Reggie on the 3DS momentum, mistakes, third-party support, much more
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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has opened up on the 3DS. In an interview with IGN, he discusses the reasons behind the 3DS’ loss of momentum, mistakes that were made at launch, third-party, support, and more. You can check out Reggie’s complete answers below.
Reggie on the importance of momentum…
“This is a momentum driven business. When you have momentum, it can work in your favor. When you don’t have momentum, it can be a really tough situation. For us, this is all about making sure we have strong momentum for Nintendo 3DS.”
3DS Flame Red announcement video
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Nintendo Gets Fired Up for the Holidays with New Flame Red Nintendo 3DS
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New Color, New Price and Great Games Make Nintendo 3DS a Must-Have
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 10, 2011 – Nintendo is making sure the holidays are hot this year with a new Flame Red version of its portable Nintendo 3DS™ system. The new color launches Sept. 9 alongside the new Star Fox 64™ 3D game, and comes on the heels of a new $169.99 suggested retail price, which goes into effect Aug. 12 in the United States. Flame Red joins Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue, so now shoppers have three distinct and fashionable colors to choose from.
“Nintendo 3DS is poised to be on fire for the holidays, with its new suggested retail price, great games and our new Flame Red color,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “With major upcoming releases in the Star Fox, Pokémon and Mario series, in addition to downloadable offerings from Nintendo eShop, Nintendo Video and Netflix, the system offers new and fun experiences to owners on a daily basis.”
Colors! 3D in the works for the 3DS eShop
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This sounds like it could be interesting! Plus, it’s great to see a new title being developed for the eShop…
Friends: we are happy and excited to announce Colors! 3D, coming this Fall to the Nintendo 3DS eShop. For the first time, artists will be able to create and view their own 3D paintings! We promise that you will love what you can do.
Colors! 3D will also offer real-time collaborative painting for up to four people using local Wi-Fi. Collaborative painting lets you paint with your friends with all the same depth you have when painting solo – but with more fun!
Last but not least, the Colors! Gallery will be integrated into the application, making it easy to share your creations with the community and learn from your friends’ techniques.
If you want to stay in the loop on the launch of Colors! 3D, sign up to our new mailing list athttp://colors.collectingsmiles.com/colors_3d_coming_soon.php. And thank you all for your support!
Nintendo believes consumers have an appetite for Star Fox 64 3D
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This information comes from Nintendo’s marketing assistant for DS Rebecca Archer…
“Lylat Wars has sold over 180,000 units in the UK. The game features in the Nintendo Power’s ‘Top 200 Nintendo Games Ever’ so I definitely think there is consumer appetite for an updated re-release, as the original title was so popular.”
Star Fox 64 sold fairly well back in the day, but times have changed since then. I have a rather bad feeling that the 3D remake won’t be nearly as successful. I do hope I’m proven wrong, though.
By the way, in case you’re wondering, Lylat Wars is Star Fox 64. That title was given to the game in Europe.
Square Enix’s TGS 2011 lineup thus far
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Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Final Fantasy Type-0
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Some Wal-Mart locations already dropping 3DS price to $169.99
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Depending on your location, you can pick up a 3DS at Wal-Mart for $169.99 right now. Not all stores are recognizing the new price, but most outlets are. Wal-Mart’s online shop is still maintaining the $249.99 price.
All retailers will officially drop the price of the 3DS on August 12.
Wedbush/EEDAR July 2011 NPD predictions
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments
Wedbush / EEDAR July sales estimates (change year-on-year):
360 – 350,000 (-21%) / 401,000 (-10%)
DS – 315,000 (-21%) / 310,000 (-22%)
Wii – 230,000 (-9%) / 225,000 (-11%)
PS3 – 220,000 (+3%) / 229,000 (+7%)
3DS – 110,000 (n/a) / 100,000 (n/a)
PSP – 90,000 (+7%) / 80,000 (-5%)
PS2 – 10,000 (-59%) / n/a
Total – 1,325,000 (-7%) / 1,345,000 (-5%)
3DS Ambassador program games are eligible for Club Nintendo coins
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments
Another bonus 3DS Ambassadors can receive as being part of the program is extra Club Nintendo coins. Nintendo confirms in a Q&A that all twenty games can be linked to a member’s account. I imagine that post-play surveys will be available as well, so you could earn a ton of coins by just downloading the titles.
“Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors who link their Nintendo 3DS systems to their Club Nintendo account prior to downloading their games will be eligible to earn Coins for the 20 free games.”
