Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 0 comments

The graphic pictured above is the entire release schedule for Japanese Nintendo games in January. Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 is the only title confirmed for release next month. And that’s across all of Nintendo’s platforms – Wii U, 3DS, DS, and Wii.

That’s kind of crazy knowing that the schedule includes first and third-party releases. Where are the games, Nintendo?! Maybe we’ll see some release date announcements tomorrow through Nintendo Direct?

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Have you heard about Twilight Symphony? It’s a 3-disc orchestral rearrangement of music consisting of pieces from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Originally, the soundtrack was expected to be with fans by November. Orders were never sent, however.

Orders were pushed back for one important reason: Nintendo got involved Twilight Symphony. Zelda Reorchestrated has revealed that Nintendo took interest in the initiative and decided to lend a hand rather than going after the project with their lawyers.

An email from Zelda Reorchestrated reads:

Some of the top people at Nintendo have taken notice of the project and have become involved in an advisory capacity. This is the largest fan-project of its kind, and the first time that a lot of this material will be legally available to the public beyond the game that made it popular.

Nintendo wants to make sure our entire project is consistent with their brand identity. Joypad Records is currently working with Nintendo’s head of copyright to make sure that this release complies with their wishes, above and beyond what is required by law. However, most of the changes Nintendo has asked us to incorporate are cosmetic, and should not affect the audio quality or physical packaging of Twilight Symphony as originally advertised.

Because of this, discs aren’t expected to be finalized, pressed, and shipped until early-to-mid December. Unfortunately this also impacts the digital release, so we are unable to distribute the digital album until we receive the green light from Nintendo. Fear not! Pre-order customers are still alotted a download code for the digital album, which you will recieve by e-mail, before the physical albums ship! The time frame has simply shifted. We hope that you now understand why.

Those who payed for a copy of Twilight Symphony can now expect their orders before December 25. International orders could take slightly longer to arrive. The digital release will launch on the Joypad Records website, and through iTunes.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

“It is a challenging market, and challenging in a number of ways. From a gameplay immersiveness standpoint, from price point and business model standpoint, I mean it’s $40 for some of those games and you can get great experiences – not necessarily comparable experience, but great nonetheless – for seven dollars on a tablet. Our relationships with Sony and Nintendo are important and we continue to support them by creating games on both [Vita and 3DS] platforms. Beyond that the market’s going to speak ultimately as to the viability of those products.” – Activision’s Vice President of Mobile Development, Greg Canessa

Well, I think the market is speaking fairly strongly on the issue! The 3DS just recently surpassed the lifetime sales of the Gamecube (yes, after just two and a half years being out), it’s halfway to meeting the lifetime sales of the SNES, and two-thirds of the way to meeting the N64’s lifetime sales. On top of that, it’s still outselling the original DS on a week-to-week basis!

Vita isn’t doing so hot, but I think the 3DS’ performance alone speaks to how healthy/unhealthy the portable gaming market is.

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Link chopping off heads? I can’t see Nintendo ever allowing for something like that in a Zelda game.

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Pokemon 3D is a lot like Gold/Silver. In this fan-made game though, the action is set in 3D and with a first-person perspective.

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European Club Nintendo members will want to register their copies of Paper Mario: Sticker Star when it launches on December 7. The Big N is offering a special sticker book to 10,000 users of the service.

According to Nintendo, the book provides:

“Packed with stickers of your favourite Mario characters and power-ups, you can combine them with the colourful background to come up with your own Paper Mario adventures.”

You’ll be able to register your Paper Mario: Sticker Star copy at 8 AM UK time on December 7.

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CyberConnect2 is working on some sort of new Solatorobo game. We’re not sure what it is yet, and studio CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama isn’t willing to reveal any details at present.

At the Solatorobo: Red the Hunter 2nd Anniversary fan event, however, he teased that “a certain project is moving along.” During the event, which took place in Japan on Saturday, he additionally hinted: “I’m sure there will be something good next year.”

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DSiWare, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.

Touch Solitaire has been swapped out for Brain Age Express: Sudkou. The game is available for 150 coins.

You can order Brain Age Express: Sudoku here. It’s available as a DSiWare download until December 16.

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Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward scenario writer Koutaro Uchikoshi has been talking about a sequel for awhile now. Even after all of these months, Uchikoshi is still chatting up a storm about a new entry in the series.

Uchikoshi tweeted the following over the past few days:

@suburbanwhitekd Yes. Junpei will appear as a participant in the next game. 🙂

— ????? (@uchikoshi) November 27, 2012

@syberiawinx I also know everybody likes Snake. Dio? I think he will appear in the next too. Although he isn’t the man who you know. 🙂

— ????? (@uchikoshi) November 22, 2012

@canadianbacn thx! The mystery about Phi will be revealed in the 3rd. plz look forward to it! 🙂

— ????? (@uchikoshi) November 27, 2012

@wojf The mystery about Radical-6 will be revealed in the 3rd. plz look forward to it! 🙂

— ????? (@uchikoshi) November 27, 2012

The only downside? Uchikoshi hinted that it could be awhile before we see a new Zero Escape.

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