Nintendo’s Moffitt talks 3DS, lack of standard New 3DS in North America
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 18 Comments
iDigitalTimes has some comments from Nintendo of America’s Scott Moffitt specifically about the 3DS. Moffitt addressed the 3DS’ success and lineup, why older models remain in the market, and commented on the lack of the standard New 3DS version in North America. Read on below to get a look at what was shared.
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Media Create sales (6/15 – 6/21)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 13 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 17,642
Wii U – 14,616
PS4 – 13,850
Vita – 11,748
New 3DS – 4,506
PS3 – 2,819
3DS – 1,126
3DS LL – 790
Vita TV – 540
Xbox One – 201
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 19,620
Wii U – 16,413
PS4 – 10,822
Vita – 10,797
New 3DS – 4,329
PS3 – 2,633
3DS – 943
3DS LL – 880
Vita TV – 566
Xbox One – 100
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 66,416 / 224,008
2. [3DS] Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale – 46,491 / NEW
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 43,653 / 310,582
4. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition – 35,872 / NEW
5. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 16,443 / 91,102
6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 9,703 / 209,693
7. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 8,660 / 1,037,923
8. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 6,150 / 117,985
9. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC Evolution – 4,666 / 25,150
10. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 4,332 / 2,643,436
11. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 3,983 / 155,177
12. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 3,848 / 266,975
13. [PSV] Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus – 3,553 / 25,848
14. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 3,460 / 2,246,991
15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,621 / 3,985,433
16. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – 2,533 / 54,017
17. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 2,522 / 646,705
18. [PS4] Alien: Isolation – 2,060 / 8,287
19. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 (Konami the Best) – 1,882 / 3,980
20. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 1,826 / 2,616,984
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Off-screen Lifespeed footage
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 1 Comment
During E3 2015 last week, Wee Man Studios had a playable version of Lifespeed on display. Take a look at some footage from the racer below.
We published an extensive report on Lifespeed earlier this month. If you missed it, you can check that out here.
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Reggie teases regular New 3DS for North America, confirms exclusive digital games
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 31 Comments
North America is currently the only major region where the standard, smaller New 3DS model hasn’t been released. Perhaps this will change at some point in the future, however.
Speaking with Kotaku, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime teased the regular New 3DS for North America, and explained why it didn’t originally launch in the territory.
He said:
“So we’ve got nothing to announce here. We’ve certainly taken note of all of the readers and consumers that expressed desire for the base model.”
“We analyzed the results in Japan and saw the lion’s share of the volume was on the XL model, and that’s with no 2DS existing in the Japanese market. And so as we thought about what’s the best line-up for us we thought the new XL and 2DS would be our best line-up. Not going to make any promises but, you know, I would suggest to your readers that they stay tuned and maybe some special SKUs might show up.”
Reggie also commented on games that can only be played on New 3DS systems. He reveals that there are digital games in the works that are exclusive to the portable.
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Lifespeed details (exclusive to New 3DS)
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 1 Comment
– Exclusive to New 3DS
– This is because of the hardware and performance capabilities
– Sleek comic book style panels explains the backstory
– Tasked with saving your home planet
– Race against 8 other competitors
– Use the circle pad to steer
– Fire weapons you have obtained with A
– Barrel roll with R that helps the drivers attain a good boost
– Online leaderboards
– Miiverse integration
– Out in September
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Nintendo – Humble Nindie Bundle success, considered funding indies, Unity games on New 3DS this year, more
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
This information comes from a Gamasutra interview with Damon Baker…
On how the Humble Nindie Bundle went…
“We were quite pleased with how it went. The main objective of the promotion was really to reach a wider audience, and let as many people know about this great indie content as possible.”
“We promoted those same Nindies for the two weeks in the eShop, and their full version prices of those games were actually increased in sales.”
On defining Nintendo’s audience for indie games…
“It seems like a lot of the Nintendo fans and consumers they gravitate towards nostalgia, they gravitate towards platformer and puzzle action games. If I had one wish to be fulfilled, I would love to see Nintendo fans and consumers take more risks on eShop.”
