Nintendo Offers Unrivaled Value and Variety This Holiday Season with Lower Wii U Price, Zelda Wii U Bundle and New Nintendo 2DS Portable
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Top Nintendo Video Games Get Launch Dates Through the End of 2013
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo outlined a campaign that will offer consumers unprecedented levels of value and variety this holiday season. That proposition includes:
Nintendo 2DS announcement trailer
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New Nintendo release dates – Super Mario 3D World in November, Donkey Kong in December, more
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Nintendo has revealed release dates for several key Wii U and 3DS titles. We now have final dates for Super Mario 3D World (moved to November instead of December), Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (now in December instead of November), and lots more.
Here’s the full lineup:
Wii U
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD: Launches Sept. 20 (downloadable) and Oct. 4 (packaged) at a suggested retail price of $49.99.
- Wii Party U: Launches Oct. 25 bundled with a Wii Remote Plus controller and stand at a suggested retail price of $49.99.
- Super Mario 3D World: Launches Nov. 22 at a suggested retail price of $59.99.
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze: Launches Dec. 6 at a suggested retail price of $49.99.
- Wii Fit U: Launches this holiday season. Further details, including launch date, pricing and bundling information, will be revealed at a later date.
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games™: Launches this holiday season. Further details, including launch date and pricing, will be revealed at a later date.
- Third-party titles: Previously announced titles on the way from Nintendo’s publishing partners include: Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure(Sept. 24) and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (Fall) from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment; Skylanders SWAP Force (Oct. 13) and Call of Duty: Ghosts(Nov. 5) from Activision Publishing; Sonic Lost World (Oct. 22) from SEGA; and Rayman Legends (Sept. 3), Just Dance 2014 (Oct. 8), Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (Oct. 29) and Watch_Dogs (Nov. 19) from Ubisoft.
Nintendo 3DS
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: Launches Nov. 22 at a suggested retail price of $39.99.
- Mario Party: Island Tour: Launches Nov. 22 at a suggested retail price of $39.99.
- Third-party titles: Previously announced titles on the way from Nintendo’s publishing partners include: Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure(Sept. 24); LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril (Fall) and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (Oct. 25) from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment;Skylanders SWAP Force (Oct. 13) from Activision Publishing; Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! (Nov. 19) from D3Publisher; andSonic Lost World (Oct. 22) from SEGA.
Nintendo announces 2DS
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Nintendo has announced a brand new 3DS-esque model, the 2DS. The system works with all 3DS and DS games, but can’t play games in 3D.
The 2DS also ditches the 3DS clamshell design. To put games in sleep mode, you’ll need to use a slider. Turning Wi-Fi on/off is now a setting rather than its own switch.
Capcom’s PAX Prime 2013 lineup
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Capcom’s PAX Prime 2013 lineup consists of three main games. DuckTales Remastered, Lost Planet 3, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies will be playable.
Fans will also be able to visit a Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate-themed lounge, featuring demo stations, a seating area with charging stations for hunters to join up and quest, special tournaments and photo opps with a life-size model of a Great Sword.
Capcom’s booth will additionally allow visitors to take photos alongside Phoenix Wright in a recreation of the courtroom or pose as Strider with a replica of his Cypher weapon.
The Capcom Store will have a full presence at PAX as well. Attendees can purchase Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate 3DS/3DSXL cases and blind box figures, Umbrella Corp. watches and umbrellas, Street Fighter x Sanrio plushies, Mega Man 25th Anniversary statues and inflatable busters, copies of recent game releases, grab bags, and more.
Source: Capcom PR
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies receives price point
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How much will Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies cost when it launches in North America? According to a new press release from Capcom, pricing is set at $29.99 / €24.99. The company also reconfirmed a fall release for the title, which will be available on the eShop.
You can find some new Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies screenshots in the gallery above.
Source: Capcom PR
Aonuma: Collecting rupees in Zelda: A Link Between Worlds “will be more important than ever”
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Rupees haven’t exactly had a great importance in Zelda games. In most cases, they haven’t been crucial to the main gameplay. In Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, however, collecting rupees “will be more important than ever”.
Producer Eiji Aonuma told ONM this month:
“Collecting rupees, the currency of the Zelda world, will be very important in this game. You might think that was the case with all the past games too, but I must say that this time it will be more important than ever and you will need to collect a great deal of them.”
There’s a very good chance that rupees will have a strong tie-in to the game’s shop. In a Miiverse post last month, Aonuma wrote:
“Shops in the past Zelda games sold things that would run out once you use them like arrows and bombs, items that needed replenishing. They have never sold an item that doesn’t go away after each use like the boomerang or the hookshot.”
So perhaps main items will leave your inventory after a certain number of uses? Players would then need to use their rupees to repurchase arrows and bombs, the boomerang, etc.
Media Create software sales (8/19 – 8/25) – Wonderful 101 off to a rough start
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Well… I suppose Nintendo had a good reason for shipping just 30,000 copies of The Wonderful 101 in Japan. The game is off to a rough start, having sold just 5,258 units in its first week.
Here’s the full chart:
01./00. [PS3] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin III – Pride of Justice
02./01. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life #
03./02. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team #
04./00. [PSV] Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin III – Pride of Justice
05./00. [PSV] Conception II: Shichisei no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu
06./03. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
07./00. [PS3] Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
08./06. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
09./07. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
10./08. [3DS] Youkai Watch
11./04. [3DS] One Piece: Romance Dawn – Bouken no Yoake
12./09. [WIU] Pikmin 3
13./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
14./00. [WIU] The Wonderful 101
15./05. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
16./00. [3DS] Conception II: Shichisei no Michibiki to Mazuru no Akumu
17./10. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
18./13. [3DS] Fantasy Life: Link!
19./12. [3DS] Hoppechan: Tsukutte! Asonde! Punipuni Town!!
20./15. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
Media Create hardware sales (8/19 – 8/25)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 35,044
3DS – 16,053
PS3 – 12,689
Vita – 11,507
Wii U – 7,030
PSP – 5,735
Wii – 1,103
Xbox 360 – 196
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 47,005
3DS – 23,992
Vita – 19,363
PS3 – 14,331
Wii U – 12,047
PSP – 7,616
Wii – 1,772
Xbox 360 – 322
