We keep looking at Wii U projects. Right now it seems like our resources are better spent making 3DS games. That will change once the right game concept comes along.

Patterson also discussed sales of Big John Games’ eShop releases in the same interview. Coaster Creator 3D and the Big Bass Arcade games appear to have performed the best.

We sold a lot of Thorium Wars on the DSi, our sequel on the 3DS has not done as well. Our Big Bass Arcade games have done well on all of the Nintendo platforms. Coaster Creator 3D has sold well on the 3DS here in North America, Europe and has sold really well in Japan. We are very honored to have some of our games selling in Japan.

Source

More: Big John Games, indie, Ken Patterson

BurgerTime Deluxe GB VC footage

Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 1 Comment

Iwata on Nintendo’s digital business, steady progress being made

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 13 Comments

Now, I would like to explain the progress in our digital business, which will play a very important role in our efforts to expand our business.
These graphs show the download sales transitions in the recent three financial years.
Our download sales as of the end of the second quarter of this fiscal year were a bit lower than those in the previous fiscal year. Yet, the most recent nine-month download sales showed a year-on-year increase of 17 percent to reach 21.1 billion yen.
These are the regional download sales breakdowns for the nine months of this fiscal year and the previous one.
You can see the decrease of the ratio of the Japanese market, where there were some hit titles including “StreetPass Mii Plaza” and “Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball” in the last fiscal year. In contrast, the Americas dramatically increased its proportion, followed by Europe.
In the U.S., purchases of digital products in general have been widely accepted by consumers. As a result, the ratio of people who purchase and download digital game software is high. As you can see, when we focus on the Americas and create a chart of the download sales percentage of the total software sales, the ratio of the download sales has been increasing largely in the most recent three fiscal years.
Of course, there are some gift-giving opportunities such as holidays and birthdays when packaged software is preferred over the digital version. Yet, as we have been continuing our various efforts in this field, I hope you can see that Nintendo’s digital business is making steady progress. Specifically, not to mention the increased purchasing at Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, our efforts to increase digital purchasing opportunities, such as via online e-commerce sites that we mentioned during the previous Corporate Management Policy Briefing, have been showing results.

Source

Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (2/19/15, Europe)

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

no images were found

More: Europe, Nintendo Download, Virtual Console

Nintendo Download (Europe, 2/19/15)

Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment

This week’s Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U

Kirby’s Adventure Wii – €19.99/£17.99
Puzzle Monkeys – €2.99/£2.99

Wii U VC
Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29
Super Ghouls’N Ghosts (GBA) – €6.99/£6.29

Citizens of Earth (Demo) – Free

Wii U Special offers
Angry Birds Star Wars – €29.99/£24.99 (Ends March 5)
Angry Birds Trilogy – €19.99/£14.99 (Ends March 5)
Batman Arkham City: Armoured Edition – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
Batman: Arkham Origins – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate Deluxe Edition – €14.99/£10.99 (Ends March 4)
GAME PARTY CHAMPIONS – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
Hot Wheels World’s Best Driver – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
Injustice: Gods Among Us – €29.99/£19.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – €29.99/£19.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO BATMAN 2: DC Super Heroes – €29.99/£19.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO Batman 3: BEYOND GOTHAM – €44.99/£34.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO The Hobbit – €29.99/£19.99 (Ends March 4)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge – €24.99/£24.99 (Ends March 5)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – €29.99/£24.99 (Ends March 5)
The Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Edition – €24.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
The LEGO Movie Videogame – €29.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
TRANSFORMERS PRIME The Game – €24.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
TRANSFORMERS: Rise of the Dark Spark – €29.99/£24.99 (Ends March 5)

3DS

Citizens of Earth Demo – Free
Flap Flap – €7.99/£7.19
Luv Me Buddies Wonderland – €24.90/£19.90
Chat-A-Lot – €3.99/£3.59
Best of Arcade Games – Bubble Buster – €9.99/£8.99
Best of Board Games – Solitaire – €9.99/£8.99

DLC
Swivel BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
Kainé / Salvation FMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
Echoes of the SpiralFMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
Frog’s Theme BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
Misgestalt BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
Vamo’ alla flamenco BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
Song of the Ancients/Devola FMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
Megalomania BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
The Ultimate Confrontation BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
The Conflict BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
Nemesis BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89
The Dawn Warriors BMS Song Data (Square Enix, Add-on Content for Theatrhythm FF:CC) – €0.99/£0.89

3DS Special offers
Angry Birds Star Wars – €25.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
Angry Birds Trilogy – €25.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
Hot Wheels World’s Best Driver – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Universe in Peril – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO Batman 3: BEYOND GOTHAM – €34.99/£24.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO Legends of CHIMA: Laval’s Journey – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids – €29.99/£19.99 (Ends March 4)
LEGO The Hobbit – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
Moshi Monsters Moshlings Theme Park – €19.99/£12.99 (Ends March 5)
Shin Megami Tensei IV – €12.99/£11.69 (Ends February 26)
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars – €14.99/£13.49 (Ends February 26)
Snow Moto Racing 3D – €3.99/£3.59 (Ends February 26)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge (Activision) – €25.99/£24.99 (Ends March 5)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – €25.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze – €25.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – €25.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
The Amazing Spider-Man – €25.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
The LEGO55 Movie Videogame – €19.99/£15.99 (Ends March 4)
TOYS VS MONSTERS – €2.99/£2.99 (Ends March 12)
TRANSFORMERS PRIME The Game – €25.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)
TRANSFORMERS: Rise of the Dark Spark – €25.99/£19.99 (Ends March 5)

More: Europe, Nintendo Download, top

Inti Creates “Interactive Wave” video #21

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos | 1 Comment

More: Azure Striker Gunvolt, Inti Creates

[Feature] Tingle: The Man Behind the Magic

Posted on 9 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, Features, GameCube, New Nintendo 3DS, Random | 4 Comments

If you ask someone what the most striking and memorable thing about The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is, they’d probably answer with the whole three-day cycle gimmick, Link’s many transformations or the creepy moon. But if you held a gun to their head and whispered “it’s Tingle” into their ear, they’d undoubtedly say it was this charming fellow. The life and legacy of Tingle isn’t extensively documented and leaves many unexplored questions. Is he human? Is he a fairy? Is he an offensive gay stereotype? But despite his mysterious nature, Tingle is a crucial character to the development of the Legend of Zelda series. In fact, there are no less than four different games out there with Tingle’s name in the title, which makes him just as important to the franchise as Link, whose name usually only appears as part of a lame pun. Just as the tale of the Hero of Time and the Triforce is constantly being retold, so too is the story of this unsung legend.

More: Game of the Month, highlight, insane fanfiction, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Tingle, Tingle's Freshly Picked Rosy Rupeeland, top

Pokemon Shuffle block size

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 2 Comments

Pokemon Shuffle’s block size is in. The download is extremely small, as you’ll only need 686 blocks of free space. Pokemon Shuffle should launch on Wednesday.

Source