Wii U

Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 4 Comments

Polygon has put up the latest video in its “Devs Make Mario” series. In today’s feature, Sentris creator Samantha Kalman creates a level in the game. View it below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 4 Comments

NIS America prepared a new Rodea: The Sky Soldier trailer that shows off the game’s bosses. View the video below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 76 Comments

Wii U hardware sales are now at 10.73 million units. What does that mean? Well, the console has now surpassed the SEGA Dreamcast, which sold 10.6 million units.

It’s true that it did take Nintendo quite a bit longer to reach its sales total. The Dreamcast hit its mark within 18 months whereas it’s taken Wii U just under three years.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of September 2015. You can check out the full results below.

1. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 449,914 (393,838 physical, 56,076 digital)
2. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 344,204 (311,186 physical, 33,018 digital)
3. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – 239,131 (232,394 physical, 6,737 digital)
4. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII – 223,453 (217,279 physical, 6,174 digital)
5. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 221,828 (215,633 physical, 6,195 digital)
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 173,888 (169,216 physical, 4,672 digital)
7. [PSV] Tokyo Xanadu – 103,899 (93,288 physical, 10,611 digital)
8. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 95,554 (90,253 physical, 5,301 digital)
9. [WIU] Splatoon – 93,270 (82,456 physical, 10,814 digital)
10. [3DS] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Palico Village DX – 92,425 (87,510 physical, 4,915 digital)
11. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 59,841 (57,048 physical, 2,793 digital)
12. [PS4] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 45,210 (39,549 physical, 5,661 digital)
13. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 43,954 (37,898 physical, 6,056 digital)
14. [PS4] Nights of Azure – 40,341 (35,483 physical, 4,858 digital)
15. [PSV] Nights of Azure – 39,370 (36,530 physical, 2,840 digital)
16. [3DS] Cube Creator 3D – 38,392 (N/A physical, 38,392 digital)
17. [PSV] Utawarerumono: False Mask – 35,066 (30,962 physical, 4,104 digital)
18. [PSV] World Trigger: Borderless Mission – 34,407 (31,432 physical, 2,975 digital)
19. [3DS] Picross 3D 2 – 33,339 (30,044 physical, 3,295 digital)
20. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 32,423 (30,906 physical, 1,517 digital)
21. [PSV] Moero Crystal – 28,666 (25,976 physical, 2,690 digital)
22. [PSV] Saki Zenkoku Hen – 23,902 (18,465 physical, 5,437 digital)
23. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 23,772 (22,622 physical, 1,150 digital)
24. [PS4] Utawarerumono: False Mask – 23,496 (20,623 physical, 2,873 digital)
25. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 23,411 (22,747 physical, 664 digital)
26. [PSV] Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – 23,233 (21,503 physical, 1,730 digital)
27. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 20,974 (18,673 physical, 2,301 digital)
28. [3DS] Battle Cats – 19,684 (N/A physical, 19,684 digital)
29. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires – 19,455 (17,441 physical, 2,014 digital)
30. [3DS] Ultimate NES Remix – 17,521 (16,029 physical, 1,492 digital)

Note that these sales are based on data between August 31 and October 4.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Two new weapons are coming to Splatoon tomorrow. The Luna Blaster Neo and H-3 Nozzlenose D are variations of the Luna Blaster and Nozzlenose weapons, respectively, with different sub weapons and special weapons. The Luna Blaster Neo will come with Splat Bombs and the Bomb Rush special, while the H-3 Nozzlenose D will come with Point Sensors and the Inkzooka.

The weapons will likely be released at the usual times: morning in Japan, the middle of the night in Europe and evening in North America.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Level-5 have published an overview trailer for their upcoming Wii U game Yokai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version. Check it out below:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Update: Okay. I lied. Couldn’t resist posting the amiibo sales rankings, excerpt about 3DS localizations, and IP plans.!

Nintendo has now shared a full English transcript of its latest financial results briefing. Access it here. I won’t be posting any additional snippets since we’ve pretty much covered everything major in various posts over the past couple of hours. However, you can read up on a little bit of additional information concerning Wii U and 3DS sales at the link.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 16 Comments

Bayonetta 2 has gone on sale over on GameStop, this time for its lowest price yet. You can pick up the game for only $35. Remember: you’ll also be getting the first Bayonetta with your purchase!

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 30 Comments

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

PS4 – 22,801
New 3DS LL – 16,144
Vita – 12,981
Wii U – 9,961
New 3DS – 3,530
PS3 – 1,909
3DS – 1,277
Xbox One – 1,009
Vita TV – 782
3DS LL – 478

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

PS4 – 25,699
New 3DS LL – 17,881
Vita – 14,546
Wii U – 11,658
New 3DS – 4,514
PS3 – 2,105
3DS – 1,232
Vita TV – 696
3DS LL – 625
Xbox One – 438

And here are the software charts:

1. [3DS] Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – 54,394 / NEW
2. [3DS] PriPara Mezase! Idol * Grand Prix No.1! – 34,035 / NEW
3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters – 20,824 / 1,674,995
4. [WIU] Super Mario Maker – 15,817 / 337,039
5. [3DS] 7th Dragon III – 13,299 / 85,776
6. [WIU] Splatoon – 13,159 / 737,478
7. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 8,625 / 1,098,904
8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 7,547 / 375,264
9. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 6,442 / 82,413
10. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – 6,402 / 243,494
11. [3DS] Picross 3D – 5,905 / 58,147
12. [3DS] Pro Yakyuu Famista Returns – 5,894 / 38,421
13. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 4,944 / 411,720
14. [PSV] Tokyo Xanadu – 4,793 / 116,835
15. [PS4] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2016 – 4,528 / 63,769
16. [PS4] Uncharted Collection – 4,439 / 37,049
17. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII – 4,208 / 801,043
18. [PS4] GTA V (4,990 yen Edition) – 3,673 / 10,875
19. [3DS] Chibi-Robo!: Zip-Lahs – 3,647 / 25,083
20. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – 3,614 / 190,093

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments

Nintendo’s latest financial results are in, giving us the latest information about how the company did between April 1 and September 30. Here’s a quick overview:

– 1.19 million Wii U units sold during the first six months of its fiscal year, which runs through September
– 2.28 million 3DS units sold
– That means 720,000 Wii U consoles and 1.27 million 3DSes were sold during its fiscal Q2
– Wii U hardware sales are now at a worldwide total of 10.73 million
– 3DS lifetime to date: 54.34 million units worldwide
– Wii U software: 69.05 copies sold
– Generated $1.69 billion (204.18 billion yen) in sales worldwide during the first half of its fiscal 2016
– That’s up 19.1 percent year-over-year
– Operating income of $74.5 million (8.98 billion yen)
– Earnings of 79 cents (95.46 yen) per share
– Where Nintendo generated $747 million of its revenue total in Q1, it was able to bring in $953 million in Q2

Head past the break for some comments straight from Nintendo about its latest financial performance.

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