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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

Thanks to datapop for the tip!

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Gaijin Games co-founder Alex Neuse has fired off another round of comments which hint at a Wii U version of Bit.Trip Presents: Runner 2.

Last month, the game was pushed back to November. As far as whether or not Gaijin will be looking to make a Wii U version of Runner 2, Neuse said:

“(Smiles) I wonder. I wonder if that means that. Let me put it this way: we have a Wii U dev kit, and our game is coming out around the time that system launches, so that would be pretty cool.”

Neuse followed up with comments on how the Wii U controller excites him:

“I have to think of it in terms of Runner2 now — thinking about it broadly would be too much — but if we were to do a Wii U version, what if you could have a pick-up in the game that reveals hidden bonuses and stuff that you can’t see on your screen but have to hold the controller up? You’re still playing but it’s sort of like an X-ray vision.

“Yeah [sort of like a CommanderVideo detective mode], exactly! (laughs) You get a Silent Scope kind of feel. But anyway, if we do a Wii U version I don’t know what we would do with the controller. I would want to do something unique, but honestly we haven’t figured that part out.”

Gaijin Games even posted the following on Twitter today:

“What Wii U features would you like to see on the OFF CHANCE that we bring Runner2 to the platform?”

Runner (and the Bit.Trip series in general) made its debut on Wii. Wouldn’t it be nice to see Runner 2 on the console’s successor?

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii | 0 comments

Mario Party 9 will be available in Japan on April 26.

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

IGN has obtained various software sales data from Nintendo.

Kid Icarus: Uprising sold 135,000 units in its first month. Mario Party 9 was even more impressive, moving 230,000 copies on Wii.

Super Mario 3D Land tacked on another 100,000 sales while Mario Kart 7 picked up another 118,000 units. Life-to-date figures of these two titles in the U.S. stand at 1.98 million and 1.58 million respectively.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

A (mostly) full listing of U.S. hardware sales for the month of March can be found below. With the exception of the PlayStation 3 (which is a close approximation), all figures are official.

The results are as follows:

Xbox 360 – 371K (-14.3%)
PlayStation 3 – 337K (-7.7%)
Nintendo 3DS – 225K (-43.8%)
Nintendo Wii – 175K (-39.7%)

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Kid Icarus: Uprising wasn’t in the top 10 NPD software rankings for March. That doesn’t mean the game didn’t sell well, though.

Analyst Anita Frazier said Uprising “would have been among the top selling individual SKUs for the month of March.”

Frazier wrote in the NPD report:

“In a list of the top 10 SKUs for the month (as opposed to top titles as listed here), 3DS Kids Icarus: Uprising would have been among the top selling individual SKUs for the month of March.”

We may get specific Kid Icarus: Uprising sales later today/tomorrow.

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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 March. The results can be found below.

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Supervillain’s CCO/Co-Founder Chris Rausch has revealed that Order Up will no longer be hitting store shelves. Instead Ignition Entertainment will be publishing the game on the 3DS eShop.

Order Up will first receive a demo on the digital store. Soon after, the full game will be available.

As for why Order Up is now a digital title, Rausch explained:

“[Order Up] is now coming exclusively to the 3DS eShop as a download. The retail scene is brutal unfortunately, so there have been some changes in plan.”

The demo should be available in the near future according to Rausch:

“I think the demo is just ASAP after Nintendo approval, and the game would follow soon after.”

Ignition Entertainment hasn’t announced a final release date for Order Up.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

Nintendo of America recently registered a domain for “supermario4.com”. The move was made last month.

I’m not quite ready to believe this is necessarily the name for a new Mario game – it could be nothing more than a protective measure – but we do know that there’s a new 2D sidescroller in the works for the 3DS. Eventually we’ll be seeing Mario on Wii U as well, so who knows.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

No Link or Samus costume action in this trailer, but there is more hack-and-slash goodness.