Nintendo UK on Wii U stock, price, no plans for a price cut, targeting the core at launch, more
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Nintendo UK executives James Honeywell and Shelly Pearce were in attendance for the Wii U’s launch last night. Of course, the event wouldn’t have been complete without a few interview questions!
Eurogamer spoke with the Honeywell and Pearce just before the console’s official release in the UK. The two commented on Wii U stock, the system’s price, potential confusion that using the Wii’s brand could bring, concerns about a possible price cut in the near future, and targeting the core audience at launch. There’s even some talk about the 3DS as well.
Check out the full Q&A below.
Accessory lets you connect a PS2 controller to Wii U/Wii
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Ever wanted to use a PlayStation 2 controller on a Wii U or Wii? One Japanese company is making this possible.
Datel Japan will release an accessory next month that acts as a PS2 to Wii U/Wii adapter. Simply plug in one end to a Wiimote and the other to a PS2 pad. Then you’ll be good to go! It even includes a Turbo button that could be worthwhile when playing a Virtual Console shooter.
The adapter will be available on December 8 for 1,980 yen.
Lots of Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 footage
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Aliens: Colonial Marines – “Hadley’s Hope Exterior” concept to game video
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[Review] Liberation Maiden
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Suda51 delivers a well-produced mecha anime that’s as hyperactive as it is hyper-nationalistic. But how’s the actual game?
Author: Patrick
Level 5 really haven’t been having a whole lot of luck when it comes to the 3DS. Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven might still bring in the cash, but the company’s attempts at starting new IPs like Time Travelers and Girls RPG: Cinderella Life sold poorly. But perhaps their biggest bomb of all was Guild 01, a compilation of quirky games that sold fewer than 15,000 copies upon its first week of release despite having some well-known game designers collaborating on the project. Oddly enough, Level 5 are now giving Guild 01 a second chance by rereleasing most of the games in the compilation through the 3DS eShop. The first of these titles to be available outside of Japan is Liberation Maiden, a 3D shooter heavily inspired by Japanese cartoons – specifically the kind where plot is second to cool robots flying around and blowing stuff up.
These games are coming soon to the 3DS eShop
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Ninja Gaiden will finally be hitting the North American 3DS eShop next week. That’s according to yesterday’s store update, which lists a December 6 date and price of $4.99.
The following titles are also “coming soon” to the 3DS eShop:
Murder on the Titanic (previously confirmed for December 6, $7.99)
Mighty Bomb Jack
Crimson Shroud (previously confirmed for December 13, $4.99)
Wario Land 2 (previously confirmed for December 20)
Gardenscapes
Fluidity: Spin Cycle (previously confirmed for December 27)
Iwata apologizes for Animal Crossing shortages, update on shipments
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In a new nine-minute video, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata discussed Animal Crossing: New Leaf shipments and shortages, as well as a special ROM card the game uses.
New Leaf has been seeing widespread sell-outs across Japan. While it’s been fairly successful on the eShop, it has sold tremendously at retail. Shops haven’t been able to keep up with demand.
Read on below for an update on Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s production. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem as though Nintendo will be able to alleviate the shipment situation anytime soon.
– Iwata apologies for New Leaf shortages
– The game saves more items and swapped villages, houses with a special type of ROM card with SLC-NAND to store such big save data
– NAND is flash memory, as used in SD cards, USB key drives, SSDs
– SLC-NAND is durable and has large area for volume
– MLC-NAND sacrifices durability for greater data density
– Supplies for SLC-NAND, controller chip were within estimates
– Sales greatly exceeded estimates
– Replenishing supplies will take several months, won’t be resolved soon
– Nintendo is adjusting production volume allocation between Animal Crossing and other SLC-NAND games, but not giving AC a production monopoly
– Iwata reminds consumers that the game can be downloaded on the eShop
– There are download cards at retail which may sell out, but there will be plentiful resupplies for year-end
– It’s possible to buy download codes online
– Limited-time downloadable presents and Seven-Eleven-exclusive presents will be redistributed at a later date
Irem has another pachislot game in the works for the 3DS
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Irem’s entire slate of 3DS games has consisted of pachislot games. To the surprise of no one, the company is churning out yet another one of these for the portable.
Pachipara 3D Deluxe: Sea Story arrives in Japan in February 2013. It has a story mode in which players find themselves on a solitary island. That’s all we really know, for the most part!
This is what Nintendo Power’s final cover looks like
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Nintendo Power has finally come to an end. Subscribers should soon be receiving the magazine’s December issue, which is its last.
It seems that Nintendo Power decided to go in an old-school direction with the final cover. Take a look:
Does that look familiar to any of you? It should! Nintendo Power is paying tribute to its very first cover from 1988:
