Zangeki no Reginleiv out today on the Japanese Wii U eShop, Pandora’s Tower and Sin & Punishment: Star Successor next month
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Three new Wii games are coming to the Japanese Wii U eShop this month. First, Zangeki no Reginleiv is available today. Pandora’s Tower will follow on March 4, and Sin & Punishment: Star Successor is launching on March 25.
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More Paparazzi footage
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Big John Games open to Wii U support, talks game sales
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Big John Games has yet to make a game for Wii U. That doesn’t mean this won’t change in the future, however.
In an interview with Super Phillip Central, Big John Games’ Ken Patterson hinted that the company may eventually create a title for Wii U. He said:
We keep looking at Wii U projects. Right now it seems like our resources are better spent making 3DS games. That will change once the right game concept comes along.
Patterson also discussed sales of Big John Games’ eShop releases in the same interview. Coaster Creator 3D and the Big Bass Arcade games appear to have performed the best.
We sold a lot of Thorium Wars on the DSi, our sequel on the 3DS has not done as well. Our Big Bass Arcade games have done well on all of the Nintendo platforms. Coaster Creator 3D has sold well on the 3DS here in North America, Europe and has sold really well in Japan. We are very honored to have some of our games selling in Japan.
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Japanese Wii games for Wii U trailers – Pandora’s Tower, Zangeki no Reginleiv, more
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Japanese Mega Man & Bass (GBA), Sonic Advance Wii U Virtual Console trailers
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Paparazzi footage
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Iwata on Nintendo’s digital business, steady progress being made
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Now, I would like to explain the progress in our digital business, which will play a very important role in our efforts to expand our business.
These graphs show the download sales transitions in the recent three financial years.
Our download sales as of the end of the second quarter of this fiscal year were a bit lower than those in the previous fiscal year. Yet, the most recent nine-month download sales showed a year-on-year increase of 17 percent to reach 21.1 billion yen.These are the regional download sales breakdowns for the nine months of this fiscal year and the previous one.
You can see the decrease of the ratio of the Japanese market, where there were some hit titles including “StreetPass Mii Plaza” and “Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball” in the last fiscal year. In contrast, the Americas dramatically increased its proportion, followed by Europe.In the U.S., purchases of digital products in general have been widely accepted by consumers. As a result, the ratio of people who purchase and download digital game software is high. As you can see, when we focus on the Americas and create a chart of the download sales percentage of the total software sales, the ratio of the download sales has been increasing largely in the most recent three fiscal years.
Of course, there are some gift-giving opportunities such as holidays and birthdays when packaged software is preferred over the digital version. Yet, as we have been continuing our various efforts in this field, I hope you can see that Nintendo’s digital business is making steady progress. Specifically, not to mention the increased purchasing at Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, our efforts to increase digital purchasing opportunities, such as via online e-commerce sites that we mentioned during the previous Corporate Management Policy Briefing, have been showing results.
[Giveaway] Cosmophony
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Site updates, Wii U eShop | 50 Comments
Winners are in! For North America: Ben and peter. Our European winners are Fran Mora and David Rebulà Sánchez. Codes will be sent off tomorrow. Thanks for participating, and thanks to Max Criden for working with us on the giveaway!
It’s time for another giveaway! We have a total of four Cosmophony codes to hand out to you guys – two for North America, and two for Europe.
You can enter in the comments section below by telling us about your favorite rhythm or rail shooter game, or a combination of both. Just make sure to specify which region you’re entering for. We may give more consideration to entries that put effort into their submissions.
Check back on Sunday night for an update on the winners!
Despite rumors to the contrary, Anima: Gate of Memories still planned for Wii U
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Rumors, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
Since the early days of Anima: Gate of Memories’ existence, we’ve heard that the game would be released on Wii U. That’s why it was particularly strange that speculation started surfacing today that this might no longer be the case.
The rumors seem to have arisen from a couple of tweets published by BadLand Games, a Spanish distributor. BadLand essentially stated that there are no plans for a Wii U version at the moment. I’m not sure why this was said, but I can confirm that Anima: Gate of Memories is still on for Wii U. Creator Carlos García confirmed to us that the team is still planning a Wii U version.
