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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 2 Comments

– Wasn’t detailed at Nintendo’s conference last month due to time constraints
– Visit “racks” corresponding to different themes when you load the shop
– Software that fits the theme can be found on each rack
– When you select a game, you can see details, view movies, download a demo, and see the opinion of other players
– If you choose software details, you can see a description, play status, other information
– Can also directly visit a game’s home page
– Section on the shop where games are listed in order of latest releases and most popular
– Search functionality
– Can cast recommendation votes for games

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Thanks to the folks for sending this news tip our way!

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii | 2 Comments

– Buy real life goods
– Starts November 1
– Called “Wii no Ma Shopping”
– Updated to the Wii no Ma channel
– Joint operated by Nintendo Subsidiary Wii no Ma and Senshukai
– Good suppliers can put their product in a mall-like environment for direct sales to Wii consumers
– Three suppliers at the start: Senshukai, Senshukai Iihana and Shachata.
– Isetan Mitsukoshi, other retailers will support the service as well
– Selling points:
Ease of use through the Wiimote
Customers can enjoy shopping 24 hours through their television.
The service will offer over 10,000 items, from including food, fashion and furniture.
The service will offer exclusive items that will not be sold elsewhere.
Buyers will be able to make payments via credit card, cash on delivery and payment at nearby convenience stores.
The service will also allow orders to be placed via the phone.
– 10.7 million Wii owners in Japan
– 40% of these owners connect to the Internet
– 85% of these owners have the console connected to their living room television

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– Taking place on January 8/9/10
– At the Makuhari Messe just outside Tokyo (TGS venue)
– More details, which may include a name for the event will be revealed later
– Satoru Iwata shares the news in a special video message, was recorded in the room where the Iwata Asks columns are held
– Iwata once again said that the 3DS would likely face new hurdles, including trying to deliver the message of 3D visuals to consumers
– Demo event a response to the above
– January event the first time ever that the public can play the 3DS anywhere in the world
– No additional large scale events planned at the moment, but other consumers will have an opportunity to sample the 3DS before release

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!

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WiiWare

Reel Fishing Challenge II (Natsume Inc., 500 Wii Points)
WiiWare – chick chick BOOM (tons of bits, 800 Wii Points)

Virtual Console

SUPER E.D.F. Earth Defense Force (JALECO, Super Nintendo, 800 Wii Points)

DSiWare

Sleep Clock: Record and analyse your sleep patterns (Nintendo, 200 Nintendo Points)
Go! Go! Island Rescue! (Connect2Media, 500 Nintendo Points)
GO Series: Let’s Swing (Gamebridge, 200 Nintendo Points)

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Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

– All characters from Resident Evil 4 and 5 Mercenaries modes are playable
– This includes Leon, Ada, Krauser, HUNK, Wesker, Chris, Jill, Sheva
– Eight Mercenaries stages from Resident Evil 5 and the four Mercenaries stages from Resident Evil 4
– There will be hidden characters who have not previously been in Mercenaries
– New game modes
– Alternate costumes for characters
– Resident Evil 4 stages may have been made more like the Resident Evil 5 Mercenaries stages (different time crystals, more enemies, graphical face-lifts)

Resident Evil: Revelations

– Resident Evil 4/5 camera style while navigating through cramped spaces
– Dark haunted house-like cruise ship
– Camera style changes to first-person when aiming
– Move and shoot while aiming as well
– Story a very significant part of the game
– Features the friendship between Chris and Jill turning sour
– Initial disagreements between the two turn into distrust and eventually suspicion and madness
– Game uses weather to its efficiency
– Cruise ship is doomed
– Parts of the ship are getting flooded/torn as you progress
– Monsters break free and multiply
– The two points above may happen in real-time, not scripted
– May have an element like The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask in which you need to get out of the ship before time runs out with specific events linked to certain times on the ship

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Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in DS, News | 1 Comment

29th October 2010 – Nintendo, a worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment and Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that they have entered into a distribution agreement for the forthcoming game Ghost Trick Phantom Detective to be made available on the Nintendo DS family of handheld consoles.

Under the terms of the agreement Nintendo will be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of the game throughout European territories, with Capcom remaining as publisher. Capcom will remain as the distributor in Australia and the Middle East. Ghost Trick Phantom Detective is scheduled for release across Europe on the 14th of January 2011.

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“Let’s be honest, a lot of us have got smart phones. I can’t remember the last time I went into a shop to buy an iPhone game, and I haven’t missed it. In fact I’ve got lots of iPhone games and I’m quite happy. But the next range of consoles that will be out in the next five years, why would any of those need physical media? Why would they want physical media? If you’ve got it physically and you trade it, the hardware manufacturer just lost out, big time. When they produce their next console – let’s call it Sony Next, it could be any platform holder Next – if they make it only a digital store, they absolutely control everything. Pricing, their margins, you can’t trade it second hand. Their logistics and overheads come down considerably. The cost of manufacture of the original console comes down considerably. The reliability goes through the roof because there are no moving parts. Why would they not?” – Blitz Games Studios CEO Philip Oliver

I’m going to be very, very upset if we lose physical media altogether, and the sad part is that I can definitely see it happening. Sony already went that direction with the PSPGo, Microsoft has expressed interest in doing the same, and Apple is already 100% digital. I will say, however, that Nintendo has said that they like to keep physical media as opposed to downloadable content, which is good. We’ll see…

Via MCVUK

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