Nintendo sold 19,000 New 3DS face plates for the Japanese launch
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 2 Comments
It was revealed earlier this week that the New 3DS sold over 200,000 units for its Japanese launch. Media Create provides a bit more insight with some tidbits about the performance of the face plates.
According to Media Create, roughly 19,000 face plates were sold at launch. Popular face plates include the two Monster Hunter ones, Yoshi face plate, and the wood grain face plate (#24).
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Homebrew hacker begins New 3DS efforts
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 2 Comments
Homebrew for 3DS seemed like it was just on the horizon back in August. However, creator Smealum ended up delaying the release in light of the New 3DS announcement.
Smealum now has a New 3DS in his possession, and is already working on getting homebrew up and running on the system. Thus far, it looks like he’s having success.
Smealum shared the following message and image on Twitter yesterday:
i mean, relatively speaking… pic.twitter.com/MzsvgKEBKt
— smea (@smealum) October 16, 2014
Video: Monster Hunter 4G New 3DS XL unboxing
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 0 comments
More: Capcom, Japan, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
More New 3DS cover plates revealed, coming to Japan November 21st onwards
Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 10 Comments
The next batch of New 3DS cover plates will be hitting Japan November 21st featuring Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire, KK Slider, Question Mark blocks, Mario and Luigi and much more. The following month will see the release of a Jibanyan plate from Yo-Kai watch. Check out screenshots of all the new plates below!
More: cover plates, New 3DS
Media Create hardware sales (10/6 – 10/12) – New 3DS debut
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 27 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 164,756
New 3DS – 70,050
3DS LL – 19,727
PS4 – 11,697
Vita – 8,561
3DS – 7,340
Wii U – 6,309
PS3 – 4,954
Xbox One – 809
Vita TV – 737
Xbox 360 – 97
PSP – 67
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 16,130
Vita – 13,510
Wii U – 7,805
PS4 – 7,350
3DS – 6,360
PS3 – 5,365
Xbox One – 1,062
Vita TV – 922
PSP – 84
Xbox 360 – 80
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales, top
New Nintendo 3DS + XL sold over 230,000 units during launch weekend in Japan
Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 3 Comments
Famitsu has reported the first bunch of stats for the New Nintendo 3DS and the New Nintendo 3DS XL which was released in Japan last weekend. Both models have sold a collective total of 233,483 units, with 61,151 of those being the New 3DS and 172,332 being the New 3DS XL. Also reported was that Monster Hunter 4G has also sold 1,617,949 units to date. Here are some other interesting stats / tidbits for comparison:
- The smaller model was shipped with face plates while the larger one came in a Monster Hunter 4G bundle
- The best Christmas week in 2011 saw 510,629 units sold
- The best Christmas week in 2012 saw 433,788 units sold
- Launch week in Japan saw 235 974 units sold
- After the 3DS price drop 214 821 units were sold that following week
