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This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:

Nintendo eShop

  • Nintendo 3DS™ Hits Available for Download – Super Mario 3D Land™, The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D, Star Fox 64™ 3D and Mario Kart™ 7 are now available for purchase from the Nintendo eShop at a price of $39.99 each. Select Nintendo 3DS software that is currently available at retail stores will become available in the Nintendo eShop in the future. (For Nintendo 3DS)
  • Style Savvy™: Trendsetters – Complete the looks of men and women in your town with your very own full-scale fashion shop. Choose from more than 12,000 clothing items and accessories spanning 19 different brands. Style Savvy: Trendsetters will be available at retail stores and in the Nintendo eShop on Oct. 22. (For Nintendo 3DS)
  • Sparkle Snapshots™ 3D – Use your Nintendo 3DS system’s cameras and this software’s easy-to-use camera settings to take 2D pictures, and then personalize your shots any way you want with layers of stickers, ribbons, pens and other 3D effects. (For Nintendo 3DS)
  • Moshi Monsters™ Moshlings™ Theme Park (demo version) – Your Monsterific adventure awaits. Help rebuild the theme park and find the lost moshlings. (For Nintendo 3DS)


The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DSLL – 52,079
3DS – 27,221
PS3 – 26,312
PSP – 15,585
Vita – 6,134
Wii – 4,476
Xbox 360 – 2,400
PS2 – 911
DSi – 282
DSi LL – 255

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

PS3 – 42,218
3DSLL – 39,046
3DS – 24,623
PSP – 17,769
Vita – 7,957
Xbox 360 – 4,894
Wii – 4,849
PS2 – 894
DSi LL – 344
DSi – 330


EDGE took a trip down memory lane with some of the staff at Platinum Games in its latest issue.

One of the games discussed was Infinite Space, the studio’s first and only handheld game.

While speaking about the title, Atsushi Inaba started out by jokingly commenting about how it was undershipped.

“The biggest problem with Infinite Space was when SEGA undershipped the game and it sold out instantly! We lost the chance for a bunch of sales!”

Again, Inaba was kind of joking here, but it is known that Infinite Space was far from a critical hit. It sold under 40,000 units in its first week in Japan, and it didn’t sell particularly well in North America.

Inaba continued talking about Infinite Space by explaining how the game’s continuous increase in development scope were both a success and a failure:

“Honestly, the reason that Infinite Space failed… It’s not right to say that it failed, because from another angle this is actually its greatest success: during production the scenario kept getting bigger and bigger, and so the ROM size started getting bigger, and the schedule got stretched as we added more and more. But in the end that’s what people loved about that game. So it’s difficult to separate the success and failure of that title, because they’re one and the same thing.”

Thanks to joclo for the tip.


This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

3DS VC

Mega Man – £4.49

DSiWare

18th Gate – £4.50 / 500 points

Wii VC

World Heroes Perfect – 900 points

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Animal rights group PETA kicked off a parody against Pokemon (specifically Black/White 2) last week, complete with a playable Flash game. The organization was targeting the popular franchise because it promotes animal cruelty and linked abused animals to the Pokemon in the game.

“Pokémon are treated as unfeeling objects and used for such things as human entertainment and as subjects in experiments. The way that Pokémon are stuffed into pokéballs is similar to how circuses chain elephants inside railroad cars and let them out only to perform confusing and often painful tricks that were taught using sharp steel-tipped bullhooks and electric shock prods.”

So how does Nintendo feel about the situation? The company sent out a terse statement a few days ago:

“Nintendo and The Pokémon Company take the inappropriate use of our products and intellectual property seriously.”

Thanks to Tim for the tip.

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Software

1. Pokemon Dream Radar
2. The “Denpa” Men: They Came by Wave
3. Cave Story
4. Super Mario Bros.
5. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
6. 3D Classics: Urban Champion
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2
8. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
9. Photo Dojo
10. Pushmo
11. The Legend of Zelda
12. Mario Golf
13. Colors! 3D
14. Cut The Rope
15. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
16. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
17. Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D
18. Samurai G
19. Plants vs. Zombies
20. Bird & Beans

