Ping 1.5+ creator on recent Wii U developer piece, sticks up for dev kit
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 29 Comments
In light of Eurogamer’s anonymous Wii U developer piece that went up over the weekend, Ping 1.5+ creator Christopher Arnold has offered his own insight into the console’s dev kit.
Arnold believes that the anonymous remarks are “aimed at pre-retail release SDK problems.” The post-release SKD kit, on the other hand, “do not contain any of the listed problems”.
You’ll find Arnold’s full comments below.
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Game Informer’s top 50 games of 2013
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
This month’s Game Informer contains a listing of the magazine’s top 50 games of 2013. You can find the full lineup below sorted by release date.
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New Super Mario 3D World plushies heading to Japan in April
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Japan will be receiving new plushies based on Super Mario 3D World in mid-April. SANEI will make Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad products available in their Cat Suit forms. Mario and Luigi plushies will come in small and medium sizes.
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Media Create software sales (12/30 – 1/5) – Top 50
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./02. [3DS] PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z
02./04. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
03./01. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds #
04./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
05./06. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World
06./03. [PS3] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
07./05. [PSV] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: Twin Pack #
08./09. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
09./15. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!
10./08. [PS3] New Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
11./11. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life #
12./17. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
13./10. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy: Big Bang / Supernova
14./19. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
15./13. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red #
16./21. [3DS] Disney Magic World #
17./18. [3DS] Aikatsu! 2-nin no My Princess
18./22. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version! #
19./26. [3DS] Youkai Watch
20./24. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land #
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Image: King Dedede art comparison – Super Smash Bros. Brawl vs. Wii U/3DS
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Images, Wii, Wii U | 15 Comments
Anonymous developer details experience working with Wii U
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 47 Comments
Eurogamer has put up an intriguing piece “from a respected third-party”, who shared his experience working with the console. The article covers Nintendo’s initial reveal to the developer up through the release of the company’s game.
Details rounded up from the post can be found below. I also highly suggest checking out the full thing right here.
Reveal
– Developer “worked on the hardware extensively and helped to produce one of the better third-party titles”
– Nintendo held a presentation, and said they wanted a console that is small like Wii and wouldn’t make noise
– This is so “mum wouldn’t mind having it in the living room”
– Point was raised in the meeting that the Wii U seemed significantly slower than the Xbox 360 in terms of raw CPU
– Nintendo dismissed it and said that the “low power consumption was more important to the overall design goals” and “other CPU features would improve the performance over the raw numbers”
– Devs communicated through emails after the reveal and the thought was “I like the new controller, but the CPU looks a bit underpowered”
– Some people started doing their own calculations to guess Wii U’s performance and some even built custom PC rigs with under-clocked CPUs to try and gauge performance of their code
– The thought was that it wouldn’t be powerful enough to run next-gen engines and could possibly struggle doing current-gen
– Despite their own tests, “management” decided to go ahead and make a game for Wii U
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Amazon: Save $35 on the new Wii Fit U and Balance Board bundle
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
If you’ve never purchased a Wii Balance Board previously any plan to pick up the just-launched retail version of Wii Fit U, you may want to check out a new deal running on Amazon. The retailer has the bundle, which includes a copy of the game and peripheral, on sale for $65
. It typically goes for $100 on Amazon, so you’d be saving $35.
Lots of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U screenshots showcase Zelda
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments
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Analyst shares tidbits about Nintendo’s upcoming financial results
Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 9 Comments
Nintendo will be announcing its latest financial results at the end of the month, and it’s certain to create some buzz. That’s a few weeks off, though.
In the meantime, analyst David Gibson has shared some insight about Nintendo’s upcoming results. You can find a roundup of his tweets below.
Nintendo – up another 4.3% today…JP broker saying company to announce change in strategy to smartphones on Jan 30th results – we disagree.
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – 3Q results meeting called "Strategy Session and Results Meeting" but doesnt stop some think change is coming. Always called that!
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – #1 priority for FY3/14 was improve 3DS sales internationally…+21% YoY in 2H we estimate= done.
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
Nintendo – WiiU we now forecast 4.3m for FY3/14 down from 6.8m prior, but Dec in JP was 26x Sept levels driven by Super Mario 3D World
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) January 10, 2014
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS – King Dedede screenshots
Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, Images, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
