Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 4 Comments

NIS America prepared a new Rodea: The Sky Soldier trailer that shows off the game’s bosses. View the video below.

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Hoopa will soon be available to Pokemon players in the United States. On November 27, McDonald’s will be kicking off a distribution which will nab you the unique Pokemon. This will last through December 23.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 76 Comments

Wii U hardware sales are now at 10.73 million units. What does that mean? Well, the console has now surpassed the SEGA Dreamcast, which sold 10.6 million units.

It’s true that it did take Nintendo quite a bit longer to reach its sales total. The Dreamcast hit its mark within 18 months whereas it’s taken Wii U just under three years.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is out today on the Wii U eShop. Take a look at the game’s launch trailer below.

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The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of September 2015. You can check out the full results below.

1. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 449,914 (393,838 physical, 56,076 digital)
2. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 344,204 (311,186 physical, 33,018 digital)
3. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – 239,131 (232,394 physical, 6,737 digital)
4. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII – 223,453 (217,279 physical, 6,174 digital)
5. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 221,828 (215,633 physical, 6,195 digital)
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 173,888 (169,216 physical, 4,672 digital)
7. [PSV] Tokyo Xanadu – 103,899 (93,288 physical, 10,611 digital)
8. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 95,554 (90,253 physical, 5,301 digital)
9. [WIU] Splatoon – 93,270 (82,456 physical, 10,814 digital)
10. [3DS] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Palico Village DX – 92,425 (87,510 physical, 4,915 digital)
11. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 59,841 (57,048 physical, 2,793 digital)
12. [PS4] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 45,210 (39,549 physical, 5,661 digital)
13. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 43,954 (37,898 physical, 6,056 digital)
14. [PS4] Nights of Azure – 40,341 (35,483 physical, 4,858 digital)
15. [PSV] Nights of Azure – 39,370 (36,530 physical, 2,840 digital)
16. [3DS] Cube Creator 3D – 38,392 (N/A physical, 38,392 digital)
17. [PSV] Utawarerumono: False Mask – 35,066 (30,962 physical, 4,104 digital)
18. [PSV] World Trigger: Borderless Mission – 34,407 (31,432 physical, 2,975 digital)
19. [3DS] Picross 3D 2 – 33,339 (30,044 physical, 3,295 digital)
20. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 32,423 (30,906 physical, 1,517 digital)
21. [PSV] Moero Crystal – 28,666 (25,976 physical, 2,690 digital)
22. [PSV] Saki Zenkoku Hen – 23,902 (18,465 physical, 5,437 digital)
23. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 23,772 (22,622 physical, 1,150 digital)
24. [PS4] Utawarerumono: False Mask – 23,496 (20,623 physical, 2,873 digital)
25. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 23,411 (22,747 physical, 664 digital)
26. [PSV] Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 23,233 (21,503 physical, 1,730 digital)
27. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 20,974 (18,673 physical, 2,301 digital)
28. [3DS] Battle Cats – 19,684 (N/A physical, 19,684 digital)
29. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 19,455 (17,441 physical, 2,014 digital)
30. [3DS] Ultimate NES Remix – 17,521 (16,029 physical, 1,492 digital)

Note that these sales are based on data between August 31 and October 4.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Today, Capcom issued its financial report for the sixth month period between April and September. While the company did experience an increase in sales, it saw a decrease in income.

Capcom reported a total of $262 million in net sales, up 22 percent over the same six month period in 2014. However, net income decreased from $25 million last year to $16 million. Digital sales of games such as Monster Hunter 4 were said to be “firm, particularly in overseas markets”.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 10 Comments

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Retail

Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue – $39.99

Wii U Download

Human Resource Machine – $9.99
Octodad: Dadliest Catch – $14.99
PictoParty – ?

Wii U Virtual Console

Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town – $6.99

3DS Retail

Barbie and her Sisters Puppy Rescue – $29.99

3DS Demo

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – Get the free demo and team up with two friends* to tackle a tricky dungeon via local play anytime! Heroes will just need their own Nintendo 3DS system, along with their own demo. (Other modes, such as single-player and Download Play won’t be available.) You’ll even get to try out three costumes: Hero’s Tunic, Kokiri Clothes and Legendary Dress. You can also try online co-op play (with three different dungeons!) at the specific times below:

Oct. 30: 3-5 p.m. PT
Oct. 31: 3-5 p.m. PT
Nov. 1: 3-5 p.m. PT

3DS Themes

Ashley’s Halloween

eShop Sales

Wii U

– Resident Evil Revelations is 75 percent off (reduced from $39.99 to $9.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 2.
– Canvaleon is more than 50 percent off (reduced from $13.95 to $6.95) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.
– Shapes of Gray is more than 25 percent off (reduced from $6.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.
– Swords & Soldiers II is 20 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $15.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.
– Rock ’N Racing Off Road DX is more than 35 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 26
– The Letter is 75 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $.49) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 31 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 2.

3DS

– Resident Evil Revelations and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D from Capcom are 75 percent off (reduced from $19.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 2.
– Code of Princess is more than 65 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $9.99) starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 2 until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 16.
– Urban Trial Freestyle is 60 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $1.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 12.
– Aqua Moto Racing 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Nov. 5.

Activities

Super Spooky StreetPass Weekend – Skip the tricks this Halloween and head straight to the treats with National StreetPass Weekend. Stop by any of the more than 29,000 Nintendo Zone hotspots across North America with your StreetPass-enabled Nintendo 3DS system from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1 – you could get up to six StreetPass tags! Collect more Mii characters to help you battle ghouls and ghosts in Monster Manor and Battleground Z, or pick up enemy tokens for StreetSmash in the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS game. If you’re playing the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game, you might even run into Filly, a special character who is currently only available from Nintendo Zone. And that’s not all! To celebrate the launch of the YO-KAI WATCH game on Nov. 6, a spooky new YO-KAI WATCH panel is coming to the Puzzle Swap game in StreetPass Mii Plaza! So when you’re out and about over the Halloween weekend, be sure to take your Nintendo 3DS system with you – you never know who you might find with the StreetPass feature! Find a hotspot near you here: http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/nintendozone

The Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide – The Nintendo Holiday Gift Guide has arrived! Check it out for the top games from your favorite characters like Mario and Yoshi. Plus, you can browse through fun categories like “Battle” and “Grab a Friend.” Feeling inspired? You can easily make your own Wish List to share with your friends and family. For even more ideas, you’ll also find out which games fans on Miiverse told us would be at the top of their Wish Lists this year. Check out the Holiday Gift Guide by visiting http://happyholidays.nintendo.com/.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 24 Comments

Nintendo commented on how it intends to maximize the value of its IP during its latest financial results briefing. Here’s what was shared by CEO Tatsumi Kimishima:

“As you know, Nintendo’s basic strategy has consistently been “expansion of the gaming population.” A variety of popular characters, including Mario and Link, appear in Nintendo’s video games and these characters are the source of Nintendo’s IP value. By increasing the number of people who have access to this Nintendo IP or video game characters, music and world view, and by increasing the value of Nintendo IP, we aim to further expand the gaming population.

More specifically, we will provide people with new applications on their smart devices by utilizing our Nintendo IP. We are also planning to offer new attractions at theme parks by using Nintendo IP. Further, by using Nintendo IP in a variety of other ways, such as licensing and commercializing this IP for visual content and merchandizing products, we are planning to maximize the value of Nintendo IP, which has traditionally been used mainly for our dedicated video game systems. Needless to say, there is no change to the fact that dedicated game systems remain at the core of Nintendo experiences.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 38 Comments

In the past, Nintendo has teamed up with third-parties to bring 3DS games to the west. Yo-kai Watch, which hits North America next week, is actually one example of this.

Nintendo will continue the trend of assisting partners in releasing 3DS titles overseas. Check out this excerpt from the company’s latest financial results briefing:

“This slide shows the Nintendo 3DS titles that have either been released in each region in October 2015 or have already been announced and are awaiting release. As you can see, a number of titles are to be released soon, and more unannounced titles that are not on this slide are currently under development. In the Japanese market, the motivation of software developers to create Nintendo 3DS software has remained high, and we will continue to assist Japanese software developers in bringing hit titles to overseas markets.”?

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments

As part of its latest financial results briefing materials, Nintendo posted a slide showing the cumulative sales rankings of amiibo. We’re able to see what’s popular in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Check out the full rankings above.

Nintendo also revealed that most shipments came from the Americas:

This is a graph that shows the latest ratio of shipments by region for figure-type amiibo. The blue colored area represents the Americas. In the US, the so-called “Toys to Life” category, in which games work together with figures, are well recognized and people are familiar with this way of having fun. This is why during the previous fiscal year the percentage of shipments for the Americas was 66 percent, which represented a significant portion of total amiibo shipments. The Americas market still holds more than half of the total sales but you can tell from the graph that regions other than the US, where “Toys to Life” products had a late release, are gradually expanding. For your information, the majority of sales for “Other Regions” are from Australia. In addition to Australia, we started to ship to Asia from this financial period.

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