Nintendo Download (11/7/13, North America)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Wii Sports Club – Tennis – $9.99 to keep
Wii Sports Club – Bowling – $9.99 to keep
Toki Tori – $1.99
Wii U VC
Wario’s Woods – $4.99
3DS Retail
Kid Icarus: Uprising – $34.99
Luxor – $5.99
3DS Download
Crazy Chicken: Director’s Cut 3D – $1.99
My Baby Pet Hotel 3D – $29.99
KORG M01D – $34.00
Secret Agent Files: Miami – $7.99
4 Elements – $5.99
3DS VC
Wario’s Woods – $4.99
DSiWare
Crazy Chicken: Director’s Cut – $1.99
eShop sale
Games by ATLUS – For a limited time, select ATLUS titles are $10 off exclusively in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS – including Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan and Code of Princess. Visit the Nintendo eShop for details. This offer is available starting at 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 11 and runs until 9 a.m. PT on Nov. 18.
Source: Nintendo PR
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November 2013 downloadable rewards now available on Club Nintendo
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 23 Comments
This month’s digital rewards on Club Nintendo have gone live. Members can choose from Metroid (3DS, 150 coins), Dillon’s Rolling Western (3DS, 200 coins), The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Wii, 150 coins), and Art Style: Cubello (Wii, 150 coins). These items last through December 8.
Visit this page to order a downloadable game.
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Nintendo Download (11/7/13, Europe)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games – €49.99 / £39.99 (available Nov. 8)
Batman: Arkham Origins – €59.99 / £49.99
Wii U Download
Wii Sports Club: Day Pass – €1.99 / £1.79
Wii Sports Club: Bowling – Single-Sport Pass – €9.99 / £8.99
Wii Sports Club: Tennis – Single-Sport Pass – €9.99 / £8.99
Toki Tori – €1.99 / £1.79; will be €3.99 / £3.59 starting Dec. 6
Wii U DLC
Pikmin 3: Battle Enemies! Stages 7-10 – €1.99 / £1.79
3DS Retail
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy – €44.99 / £39.99 (available Nov. 8)
Batman: Arkham Origins – Blackgate – €39.99 / £34.99
Regular Show: Mordecai & Rigby in 8-Bit Land – €34.99 / £28.49 (available Nov. 8)
My Little Baby 3D – €29.99 / £24.99
3DS Download
KORG M01D – €24.99 / £19.99
Brunch Panic – €3.99 / £3.35
Arcade Classics 3D – €2.99 / £2.50; will be €3.99 / £3.30 starting Nov. 29
Special Offers
Toki Tori 2+ – €8.99 / £7.79 until Nov. 14; was €14.99 / £12.99
For Toki Tori owners – 60% off regular price if you already bought Toki Tori on Nintendo eShop on your Wii U- €5.99/£5.19. Also ends November 14.
Permanent Price Reductions
Assassin’s Creed III – €19.99 / £15.99, was €69.99 / £54.99
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
ZombiU – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
Rabbids Land – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
Sports Connection – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 – €19.99 / £15.99, was €29.99 / £23.99
Source: Nintendo PR
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Mario 3D World devs on game’s engine, difficulty, no DLC; plus art style, working with an external studio, more open Mario, Miyamoto working on small projects
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 7 Comments
Gamekult recently conducted an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, Yoshiaki Koizumi, and Kenta Motokura. As you can tell by the title of this post, it’s filled with tons of interesting bits about Super Mario 3D World and Mario in general.
As far as 3D World is concerned, the three commented on the game’s engine, difficult, DLC (and a bunch of other things). General topics include the possibility of introducing a radical art style for Mario, working with an external studio, a more open Mario, and Miyamoto’s plan to work on smaller projects.
You can find the full interview roundup below (note: Google Translate used). You can also find Gamekult’s piece here.
