Iwata’s letter to current 3DS owners regarding price drop
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata delivered a speech regarding the 3DS’ price drop at the Q&A portion of the company’s financial results briefing last week. You can read that here if you missed it.
In addition to that, though, Iwata also sent out a letter for the public to read, apologizing for those who “betrayed and criticize this decision.” That letter was written in Japanese and was not published by Nintendo of America/Europe. However, the letter has now been fully translated. Iwata comes across as being quite honest and it’s a great read overall, so I highly recommend that you guys check it out.
Head past the break for the translation.
Sakurai: Base next Smash Bros. expectations on Kid Icarus, can improve much from Brawl, more
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
It’s going to be a long wait for the Smash Bros. title. Not only will Masahiro Sakurai’s team be working on one version for Wii U, but they’ll also be creating the first entry in the franchise for a handheld.
Kid Icarus: Uprising, Project Sora’s current project, will be released before the end of the year. Once that’s out of the way, Sakurai’s team will likely move on to Smash Bros. soon after. Sakurai said in a recent interview that “you can base your expectations of the new Smash Bros. once you see how well-made Kid Icarus is.” He also stated that the team can improve “many things” from Brawl.
“I will think about this once Kid Icarus is complete. But as it is a game of a competitive nature, I do not think that any one person should have an advantage. …There are many things that can be improved upon even in Brawl. Also, I think you can base your expectations of the new Smash Bros. once you see how well-made Kid Icarus is. The director of each game is the same, but because I regularly change my team around after projects, we will be able to see how good the team is then.”
It’s much too soon to be talking about the character roster, but when he was asked which other characters can be included in Smash Bros., Sakurai said:
“That is completely undecided, but it is true that Nintendo has not created many new characters lately.”
You can delete save data in Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions after all
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As it turns out, you can delete save data in Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions. All it takes is a few button presses! Simply hold the ABXYLR as the game is booting up. That should do the trick…
Namco Bandai Q1 FY2012 results: Shipping updates for Tales, Ridge Racer 3D, One Piece
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The graphic above comes from Namco Bandai’s Q1 financial results. Tales of the Abyss did alright based on shipping data, though I’m sure other titles in the franchise have performed better. Data is also available for Ridge Racer 3D and One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP.
New Rune Factory 4 screenshots
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Senran Kagura screenshots
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First Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure 3DS footage
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Super Mario Bros. 3, Kirby & the Amazing Mirror confirmed for Ambassador program
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Nintendo of America has confirmed two additional GBA titles for the 3DS Ambassador program. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Kirby & The Amazing Mirror will be included in the free lineup of games for early 3DS adopters later this year.
It’s kind of surprising to see that customer service representatives actually revealed information before Nintendo delivered the news officially. I won’t complain about it, though!
