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Namco Bandai has shared its third quarter fiscal results. In the report, the publisher outlined new sales of titles released in recent months.

Below you’ll find figures for Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tales of Xillia 2, and more.

Worldwide releases

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3/360/Wii U) – 1.35 million units
SoulCalibur V (PS3/360) – 870,000 units
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (PS3/360) – 660,000 units

Japan-only releases

Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3) – 500,000 units
Run for Money (3DS) – 450,000 units
Taiko Drum Master 3DS (3DS) – 410,000 units

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If you missed the Paper Mario: Sticker commercial in its finished form, you can view it here.

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Yet another round of Kid Icarus: Uprising AR card packs are available in Japan. Two more rounds can be bought from Nintendo’s online store starting today – volumes 17 and 18. Packs cost 263 yen each.

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One could argue that Trine 2: Director’s Cut is among the best games of Wii U’s launch lineup. That begs the question: could we ever see the first Trine on the console?

The short answer is no. Frozenbyte vice president Joel Kinnunen recently said that bringing the first Trine to Wii U “would be quite a bit of work” because the game “is based on our older technology”. Kinnunen wouldn’t rule out the possibility completely, but don’t count on a port/remake happening anytime soon.

“…it’s unlikely. Trine 1 is based on our older technology, so something like this would be quite a bit of work. Who knows what happens in the future but we’re not working on any Trine 1 related things at the moment, and have no plans either. Sorry!”

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Digital Foundry has put together a comprehensive piece outing new technical details for Wii U. The information was deciphered thanks to reverse-engineering photos provided by Chipworks.

We’ve posted a few Wii U spec bits below. You can find Digital Foundry’s full report here, but if lack knowledge of hardware like us, you won’t understand most of it!

– Wii U GPU core: 320 stream processors, 16 texture mapping units, 8 ROPs
– GPU: close match to the Radeon HD 4650/4670
– Defecit in the number of texture-mapping units and a lower clock speed
– 550MHz clock speed
– “GCN hardware in Durango and Orbis is in a completely different league”
– RV770 does have 16 TMUs at 550MHz and texture cache improvements
– This puts it past Xbox 360’s Xenos GPU
– It’s 1.5 times the raw shader power
– 1080p resolution is around 2.5x that of 720p, so it’s unlikely that we’ll be seeing any complex 3D titles running at 1080p
– Some Wii U ports may be disappointing tecnically due to Wii U’s 1.2GHz CPU
– Nature of the second and third banks of RAM is currently unknown

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Scribblenauts Unlimited has been delayed in Europe, Nintendo has announced. The company said that the game requires “some changes” before launch. Nintendo apologizes “for any inconvenience this may cause and we hope to make further announcements on the European launch of these games very soon.”

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Skylanders Swap Force is Activision’s next entry in the Skylanders franchise. The company has announced the new game, which will debut at Toy Fair 2013.

Players will be able to swap out the top and bottom halves of toys and create a unique character of their own. A total of 16 Swap Force characters are supported by the Portal Masters, allowing for 250 different combinations. By swapping figures, you’ll be able to change their powers and moves. All Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants will work with Swap Force, but they’ll now be able to jump.

16 new Swap Force characters are planned for the game. Additionally, 32 core Skylanders characters (16 completely new Skylanders and 16 new versions of fan favorite characters from previous games) and eight new LightCore characters will be available.

Activision describes Swap Force’s story as follows:

“In Skylanders SWAP Force, Portal Masters embark on an all-new adventure in the mysterious Cloudbreak Islands, home to a mystical volcano that erupts every hundred years to replenish the magic in Skylands. During an epic battle, a brave group of Skylanders were caught in the volcano’s eruption, which blasted them apart and sent them to earth. But, the magic of the volcano gave these heroes a remarkable new power — the ability to swap halves – turning them into a special team known as the SWAP Force. Meanwhile, Kaos is back with a new evil plan. And now, Portal Masters everywhere must reassemble the SWAP Force — in their original form or in new combinations — and send them back to Cloudbreak to save Skylands!”

Skylanders Swap Force launches this fall for the Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and 3DS. Vicarious Visions (not Toys for Bob) is working on most of the versions. Beenox is handling the Wii game while n-Space is once again developing the title.

Source: Activision PR

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505 Games has shared the first details on Sniper Elite V2 for Wii U.

The shooter will feature new controls as well as “a level of interactivity only possible with the Wii U GamePad touch screen”.

505 also provided the following information:

“Players will enjoy the same thrilling, visceral experience as they guide American OSS agent Karl Fairburne around historical locations throughout Berlin and attempt to unravel the mysteries and dangers of the German V-2 rocket program but now with even greater tactical depth and flexibility thanks to brand new functionality through the GamePad – tag enemies and booby-traps, track enemy locations and activity, even monitor the blast radius of planted explosives – all with a glance at the touch screen and without leaving the battlefield for even a second.”

Sniper Elite V2 will also have the standard gameplay from the original release. It’ll feature the “kill cam” from the first Sniper Elite, and “skillful shots are rewarded with a slow-motion sequence of the bullet running its full trajectory before the target is rendered in graphic x-ray detail, showing the bullet entering the body and causing lethal damage.”

Jason Kingsley, CEO of Rebellion, commented:

“Sniper Elite is just the kind of mature game that is perfect for the different mechanics of the Wii U. It’s been a challenge to get it right, but thanks to our team and the fantastic support of our partners at 505 Games we believe we’ve brought the unique gameplay to a whole new platform.”

Sniper Elite V2 is hitting Wii U this spring.

Source: 505 Games PR