Wii U hardware sales increased 666% in UK thanks to Mario Kart 8
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Wii U | 8 Comments
Those wondering whether Mario Kart 8 was a system seller or not need wonder no longer, as Wii U Hardware sales have spiked 666% this week in the UK and 82% of that appears to be the Mario Kart 8 bundle landing it second behind Watch Dogs on the charts. Mario Kart 8 has had the series’ second biggest launch in the UK. Good news!
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UK software sales (Week ending 5/31) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 10 years ago by Demelza(@ReporterDem) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:
Wii U
- Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
- Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
- New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
- New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
- Sports Connection – Ubisoft
- The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Warner Bros. Interactive
- Wii Party U – Nintendo
- LEGO The Hobbit – Warner Bros. Interactive
3DS
- Pokémon X – Nintendo
- Pokémon Y – Nintendo
- Kirby: Triple Deluxe – Nintendo
- Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
- Mario Golf: World Tour – Nintendo
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintend0
- The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
- Mario Party: Island Tour – Nintendo
- Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – GSP/Avanquest
Source: Chart-Track
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has an E3 listing for Wii U
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Rumors, Wii U | 3 Comments
For those worried about the state of Call of Duty on Nintendo platforms, it seems Sledgehammer is looking to bring the latest iteration to Wii U, at least according to their E3 listing. The series’ has never done well on Nintendo hardware traditionally but this move shows that it appears to still be a viable move for whatever reason. We will know if this rumor holds true when E3 rolls around.
Dragon Quest X v2.2 Trailer
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Videos, Wii, Wii U | 3 Comments
Square Enix continue their amazing run of support of Dragon Quest X with their latest 2.2 update and have released a new video highlighting all the new content and changes.
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshots (6/2/14)
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Screenshots, Wii U | 2 Comments
It’s a Mario double today and Sakurai gave us a look at a New Super Mario Bros. cameo:
Here’s a new Wii U stage, Mushroom Kingdom U! It brings to life the worlds of New Super Mario Bros. U.
The stage will be a transforming one and apparently we’ll see more of it in a couple of weeks:
When Kamek casts a spell, the stage transforms drastically! That said, this is not what you would call a moving stage… …By the way, this stage will be playable in the demo version of the game for E3, a game expo that starts on June 10 in Los Angeles.
The folks over at Cubed3 also have a couple more shots on there Instagram, which you can check out here and here
Another One Piece: Unlimited World Red video
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
[Review] Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails
Posted on 10 years ago by Jack Johnson(@tupachologram96) in Features, Reviews, Wii U, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
System: Nintendo Wii U
Release Date: May 15th, 2013 (NA, EU)
Developer: Dakko Dakko
Publisher: Dakko Dakko
Author: Jack
I hate it when people label things incorrectly. It makes me very sad and upset. I can’t tell you how much compound irritation I’ve had to repress when, say, someone would write the wrong name down on an online order at work and offer me the duty of rectifying the situation over the phone with Mrs. Jihnson and her missing mail-order appliance, or when a past roommate not-to-be-named would intentionally label the cat food ‘dog food’ just to try to make me sick the next day.
This is why I possess such a vitriol for relatively new Welsh developer Dakko Dakko and their latest attempt at capturing the burgeoning Wii U indie scene (think Mutant Mudds, Cloudberry Kingdom, and all of the other titles I’ve referenced way too much in writing and on the podcast), Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails, a 2D shooter with strong open-world platforming elements. The ‘On Rails’ signifier at the end there implies imprison-y, limited bounds and pointed, one-dimensional gameplay design, whereas Scram Kitty, in its comparative sense of freedom to the recent litany of top-notch platformers we’ve seen reach the eShop, feels anything but. Scram Kitty, though confusing in name, scratches an itch not satiated fully by its contemporaries on the platform. By not being as singularly masterful in its level design elements as, say, VVVVVV or Mighty Switch Force!, Scram Kitty feels a little less uptight and neo-retro, yet crucially still achieves the same level of “old-school hardcore” as those luminaries do. I will not use any cat puns in this review.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing producer on wanting to represent Space Harrier, OutRun, and After Burner
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 7 Comments
4Gamer recently caught up with Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed producer Steve Lycett with the game having been released in Japan last month. We already heard that Lycett had hoped to include Ristar as a playable character, but as it turns out, this wasn’t the only franchise he hoped the game would represent.
Lycett stated:
From three big SEGA classics, I think, “Space Harrier”, “OutRun”, and “After Burner”. Because these three are so popular around the world, I was thinking I wanted to find a way for them to work somehow. For “After Burner”, since there is no emerging main character, both it an “OutRun” both got full courses. But unfortunately, “Space Harrier” only got a song in the soundtrack on one of the stages. Even though it wasn’t convenient to include the hero of “Space Harrier”, we just couldn’t abandon the recording.
Lycett continued by elaborating on his interest in featuring Space Harrier one day:
Well, the truth is, I wanted to include the running character riding the dragon. But I won’t give up! If I ever get the opportunity, I absolutely want to see this happen.
Media Create software sales (5/19 – 5/25) – Top 50
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
02./00. [PS4] Infamous: Second Son
03./03. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
04./00. [PSV] To Love Ru Trouble: Darkness – Battle Ecstasy #
05./00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
06./01. [PS3] The Idolmaster: One for All #
07./02. [PSV] Genkai Totsuki Moero Chronicle #
08./00. [PSV] Amnesia World #
09./00. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge
10./04. [3DS] Mario Golf: World Tour
11./05. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour
12./07. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
13./06. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment #
14./10. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
15./09. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
16./12. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
17./08. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call #
18./15. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V
19./13. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters – Tokimeki Up!
20./14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
