Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

You may recall that Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata delivered a holiday message to close out 2015. Today, he’s done something similar for 2016.

Shibata recaps the year that was Nintendo. The likes of Pokemon GO, the NES Classic Edition, and even Mario at the Olympics were all mentioned.

Continue on below for Shibata’s full message.

Hello everyone! This is Satoru Shibata from Nintendo of Europe.

I would like to thank you all for once again giving Nintendo your support over the past year.

For me personally, it has been even more exciting working at Nintendo than usual!

The first highlight was the launch of YO-KAI WATCH, which was well received in Europe and enjoyed by many people. I was happy to be able to make you all smile with my Yo-kai dance, which I practised for three days before the Nintendo Direct.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 149 Comments

Digital Foundry and Eurogamer have a new report about the specs surrounding Switch. The big takeaways here concern the console’s CPU and GPU.

Below is a notable excerpt from the new report today:

“As many have speculated, the new Nintendo hardware does indeed feature two performance configurations – and the console is categorically not as capable in mobile form, compared to its prowess when docked and attached to an HDTV. And we can confirm that there is no second GPU or additional hardware in the dock itself regardless of the intriguing patents that Nintendo has filed suggesting that there might be. With battery life and power throughput no longer an issue, the docked Switch simply allows the GPU to run much faster. And to put it simply, there is a night and day difference here.

Where Switch remains consistent is in CPU power – the cores run at 1020MHz regardless of whether the machine is docked or undocked. This ensures that running game logic won’t be compromised while gaming on the go: the game simulation itself will remain entirely consistent. The machine’s embedded memory controller runs at 1600MHz while docked (on par with a standard Tegra X1), but the default power mode undocked sees this drop to 1331MHz. However, developers can opt to retain full memory bandwidth in their titles should they choose to do so.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Check out some screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads in Europe:

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in General Gaming, News | 0 comments

Nintendo’s upcoming “Super Nintendo World” theme park at various Universal Studios parks was talked about quite a bit recently. Now, it seems like Super Nintendo World won’t be the only video game-themed attraction at Universal Studios – Square-Enix announced a collaboration with Universal Studios Japan today. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dragon Quest, a “Real Battle Attraction” is coming to the Universal Studios park in Osaka. There, visitors will be able to grab weapons, enter dungeons and fight monsters for an authentic Dragon Quest experience.

Further details have not yet been announced so far, like the time frame for this event. The fact that this is a celebration of Dragon Quest’s 30th anniversary seems to suggest that this is a limited-time only event that won’t last very long, but we don’t know for sure yet.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U Download

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – €16.99 / £15.99 / CHF 23.99

Back to Bed – €9.99 / £8.99 / CHF 14.99

RADIANTFLUX: HYPERFRACTAL – €2.99 / £2.99 / CHF 3.99

Zombie Brigade: No Brain No Gain – Conditional Sale: Free if you own Cube Life: Island Survival until 25.12.2016, regular price: €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99

Wii U DLC

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – 1st Birthday Skin Pack – free until January 5th, 2017

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Fallout Mash-up – €5.99 / £4.79 / CHF 5.70

Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Doctor Who Skins I & II Bundle – €5.99 / £4.79 / CHF 5.70

3DS Download

Picross e7 – €5.00 / £4.50 / CHF 7.00

Geki Yaba Runner Deluxe – €4.99 / £4.49 / CHF 6.99

TOUCH BATTLE TANK – TAG COMBAT – €3.99 / £3.99 / CHF 5.20

Japanese Rail Sim 3D Monorail Trip to Okinawa – €14.99 / £12.99 / CHF 15.00

SkyPeace – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.00

3DS Demo

Ice Station Z

3DS Videos

Shin Chan Vol. 1 – free

Shin Chan Vol. 2 – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

Shin Chan Vol. 3 – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

3DS Themes

Mario’s Winter Wonderland – €1.99 / £1.79 / CHF 2.80

Jurassic Cubs and the Magic Flow – €1.49 / £1.39 / CHF 2.10

Jurassic Cubs Behind the Meteorite – €1.49 / £1.39 / CHF 2.10

Jurassic Cubs on Lianas with Nichus – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Jurassic Cubs and the big jump – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Jurassic Cubs 3 Pack – €2.49 / £2.29 / CHF 3.50

Hello Kitty Christmas Time – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Hello Kitty celebrates New Year’s Eve – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Hello Kitty with snowman – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Hello Kitty Winter Princess – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Little Miss Ballet – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Mr. Men Little Miss Christmas – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Mr. Men Little Miss Cooking – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Mr. Men Little Miss Dino – €0.99 / £0.89 / CHF 1.40

Ice Station Z – €0.89 / £0.79 / CHF 0.95

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Just Dance 2017 – Ubisoft
3. Minecraft: Wii U Edition –  Nintendo
4. New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U –  Nintendo
5. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
6. Paper Mario: Color Splash – Nintendo
7. Pokken Tournament – Nintendo
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
9. Minecraft: Story Mode – Complete Adventure – Telltale Games
10. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo

3DS

1. Pokemon Sun – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Moon – Nintendo
3. Super Mario Maker – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Yo-Kai Watch – Nintendo
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – Nintendo
9. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
10. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

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Posted on 7 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

This week’s UK software sales are as follows:

Individual formats

All formats

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Capcom published two new Monster Hunter XX trailers today. Videos focusing on the Alchemy Style and SP mode can be seen below.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 12 Comments

Super Mario Run is finally here, and various companies are coming forward with initial launch data for the game. That includes intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

Sensor Tower says that Super Mario Run grossed over $5 million worldwide in its first 24 hours. Some countries aren’t contributing to the total as much, such as Japan. But as Sensor Tower points out, “a variety of factors are undoubtedly at play, including regional income and spending habits.” Super Mario Run also beat out Pokemon GO’s first day gross revenue by roughly 67 percent and Clash Royale by more than 400 percent.

In terms of engagement, players spent about 16 minutes in the game on its first day. That number was 22 minutes for Pokemon GO and 28 minutes for Clash Royale to compare.

It’s also worth noting that Sensor Tower also has its own figure for first day downloads, coming in at five million. We’re not making quite as big a deal out of that figure though, since the actual range could be anywhere from about 2.85 million to 5 million.

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Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 5 Comments

The November 2016 NPD report brought lots of good news for Nintendo. Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon were the big winners for Nintendo, with the two games marking the biggest debut in franchise history. The NES Classic Edition also sold nearly 200,000 units in its first month in the United States.

NPD group’s Mat Piscatella has also now revealed that 3DS experienced its highest monthly physical software spend in the history of the platform. That’s incredible to think about, given how the 3DS has been around for well over five years.

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