825,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}