Videos

1. Pokemon Dream Radar Video
2. Paper Mario: Sticker Star Video
3. Nintendo Show 3D: October 11, 2012
4. Kirby 20th Anniversary Dream Collection Trailer
5. The “Denpa” Men: They Came by Wave Video
6. Nintendo Show 3D: September 20, 2012
7. Style Savvy: Trendsetters Video
8. Mario Golf Video
9. New Super Mario Bros. U September 13, 2012
10. Arc Academy: Lessons for Everyone! Video
11. Spirit Hunters Inc: Light Video
12. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Rush
13. Kirby Dream Collection Teaser Trailer
14. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Warp Canon
15. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure Video
16. Castlevania: The Adventure Video
17. Samurai G Video
18. Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D Video
19. New Super Mario Bros. 2: Rainbow Course
20. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Commercial

Source: 3DS eShop


Individual formats

1 1 FIFA 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
2 2 FIFA 13 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 3 DISHONORED XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
– 4 POKEMON BLACK VERSION 2 DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 5 POKEMON WHITE VERSION 2 DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 6 DISHONORED PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
6 7 JUST DANCE 4 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
3 8 RESIDENT EVIL 6 XB360 CAPCOM CAPCOM
4 9 RESIDENT EVIL 6 PS3 CAPCOM CAPCOM
5 10 BORDERLANDS 2 XB360 2K GAMES TAKE 2
– 11 XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN XB360 2K GAMES TAKE 2
– 12 DISHONORED PC BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
– 13 XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN PC 2K GAMES TAKE 2
9 14 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
12 15 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
7 16 BORDERLANDS 2 PS3 2K GAMES TAKE 2
8 17 F1 2012 XB360 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
13 18 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 19 XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN PS3 2K GAMES TAKE 2
10 20 F1 2012 PS3 CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
16 21 GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
15 22 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2013 PS3 KONAMI KONAMI
18 23 LITTLEBIGPLANET PS VITA VITA SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
20 24 SLEEPING DOGS XB360 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
29 25 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
11 26 ROCKSMITH XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
19 27 FIFA 13 VITA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 28 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
24 29 SLEEPING DOGS PS3 SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
22 30 FIFA 13 WII EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
25 31 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
14 32 NBA 2K13 XB360 2K SPORTS TAKE 2
21 33 ROCKSMITH PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
34 34 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION GOTY PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
30 35 DARKSIDERS II XB360 THQ THQ
23 36 WORLD OF WARCRAFT: MISTS OF PANDARIA PC BLIZZARD ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
26 37 GUILD WARS 2 PC NCSOFT EUROPE NCSOFT EUROPE
33 38 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 39 FABLE: THE JOURNEY XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
17 40 NBA 2K13 PS3 2K SPORTS TAKE 2

All formats

1 1 FIFA 13 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 2 DISHONORED ARKANE STUDIOS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
– 3 POKEMON BLACK VERSION 2 GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO
2 4 RESIDENT EVIL 6 CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
– 5 POKEMON WHITE VERSION 2 GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO
4 6 JUST DANCE 4 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 7 XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN FIRAXIS 2K GAMES TAKE 2
3 8 BORDERLANDS 2 GEARBOX SOFTWARE 2K GAMES TAKE 2
5 9 F1 2012 CODEMASTERS BIRMINGHAM CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
8 10 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
10 11 SLEEPING DOGS UNITED FRONT GAMES SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
9 12 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2013 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI
11 13 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
7 14 ROCKSMITH UBISOFT (SAN FRANCISCO) UBISOFT UBISOFT
12 15 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
13 16 GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION POLYPHONY DIGITAL SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
23 17 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
6 18 NBA 2K13 VISUAL CONCEPTS 2K SPORTS TAKE 2
14 19 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
16 20 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
18 21 DARKSIDERS II VIGIL GAMES THQ THQ
15 22 LITTLEBIGPLANET PS VITA TARSIER/DOUBLE ELEVEN SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
17 23 ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY ROVIO ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
21 24 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
25 25 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
19 26 MAX PAYNE 3 ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
– 27 WRC 3: FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP MILESTONE STUDIOS MILESTONE PQUBE
30 28 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BEENOX ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
29 29 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
38 30 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION GOTY NAUGHTY DOG SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
35 31 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS TREYARCH XBOX 360 CLASSICS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
32 32 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
33 33 SONIC GENERATIONS SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA
20 34 WORLD OF WARCRAFT: MISTS OF PANDARIA BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT BLIZZARD ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
22 35 GUILD WARS 2 ARENANET NCSOFT EUROPE NCSOFT EUROPE
37 36 MARIO KART 7 RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 37 FABLE: THE JOURNEY LIONHEAD STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
26 38 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
24 39 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME SEGA STUDIOS AUSTRALIA SEGA SEGA
– 40 BATTLEFIELD 3 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS



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