November 2014 NPD: Nintendo’s response – big Pokemon, Smash, amiibo sales
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 11 Comments
Nintendo’s response to the November 2014 NPD report is in. Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and amiibo all experienced high sales.
On the portable side, 3DS software sales rose by over 40 percent compared to the same time last year. Wii U hardware and software sales increased by over 10 percent and 90 percent respectively over the same period last year. The week of November 23 was the biggest single week of Wii U hardware sales since the console’s launch in 2012.
Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire have sold almost 1.5 million combined physical and digital units in the U.S. thus far. Total Smash Bros. 3DS sales have surpassed 1.5 million copies while Smash Bros. Wii U sold nearly 710,000 units. Nintendo says amiibo sales “are approximately equal to sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U so far, while Link, Mario and Pikachu (in that order) have been the best-selling figures to date.”
View Nintendo’s full NPD response below.
Animal Crossing behind the scenes with Emma, Annie & Hayley
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Footage of the Persona Q 3DS theme
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Super Mario, Persona Q 3DS themes out now
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Four more 3DS themes are now available in North America. These include Super Mario: Wooden World, Super Mario: Pastel Pink, and Super Mario: Neon Green for $1.99 each. You can also pick up the Persona Q theme for $0.99.
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One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X getting amiibo support for costume unlocks
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amiibo support is coming to One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X. Bandai Namco has revealed that the functionality will be used to unlock special costumes in the game. A Jump scan shows Luffy wearing Mario and Luigi costumes, Sanji wearing a Fox outfit, and Zoro in a Link costume.
Jump also shows how to unlock secret character Sabo. This can be done by entering a special cheat code on the start screen: L+R, BX, Left, Right, AY, Up and Down. View some footage of Sabo below.
Bravely Second – complete live stream recording
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Bravely Second live stream details roundup
Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
Here are some bits of information from the 3rd Bravely Second live stream:
– New job revealed “Cat Master”
– New information to be released in this week’s issue of GanGan
– New trailer just completed featuring the first in game look at Emperor Oblivion and Tiz’s voice is heard at the end
– Complete certain actions in the demo and you will then get in game items once released, you will also be able to 20 Streetpasses which will help get you started on rebuilding moon city
– Possible bonus from having save file from first game
– Current quest style is demo only
– More demos to be released
– New author for the novel in the Collector’s pack
– Possibly will make the U’s journal and download code for Magnolia’s outfit from the Collector’s addition at a later date
– Towns and Dungeons from the first game will come back but the look and gameplay will be different
– 3DS themes planned
– No decision on overseas release at this time
– SP recharges in in sleep mode and while you play
– No music player in-game
– The TGS demo will be available to play at Jump Festa next week, along with a livestream
Bravely Second will be launching for 3DS in Japan on April 23, 2015.
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The Legend of Legacy artwork
Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, Images | 0 comments
Here are some images of artwork for The Legend of Legacy, and RPG from FuRyu releasing in Japan for the 3DS January 22, 2015.
Persona Q 3DS theme out tomorrow in North America
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Atlus is celebrating the recent launch of Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth with a new 3DS theme. If you have a North American system, you’ll be able to download it starting tomorrow. Pricing is set at 99 cents.
