Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments

Mario Kart 8 continues to sell big for Nintendo. Since launch, the Wii U game has moved 2.82 million units. 590,000 units were sold in Japan alone.

Wii U hardware sales are said to have been at around 6.17 million units in May. As such, nearly half of Wii U owners have potentially purchased Mario Kart 8.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 1 Comment

Shin Megami Tensei IV is coming to Europe in September, Atlus announced today. Pricing for the game is set at €19.99 / £17.99.

All DLC will be available aside from the North American retailer-exclusive pre-order bonus armor.

Source: Atlus PR

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

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Disney Magical World is coming to Europe, Nintendo has announced. The game had previously launched in the west as a North American title in April.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Wii U | 14 Comments

More news coming out of Nintendo’s 1st quarter financials, it looks like Captain Toad Treasure Tracker has been delayed to January 2015 in Europe. It looks as if the North American and Japanese releases are still on track for later this year however.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 4 Comments

Nintendo’s financials for Q1 2014 have been released (that is, for April – June), here are a look at some of the highlights to come out of that press release:

• Revenue: 74.70B yen (-8.4% year over year)
• Opt income: -9.47B yen
• Net income: -9.92B yen

Hardware + Software Sales

• Wii U unit sales (hardware): 0.51 million
  Financial year – 0.40 million
  Lifetime to date – 6.68 million
• Wii U unit sales (software): 4.39 million
  Financial year – 4.39 million
  Lifetime to date – 36.67 million
  * Mario Kart 8 sold 2.82 million copies worldwide in its first month on sale.

• 3DS unit sales (hardware): 0.82 million
  Financial year – 0.82 million
  Lifetime to date – 44.14 million
• 3DS unit sales (software): 8.57 million
  Financial year – 8.57 million
  Lifetime to date – 171.49 million

• Wii unit sales (hardware): 0.09 million
  Financial year: 0.09 million
  Lifetime to date: 101.15 million
• Wii unit sales (software): 1.60 million
  Financial year: 1.60 million
  Lifetime to date: 896.82 million

• DS unit sales (hardware): 0.06 million
  Financial year: 0.13 million
  Lifetime to date: 153.99 million
• DS unit sales (software): 2.15 million
• Financial year: 10.29 million
  Lifetime to date: 938.93 million

Financial Year 2014/2015 Forecast

• 3DS hardware – 12 million
  3DS software – 67 million
• Wii U hardware – 3.6 million
  Wii U software – 20 million
• Wii hardware – 0.5 million
  Wii software – 9 million

For a look at how these numbers compare to previous quarters, check out this thread

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments

Everything about today’s screenshot is just downright creepy. Sakurai details a Galaga inspired item that will make an appearance in the game:

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News, Screenshots | 1 Comment

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