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Interested in pickup up Pikmin 3 as a digital download? How about Rayman Legends or The Wonderful 101? Nintendo wants Wii U owners to stock up on funds beforehand, and will be rewarding such users with a special offer.

If you add $50-$99.99 before July 28 (with a credit card or Nintendo pre-paid cards), you’ll receive a $5 promotional code. If you add $100 or more, you’ll earn a $10 code.

Nintendo intends to send out codes on August 2 through email. You can find more details about the offer here.

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U retail

Pikmin 3 – €49.99 / £39.99

With Pikmin 3 launching on 26th July, and The Wonderful 101 launching on 23rd August, if Wii U console owners buy Pikmin 3 on Nintendo eShop between 26th July 2013 and 21st September 2013, they will be able to buy The Wonderful 101 on Nintendo eShop on the same Wii U for 30% off the regular Nintendo eShop price once it is released and only until 21st September 2013.

Wii U VC

Kirby’s Dream Land 3 – €7.99 / £5.49

Wii U special offer

Wii U Panorama View – If you buy or own any three out of the four Wii U Panorama View video tours, you can download the fourth one for free! Only from 25/7/13 until 08/8/13.

Wii VC

Sengoku – 900 points

3DS retail

Super Black Bass 3D – €19.99 / £17.99
I Love my Pets – €29.99 / £24.99

3DS VC

Street Gangs – €4.99 / £4.49

DSiWare

Petit Computer – €7.99 / £7.19 / 800 points

Source: Nintendo PR

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 5 Comments

Pikmin 3’s first week Japanese sales are in. How do they stack up to the previous games in the series? Let’s take a look:

(2001) Pikmin – First week: 90,000 (54.9%) | Total sales: 549,000
(2004) Pikmin 2 – First week: 160,000 (48.4%) | Total sales: 484,000
(2013) Pikmin 3 – First week: 92,720 (48.45%)

One important point to note here is that Pikmin 3’s sales were accounted for over a two day period, whereas Pikmin 2 saw four days of sales. We also have to take into account that there aren’t a whole lot of Wii U units out in consumers’ hands just yet.

Source

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GBA, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 1 Comment

Even though Super Smash Bros. has been around since the N64 era, Nintendo is just now bringing the franchise to a portable. In addition to Wii U, a unique version of the series’ next entry will be released for the 3DS.

But has creator Masahiro Sakurai considered making Smash Bros. for a Nintendo handheld in the past? As it turns out, the answer is yes.

Sakurai told GamesTM this month that he “thought about it”, but “we purely didn’t have the opportunity, it just never came up.” He also explained that it may not have been possible to realize Smash Bros. on any Nintendo handheld before the GBA.

“It’s not that I haven’t wanted to – I thought about it, I did. To be honest, we purely didn’t have the opportunity, it just never came up. And also, to speak freely, if you look at a handheld device preceding anything before the GBA, I don’t know that it would have the capabilities to fully realize Smash Bros.”

Thanks to joclo for sending this information our way.

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Here’s a bit of a surprise: Sin and Punishment developer Treasure is developing Gaist Crusher for Capcom. That’s according to an image posted to the studio’s website.

We originally heard that Treasure was making a 3DS game last October through a GamesTM interview. Is Gaist Crusher the title that had been referred to?

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NeoGAF member “ash_ag” has come across… something interesting on the 3DS eShop. His post would probably be much clearer than anything I could produce, so here’s his explanation:

I entered the Nintendo eShop to download a game that was releasing today and happened to be on my watchlist. A notification lead me right into it as soon as I entered, but due to not having enough empty space, I first had to delete something (via the eShop option). When I returned to download the game, it said I should live 3DS to charge a bit more (as it does when the battery is almost dead) and lead me to the main menu which was, well, different.

There are several minor UI updates as well as listings of Wii U games and collections. An error occurs when trying to get more info on a Wii U game, while collections seem to lead to unrelated 3DS categories (for example, ‘Wii U Demos’ leads to ‘Nintendo 3DS (Cart/Download)’ if I recall correctly).

‘Menu’ is mostly the same, though the top screen visuals are a bit different I think. Wii U games listings lead to the Wii U game (with its price, but no images), much like Earthbound. Also, 3DS VC listings had vanished, and Wii U ones seemed to be appearing instead (like Metroid and Kid Icarus, which much like Earthbound weren’t downloadable).

We’ve heard talk of Nintendo Network IDs coming to the 3DS, and people have speculated about Nintendo linking the Wii U and 3DS eShops. Maybe this is one step closer to that? Or is this nothing more than some random glitch?

Source

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of June. The results can be found below.

The Last Of Us (PS3)** 1 Sony (Corp)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) 2 Nintendo
Minecraft (360) 3 Microsoft (Corp)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, PC, NWU)** 4 Activision Blizzard (Corp)
NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, WII, NWU, PSP, PC)** 5 Take 2 Interactive (Corp)
Injustice: Gods Among Us (360, PS3, NWU)** 6 Warner Bros. Interactive
Donkey Kong Country Returns (3DS, WII) 7 Nintendo
Deadpool (360, PS3) 8 Activision Blizzard (Corp)
Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** 9 Electronic Arts
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) 10 Nintendo

**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

Source

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U VC

EarthBound – $9.99

Wii U retail

The Smurfs 2 – available July 23

3DS download

Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale – $7.99
Robot Rescue 3D – $2.99
Undead Bowling – $6.99

3DS demos

The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves
Undead Bowling

3DS VC

Shantae – $4.99

Wii U sale

Puddle – $4.49 (was $9.99) through 8/1

3DS sales

Fractured Soul – $7.99 (was $11.99) through 8/1
Rising Board 3D – $1.49 (was $1.99) through 8/1
Outdoors Unleashed: Africa 3D – $2.99 (was $3.99) until 7/25

Price drops

Deer Drive Legends – $9.99 (was $14.99)
American Mensa Academy – $3.99 (was $9.99)
Puzzler Brain Games – $4.99 (was $9.99)
Puzzler World 2013 – $9.99 (was $14.99)

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Nintendo Direct Mini Reveals Wii U and Nintendo 3DS Updates

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– At long last, Super NES classic EarthBound is now available as a Virtual Console game in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U for $9.99. Nintendo announced its availability during today’s Nintendo Direct Mini video. Nintendo also revealed that Nintendo Zone locations will be getting StreetPass enhancements to let players connect with one another, and reminded people about this weekend’s Pikmin 3 demo program at select GameStop and EB Games stores.

“Not only do Wii U owners have a big lineup of great games on the way like Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101, but they also have access to Virtual Console classics like EarthBound,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “If you haven’t already, this is a great time to jump into the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U experience.”

To view the Nintendo Direct Mini in its entirety, visit http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct.

Information in today’s Nintendo Direct Mini included:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments

Today’s North American Nintendo Download report has been conspicuously missing in action. There could be one major reason for its delay: EarthBound appears to be coming to the Wii U eShop today as a Virtual Console download.

An official page on Nintendo’s website lists today’s release date as well as a $9.99 price point. It’s a bit more than other SNES titles, but most will probably say that it’s worth it.