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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 6 Comments

Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom will be the next video game entry in the series from WayForward, publisher Little Orbit announced today. It will debut on 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Steam this November. A Wii U version is not planned.

Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom features a classic top-down action adventure experience and puzzle-solving elements, reminiscent of early high fantasy console games.

Players will be taking on the roles of both Finn and Jake as they navigate through the eponymous kingdom – a mysterious unexplored region in the Land of Ooo. The two characters will find hidden secrets by exploring all corners of a brand new kingdom made just for the game and encounter never-seen-before characters and creatures.

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

The latest Famitsu most-wanted games chart is as follows:

01/01. [PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, Winter 2014) – 678 votes
02/05. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 614 votes
03/02. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, Fall 2014) – 607 votes
04/04. [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Atlus, 06/05/14) – 578 votes
05/03. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix, TBA) – 576 votes
06/08. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Bandai Namco, TBA) – 379 votes
07/06. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix, TBA) – 366 votes
08/11. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, 06/26/14) – 339 votes
09/09. [PS4] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 263 votes
10/17. [PS3] The Evil Within (Bethesda Softworks, 2014) – 260 votes
11/07. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, TBA) – 249 votes
12/14. [3DS] Bravely Second (Square Enix, TBA) – 246 votes
13/13. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 06/26/14) – 235 votes
14/10. [Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Tecmo Koei, Summer 2014) – 233 votes
15/16. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, Summer 2014) – 228 votes
16/15. [3DS] Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Marvelous AQL, 08/07/14) – 227 votes
17/18. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories (Bandai Namco, 05/29/14) – 212 votes
18/21. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Nintendo, Fall 2014) – 193 votes
19/22. [PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II (Falcom, 09/25/14) – 182 votes
20/24. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki II (Falcom, 09/25/14) – 169 votes
21/12. [PS3] The Last Remnant (Square Enix, IWillNeverLeave) – 164 votes
22/26. [PS3] Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (Gust, 06/26/14) – 163 votes
23/19. [PSV] Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines (SCEJ, 07/17/14) – 157 votes
24/28. [PSV] Kantai Collection (Kadokawa Games, 2014) – 138 votes
25/23. [PSV] Toukiden Kiwami (Tecmo Koei, 2014) – 127 votes
26/—. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2 Honke / Ganso (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 126 votes
27/27. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One For All (Bandai Namco, 05/15/14) – 125 votes
28/25. [Wii U] Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo, Summer 2014) – 117 votes
29/—. [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, Summer 2014) – 110 votes
30/—. [3DS] Gundam Try Age SP (Bandai Namco, 07/17/14) – 109 votes
Total Votes: 8,170

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Capcom has reported its latest financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.

During this period, Monster Hunter 4 was one of the publisher’s highest-performing titles. The 3DS game experienced “explosive popularity” having shifted 4.1 million units. As of now, it’s Capcom’s sixth best-selling game of all time.

Capcom also said that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Dual – Destinies “basically achieved” its target,and DuckTales Remastered saw an “over-performance”.

Capcom’s sales increased by 8.6 percent to ¥102 billion ($1 billion), and profit rose 15.9 percent to ¥3.4 billion ($33.8 million). The company intends to bring out online-centric games for PC and other platforms, including Deep Down.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 7 Comments

This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:

Trials Fusion – 8
Mario Kart 8 – 9
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – 9
The Elder Scrolls Online – 5
Child of Light – 5
Kinect Sports Rivals – 5
Kirby Triple Deluxe – 7
Mercenary Kings – 5
FRACT OSC – 8

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Nintendo has published the full outline from its financial results briefing held earlier today, featuring comments from Satoru Iwata. You can find it here. We’ve already picked out quite a few quotes from the briefing (not to mention the comprehensive summary that went up earlier!), but if you want to read up on more lovely comments from Iwata, now you have the chance to do so.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 31 Comments

While Wii U may be suffering from a dearth of third-party support, outside developers and publishers continue to work on new experiences for 3DS – especially in Japan. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said during an investor briefing earlier today that we can count on even more third-party games for the platform, “including unannounced ones.”

Iwata said:

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

We now have direct quotes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata regarding the company’s NFP plans. You can find all of his comments below.

To establish new and growing areas through the active utilization of character IP, it is important for Nintendo to take risks ourselves and come up with interesting ways to use our character IP.
In other words, other than using character IP in Nintendo’s video game software, we need to start a new business that will someday become one of our core activities.

As Nintendo’s first step

We have decided to release character figurines with built-in NFC functionality that are compatible with video games starting from this year-end sales season.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 8 Comments

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 18 Comments

It’s that time again! Nintendo is once again hosting an investor briefing in Japan having reported its latest financial results just a few hours ago.

We’ll be keeping track of any news that comes through below, courtesy of analyst David Gibson. Expect updates in this post for the next hour or so.

Updates below:

– Iwata saying 3DS hit 43 million
– Helping is next Pokemon, Tomodachi Life in June internationally
– 3DS third-party titles to come include Monster Hunter 4G and Youkai Watch 2 in Japan
– Wii U: want to regain momentum with 2 signature titles in Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros.
– System update in June will speed up start up by 20 seconds
– First smart device app will be available by end of fiscal year
– This is called Mario Kart TV and will enable sharing of game movie and rankings
– In June, Japanese users will be able to use SUICA transport cards for payments on Wii U through NFC
– On IP licensing: nothing to announce today, but Nintendo is looking at a joint agreement
– Limited profit, so Nintendo is looking at non-games usage for licensing
– Will launch figurine business called NFP – NFC featured platform
– Nintendo showed Mario figure across many games being used including saves
– NFP game and figures will be shown at E3
– 3DS will also get IR NFP reader so figures can be used across Wii U and 3DS
– Wii U target of 3.6 million units will need more manufactured than in current inventory
– Nintendo not experiencing a loss from hardware anymore
– More Wii U games at E3
– NFP has been in development since last year
– Nintendo would rather make not just make a figurine, but something that does more
– Nintendo hopes to show related games in development at E3 for the NFC tech
– Iwata saying that for this fiscal year (through 3/15), the goal is to increase profits
– 3/16 fiscal year: not grow dramatically
– 3/17 fiscal year: develop pillar for growth with growth
– Iwata: we are preparing for next generation hardware as always, when will it release? Difficult to declare
– Iwata: not hopeless or at a loss in coming up with something new, but until existing users are satisfied, we cannot release next hardware
– Iwata: for Quality of Life, don’t think too narrowly of Nintendo, we can make fun, healthy services… we know how to get people hooked
– Iwata: developers will move into new building in Kyoto around E3; currently teams are separate so will share more
– Iwata: have established Business Development department with outputs like NFP, entering into new markets, use smart phone platforms etc
– Iwata: for emerging markets, $30-60 game prices are difficult. Need something new, but won’t be this fiscal year, studying China changes
– Iwata: the Wii U forecast of 3.6 million don’t think it is peak, wanted to be more conservative this year

And that’s it!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 15 Comments

Nintendo has issued its latest release schedule for both Wii U and 3DS (as well as products that shipped in the last fiscal year).

I can’t say there are any massive surprises, but we do seem to have confirmation that Yarn Yoshi and Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem are still in development. Also, Hyrule Warriors is classified as first-party in North America and Europe, but third-party in Japan. Lastly, “X” is due out worldwide – North America, Europe, and Japan – this year.