Sonic Stadium recently came across a bunch of concept art for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Art ranges from the very early stages of development up through the initial pitch for Transformed. We even get a look at the Gilius Thunderhead on Chicken Leg concept Sumo Digital’s Steve Lycett spoke about previously.

View the concept art below:

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F-Zero GP Legend, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Wii U Virtual Console screenshots

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

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German Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker commercials

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

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UK software sales (Week ending 12/27)

Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

This week’s UK software sales are as follows;

Individual Formats

All Formats

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UK software sales (Week ending 12/27) – Wii U/3DS charts

Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

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

Wii U

1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo

3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo

4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo

5. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft

6. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales

7. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo

8. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo

9. Nintendoland – Nintendo

10. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software

3DS

1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo

2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo

3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo

4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo

5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo

6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo

7. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable

8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo

9. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales

10. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo

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Nintendo Download (1/1/15, Europe)

Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments

This week’s Nintendo downloads are as follows:

Wii U
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (from January 2nd) – €39.99/£34.99

Wii U VC
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29
F-Zero GP Legend (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29

Wii U Special Offers
New Super Mario Bros. U & New Super Luigi U – €59.99/£49.99 (Ends January 8)*

*New Super Luigi U is a free download if you buy New Super Mario Bros. U off the eShop until January 8th

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – €29.99/£24.99 (Ends January 8)

Shovel Knight – €9.99/£8.66 (Ends January 8th)

3DS Themes
Pokémon: Slowpoke – €1.99/£1.79
NES Fire-Breathing Bowser – €1.99/£1.79

3DS Special Offers
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – €22.49/£19.99 (Ends January 8)

Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games) – €9.99/£8.66 (Ends January 8)

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Famitsu’s most wanted games (12/28/14)

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Final Fantasy XV, Bravely Second, Persona 5, Dragon Quest Heroes, and Tales of Zestiria are the new top five.

Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 11 and December 17.

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Iwata talks hardware frustration and trying to fix things with previous systems

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GBA, News, Wii U | 47 Comments

Yet another translation has come in from 4Gamer’s interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.

In this latest excerpt, Iwata discusses hardware frustration and attempting to fix things Nintendo couldn’t do on previous systems. With the Game Boy Advance SP for example, Iwata pushed for sleep functionality when the system closed. This sadly didn’t make it into the final build. However, Iwata did inform the hardware team that implementing sleep mode into Nintendo’s next system (which would end up being the DS) was a necessity.

What may be even more interesting is what Iwata said about the Wii U. Soon after the console came out, Dwango’s Nobuo Kawakami provided some feedback.

“I had a similar feeling of frustration to the GBA SP situation then,” Iwata said, as he believed that Nintendo will need to implement some of Kawakami’s suggestions in future hardware. Iwata ended by saying, “because of that frustration, not only do we want it to connect with features next time, we are actually working to fix it for next time.” Hmm…

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Pre-order updates (12/28/14)

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:

Wii U

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Splatoon – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop

3DS

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker – Amazon, GameStop
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Amazon, Best Buy (new) GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop
Story of Seasons – Amazon, Best Buy (new), GameStop

Amiibo

* Note: since some of the latest amiibo figures are releasing on different days at different retailers, we’ll still list pre-order links for the next few weeks.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.