Wii U

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 15 Comments

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

3DS LL – 31,789
Vita – 21,875
Wii U – 9,429
PS3 – 7,175
3DS – 6,656
PS4 – 5,581
Vita TV – 1,767
PSP – 489
Xbox 360 – 122

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

3DS LL – 31,192
Vita – 27,352
Wii U – 8,209
PS3 – 7,389
PS4 – 6,456
3DS – 6,185
Vita TV – 2,249
PSP – 556
Xbox 360 – 129

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments

Mario Kart 8 continues to sell big for Nintendo. Since launch, the Wii U game has moved 2.82 million units. 590,000 units were sold in Japan alone.

Wii U hardware sales are said to have been at around 6.17 million units in May. As such, nearly half of Wii U owners have potentially purchased Mario Kart 8.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Wii U | 14 Comments

More news coming out of Nintendo’s 1st quarter financials, it looks like Captain Toad Treasure Tracker has been delayed to January 2015 in Europe. It looks as if the North American and Japanese releases are still on track for later this year however.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 4 Comments

Nintendo’s financials for Q1 2014 have been released (that is, for April – June), here are a look at some of the highlights to come out of that press release:

• Revenue: 74.70B yen (-8.4% year over year)
• Opt income: -9.47B yen
• Net income: -9.92B yen

Hardware + Software Sales

• Wii U unit sales (hardware): 0.51 million
  Financial year – 0.40 million
  Lifetime to date – 6.68 million
• Wii U unit sales (software): 4.39 million
  Financial year – 4.39 million
  Lifetime to date – 36.67 million
  * Mario Kart 8 sold 2.82 million copies worldwide in its first month on sale.

• 3DS unit sales (hardware): 0.82 million
  Financial year – 0.82 million
  Lifetime to date – 44.14 million
• 3DS unit sales (software): 8.57 million
  Financial year – 8.57 million
  Lifetime to date – 171.49 million

• Wii unit sales (hardware): 0.09 million
  Financial year: 0.09 million
  Lifetime to date: 101.15 million
• Wii unit sales (software): 1.60 million
  Financial year: 1.60 million
  Lifetime to date: 896.82 million

• DS unit sales (hardware): 0.06 million
  Financial year: 0.13 million
  Lifetime to date: 153.99 million
• DS unit sales (software): 2.15 million
• Financial year: 10.29 million
  Lifetime to date: 938.93 million

Financial Year 2014/2015 Forecast

• 3DS hardware – 12 million
  3DS software – 67 million
• Wii U hardware – 3.6 million
  Wii U software – 20 million
• Wii hardware – 0.5 million
  Wii software – 9 million

For a look at how these numbers compare to previous quarters, check out this thread

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments

Everything about today’s screenshot is just downright creepy. Sakurai details a Galaga inspired item that will make an appearance in the game:

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Posted on 11 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Videos, Wii U | 15 Comments

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 16 Comments

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 2 Comments

If you’re interested in saving a bit on LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, look no further than Amazon. You can purchase the game for only $19.99. It’s a pretty good deal for a pretty great game!

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 is due out in just a few months. Bandai Namco recently announced an October 3 release date for Europe, with the North American launch following on October 14. The game’s trailer, shared in April, can be found here.

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