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3DS – 76,322
PS3 – 27,111
PSP – 15,928
Vita – 11,186
Wii – 7,878
Xbox 360 – 1,508
PS2 – 1,269
DSi LL – 977
DSi – 662

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 67,558
PS3 – 22,002
PSP – 15,860
Vita – 13,939
Wii – 8,206
PS2 – 1,239
Xbox 360 – 1,139
DSi LL – 957
DSi – 651

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We’ve been seeing fairly frequent updates about Level-5’s Guild 01 recently. That’s probably because the game will soon make its way to Japan.

Level-5 today announced that Guild 01 is slated for a May 17 launch in Japan. Consumers can pick the title up for 3,980 yen.

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Bravely Default may look similar to Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, but two different companies were involved in the development of the games.

The latest Japanese demo for Bravely Default – made available on the eShop today – reveals that Silicon Studio is working on the title. The company previously created 3D Dot Game Heroes for PlayStation 3. Bravely Default is Silicon Studio’s first 3DS project.

Although Bravely Default has been drawing comparisons to The 4 Heroes of Light, Matrix handled development responsibilities for the old DS game.

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3DS VC

Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Punch-Out!! (NES)
Metroid (NES)
Kid Icarus Of Myths and Monsters (Game Boy)
Dr Mario (Game Boy)
Dragon Crystal (Game Gear)
Shinobi (Game Gear)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble (Game Gear)

Wii VC

Mega Man X (SNES)
Mega Man 5 (NES)
Super Street Fighter 2 – Wi-Fi play included (Mega Drive)
Strider (Mega Drive)
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa’s Revenge (Neo Geo)

Source: Nintendo PR

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Today is the last day of February, meaning you have less than 24 hours left to purchase the current downloadable rewards over at Club Nintendo with your coins. Members can choose from Art Academy: First Semester (150 coins) and Mario Party 2 (150 coins). We’ll find out about the new downloadable rewards by this time tomorrow.

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3DS demo

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games – Free

3DS VC

Super Mario Bros – £4.50
Punch-Out!! – £4.50

DSiWare

Lola’s Alphabet Train – £1.80 / 200 points

Source: Nintendo PR

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A new Nintendo patent, filed in the U.S. last August and published last week, details an idea the company had for an “environment sensor unit”. Numerous sensors would be included in the unit, such as an atmospheric pressure sensor, temperature sensor, and humidity sensor. The unit as a whole could impact gameplay in certain ways.

It isn’t known if this is something that Nintendo still plans on pursuing in the future. Perhaps they’re considering implementing some of this technology in the Wii U, or maybe it’s nothing more than an idea.

In any case, below is a roundup of what the patent tells us:

– Sensor data could be used to predict the weather, estimate the time of year, and detect which room in which the device is located
– Can alter in-game content
– Dedicated microcomputer and memory also included
– Microcomputer/memory allow the unit to run the sensors at periodic intervals; it remains in sleep mode otherwise to collect and transfer data
– Sensor reading history can be plotted on-screen
– Information can be shared with others
– Graphs comparing different locations can be shown
– Atmospheric pressure data can be sent to a server
– It can then be corrected for elevation based on the location of the system and can be used to make a large-scale map of atmospheric pressure (isobar chart)
– Temperature/humidity sensors can detect patterns over time; infer whether the room is occupied
– Information from this can be sent to other users to tell them if a person is present
– Information can also be used to infer the time of year over a longer period of time
– In-game environments can be changed to match the real-life season/weather
– Possible applications include sensor readings with various historical data to generate indices such as beer index, influenza epidemic index, comfort/discomfort index, laundry index
– The system can make recommendations including what clothes should be worn on a certain day
– Unit can be equipped with a radio/infrared communication system to control other devices, such as an air condition
– The Wii Sensor Bar’s infrared lights could be used for this communication
– Smell sensor, dust sensor, human sensor, camera, illuminance sensor, and an ultraviolet sensor also mentioned
– Sunlight information can be inferred

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Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D will be out in Japan on May 31, Square Enix has announced. It will cost 5,490 yen.

Joining the standard game is a “Special Pack” that features a special 3DS-designed system. The bundle will be priced at 24,980 yen.

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