Nintendo shareholder’s meeting news: third-parties, no more 3DS models, more
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Last night in Japan, Nintendo held its annual shareholder’s meeting. While there wasn’t a ton of significant information about the Wii U and 3DS, president Satoru Iwata did share a few small tidbits.
We’ve posted details from the event below. Head past the break for information on third-parties, the possibility of additional 3DS models (not happening!), female staff at Nintendo, Iwata’s thoughts on a paid online service, and news about the creator of Seaman getting a fine (really!).
UK retailers hoping for £249.99 Wii U price
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The common hope among UK retailers is that Wii U will be priced at £250 this holiday season. However, one senior publisher confidently believes it “will definitely be less than £249”.
A number of retailers weighed in on the Wii U’s launch, including Play.com games buyer Keith Sharpe. Sharpe feels that Nintendo must learn from the 3DS’ debut.
EA Sports announcing Wii U games next month
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EA Sports has offered a more specific timeframe for its upcoming Wii U game announcements. The publisher has set a mid-July date, meaning something official should be said within the next couple of weeks or so.
It’s unclear if other EA divisions will be making announcements. If not, Mass Effect 3 will be the only non-sports title coming from the company during the Wii U’s first few months on the market.
New Dragon Quest X screenshots
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Famitsu scans (6/27/12)
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The latest Famitsu scans cover the 3DS XL, Assassin’s Creed 3, Nintendo at E3 (Pikmin 3), and Culdcept 3DS.
Nintendo France comments on lack of bundled 3DS XL charger, Wiimote pack-in with Wii U
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Nintendo is preparing a couple of different 3DS XL packages around the world.
Europe and Japan will be greeted with the system that lacks a charger. The situation is different in North America, however, as the accessory will be bundled in.
We don’t know the exact reasons behind the decision to leave out the charger in Europe/Japan, but Nintendo France CEO Stephane Bole has tried to justified the situation somewhat. Bole explained that the company wouldn’t doesn’t want to “penalize the millions of DS owners” who would be forced to pay for another charger.
That’s fine and dandy, but could similar thinking have an impact on the Wii U? Maybe Nintendo would decide against bundling in a Wiimote, even though it’ll be a standard control option for many games.
Addressing the possibility, Bole said (rough translation):
“There are 200 million Wiimotes in the world. This is something you must consider before deciding which devices will be sold with the console.”
Of course, Nintendo hasn’t made an official decision regarding a Wiimote pack in with Wii U. There’s no reason to panic yet, guys!
Miyamoto on Miivese origins, will be healthy and easy, achievements talk, more
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Wii U is the first console from Nintendo to implement extensive social and online elements. Miiverse will allow gamers all over the world to connect with each other simply by booting up the console. You’ll be able to communicate with players through text messages, voice chat, and more.
So how did this ambitious program come about? According to Shigeru Miyamoto, it all started with Wii Fit.
Shin’en praises Wii U hardware, suggests Wii re-releases in HD
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Shin’en boss Manfred Linzner has offered some high praise for the Wii U’s hardware.
In an interview with ONM, Linzner delivered encouraging sentiments that the console is easy to develop for and its power can be utilized properly. He said that the studio was able to easily run a fairly complex game world containing “thousands of animated objects”.
According to Linzner:
“The Wii U hardware has a great architecture and, most importantly, it is easy for developers to utilise its power. For instance, we have a very action-heavy game with literally thousands of animated objects, but had no problems rendering the complete gameworld, twice, for the Wii U controller display in two-player mode.”
Linzner later made a suggestion for Nintendo. He feels that the company should re-release Wii software for the new console in HD. These games, Linzer believes, “would look and play better than many current titles.”
“You could easily take many original Wii titles from Retro Studios or Nintendo and release them again in HD and they would look and play better than many current titles. I believe that the most important resource in game development is the developers, rather than the actual hardware.”
