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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Nintendo has reported its earnings release for the second quarter of fiscal year 2016.

First, here’s a look at hardware for the quarter:

Getting down to some of the nitty-gritty:

And some analysis and comments from Nintendo:

During the six months ended September 30, 2016, we saw strong trends for the global release of Kirby: Planet Robobot. On the hardware side, Nintendo 2DS saw sales growth. The release of the smart device application Pokémon GO led to increased sales of software in the Pokémon series released in the past and drove the Nintendo 3DS family hardware sales growth, particularly outside of Japan. The sales volume for hardware this period was 2.71 million units (19% increase on a year- on-year basis), while software held steady with the previous year at 19.23 million units sold.

For the Wii U console, we have decided to ship 0.8 million units this fiscal year, based on our forecasts of comprehensive demand for Nintendo hardware. Activity has conformed to our expectations from the start of the fiscal year, with hardware sales volume of 0.56 million units (53% decrease on a year-on-year basis). There were no hit titles this period to compare with Splatoon and Super Mario Maker last year, so the software sales were 8.3 million units (33% decrease on a year-on-year basis).

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

A couple of new 3DS themes are out now in Japan. Here’s the lineup:

– New Game! – Game Start! – 200 yen
– New Game! – Today’s Your Job – 200 yen
– New Game! bundle – 300 yen

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

The latest episode of Nintendo’s Japanese show Nyannyan Neko Mario Time has now gone live. We’ve included it below.

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

Corpse Party has a snazzy “Back to School Edition” at retail. If you prefer going digital though, that’s an option here. To download Corpse Party on the eShop, you’ll need 6,737 blocks of free space, or 842.125 MB.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

Corpse Party is now available on 3DS. For the game’s launch trailer, watch the video below.

We published a review of Corpse Party earlier today. For those that missed it, you can read it here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 5 Comments

For the most part, the Pokemon Sun/Moon demo is the same on all 3DS systems. The experience itself is exactly the same obviously. Differences on New 3DS and regular 3DS (plus 2DS) systems come down to how it runs.

Just as we’ve talked about before, the demo disables things like Miiverse on older 3DS systems. It also causes the system to fully reboot when it’s closed.

You can view a comparison video between the New 3DS and regular 3DS below. Again, they’re mostly the same, though the New 3DS seems to handle the last battle better in terms of performance.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, Screenshots | 0 comments

Following Nintendo announcing the Japanese release date for Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! earlier today, Amazon posted the official boxart. View it above, and check out some screenshots below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

Nintendo opened the Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! website earlier today, which contains a few details about what to expect from the new 3DS game. Here’s a rundown courtesy of Gematsu’s translation:

– In order to become the greatest big company president in Japan, you’ll save up money through a variety of means as you approach “closing”
– If you’re the first to reach your destination, you’ll receive financial assistance
– Purchase shops/facilities to acquire their earnings at closing
– Every year at the end of March, the sum total of the money in your possession and owned property, as well as your earnings, will be announced
– At the closing of the final fiscal year, the player with the greatest sum total will be the winner
– 130 types of cards with different effects
– Need to be skillful in using cards to become a Momotetsu millionaire
– The god of poverty possesses the player farthest from the destination and makes them poorer by various means
– Pass him off to another player as fast as you can
– A famous monster may appear and a historical hero may come to save you
– Many unexpected events will occur that change the state of battle
– You can use one copy of the game in the 4-player “Momotetsu Three-Year Decisive Battle”
– A battle-exclusive application will be distributed for free via the eShop

On another interesting note, Devil’s Third developer Valhalla Game Studios is working on the game, according to the official website.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment

Japan has been receiving a bunch of interesting 3DS themes as of late, including Super Mario, Re:Zero, Monster Hunter Stories, Pokemon, Animal Crossing and Sonic. You can view footage of them below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in 3DS, Reviews | 5 Comments

System: 3DS
Release date: October 25, 2016
Developer: Marvelous
Publisher XSEED Games

Halloween is around the corner ladies and gentlemen, and as far as I’m concerned, there’s no better way (or game) to get you in the spirit of all things creepy and dead than Corpse Party. A series that I love dearly is finally making its way over to 3DS for the western audience to enjoy, and it brings along extra chapters not before seen in any of the previous ports and iterations.

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