Nintendo keeping region locking in place due to parental controls and game ratings
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 7 Comments
For some of its systems, Nintendo decided against implementing a region lock. But now we’re in an era in which all of the Big N’s hardware make use of the functionality. Both the 3DS and Wii U do not allow games to be played outside of their original regions.
Why has Nintendo decided to adopt such an uncompromising stance? According to a statement from Nintendo of America, region locks allow for parental controls and “ensure compliance with regional standards and rating systems.” And no: Nintendo’s region locks aren’t going anywhere.
“Nintendo has no plans to remove region locking from our systems. By taking this approach, Nintendo is able to include parental controls and ensure compliance with regional standards and rating systems.”
GameStop ad (7/3 – 7/9)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
GameStop’s weekly ad has gone live. It’s another very slow week for the retailer, but perhaps something will pique your interest.
Media Create software sales (6/24 – 6/30)
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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS3] Gundam Breaker
02./00. [PSV] Toukiden #
03./00. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl
04./00. [PSP] Toukiden
05./00. [PS3] Atelier Escha & Logy: The Alchemist of Empty Twilight #
06./00. [3DS] Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode
07./03. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
08./01. [PS3] The Last of Us
09./02. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
10./00. [PS3] Date A Live: Rine Utopia #
11./06. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
12./00. [PSP] Urakata Hakuoki #
13./07. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
14./00. [PS3] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition
15./00. [PS3] Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
16./00. [PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki the 3rd Kai HD Edition
17./00. [PSP] Starry Sky: After Autumn Portable #
18./13. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
19./00. [PSP] Onigokko! Portable #
20./05. [3DS] Kuma-Tomo
High School DxD 3DS screenshots
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New LovePlus + producer talks about the 3DS game
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Famitsu has a first look at New LovePlus + this week. The magazine doesn’t have any gameplay details, but managed to get a few words out of senior producer Akari Uchida.
First, Uchida addressed the fact that the original 3DS game suffered from a number of issues. New LovePlus + will make a number of improvements, and will also include a lot of new story scenarios.
“With the previous game, a lot of people said it had gotten harder to play after we reworked the gameplay system and interface. We are reconsidering the entire game here, including rolling back on some of those new features. In addition to that, though, I’ve written a massive amount of new story scenarios for each of the three heroines.”
Media Create hardware sales (6/24 – 6/30)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 33,272
Vita – 31,271
3DS – 17,440
PS3 – 12,554
Wii U – 7,060
PSP – 6,492
Wii – 1,338
Xbox 360 – 330
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 28,281
3DS – 14,988
Vita – 13,422
PS3 – 9,816
Wii U – 5,329
PSP – 5,091
Wii – 1,234
Xbox 360 – 282