“It’s my responsibility to make sure everything gets as much exposure as possible. There are titles that share a similar DNA to what makes good first party games,” he says, and those tend to perform well.
On the need for devs to promote games themselves if they want to succeed…
“The content that performs best on our platforms are the developers that have already been really proactive in creating a community and a lot of buzz. (Developers that expect Nintendo will take care of things for them, well,) there hasn’t been a lot of examples of where that’s been a successful relationship.”
“That’s the truest definition of what is doing well or isn’t doing well on Nintendo platforms.
On opportunities for promoting indies...
“We look at these opportunities all the time. We’ve done these super indie sales, (but these are) primarily driven by the developers — but we put a lot of support from first party behind it. I definitely have a vision of doing bigger grander promotions and activities.”
On funding indie games…
“We’ve given lots of thought to it. Nintendo is pretty famous for being pretty tight with our money; we want to be efficient with our funds. We continue to look for other ways to promote that key content, and that stuff we consider to be priority.”
“We’ve given a lot of consideration and we may have programs that we may offer in the future but nothing we can confirm at this time.”
– constantly having internal discussions
On Unity for New 3DS…
“It’s getting really, really close, and there is a ton of interest.”
– First Unity games on 3DS this year as a goal
– Tools coming to devs soon
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Tanabe again says he wanted Metroid Prime: Federation Force out alongside New 3DS, why Next Level was chosen
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 4 Comments
This information comes from Metroid Prime series producer Kensuke Tanabe…
“Well, first I would say that the focus on the battle between the Federation Forces and the Space Pirates was an idea I had since I was involved in Metroid Prime 3. It’s similar to with Metroid Prime Hunters, how we relied on NST [Nintendo Software Technology] to do that. Hunters deals with the relationships between the bounty hunters besides Samus in the world of Metroid. We wanted to make something that would show the fight between the Federation and the Space Pirates, but there was no company that would make that for us.”
“In making this game we initially intended it to launch alongside the New Nintendo 3DS, but we were a bit late in doing that. The team who’s schedule was free at the time was Next Level Games, and so we turned to them.”
Media Create sales (6/8 – 6/14) – Rhythm Heaven 3DS debut
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 10 Comments
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 19,620
Wii U – 16,413
PS4 – 10,822
Vita – 10,797
New 3DS – 4,329
PS3 – 2,633
3DS – 943
3DS LL – 880
Vita TV – 566
Xbox One – 100
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
Wii U – 21,169
PS4 – 11,763
Vita – 10,829
New 3DS LL – 10,677
New 3DS – 4,086
PS3 – 2,716
3DS – 2,089
3DS LL – 1,039
Vita TV – 610
Xbox One – 219
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 157,591 / NEW
2. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 74,660 / NEW
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 53,198 / 266,929
4. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC Evolution – 20,484 / NEW
5. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 9,661 / 1,029,263
6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
7. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 8,723 / 111,834
8. [PS4] Alien: Isolation – 6,277 / NEW
9. [PSV] Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus – 6,070 / 22,295
10. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 4,891 / 151,194
11. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 4,698 / 263,127
12. [PSV] Moujuutsukai to Oujisama Flower & Snow – 4,054 / NEW
13. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 3,914 / 2,639,104
14. [3DS] Stella Glow – 3,306 / 16,638
15. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Kurosensei – 3,277 / 83,774
16. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – 3,175 / 51,484
17. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 2,999 / 2,243,532
18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 2,517 / 3,982,813
19. [PS3] Natsuiro High School Seisyun Hakusyo – 2,148 / 8,920
20. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 2,122 / 2,615,158
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Japanese Pearl White New 3DS XL unboxing
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, Videos | 2 Comments
Nintendo released the Pearl White New 3DS XL in Japan on Thursday. If you’d like to get another look at the system, check out the unboxing video below.
Fire Emblem If New 3DS cover plate pre-orders on Amazon Japan come with a sticker set
Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 0 comments
Amazon Japan is giving out a special bonus with reservations of the Fire Emblem If New 3DS cover plates. By pre-ordering the accessory, consumers will be provided with an exclusive sticker set. You can take a look at the different stickers above.
