Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS LL – 48,226
3DS – 26,898
PS3 – 18,322
Wii U – 13,746
PSP – 12,897
Vita – 9,748
Wii – 2,093
Xbox 360 – 611

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS LL – 51,015
3DS – 30,840
PS3 – 19,697
Wii U – 16,654
PSP – 15,343
Vita – 9,036
Wii – 2,199
Xbox 360 – 706

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Let’s face it: Nintendo’s early 2013 lineup is bleak. Nintendo only has one major, core game releasing in January and February: Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Things will begin to turn around in March, according to president Satoru Iwata. Through the rest of the year and into 2014, “Nintendo will release a cavalcade of strong, fan-favorite software titles for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.”

Iwata wrote in an investor’s statement:

“Beginning in March and continuing through the rest of the calendar year and into 2014, Nintendo will release a cavalcade of strong, fan-favorite software titles for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. New entries in the Mario Kart, Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, LEGO City, Wii Fit and Pikmin franchises will help Nintendo regain momentum for Wii U. Additionally, highly anticipated Nintendo 3DS games such as Luigi’s Mansion 2 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf have the potential to be hardware drivers and bring new audiences to the platform.”

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Update:

Looks like this is the real deal. GameStop has pre-orders running online here. Amazon also has a product page running and includes a May 21 release date, which makes much more sense. Both retailers list a $49.99 price point.

Sniper Elite V2 has long been rumored for Wii U, but publisher 505 Games has never made any official announcements. But now it appears that the nearly year-old shooter will be coming to the console in just a few months.

GameStop casually lists the Wii U version of Sniper Elite V2 in its weekly ad – boxart and all. Consumers can begin pre-ordering the title, which apparently releases on May 24. The only red flag I see is that May 24 is a Friday. In North America, games typically launch earlier in the week.

Perhaps we’ll be hearing something official from 505 Games soon?

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Nintendo published its latest financial results earlier today. While Big N did return to profitability, it was forced to negatively revise forecasts.

Read on below for a summary of Nintendo’s latest financials. Note that each figure below accounts for sales received between April to December of last year.

– Net income of 14,545 million (around $159m)
– Net sales estimates for the full year revised down by 17.3%
– Wii U has sold 3.06 million units worldwide as of December 2012
– 1.32 million consoles sold in North America
– Another 900,000 units sold in Europe
– 830,000 systems sold in Japan
– Wii sold 3.53 million units from April to December
– Nintendo has previously stated that it aims to sell 5.5 million Wii Us before the end of March, but it has now revised this target to 4 million
– New estimate for game sales: 16 million as opposed to the original 24 million
– 11.69 million games have been sold thus far
– Best-selling Wii U launch game was Nintendo Land
– Nintendo Land sold 2.33 million units
– 3DS sales saw a big increase
– Software sales up 41% year-on-year
– Hardware sales up 11%

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Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 0 comments

Update: Apparently it’s not going as smoothly as they would like! Here’s the quote from Wii U community manager A_Trey_U:

Hello Wii U Community,

We are noticing some issues with the version of the patch that was posted that you guys are also reporting here on the forums. We are working with Nintendo on a resolution to this problem and hope to know more at some point tomorrow. I will keep you posted as I receive more information.

We are aware that some of the menu listings from the 360’s Revolution DLC drop are showing up in the game. This is not a confirmation of DLC for the Wii U, just a versioning problem that we are working to address.

I do not want to publish the list of known fixes until I have confirmation that they are all live. I hope to be able to do this tomorrow, but as I mentioned, this is something we are working on with Nintendo, so the timeline isn’t entirely in our hands.

Thank you for understanding.

A_Trey_U

No details on what it does other than bringing the Wii U “up to date” with the PS3 and 360, but I just wanted to let everyone know that it is live and you can go download it right now. I haven’t noticed any explicit change yet, and we won’t be getting the full details list for a little while now.

Via Call of Duty Community

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With today’s Junction Point closure news, the Epic Mickey IP was left in limbo. Junction Point was the main maker of the two Epic Mickey games, but now the team is no more.

Disney has since confirmed that it has retained rights to the franchise. For now, however, the company has no plans the series’ future. This one will likely remain dormant for a very long time, if not forever.

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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two’s US sales have been clarified. Based on information provided by Disney and NPD, the game sold 529,000 units in November and December. We had previously heard that Disney moved just 270,000 copies, though that figure now appears to have been inaccurate.

Sales of Epic Mickey 2 along with Power of Illusion stand at 695,000 units up to the end of December. That should put the 3DS game at around 166,000 units sold in the US.

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The video below gives another inside look into LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, along with past LEGO games:

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Amazon is selling Call of Duty: Black Ops II today for $45. The deal is valid for all platforms, including Wii U. However, the PC download is still priced at $59.99.

You can view the product page here. With a purchase, you’ll be saving 25%.