Third Yo-kai Watch movie tops Japanese box office and beats Rogue One
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments
The third Yo-kai Watch movie, known as Eiga Yo-kai Watch: Sora Tobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daib?ken da Nyan! (Yo-kai Watch The Movie: The Flying Whale and the Grand Adventure of the Double Worlds, Meow!), premiered in Japan this past weekend. It managed to top the Japanese box office, beating out Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – which also opened a day earlier. We should note however that Yo-kai Watch’s box office earnings for the Saturday – Sunday time period did not overcome Star Wars.
The new Yo-kai Watch film sold 545,211 tickets for 608,033,100 yen (roughly $5.189 million) on 415 screens on Saturday and Sunday. That amount encompasses 57.5 percent of the opening weekend box office for the previous Yo-kai Watch movie, which went on to earn 5.53 billion yen (roughly $47 million).
Thanks to Mii Again for the tip.
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Super Mario Run reportedly downloaded over 37 million times in its first three days
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 5 Comments
Update: Bumped to the top. As usual, Sensor Tower is reporting different data. They said Super Mario Run was downloaded 25 million times in four days. Sensor Tower also estimates that the game generated over $21 million in revenue.
Original: Based on the latest data from App Annie, Super Mario Run was downloaded over 37,256,946 times between December 15 and December 17. 11,052,106 of those downloads are said to be from the United States. There were also 1,991,086 downloads in the UK.
During the initial three day period, users played Super Mario Run 2.4 times each day. App Annie says the average play time was 5 minutes 35 seconds (13 minutes 12 seconds a day).
Play sessions of Super Mario Run were slightly longer on iPad. While it was played for 14 minutes and ten seconds every day on iPad, iPhone users played for 12 minutes and 14 seconds.
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Switch supports Vulkan and OpenGL 4.5
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 120 Comments
Switch is now confirmed to support both Vulkan and OpenGL 4.5. The Khronos Group certifies the console as a Vulkan 1.0 conformant implementation. Moreover, it shows the OS as “Nintendo OS” and it passes the Vulkan 1.0.1.0 CTS. Switch is listed as hitting OpenGL 4.5 and OpenGL ES 3.2 conformance as well.
That’s a lot of technical talk, but it should only mean good things for Switch owners in the end. This essentially means that developers should have an easier time creating games for the system.
Ohayou! Beginner’s Japanese will be adding off-TV play
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
Finger Gun Games is nearly done with the first update for Ohayou! Beginner’s Japanese, but the indie developer has further plans. A new blog post notes that another update will be released to implement off-TV play.
Switch and 3DS versions are both still possibilities for Ohayou! Beginner’s Japanese. Finger Gun Games is interested in Switch specifically, but a 3DS edition could still happen depending on what the future holds for the portable.
Amazon ranks the top 10 games of 2016
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Amazon has selected the top 10 games for 2016. Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were the lone Nintendo representatives, having taken the seventh spot.
The full list is as follows:
10. Forza Horizon 3
9. The Witness
8. Battlefield 1
7. Pokemon Sun/Moon
6. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
5. Dark Souls III
4. Doom
3. Final Fantasy XV
2. Titanfall 2
1. Overwatch
Here’s how Amazon says the list is determined:
“Each year, a group of Amazon gamers gets together and picks our top games of the year. Fun gameplay is a common feature of all of these games. For some of them, we invested many, many hours of gameplay time. Other picks on the list are games that we think made a big impact on the gaming industry as a whole. After much debate, analysis, and hands-on gaming time, we’re pleased to present our list of Best Games of 2016.”
Amazon has been selecting the best games of the year for quite some time now. 2015’s list is here, 2014’s list is here, and 2013’s list is here.
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Nintendo says it isn’t planning additional content for Super Mario Run
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 6 Comments
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nintendo has no plans for “additional content, either free or paid” in Super Mario Run. That information comes directly from a company representative.
Now, we do know that Super Mario Run is already being updated with new items and tie-ins to My Nintendo. That’s what we’ll likely be seeing going forward. The core experience won’t change, and we’re unlikely to see new levels based on what Nintendo is saying.
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Seasons of Heaven debut trailer
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Switch, Videos | 21 Comments
Any Arts Production has released the first full trailer for Seasons of Heaven, its new game in the works for Switch. We’ve included it below.
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Nintendo FCC filing for a “Wireless Gaming Device” appears, likely related to Switch
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 4 Comments
A new FCC filing popped up from Nintendo today with the model number HAC-016 as a “Wireless Gaming Device”. HAC is widely believed to be the code for Switch, meaning this should be some sort of device for the platform.
The confidentiality release date ends on June 18, 2017. That likely means we won’t be officially hearing about whatever this thing is until then. The one image we have, shown above, is from the Label Location document.
Minecraft: Wii U Edition update 15 patch notes
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Minecraft: Wii U Edition is adding the Fallout Mash-Up Pack this week. Once maintenance takes place later this week, the DLC should be out another with update 15. We have the full patch notes below.
National StreetPass Holiday event begins in North America today, get Miyamoto’s Mii
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
To celebrate the holidays, Nintendo is kicking off the National StreetPass Holiday event in North America today.
3DS owners can visit one of nearly 30,000 Nintendo Zone hotspots to take advantage of StreetPass functionality offered by various games. Furthermore, a special guest is stopping by. Shigeru Miyamoto’s Mii is available to those who visit a Nintendo Zone location.
The National StreetPass Holiday event ends on January 15.
