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Fire Emblem: Awakening has been a smashing success thus far. In February, the game’s first month at retail in the US, Awakening moved over 180,000 units. 117,000 copies were sold at retail with another 63,000 coming from the eShop.

Awakening has seen the best first month for a Fire Emblem game by far. Life-to-date sales of Shadow Dragon, the last Fire Emblem title to be released in North America, stand at just over 250,000 units. According to Nintendo, Fire Emblem’s 3DS outing “sold 70 percent of that figure in just 28 days.”

“Building off its 92 Metacritic score, Fire Emblem Awakening for Nintendo 3DS had the best first month sales in franchise history, selling more than 180,000 units (more than 117,000 at retail + more than 63,000 digital units). By comparison, the previous hand-held entrant in the franchise – Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon – has sold a little more than 250,000 units life to date in the U.S. Fire Emblem Awakening sold 70 percent of that figure in just 28 days.”

Source: Nintendo PR

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Following the lead of several other UK retailers, Amazon.co.uk has taken £50 off of the price of the Wii U Basic Set and the Deluxe Set, pricing them at £199 and £249 respectively. More than likely this is in response to slow sales, and the product providers simply want to free up shelf space that’s being used up by Wii Us that aren’t selling. It’s unclear whether this price cut will be permanent or temporary, or whether more shops will follow suit.

According to CVG, the trade price (that is, the “wholesale” price) of a Wii U is roughly £205, which means these folks are all selling the system at a loss.

Via CVG

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NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of February. The results can be found below.

1. Dead Space 3 (360, PS3, PC)
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, Wii U PC)
3. Crysis 3 (360, PS3, PC)
4. NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, PSP, PC)
5. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3, 360)
6. Aliens: Colonial Marines 2013 (360, PS3, PC)
7. Just Dance 4 (Wii, 360, PS3, Wii U)
8. Far Cry 3 (360, PS3, PC)
9. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3, PSV)
10. Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV, Wii U)

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If you plan on purchasing LEGO City: Undercover from the Wii U eShop, keep in mind that a separate hard drive is required. Today’s “Nintendo Download” report contains a side-blurb listing the necessity. No word yet on why such a requirement is in place, but it’s something to consider when buying the game on Monday.

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There are lots of references to find in LEGO City: Undercover, including ones that pay home to Nintendo.

Kotaku has a look at one such reference in a video today. You’ll need to head over to the site for the clip, but it basically involves the appearance of a Mario star power-up – music and all. It’s pretty neat.

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As expected, Nintendo will be appealing the decision and trying to get it reversed. None of us are law professors or lawyers (probably– maybe one of you will surprise me), so it would be hard for us to comment on exactly whether this is a fair decision or not. If they are guilty, it’ll be the first time in quite a while that Nintendo will have lost a lawsuit!

Via IGN

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It is true that seven studios are contributing to the development of Black Flag, but as far as the number of specific people is concerned, Ubisoft won’t say. They’re staying silent on the issue (as they say they always have), which does poes the interesting question of how much the game will have to sell to turn a profit for Ubisoft.

Via Gamespot

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With the launch of Devil Survivor Overclocked just on the horizon in Europe, we can now turn our attention to another Shin Megami Tensei game that has not yet been released in the continent: Devil Survivor 2.

Things are a bit more complicated with Devil Survivor 2 than they were with Overclocked. Devil Survivor 2 is a DS game, and as European publisher Ghostlight said on its blog, “retail support for DS titles is understandably low at the moment making it difficult for us to release the title.”

Don’t lose hope, European gamers! Ghostlight did note that the company is “currently looking into several different ways of making this fantastic game available to you all.” It may opt to prepare a special release exclusively through Ghostlight’s online store, but nothing has been set in stone just yet.

“Currently the European version of the game is finished and has been approved for release by Nintendo. However, without going into too much detail, retail support for DS titles is understandably low at the moment making it difficult for us to release the title. We haven’t given up though and we’re currently looking into several different ways of making this fantastic game available to you all. One way that I’ve heard being discussed on the Ghostlight grapevine is that we may release a Collector’s Edition of the game exclusively through our website which will mean we’d need your full support in making this release happen. I’ve probably said too much already, but you can expect more news on this in the coming weeks.”

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