New Nintendo Land details
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The latest issue of the Official Nintendo Magazine has a new batch of information on some of Nintendo Land’s mini-games. You can read up on new details for Balloon Trip Breeze, Metroid Blast, Mario Chase, and Pikmin Adventure. There are a few tidbits about each.
Balloon Trip Breeze
– Hero carries parcels between islands
– Earn currency to spend in the theme park by delivering the parcels
– Tap certain obstacles on the GamePad
– If you tap randomly and try to cheat, the spikes will ricochet
Metroid Blast
– Sensor not used to aim for shooting
– It is used for MotionPlus (like Skyward Sword)
– Gunmen boasts Samus’ full moveset – morph ball, charge shots, evasive dodges and grapple beams
– Again, can use the grapple beams to hang from the gunship
Mario Chase
– In the Mud River Run stage, mud moats can be crossed via bridges that dissolve under the escapee’s feet
– At the end of the round, you get a breakdown of everyone’s movement
Pikmin Adventure
– It’s the Pikmin world re-imagined as clockwork Gashapon toys
– Enemies will appear in plastic capsules, dispatched by a giant vending machine
– When a Pikmin is eaten by an enemy, they emerge as Poo (!) Friends must then help to chip them out
Hori gearing up to release a boatload of Wii U accessories in Japan
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Hori is preparing a slew of Wii U accessories that will begin to release in Japan in December. Practically all of the companies peripherals are intended to improve the GamePad with protection, covers, and more.
The full lineup of accessories, along with photos, are posted below.
– Lustrous screen protector (780 yen, December release): prioritizes the GamePad’s high image quality using lustrous materials.
– Fingerprint screen protector (780 yen, December release): blocks fingerprints and also makes it easier to remove fingerprints.
– Standard screen protector (500 yen, December release).
– Excellent screen protector (1980 yen, December release): 99.7% glare reduction, 96.8% see through.
– Black, blue, or red soft Wii U GamePad pouch (1280 yen, December release).
– Black, blue, or red hard Wii U GamePad pouch (1580 yen, December release).
– Clear GamePad cover (980 yen, December release): polycarbonate cover.
– Clear and clear black GamePad cover (1480 yen, December release): thermoplastic polyurethane cover.
– Black and white GamePad cover (1480 yen, December release): silicon cover.
– Set of 2 stylus’ (680 yen, December release).
– Stylus strap and holder (680 yen, December release).
– Wii U GamePad in-ear headphones (1280 yen, December release): 1.3 meter cable, volume control, 3.5mm stereo miniplug.
– Black or white GamePad cleaning cloth (680 yen, December release).
Why Rayman Legends is ditching the Moskito shooting stages
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In Rayman Origins, Ubisoft sprinkled a number of Moskito shooting stages throughout the experience. These sections won’t be returning in the sequel, however. Why?
Rayman creator Michel Ancel told Nintendo Power that it was a matter of variety. The team felt that Rayman Legends offers a great deal of varied gameplay, so those stages weren’t needed.
“For me, that was really there to break up the normal experience a little bit; to offer players something completely different. But with the varied gameplay in Legends, we already have that feeling. To me, it was a bit too much to bring back the shooter stages on top of that.”
Animal Crossing: Jump Out screenshots
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Nintendo Power digital download ratings – October 2012
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3DS Download
3D Solitaire – Hmmm…
Crazy Chicken Pirates 3D – Grumble Grumble
Outdoors Unleashed: Africa 3D – Hmmm…
SpeedX 3D – Recommended
Touch Battle Tank 3D – Grumble Grumble
VectorRacing – Hmmm…
3DS VC
Toki Tori – Recommended
DSiWare
Abyss – Recommended
Commando: Steel Disaster – Recommended
Escape the Virus: Shoot ‘Em Up – Grumble Grumble
The Lost Town – The Jungle – Hmmm…
Wii VC
Metal Slug X – Recommended
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special – Recommended
Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward English anime short
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Bravely Default, Project X Zone sell-through rates
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Bravely Default: Flying Fairy sold very well in its first week on the Japanese market. According to Media Create, it moved 141,529 copies. It may have sold even more had Square Enix shipped additional product.
Media Create’s data lists a 85.68% sell-through rate for Bravely Default. That likely led to some sellouts at retailers.
To compare, Project X Zone – another 3DS title making its debut last week – was a bit of a disappointment. It did sell 85,539 copies, but only sold through 57.55% of stock. Making matters worse, 70% of those first week sales can be attributed to pre-orders.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 live-action short film
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Skylanders Giants post-credits scene all but confirms third game
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Given the success of Activision’s Skylanders franchise, it isn’t surprising to hear that a third entry in the series is most likely on the way.
Skylanders Giants features a post-credits scene that essentially confirms another sequel. If you’d like to read up on the details from the scene, head past the break. Beware of spoilers!
Pikmin 3 100% confirmed for Wii U launch window in North America
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If you had any sort of doubt that Pikmin 3 wouldn’t be releasing during the Wii U launch window in North America, that should dissipate once you finish reading this post.
Basically, Nintendo published a tiny blurb in the latest Iwata Asks discussion that said that Pikmin 3 would be released in Spring 2013. That set off a firestorm of concern that the game could be missing the launch window.
The notice has since been updated and now reads:
“Pikmin 3 is scheduled for release for the Wii U console in the spring of 2013 in Japan, and during the Wii U launch window, from system release thru 3/31/2013 in the US. (Editor’s note 10/19/2012: We originally published the article citing only the expected release timing in Japan. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.)”
