Reggie on Nintendo’s performance and sales, high-demand amiibo, more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 15 Comments
Last week, The Seattle Times put up a few new quotes from Reggie Fils-Aime. The Nintendo of America addressed the company’s performance and talked a bit about sales, high-demand amiibo, and more.
You’ll find a roundup of Reggie’s comments below. You can find The Seattle Times’ full article here.
On whether Nintendo is now on a rebound…
“(Nintendo is) doing better this year than we did last year. The way I would frame it: Our goal is to drive an ongoing positive trajectory. Certainly with the momentum we’re seeing with our hardware, the momentum we’re seeing with our key software titles, that gives us a lot of confidence.”
More: Amiibo, Reggie Fils-Aime, top
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – concept art
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, Wii, Wii U | 0 comments
Sonic Stadium recently came across a bunch of concept art for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Art ranges from the very early stages of development up through the initial pitch for Transformed. We even get a look at the Gilius Thunderhead on Chicken Leg concept Sumo Digital’s Steve Lycett spoke about previously.
View the concept art below:
German Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker commercials
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
UK software sales (Week ending 12/27)
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments
More: Chart-Track, charts, sales, top, UK
UK software sales (Week ending 12/27) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments
This week’s UK Wii U/3DS specific software sales are as follows;
Wii U
1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft
6. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales
7. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
8. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
9. Nintendoland – Nintendo
10. Disney Infinity 2.0 – Avalanche Software
3DS
1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
3. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
4. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
7. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable
8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
9. Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Traveller’s Tales
10. Luigi’s Mansion 2 – Nintendo
More: Chart-Track, charts, sales, top, UK
Famitsu’s most wanted games (12/28/14)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments
It’s time for the latest Famitsu’s most wanted games chart! Final Fantasy XV, Bravely Second, Persona 5, Dragon Quest Heroes, and Tales of Zestiria are the new top five.
Head past the break for the full chart. All votes were cast between December 11 and December 17.
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Iwata talks hardware frustration and trying to fix things with previous systems
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GBA, News, Wii U | 47 Comments
Yet another translation has come in from 4Gamer’s interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.
In this latest excerpt, Iwata discusses hardware frustration and attempting to fix things Nintendo couldn’t do on previous systems. With the Game Boy Advance SP for example, Iwata pushed for sleep functionality when the system closed. This sadly didn’t make it into the final build. However, Iwata did inform the hardware team that implementing sleep mode into Nintendo’s next system (which would end up being the DS) was a necessity.
What may be even more interesting is what Iwata said about the Wii U. Soon after the console came out, Dwango’s Nobuo Kawakami provided some feedback.
“I had a similar feeling of frustration to the GBA SP situation then,” Iwata said, as he believed that Nintendo will need to implement some of Kawakami’s suggestions in future hardware. Iwata ended by saying, “because of that frustration, not only do we want it to connect with features next time, we are actually working to fix it for next time.” Hmm…
More: interview, Satoru Iwata, top
Pre-order updates (12/28/14)
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:
Wii U
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon
, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon
, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Splatoon – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon
, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
3DS
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker – Amazon
, GameStop
Etrian Mystery Dungeon – Amazon
, Best Buy (new), GameStop
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Amazon
, Best Buy (new) GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon
, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon
, Best Buy (new), GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Story of Seasons – Amazon
, Best Buy (new), GameStop
Amiibo
Meta Knight – Best Buy
Sonic – Best Buy, GameStop
Toon Link – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Sheik – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Shulk – GameStop (exclusive)
Mega Man – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Bowser – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
King Dedede – King Dedede
, Best Buy, GameStop
Ike – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Zelda – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Diddy Kong – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Luigi – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Little Mac – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Pit – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Captain Falcon – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
* Note: since some of the latest amiibo figures are releasing on different days at different retailers, we’ll still list pre-order links for the next few weeks.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Media Create software sales (12/15 – 12/21) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 2 Comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
02./02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
03./00. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers
04./04. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U #
05./06. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
06./00. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2
07./00. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2
08./07. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
09./08. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
10./09. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
11./00. [PSV] Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Century #
12./00. [3DS] 12-Sai. Honto no Kimochi
13./13. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
14./03. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V #
15./16. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu
16./00. [PS3] Godzilla
17./12. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days
18./19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
19./05. [PS3] Shining Resonance #
20./15. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain
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The Music of 2014 – Have Your Say!
Posted on 9 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, Features, Podcast, Reader Poll, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
It’s that time of year again! Last year’s game music podcast seemed to go over much better than I expected a two-hour show to, so let’s do the same thing for the soundtracks from this year. And once again I’m looking for reader (listener?) input to help put the thing together and narrow down a top 10 list.
The rules are pretty much the same as last year. Vote here to rate each of the twenty shortlisted games and add in any comments if you have them (you can also use that section to tell me if neglected to include certain soundtracks). Since some of them were included in last year’s show, the voting excludes games that were released in other regions last year like Bravely Default, but not ones like Fantasy Life that I previously forgot about. I’ve also excluded any games with an English release confirmed for next year like Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – save it for the 2015 list! There are a handful of games like Guacamelee on the list that were released on other platforms last year, but as 2014 was their first showing on a Nintendo platform they’re up for voting.
So please get your votes in and look forward to the final podcast whenever it posts. Maybe there’ll be guests or co-hosts this time? Who can say. Since I’ll be out of the country for a while – I’ll probably have left by the time this posts – don’t expect any results until mid-January at the earliest. That’s kind of late for a retrospective, but I’m sure you’re all sick of top-10 lists at the moment. I know I sure am after putting together all that Nintendo DS stuff.
