· Sales of Wii U hardware and software increased by nearly 30 percent and nearly 45 percent, respectively, over the same month last year.
· Super Smash Bros. for Wii U added more than 90,000 combined physical and digital units to bring its lifetime total to more than 1.4 million total units in the U.S.
· Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire sold more than 150,000 combined physical and digital units, bringing their combined lifetime total to more than 2.7 million total units in the United States alone.
· Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sold more than 90,000 combined physical and digital units in its fifth month on the market, bringing its lifetime total to more than 2.1 million total units in the United States alone.

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January 2015 NPD: top 10 best-selling games in the U.S.

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

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of January 2015. The results can be found below.

Dying Light (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
Grand Theft Auto V (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
NBA 2K15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
Super Smash Bros. (Wii U, 3DS)
Far Cry 4 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
Madden NFL 15 (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
Destiny (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3)
FIFA 15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, Wii, Vita, 3DS)

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A few more Rodea: The Sky Soldier gameplay details

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Kadokawa Games shared more details about Rodea: The Sky Soldier in a video posted online today. Find a recap of the information below.

– Target the direction you want to go and press the A button to fly towards it
– Flying consumes your flight gauge
– Restore the gauge mid-flight by collecting Graviton
– Can also be restored by landing on the ground
– There are techniques in the game such as wall kicks to recover your gauge
– B button: boost
– Can boost during flight or while targeting an enemy
– Boosts consume a significant chunk of your gauge
– Y button: rises Rodea vertically
– Hold the left stick down and press the Y button to perform a trample attack
– Hold the left stick left or right and pressing the Y button will perform an evasion action

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European Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars boxart

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Sonic Boom moves 490,000 copies, other SEGA financial results tidbits

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Sonic Boom has sold 490,000 copies worldwide on Wii U and 3DS, SEGA has confirmed. The company’s report doesn’t actually clarify if that figure is shipped or sold-in to consumers. However, it’s disappointing in any case, and Sonic Boom is the worst-performing entry in the series ever.

Today’s information about Sonic Boom’s performance comes from SEGA’s latest financial report. Other interesting tidbits are as follows:

– SEGA spent $210 million on games development
– That is a 27 percent increase compared to the year prior
– Advertising expenses climbed 53 percent, up to $73 million
– SEGA is releasing 50 games by the end of the financial year in March, but combined sales of all those are expected to be about 5.4 million units
– SEGA initially expected to sell about 300,000 units of its four latest Wii U games
– That is now revised to 230,000, making it the weakest platform in terms of unit sales
– Full year expectations for 3DS 1,160,000
– SEGA’s revenue for the three-quarter period was $685 million
– After expenses, that lowers to a profit of $18 million
– SEGA is now organizing a sweeping business restructure, which will rebuild the corporation into three divisions, as part of a wider plan to “drastically improve profitability”
– At least 300 positions at the corporation are targeted for redundancy
– SEGA has set aside $125 million for the restructure costs
– SEGA expects to lose $110m for the full year

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