Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshot (12/2/13)
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Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
Turnips are used in the Villager’s up-air and down-air attacks. Perhaps because the turnip prices fluctuate depending on the day’s market, the number of turnips that appear changes every time. How cute.
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Amazon has a few Wii U/3DS games on sale
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 3 Comments
Amazon has a new Wii U and 3DS titles on sale at the moment. You can find a roundup of discounted prices elow.
Wii U
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
– $8.50 (will ship when stock is available)
Assassin’s Creed III
– $15
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
– $15
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two 
– $15
Just Dance 4
– $15
Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth
– $15
3DS
Crosswords Plus
– $6.82
Cubic Ninja
– $7.46
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
– $9
Bit.Trip Saga
– $10
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
– $10
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights
– $13
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Mirror Fate
– $15.40
Bonus
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia
– $12.24 with code “bookdeal” at checkout
Black Friday 2013: InfoScout data ranks console sales, top-selling games
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 3 Comments
Data collected by shopping market research firm InfoScout indicates that the Xbox One was the most popular gaming console during Black Friday 2013, thanks to a 31 percent market share. Xbox 360 followed with a 30 percent share. The PlayStation 4 and PS3 were next with 15 percent each. Nintendo closed things out with a 6 percent share for Wii U and 1 percent share for Wii.
InfoScout also reveals the top-selling games for the Black Friday period. Call of Duty: Ghosts came out top, with Disney Infinity, Skylanders Swap Force, Grand Theft Auto V, and Madden NFL 25 rounding out the top five.
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Media Create software sales (11/18 – 11/24) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS3] Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
02./00. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World
03./00. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red #
04./05. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
05./00. [3DS] Aikatsu! 2-nin no My Princess
06./01. [PSV] God Eater 2 #
07./03. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014
08./02. [PS3] Call of Duty: Ghosts – Subtitled Edition
09./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
10./00. [PSP] God Eater 2 #
11./00. [PS3] Monster Hunter Frontier G: Beginner’s Package
12./00. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version! #
13./00. [PSV] New Atelier Rorona: Hajimari no Monogatari – The Alchemist of Arland #
14./00. [PS3] New Atelier Rorona: Hajimari no Monogatari – The Alchemist of Arland #
15./09. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V
16./06. [3DS] Daigasso! Band Brothers P
17./12. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013
18./10. [PS3] Battlefield 4
19./11. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014
20./16. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!
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Reggie on Wii U’s competition, people now understand it’s a new console, publisher relationships, more
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 9 Comments
Forbes has put up a new interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Wii U’s competition and third-party support were discussed, as was the issue of people not understanding the system is a new console – which Reggie believes has been addressed.
You can find Reggie’s full comments below. Forbes’ full piece can be found here.
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Eiji Aonuma wants the next Zelda to provide “a unique experience that is beyond your expectations”
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 8 Comments
Prima’s Zelda Box Set
comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by series producer Eiji Aonuma. On the certificate, Aonuma included a brief message for aficionados of the franchise.
Aonuma primarily thanked fans for their dedication. He additionally sneaked in a few words about the next Zelda game – most certainly Zelda Wii U – in which he expresses his “desire to create a unique experience that is beyond your expectations.”
Aonuma’s note in full reads:
It has been 25 years since The Legend of Zelda was introduced to the world, and it is still going strong. This was made possible by the fans who love the series. In the next installment, it is my desire to create a unique experience that is beyond your expectations. We are privileged to have your unwavering support.
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Super Mario 3D World sells through about 57% of its initial shipment in Japan
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments
Super Mario 3D World sold about 100,000 copies in Japan in its first week. According to Media Create, the game sold through 57.17 percent of its shipment. That means Nintendo must have shipped roughly 175,000 copies at launch – a somewhat low figure given the Mario brand, though perhaps understandable given the Wii U’s install base.
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Masahiro Sakurai on his huge workload for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS and more
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Wii U | 5 Comments
The amount of work Masahiro Sakurai puts into the new Smash Bros. games is kind of unbelievable. One of his tasks has him inputting a ton of different parameters, which under normal circumstances, would be a job for multiple staffers – not just one employee.
Sakurai wrote in his weekly Famitsu column this week:
“With the previous Smash Bros. games, I would input all the fighter specs and attack hitboxes, and with the new games I’m doing something very similar. If I were to hand over the work to someone else, it would be a full-time, multi-person designated workload.”
Why would Sakurai take on such an involved task by himself? For one thing, he’s working with a new team. Collaborating with Namco Bandai does have its advantages though, as he says the company has created development tools that are more advanced and allow for more immediate trial and error.
Sakurai also says working alone is “faster and more accurate”.
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Video: Zelda: Wind Waker musical paradoy
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SEGA releasing a patch for Sonic Lost World next month to address Frozen Factory 3 glitch and other issues
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A patch will be released for Sonic Lost World next month, SEGA has confirmed.
The update will be available around December 11. It’ll address a glitch found in Frozen Factory 3 (see above), among other issues.
After one player inquired about the casino stage’s glitch, SEGA Japan responded with the following:
