Son receives Wii U for Christmas, invokes memories of the N64 kid
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Best Buy: Wii U Basic Set comes with Nintendo Land
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Best Buy is currently offering Nintendo Land with the purchase of the Wii U Basic Set. Of course, the game comes bundled in with the Premium Set. But if the Premium Set isn’t your thing, Best Buy’s deal isn’t too shabby.
View the product listing here.
Aliens: Colonial Marines story trailer
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Media Create software sales (12/17 – 12/23)
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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
02./00. [PSP] One Piece: Romance Dawn – Bouken no Yoake #
03./00. [PSP] AKB1/149: Love Election #
04./03. [3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star
05./00. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 #
06./06. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
07./01. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu / Raimei
08./05. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U
09./08. [3DS] Pokèmon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
10./07. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition #
11./00. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Dubbed Edition
12./00. [3DS] Magician’s Quest: Magical Town
13./10. [WIU] Nintendo Land
14./04. [PS3] Yakuza 5 #
15./00. [WII] Inazuma Eleven Go Strikers 2013
16./00. [PSV] AKB1/149: Love Election #
17./14. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
18./09. [3DS] Toriko: Gourmet Monsters!
19./16. [NDS] Pokèmon Black 2 / White 2
20./21. [3DS] Kobito Zukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set
Media Create hardware sales (12/17 – 12/23)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 251,949
3DS – 159,323
Wii U – 122,843
PSP – 65,859
PS3 – 47,626
Vita – 21,266
Wii – 13,049
Xbox 360 – 1,689
PS2 – 928
DSi – 454
DSi LL – 291
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 206,973
Wii U – 126,916
3DS – 112,052
PS3 – 42,976
PSP – 33,002
Vita – 14,446
Wii – 10,346
Xbox 360 – 1,760
PS2 – 1,102
DSi – 320
DSi LL – 221
Gaijin Games explains why Charles Martinet is in Runner 2
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Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, plays a role in Runner 2. That’s great and all, but why did developer Gaijin Games decide to bring him on board?
Founder Alex Neuse explained:
“We wanted to get Charles because obviously he’s recognizable. We like him, he’s funny, and silly, and great, and awesome. We wanted to have a whimsical character voice that’s reminiscent of old cartoons. You remember those old Looney Tunes when they would do ‘the car of the future!’ …I think that Mike [Roush, Gaijin Games co-founder] and I were both really excited about it, because our games have been on Nintendo platforms and it kind of felt like … it’s a home, the Nintendo stuff, and he’s part of that home, even though he was living in another room until now.”
Martinet plays himself in the game, rather than another character. Neuse talked about this decision:
“We wanted him to be ‘Charles Martinet’ and not just some no-name narrator for a few reasons. Primarily, because we loved Seaman. Do you remember when Leonard Nimoy introduced Seaman? I liked Seaman a lot and I thought the whole game was fun, but I thought that was almost the funnest part of the game. It was so out there.”
Martinet’s work pertains to narration of cut-scenes, interstitial videos, and fake product placements that appear during the beginning of Runner 2. Some of the ads were born out of input from Martinet himself. You can watch one of the ads – titled “Burger Mouth – in the video above.
Fantasy Life overview trailer
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Chris Hecker has Wii U devkit, will see if SpyParty works on the console
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After leaving Maxis in 2009, Chris Hecker began work on a new indie title known as “SpyParty”. The game has been in development for quite awhile, but an early-access PC beta finally kicked off earlier this year.
Wii U owners may be interested to read that SpyParty could come to the console. Hecker told GamesMaster that he has access to a devkit and will “find out if SpyParty works on it fairly soon.”
“They sent me a devkit, actually, and it’s sitting right here, so we’ll find out if SpyParty works on it fairly soon. The design challenge is going to be, ‘how much does it matter that the Spy can see the Sniper’s screen?’ Obviously the Spy needs to be on the controller, but that means the Sniper’s view is on the TV, and I’m not sure how much that matters yet. I think the Spy will be pretty busy looking at the controller screen, but even a glance up at the TV will affect the game, so it’s going to take some design work and play-testing to figure out.”
SpyParty still has a long ways to go before its official release. It doesn’t have a ship date yet, but perhaps we’ll hear about a concrete date next year.
Thanks to joclo for the tip.
Tank! Tank! Tank! gets downloadable version in Japan, including free basic pack
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Namco Bandai has dated Tank! Tank! Tank! for Japan, and is doing something rather interesting for the downloadable version.
The game is hitting retail on February 21 for 5,040 yen. But those who are interested in a downloadable version won’t have to wait nearly as long. Tank! Tank! Tank! will hit the Japanese Wii U eShop on December 26 – yes, tomorrow.
Here’s where things get interesting. A “basic pack” containing a city level with Free for All, Team Battle, and Giant Monster modes (in addition to multiplayer) will be free, but can only be played three times per day. It sounds like the limit can be removed once players purchase one or more pieces of DLC.
Other pricing information:
– Beach, canyon, volcano maps for 200 yen each
– My Kong mode: 1,000 yen; sale price of 200 yen through January 31
– Campaign mode: 2,200 yen
– 4,800 yen to upgrade to the full game
– 5,600 yen if you wait until the My Kong sale is over
– Full downloadable version of the game coming 5,040 yen on February 21
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Wii U runs at 38 FPS on average
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate doesn’t run at 60 frames-per-second on Wii U. In actuality, it maintains an average of 38 FPS.
An analysis done by one Japanese blog indicates that Ultimate experienced a minimum frame rate of 32 FPS. The maximum FPS came in at 47 FPS. MH3 Ultimate doesn’t appear to suffer from any screen-tearing.
