Iwata on delay of Wii U games, says dev teams were understaffed to meet launch needs
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A common topic came up continuously during the Q&A session of Nintendo’s recent financial results briefing: Wii U game delays.
Iwata first commented specifically about games that will finally release starting with Pikmin 3. Its arrival will mark the start of new and significant first-party software releases for Wii U. However, Iwata explained that delays of first-party titles was necessary, otherwise “The brand of a franchise would be completely degraded without customer satisfaction.”
Nintendo’s Yamada on Retro Studios project: “I hope to introduce it to you in the not so distant future”
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Nintendo’s Hiro Yamada is currently supervising Monster Games on the development of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. However, he’s also in the know when it comes to Retro Studios’ new game for Wii U.
Fans want to know: what the heck is the Metroid Prime creator working on? Yamada wouldn’t divulge any details when asked by ONM, but did tease that he hopes to “introduce it to you in the not so distant future.”
“I wonder what kind of game it is? I hope to introduce it to you in the not so distant future.”
Nintendo won’t be holding a press conference at this year’s E3, but the publisher still intends to show games at the show. Perhaps Retro’s new project will be one of them?
Iwata on rising digital sales, digital models such as free-to-play, more
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More and more consumers are purchasing digital content – even in Japan. A good chunk of Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s sales came from the eShop, and there are a fair amount of 3DS owners who have opted to purchase the downloadable version of Tomodachi Collection.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently commented on the rise of digital sales during the Q&A session of the company’s latest financial results briefing. He confirmed to attendees that Animal Crossing’s digital sales in Japan stand at 10%, while Tomodachi Collection’s digital sales have come in at 10% thus far.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes CG trailer
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Animal Crossing: New Leaf character art and details
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Remember how Nintendo promoted Fire Emblem: Awakening on its 3DS Facebook page by providing art and details about its characters? The company is now doing the same thing for Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which launches in June.
You can find a rundown of the first round of New Leaf character content below.
A pair of new Mario Kart 7 trophies available on European Club Nintendo
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Last year, a few Mario Kart 7 trophies were added to the European Club Nintendo website as new rewards. Two more trophies have been added to the selection – the Banana Cup trophy and the Mushroom Cup trophy. Each is available for 5,000 stars.
Nintendo UK shared the news through Twitter:
Share your #MarioKart7 victories as a #ClubNintendo member with these new trophies: ow.ly/i/1ZHP9 ow.ly/kw9R7
— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) April 29, 2013
Zen Studios still working on Star Wars Pinball for Wii U
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Although Zen Pinball 2 is available through the Wii U eShop, it isn’t possible to purchase any Star Wars-related content. Zen Studios has offered Star Wars tables in other versions of the game, and while the same can’t be said for Wii U, the company continues to work towards fixing that in the future.
An official tweet from Zen Studios reconfirms that Star Wars Pinball is still underway for Wii U:
@bartoszdebski We are still working on SWP for Wii U as well as fixing some existing issues 🙂
— Zen Studios (@zen_studios) April 29, 2013
Inafune came up with “bloody and gory” game idea for Level-5’s Guild series
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Keiji Inafune could have contributed to Guild01. Level-5 actually approached Inafune before development on the collection began, but because he was still with Capcom at the time, teaming up with the company proved difficult. Inafune made sure to participate when Guild02 rolled on in.
According to Inafune:
“At the very beginning, when Level-5 was creating Guild 01, Hino-san from Level-5 approached me and asked if I would be interested in participating in the project. At that time, I was still at Capcom and I was willing to work with them, but it was very complicated since I was employed by a different publisher. We kept the discussion open and when I became independent it was easier for me to participate, but at that time it was after Guild 01. When Guild 02 started I was one of the first candidates on the list. I showed a couple of concept to Hino-san and the one that was most appealing was Bugs vs. Tanks.”
Inafune told Siliconera about one of his other ideas, which was “bloody and gory”. Because of its M-rated nature, it wasn’t a likely candidate for inclusion in the Guild series.
“Hino-san also liked the other idea, but it was bloody and gory. It would probably a M-rated game and it wasn’t really suitable even if it was a good idea. Hino-san laughed and said it might be hard to put it into the Guild 01 Nintendo series.”
Another round of Batman: Arkham Origins details
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CVG has rounded up a bunch of additional Batman: Arkham Origins details, courtesy of the latest issue of GamesMaster. For the latest information about the game, read on below.