Aonuma elaborates on the ideas Zelda Wii U will include from Wind Waker HD, benefits of developing multiple games at once
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 27 Comments
Wind Waker HD was used as a starting point of sorts for Zelda’s first original outing on Wii U. Series producer Eiji Aonuma has previously spoken about how the updated GameCube release was a way for the development team to get its feet wet in terms of creating Zelda games for Nintendo’s latest console. Additionally, the two are connected in the sense that elements used in Wind Waker HD will be brought over to the brand new Wii U title.
Aonuma discussed this further with GamesTM this month. While speaking with the magazine, he said Wind Waker HD’s GamePad interface and motion control aiming will be included in Zelda Wii U. He also mentioned a desire “to bring the experience of being able to explore the Great Sea however you want to locations other than the sea.”
Aonuma said:
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Nintendo Download (10/31/13, North America)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – $49.99
Ben 10 Omniverse 2 – $39.99 (available Nov. 5)
Wii U Download
Wii Fit U Trial Version – free for 31 days for Balance Board owners (available Nov. 1)
Wii U VC
Super Castlevania IV – $7.99
3DS Retail
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – $39.99
Ben 10 Omniverse 2 – $29.99 (available Nov. 5)
Beyblade Evolution – $29.99
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures – $39.99 (available Nov. 5)
Saban’s Power Rangers Megaforce – $39.99 (available Nov. 5)
3DS Download
Angry Bunnies – $8.99
Arcade Classics 3D – $2.99
3DS VC
Milon’s Secret Castle – $4.99
3DS Demo
AiRace Speed
eShop sales
Shin Megami Tensei IV – $10 off Nov. 4 – Nov. 11
Runner2 – 33% off from Nov. 1 until 9 AM on Nov. 7
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (10/31/13) – male Wii Fit Trainer confirmed
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Podcast Stories, Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
“The trial version of Wii Fit U is available now! We’d like to share this pic to commemorate the occasion.”
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Details from Nintendo’s latest financial results briefing – sales, strategy, competition, VC boost, more
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 9 Comments
Update: Now over. Transcript complete.
Nintendo’s latest financial results briefing is about to begin. As usual, analyst David Gibson is in attendance, and will be tweeting live. We’ll round up any details that come in from the briefing below.
– Sales: Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2.49 million, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – 1.91 million, Tomodachi Collection – 1.37 million, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – 1.37 million, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – 1.19 million
– Nintendo said the company took inventory write down to account for price reduction
– Nintendo saying 3DS share has increased in Japan, Europe, and the US; it’s a growing market, you down in USA and Europe as last year launched XL
– Pokemon X/Y: European shares grew from 18% to 38%; Nintendo believes there is/will be a similar uptick in the US
– In the US, 3DS has already passed last year’s total
– Nintendo expects to sell over 5 million 3DS units this year in the US with a strong holiday season
– Nintendo says the 2DS’ awareness is still too low, but is designed to appeal to lower-priced users
– Survey indicates 2DS buyers were new users
– Wii Sports Club will be download only and free-to-play for 24 hours
– Will then be 200 yen per day or 1,000 yen for the entire game
– Wii Fit U is also free for 1 month for users who have the Balance Board
– In Japan, a survey showed 500,000 people still use the Balance Board
– Fit Meter also has a baramoeter so it can measure if you’re going uphill or downhill
– Because of Pokemon X/Y’s launch, Nintendo hadn’t been doing much Wii U marketing
– This has changed and sales have already improved
– Nintendo did 11.4 billion of digital sales, 50% of which was for complete game downloads (retail?)
– Nintendo believes new bundles in Japan (Family Pack) and USA (Mario & Luigi) will boost sales
– The StreetPass DLC games have been purchased for a value of 1.1 billion yen
– 35% of the DLC sales have come from Japan
– Nintendo expects Pokemon to help boost in the future
– Nintendo, whether digital or packaged, believes price should be the same
– Nintendo claims once a consumer buys a game digitally, they’re more likely to buy again digital
– Nintendo understands free-to-play market, etc.
