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Project Phoenix is heading to the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita, but it won’t be on any of Nintendo’s platforms. Given how pleased indies have been with the company, you have to wonder why this is so.

Director and producer Hiroaki Yura did provide an explanation when asked about the situation. Most of Yura’s words were very much critical – he said “not a lot of people” purchase Nintendo systems, indicated that there are “so many restrictions” in place, and stated that the company doesn’t accept indie games in Japan.

Yura ultimately said that even though Nintendo may have “interesting” hardware, is isn’t “exciting”.


This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U retail

Splinter Cell: Blacklist (available 8/20) – $59.99

Wii U VC

Galaga – $4.99

eShop sales

Runner2 – $11.25 until 9 AM PT on Aug. 29
Trine 2: Director’s Cut – $7.99 until 9 AM PT on Sept. 5

3DS VC

Donkey Kong – $4.99

3DS download

10-in-1: Arcade Collection – $2.99
Heavy Fire: Black Arms 3D – $4.99

3DS retail

My Western Horse 3D – $29.99
Barbie: Glam and Groom Pups – $29.99

Source: Nintendo PR


Earlier today, Dengeki published its own chart covering Japanese sales for the previous the week. Yakuza 1 & 2 HD made its Wii U debut in the most-recent period covered, but didn’t manage to reach the top 50.

What does that mean? Well, the game that did place 50th on the list sold 1,878 copies. That means Yakuza 1 & 2 sold less than that – a monstrous disappointment, but not a surprising result.

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Nintendo has continued to track the coin count for New Super Mario Bros. 2. Just recently, the worldwide total surpassed one trillion.

New Super Mario Bros. 2’s last milestone was 100 billion coins collected. That occurred in September of last year.


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