Wii

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For the past couple of years, Wii releases have been very low. Third-parties have, for the most part, ended its efforts to bring core experiences to the console and Nintendo has only developed a handful of titles.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata acknowledged the situation in a Q&A session with investors last week. He said that a lack of third-party titles and the company’s own initiatives with the 3DS and Wii U caused the Wii to suffer from a drop in momentum.

In the same response, Iwata replied to a question regarding a concern that the Wii U will miss out on future games if it is unable to compete with the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 successors due to a lack of power. While he can’t “promise that the Wii U will never be excluded from multiplatform software for eternity”, Iwata believes that it “will not have such a big difference as the Wii had in comparison to how, on other platforms, developers could expect very different graphic capabilities of generating HD-applicable high-resolution graphics. He later discussed the benefits that the Wii U and GameTablet bring to the industry.

We’ve posted Iwata’s full response below.

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As was the situation with Wii, there are many doubts about the Wii U right now. Some gaming enthusiasts, members of the press, and investors aren’t sure if the console will attain the same success as its predecessor.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata discussed this topic during an investors meeting last week. Additionally, he briefly talked about the previously mentioned fall push for Wii U, in which launch details will be announced. Iwata hinted that titles beyond launch/launch window will be announced.

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Overall, 3DS sales have improved since the system’s initial launch. It is, however, still struggling a bit overseas.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told investors at a meeting last week that 3DS sales have stabilized in Japan and have some momentum. But in the U.S. and Europe, “the sales pace went down after the beginning of 2012.” Iwata believes the 3DS XL and New Super Mario Bros. 2 can improve the situation.

Iwata also commented on how “one of the difficulties Nintendo is facing in terms of spreading the Nintendo 3DS is the difference of the mainstream products between Japan, where the handheld video games are the main products, and the U.S., where the home console video games are the main ones.”

Read on below for his full response.

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At Nintendo’s latest shareholders meeting, one investor mentioned that third-parties haven’t been able to fully take advantage of the Wii/Wii U. This person hinted that Nintendo could consider “bringing up creators in the video game industry as a whole” and asked how the company could “cultivate brand-new developers who can come up with interesting games independent of the performance of the hardware”.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, responding to the question, mentioned a few things. He started out by saying that “breathtaking visuals or heavy storylines” may not have matched up well with the “pros and cons of the features of the Wii.”

He went on to say that Nintendo has been improving the situation with third-parties by providing them with access to hardware at an earlier point and brought up the Super Smash Bros. collaboration with Namco Bandai.

Regarding cultivation of new creators, Iwata pointed to the “Nintendo Game Seminar”. When working with employees from other companies, Nintendo won’t “cultivate” them. Instead, Iwata said that “it is more important to understand how we can both grow, or to find a good balance which can enhance each party’s strengths and eliminate weaknesses.”

You can find Iwata’s full response below.

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3DS VC

Castlevania the Adventure – £2.70

3DS Download

Zombie Slayer Diox – £5.40
Mutant Mudds demo – free

DSiWare

Escape the Virus: Swarm Survival – £1.80 / 200 points

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy DLC – £0.90 each

A Fleeting Dream (FF10 – FMS)
Ride On (FF08 – FMS)
Cosmo Canyon (FF07 – FMS)
In Search of Light (FF05 – FMS)
Fighting Fate (FF13 – BMS)
Fighters of the Crystal (FF11 – BMS)
The Final Battle (FF04 – BMS)
Battle Theme 1 (FF02 – BMS)

Nintendo Video

The Amazing Spider Man trailer
Ice Age 4 – Continental Drift trailer
Kid Icarus 3D Anime clips – Thanatos Rising Part Three

Source: Nintendo PR

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Nintendo Power has released a public preview of this month’s magazine. Titles featured include New Super Mario Bros. 2, Mighty Switch Force HD, Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?!, and an article about the classic games from 1987.

The issue arrives on newsstands on June 10 and has already started to reach subscribers.

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Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise launches in Europe this Friday.

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In one way, the Nintendo Update “show” acts as a replacement for Nintendo Week. However, Nintendo Update is produced monthly whereas Nintendo Week could be seen each week… not to mention that Nintendo Week was more of an actual show.

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This week’s ESRB updates are as follows:

Transformers Prime: The Game (Wii/3DS/DS) – E10+
Just Dance Greatest Hits (Wii) – E10+
Unchained Blades (3DS) – T

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Project Zero 2: Wii Edition hit Europe this past Friday. Anyone pick it up?