Masahiro Sakurai is recorded regularly at work, doesn’t like it
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 3 Comments
Masahiro Sakurai is being recorded regularly while developing the new Smash Bros. games. A camera typically captures his words when he talks about editing and changes at work.
This may seem like a biazzare thing to do from an outside perspective. However, it’s all done in order to retain the accuracy of his orders.
Sakurai wrote in his weekly Famitsu column:
“It remains as an accurate recording. The people under supervision can check over and pick up things that would become blurred in something like a written memo.”
“Everything I say or talk about is recorded as is, but to be honest, it doesn’t feel very good. You know how most people don’t really like listening to [a recording of] their own voice?”
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3DS surpasses N64 lifetime hardware sales
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments
The 3DS has managed to surpass the N64 in terms of hardware sales. As of September 30, 34,980,000 3DS units have been sold. N64’s total shipments come in at 32,930,000 units.
Here’s a full listing of lifetime Nintendo hardware shipments worldwide:
1) DS: 153,960,000 units shipped
2) GB + GBC: 111,869,000 units shipped
3) Wii: 100,300,000 units shipped
4) GBA: 81,510,000 units shipped
5) NES: 61,910,000 units shipped
6) SNES: 49,100,000 units shipped
7) 3DS: 34,980,000 units shipped (in 2 and 1/2 years of being on the market)
8) N64: 32,930,000 units shipped
9) GC: 21,740,000 units shipped
10) Wii U: 3,910,000 units shipped
11) Virtual Boy: ~1,260,000 units shipped
It’s true that the 3DS has a leg up in the hardware department, but the N64 has shipped quite a bit more software.
Lifetime Nintendo software shipments worldwide are as follows:
1) DS: 938,930,000 units shipped
2) Wii: 883,970,000 units shipped
3) GB + GBC: 501,110,000 units shipped
4) NES: 500,010,000 units shipped
5) SNES: 379,060,000 units shipped
6) GBA: 377,420,000 units shipped
7) N64: 224,970,000 units shipped
8) GC: 208,570,000 units shipped
9) 3DS: 122,420,000 units shipped (in 2 and 1/2 years of being on the market)
10) Wii U: 19,710,000 units shipped
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Super Mario 3D World original soundtrack heading to Club Nintendo Japan
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 4 Comments
Club Nintendo Japan is getting the Super Mario 3D World soundtrack as an original reward. It comes with two discs and a total of 77 songs.
Random note: the black blob you see on the soundtrack cover was my own doing, as I wanted to cover up the secret character in Super Mario 3D World. Most of you probably know who I’m talking about at this point with spoilers floating around since today’s Nintendo Direct… but I tried!
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GT.TV’s “Nintendo and Donkey Kong” episode moved back slightly to November 22
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments
GT.TV had a taste of Nintendo-related goodness last week by featuring brief new looks at Super Mario 3D World and Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Next week, the show will have full-blown coverage of the Big N.
We originally expected GT.TV’s “Nintendo and Donkey Kong” episode to air on November 15. Sometime within the past few days, though, the date was moved to November 22. Not too long of a delay, but a delay worth noting nonetheless.
Buy Mario 3D World, Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Mario Party: Island Tour a bit early at Nintendo World
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Nintendo World will be selling three of the Big N’s late November releases a tiny bit early. Super Mario 3D World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and Mario Party: Island Tour will be available for purchase on November 21. Those who stop by between 8 PM and 12 AM can pick up any of the three titles.
On 11/21 it’s 3 times the fun! Get #MarioParty #SM3DW & #LinkBetweenWorlds exclusively at #NintendoWorld from 8pm-12am.
— Nintendo World Store (@Nintendo_World) November 12, 2013
Random video: “In the Air Tonight” cover by Link
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iOS title Oceanhorn appears to take quite a few cues from Zelda
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 3 Comments
The iOS title Oceanhorn is almost set for release. However, quite a bit of the gameplay seems reminiscent of Zelda. The game comes with dungeons, “skulltula”-style collectibles, chests with items, grass to cut, pots to throw, and more.
Despite the similarities between the two, perhaps Oceanhorn won’t turn out so bad. At the very least, it has some top-notch talent on board in the music department – Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu and Mana/Saga composer Kenji Ito.
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Nintendo bringing Nintendo Network ID and Miiverse to 3DS (European Nintendo Direct summary)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Note: Beware of spoilers at the Super Mario 3D World section.
13th November 2013 – As part of a Nintendo Direct broadcast today, Nintendo announced news of Nintendo Network ID, Miiverse and the video-sharing service YouTube making their way to the Nintendo 3DS family of consoles. Hosted by Nintendo of Europe President Satoru Shibata, the broadcast focused primarily on Nintendo 3DS software launching in the coming months, including new reveals for The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Bravely Default and Mario Party: Island Tour. In addition, football fans will be excited to hear of a new football management game coming to Nintendo 3DS, as well as a launch date for the third instalment in the Inazuma Eleven 3 series.
Meanwhile for Wii U owners, today’s broadcast revealed numerous ways in which to enjoy SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD when it releases in just over a fortnight, as well as new and original downloadable content coming for owners of Pikmin 3.
To view the Nintendo Direct in its entirety, visit http://nintendo.co.uk/nintendodirect. Today’s announcements included:
Wii Fit U – Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi trailer
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Aonuma talks about his views on Miyamoto, wants him to continue sharing opinions
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Eiji Aonuma has a special relationship with Shigeru Miyamoto. After all, the two have been working together for a couple of decades.
Aonuma shared some of his thoughts concerning Miyamoto in GamesTM’s previous issue. Surprisingly, Aonuma revealed, “The time I have spent working with him is even longer than my relationship with my father”. Aonuma also mentioned that he feels he’s “far away from reaching Mr. Miyamoto’s level of perspective” and hopes Miyamoto will “forever” continue providing opinions on Nintendo’s titles.