– Users feel packaged seems more expensive, Nintendo is trying new models as a result like Wii Sports Club
– Pokemon X/Y shipped over 1 million units in September ahead of October launch
– Nintendo argues 3DS sold 5.5 million units last year and over 5 million units in Japan this year
– These are record levels for a handheld, happening at the same time as the smartphone expansion
– In handheld market, hardware plus software design combined benefit in games and Ames experience different versus smartphones
– Nintendo will use smartphones to promote its own games
– Hardware takes 1.5 years to design, and entry-level 2DS well planned ahead
– Weaker yen made the 2DS possible
– This holiday, games are targeted more for family
– Next year, advanced players will be targeted
– Nintendo says next-gen consoles aren’t targeted at the family audience this year
– Nintendo also admits competition is increasing
– Nintendo is targeting US, Europe, Japan, and perhaps Australia for growth
– Nintendo will explain Emerging Country strategy in January for its next results
– Iwata’s commitment to 100 billion operating profit this year: “make best effort to achieve target” and not going to quit
– Iwata is focused on creating long-term value for Nintendo
– Iwata remembers Yamauchi’s advice: “don’t copy other entertainment companies”
– Nintendo intends to boost VC and library; it’s not fully utilized
– Nintendo thinks it can do more with its digital offerings
– No plans to release games on smartphones
– Nintendo won’t cut people to cut costs, not pessimistic on the future of the company
– On Yamauchi shareholding said it’s not 49 days since his passing and no concrete plans or discussion before 49 days with them
– Plan to cooperate with family as much as possible and don’t want burden on the market (at 49 days, traditional ceremony conducted in Japan)
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Nintendo Download (10/31/13, Europe)
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Wii Fit U Trial Version – 31-day free trial version of Wii Fit U, free through January 31
Wii U VC
Super Castlevania IV (US version) – €7.99 / £5.49
Wii U Special Offers
Assassin’s Creed III – €14.99 / £11.99 until November 7; normally €69.99 / £54.99
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – €14.99 / £11.99 until November 7; normally €29.99 / £23.99
ZombiU – €14.99 / £11.99 until November 7; normally €29.99 / £23.99
Rabbids Land – €14.99 / £11.99 until November 7; normally €29.99 / £23.99
Sports Connection – €14.99 / £11.99 until November 7; normally €29.99 / £23.99
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 – €14.99 / £11.99 until November 7; normally €29.99 / £23.99
Resident Evil: Revelations – €29.99 / £23.99 until November 14; normally €49.99 / £39.99
Trine 2: Director’s Cut – €6.79 / £5.49 until November 14; normally €16.99 / £13.99
3DS Retail
Hotel Transylvania – €19.99 / £17.99
3DS Special Offers
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D – €5.99 / £5.39 until November 14; normally €9.99 / £8.99
Resident Evil: Revelations – €17.99 / £14.99 until November 14; normally €29.99/£24.99
Football Up 3D – €4.19 / £3.59 until November 28; normally €6.99 / £5.99
2 Fast 4 Gnomz – €2.99 / £2.69 until November 21; normally €4.99 / £4.49
Permanent Price Reductions
Myst – €13.99 / £12.59; was €19.99 / £17.99
Aqua Moto Racing 3D – €7.99 / £7.19; was €9.99 / £8.99
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Miyamoto says online play “wasn’t the focus” for Super Mario 3D World
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 5 Comments
Super Mario 3D World’s multiplayer looks like a bunch of fun. It’s great and all that you can play locally with three other friends, but wouldn’t it have been nice to tackle the game online with others as well?
Kotaku recently decided to ask Shigeru Miyamoto about the lack of online play in Super Mario 3D World, to which he said the functionality “simply wasn’t the focus for us this time around.” Miyamoto explained that Nintendo was interested in making “something that people could experience fully while playing comfortably with others who were nearby them”.
He said:
