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Homebrew modder “Smealum” has done something amazing with the DS. Although not close to completion or even playable, a running adaption of Portal is running on the system. Work on the project has been taking place for the past six months or so.

Smealum notes of the video:

“This is still extremely early footage so please don’t be too harsh. Lots of debug features are present, including the ability to fly, see portals through walls and move cubes from a distance. Also, keep in mind this was shot in an emulator which provides good but still less than perfect rendering. As such, be aware that most (not all, but still) of the graphical glitches you can see in this video don’t happen on hardware (mostly the portal transition is a lot nicer on an actual DS).”

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This week’s video additions to the 3DS eShop are as follows:

Mega Man 2 Video
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D Video
Rayman 3D Video
Ah! Heaven Video

Source: 3DS eShop

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3DS retail games tend to take up a lot of space. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate is no different.

Those who plan on purchasing Mirror of Fate through the 3DS eShop should be aware that it will take up nearly 12,000 blocks on an SD card – 11,651 blocks specifically.

You’ll be able to get your hands on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate – through the eShop or at retail – on March 5.

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Software

1. Fire Emblem: Awakening
2. Pokemon Dream Radar
3. Gunman Clive
4. Mega Man 2
5. Super Mario Bros.
6. Ikachan
7. Pokedex 3D Pro
8. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
9. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
10. Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
11. Tetris
12. Mega Man
13. Cut The Rope
14. The Legend of Zelda
15. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
16. Photo Dojo
17. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
18. Super C
19. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
20. Plants vs. Zombies

Videos

1. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Multiplayer Video
2. Nintendo Show 3D: January 31, 2013
3. Pokemon X and Pokemon Y Video
4. What is Nintendo Video?
5. ATV Wild Ride 3D Video
6. Fire Emblem: Awakening Video
7. Mario Kart 7 Video
8. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D Video
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2: Coin Rush
10. Nintendo Show 3D: January 17, 2013
11. Adventure Time Video
12. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again Video
13. Gunman Clive Video
14. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars Video
15. Pokemon Dream Radar Video
16. Mega Man 2 Video
17. Pokedex 3D Pro Video
18. Super Mario 3D Land Video
19. Fire Emblem: Awakening – Building Your Army Video
20. Super Mario 3D Land Super Play Video

Source: 3DS eShop

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:

Dead Space 3 – 7
Strike Suit Zero – 6
The Cave – 6
Persona 4 Golden – 9
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time – 7
Proteus – 8
Kentucky Route Zero: Act 1 – 8
Antichamber – 6
Joe Danger Touch – 8
Hundreds – 7
Wave Trip – 7

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

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Following the game’s success on Kickstarter, Nicalis has confirmed plans to bring The 90’s Arcade Racer to Wii U. The company will also handle digital distribution responsibilities for the Windows, OS X, and Linux versions, and newly confirmed iOS and Android releases.

Creator Antonis Pelekanos said:

“There was a simple reason why I started this project, ‘What if a racing game with old school principles was built using today’s technology’. I know we can achieve that goal. Working with Nicalis, we can release on more platforms, including Wii U. Nicalis will also support with Unity programming, physics, tuning and general design and production of the game.”

Pelekanos, also known as Pelikan13, previously hinted at a Wii U version of The 90’s Arcade Racer. It’s nice to know that the game will indeed be heading to the eShop!

Source: Nicalis PR

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Wii U

1. Nintendo Land – Nintendo
2. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
3. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
4. ZombiU – Ubisoft
5. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – Warner Bros. Interactive
6. Rabbids Land – Ubisoft
7. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
8. Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – Ubisoft
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Activision Blizzard
10. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft

3DS

1. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – SEGA
2. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
3. Paper Mario: Sticker Star – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo
6. Angry Birds Trilogy – Activision Blizzard
7. Sonic Generations – SEGA
8. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Nintendo
9. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games – SEGA
10. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive

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Activision’s Skylanders franchise just keeps on rolling. Yet another sales milestone was announced today – Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants have collectively accumulated over $1 billion in retail sales worldwide. The feat was accomplished in 15 months.

Both Skylanders titles outsold the likes of Beyblades, Star Wars and Transformers toys in the US and Europe last year. Over 100 million Skylanders toys have been sold through January 2013.

Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, commented on the news:

“The Skylanders franchise became the first kids’ videogame IP to cross the $1 billion mark in just 15 months, and I think we are still just starting to realize its potential. We knew that the simple, but magical idea, of bringing your toys to life in a video game could change both the video game and the toy industries, and more importantly, change the way kids play. And this fall, we’re looking forward to delivering to fans our latest break-through innovation, Skylanders SWAP Force, which lets kids customize their own characters, bringing toys to life to a whole new level.”

Source: Activision PR

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

Wedbush and EEDAR have provided predictions for the January 2013 NPD report. The actual data will be made available on Thursday.

Predictions from both groups can be found below.

Wedbush / EEDAR December hardware sales estimates (change year-on-year):

360 – 180,000 (-33%) / 260,000 (-4%)
3DS – 160,000 (-7%) / 120,000 (-30%)
PS3 – 145,000 (-24%) / 120,000 (-37%)
Wii U – 125,000 (n/a) / 110,000 (n/a)
DS – 60,000 (-21%) / 31,000 (-59%)
Wii – 52,200 (-66%) / 39,000 (-74%)
Vita – 45,000 (n/a) / 35,000 (n/a)
PSP – 7,500 (-63%) / (n/a)
PS2 – 300 (-96%) / (n/a)
Total – 775,000 (-13%) / 715,000 (-20%)

Everybody’s favorite analyst Michael Patcher had this to say about Wii U sales:

“Nintendo must improve sell-through of its Wii U if it hopes to maintain significant market share in the next generation. The console received a tepid response from consumers, for a variety of reasons: first, we think that the console was misunderstood by many as a peripheral for the Wii; second, the price point for the Wii U is relatively high, and the launch was into a weak economy; and third, firstparty software support was thin, and third-party software was not sufficiently differentiated to convince many that they needed a Wii U as a replacement for their Xbox 360 or PS3. If the Wii U is to thrive, we think that Nintendo must market it more effectively, must speed up the pace of first-party development, and must convince third parties that they must support the Wii U or they will lose market share.”

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