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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Capcom’s latest financial results are in. The company did well overall, in large part due to Monster Hunter 4’s success. You can find a full breakdown of Capcom’s results below.

– Sales up 16.9%, sales at 53 billion yen
– Net income up 20 percent, up to 4.95 billion yen
– Monster Hunter 4 an “immediate success”
– More than 2 million copies of the game shipped for the September 14th release
– Already sold three million copies
– Resident Evil Revelations and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies “basically achieved projected sales”
– Monster Hunter Frontier G is “performing steadily”
– Capcom expects to make a tidy profit for the full financial year ending March 2014
– Resident Evil 5 has overtaken Street Fighter 2 as Capcom’s best-selling game ever
– Game has sold 6.5 million units
– Street Fighter 2 has sold 6.3 million
– Doesn’t take into account the various versions of Street Fighter 2 that Capcom released
– Resident Evil 6: 5.2 million

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Amzy is working on a new shooter for the Japanese 3DS eShop. On December 4, the company will release “Phosphorescent Lanze”. Here’s what we know about the downloadable title thus far:

– Control a mech that can switch between two modes
– Flight form: move fast, can use lock-on missiles that hit multiple targets, and a powerful charge shot
– Can also more easily shake off missiles
– Have a slightly higher attack power
– Can’t make quick movements
– Wide turning radius
– Need more skill to target enemies in flight mode
– Fighting mode: more momentum, easier to target enemies
– Not suited for long distance travel or fighting multiple enemies
– Purchase different subunits that change how your ship performs
– These include lowering defense, but greatly raising attack power.
– 1,000 yen

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment

Nintendo has released new screenshots for Zelda: A Link Between Worlds showing two newly-revealed mini-games: Treacherous Tower and Octoball Derby. Here’s the overview of each shared by the Big N today:

Treacherous Tower involves Link fighting his way through numerous floors filled with a variety of enemies via three difficulty levels, while Octoball Derby sees Link step up to bat in a baseball-inspired minigame situated in Lorule where rupees are earned by smashing pots and knocking over enemies littering the field.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Retail

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – $49.99
Ben 10 Omniverse 2 – $39.99 (available Nov. 5)

Wii U Download

Wii Fit U Trial Version – free for 31 days for Balance Board owners (available Nov. 1)

Wii U VC

Super Castlevania IV – $7.99

3DS Retail

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – $39.99
Ben 10 Omniverse 2 – $29.99 (available Nov. 5)
Beyblade Evolution – $29.99
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures – $39.99 (available Nov. 5)
Saban’s Power Rangers Megaforce – $39.99 (available Nov. 5)

3DS Download

Angry Bunnies – $8.99
Arcade Classics 3D – $2.99

3DS VC

Milon’s Secret Castle – $4.99

3DS Demo

AiRace Speed

eShop sales

Shin Megami Tensei IV – $10 off Nov. 4 – Nov. 11
Runner2 – 33% off from Nov. 1 until 9 AM on Nov. 7

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Devil Survivor 2: Break Record has been delayed in Japan, Atlus announced today. It’ll now ship sometime next year as opposed to fall 2013. Atlus said it hopes to improve Break Record’s quality with the extra development time.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

31st October 2013 – Prepare to set foot on the magical soil of Hyrule once more when The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds launches on 22nd November for the Nintendo 3DS family of consoles. As a follow-up to the 1991 Super NES classic The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, get ready to conquer new dungeons, fresh puzzles, and experience new gameplay mechanics which open up the way Link explores Hyrule and the foreign land of Lorule, a corrupted, parallel version of Hyrule.

The story begins in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds with an ominous threat looming over Hyrule. A mysterious, wizardly figure named Yuga has been appearing throughout the land, transforming the kingdom’s seven sages into paintings and spiriting them away into another world. With the future of Hyrule at stake, Link must therefore step into the unknown realm of Lorule and stop Yuga’s nefarious plans in order to restore peace and harmony to his home world.

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Nintendo has put up the entire transcript for its latest financial results briefing held in Japan a few hours ago. You can find it here.

We’ve already covered the presentation extensively in summary form. If you’re interested in an overview, check out this post.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Podcast Stories, Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

“The trial version of Wii Fit U is available now! We’d like to share this pic to commemorate the occasion.”

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Two Tribes will be releasing some of its classic games on the Wii U eShop starting with Toki Tori, which the studio hopes will be ready for launch next week. EDGE and RUSH are two other classic titles Two Tribes will publish before year’s end.

In the case of EDGE, it seems as though a 3DS version is also in the cards. This is something that Two Tribes hinted at previously, but never officially announced. But based on a discovery of ours, it’s now all but confirmed.

A rating for a 3DS version of EDGE recently popped up on the USK. After following up with Two Tribes, we were given a simple response: “More news on this soon!” I’d expect an official announcement in the near future.

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