Nintendo Download Gets a Makeover, Adds Nintendo eShop Content on June 16
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments
Sometimes you just need to shake things up to keep them interesting. That’s especially true with the recent launch of the Nintendo eShop, a new virtual store that gives Nintendo 3DS™ users access to a wide variety of downloadable games and select content that can be viewed in 3D without the need for special glasses. To mark the debut of the Nintendo eShop – and provide consumers with a valuable one-stop showcase of all the latest downloadable content across Nintendo systems – the weekly Nintendo Download is about to get a makeover.
Starting June 16, the Nintendo Download will include information about the newest additions to the Nintendo eShop, including new 3D games, 3D Classics (select classic video games re-mastered in 3D), Virtual Console™ versions of games from the Game Boy™ and Game Boy Color systems, and hundreds of games originally offered via the Nintendo DSiWare™ service. What’s more, this modified weekly update will be posted Thursdays instead of Mondays, giving fans a heads-up on the latest offerings just in time for the weekend.
The Best Game I Played At E3 2011
Posted on 13 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, Features, News | 4 Comments
This year’s E3 was an event filled with fantastic visual and technical spectacles. From the Wii U’s unveiling to the graphically stunning Uncharted 3 getting a gameplay demo, to a Zelda HD trailer and Resident Evil Revelations blowing all other 3DS titles out of the water (visually, anyway), it almost seemed taboo that the highlight of the show for me would be getting to sit down and play a game that featured neither giant explosions nor high definition graphics. I was on my way back to our hotel on the last day of the convention, prepared to stay up until 4AM yet again and write about everything I had seen before flying home the next day. As far as I was concerned, E3 was over.
As far as the E3 gods were concerned, however, I still had work to do. It is for this reason (I assume; the reasoning of the E3 gods can be tricky to decipher) that they lead me to run into none other than Renegade Kid’s co-founder and director, Jools Watsham who, after a brief conversation, pulled out his 3DS and let me try my hand at the newly transformed Maximillion and the Rise of the Mutant Mudds.
I was about 60% certain he wouldn’t be getting it back from me. Ever.
Konami open to bringing Metal Gear Solid 2 to 3DS, same goes for Castlevania
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
This information comes from Yoshikazu Matsuhana (Google translated)…
“We would also like to see Metal Gear Solid 2 on 3DS. If the return fan is quite important, we believe. It is also the case for other franchises from Konami headlights. Maybe Castlevania.”
Hmm… Castlevania 3DS certainly interests me! I was really hoping Konami would announce something at this year’s E3. We saw three Castlevania DS games, so I’m hoping the 3DS will get some love as well.
Tons of Reggie news – keeping controller costs low, third-party importance, “robust” online, much more
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 1 Comment
Reggie Fils-Aime on the reaction to Wii U…
“Reaction has been very positive, not only to the journalist side. We have spent time with the analysts, the publishers. I make it a point whenever I have a break just to walk the floor and the reaction is extremely strong [among the show attendees]. People are excited, people are waiting to get their hands on it, people are getting into line twice and that’s true whether it’s for Wii U or for Nintendo 3DS as we have had lines back up. So the reaction has been very strong.”
Reggie on how the design thinking evolved/what Nintendo wanted to do with the next console…
Media Create software sales (5/30 – 6/5) – Top 50
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments
01. / 00. [3DS] Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom) {2011.06.02} – 58.792 / NEW
02. / 01. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} – 16.753 / 97.241 (-79%)
03. / 12. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} – 11.014 / 119.391 (+71%)
04. / 07. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 – Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} – 10.729 / 519.496 (-23%)
05. / 02. [PS3] Warriors: Legends of Troy (Koei Tecmo) {2011.05.26} – 10.306 / 41.734 (-67%)
06. / 00. [360] Phantom Breaker # (5pb.) {2011.06.02} – 9.960 / NEW
07. / 04. [PSP] Akiba’s Trip (Acquire) {2011.05.19} – 9.222 / 83.954 (-44%)
08. / 03. [WII] Pandora’s Tower: Until I Return to Your Side (Nintendo) {2011.05.26} – 8.436 / 29.881 (-61%)
09. / 08. [PSP] Patapon 3 (SCE) {2011.04.28} – 7.018 / 111.493 (-23%)
10. / 05. [PS3] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Way of Heaven with Power-Up Kit (Koei Tecmo) {2011.05.26} – 6.390 / 21.846 (-59%)
11. / 10. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} – 6.305 / 174.765 (-25%)
12. / 06. [NDS] Treasure Report: Kikai Jikake no Isan (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} – 6.158 / 20.461 (-57%)
13. / 11. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} – 5.703 / 1.904.952 (-28%)
14. / 16. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 5.513 / 5.192.693 (+6%)
15. / 21. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} – 4.051 / 4.483.072 (-6%)
16. / 19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} – 3.991 / 3.236.908 (-12%)
17. / 25. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} – 3.365 / 2.320.606
18. / 24. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} – 3.349 / 228.803 (-11%)
19. / 27. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.14} – 3.235 / 409.847 (-9%)
20. / 20. [PSP] Gungnir: Mayari no Gunshin to Eiyuu Sensou (Atlus Co.) {2011.05.19} – 3.228 / 24.098 (-29%)
Sakurai: Capcom character could appear in next Smash Bros.
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 16 Comments
This information comes from Masahiro Sakurai…
“I can’t say that it’s entirely out of the realm of possibility that some Capcom character could appear in the next Smash Bros. The big problem, though, comes from the idea of trying to get characters from a completely different universe to fit with the style that has been dictated by Nintendo’s characters in a fighting game. In fact, I actually think it’s a miracle that we got Smash Bros. and all the Nintendo characters to work together in the first place. Especially when you bring Pokemon into the mix and a lot of the complications that are caused by that being an almost completely different entity on its own, it’s really something. So this is something that obviously will come up more as we get started on the new Smash Bros. development, but keeping those things in mind I think is important.”
It’ll be very interesting to see how many third-party characters show up in the next Smash Bros. games. Right now, we don’t even know if Snake and Sonic will be returning!
THQ: Saints Row 3DS was never in development
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
So, here’s something incredibly odd. THQ’s Danny Bilson says that work on Saints Row 3DS never actually started. A Saints Row title was announced by Satoru Iwata, along with a slew of other titles, at E3 2010.
Bilson says that the company moved on from Saints Row and is instead creating “a couple of other things” heading to the platform instead.
“No, we talked about doing a Saints Row 3DS game, but we never started it. We have a couple of other things in development on the 3DS, but we wound up not starting that and starting a couple of other brands instead. There was no drama in any of that, honestly.”
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D screenshots
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 0 comments
This batch of new screenshots looks particularly nice. It’s nice knowing that gamers all over the world will finally have a chance to play this in just one more week!
