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All of Nintendo’s online services are experiencing technical difficulties at the moment.

A notice posted on the company’s network status page indicates that the Wii U, 3DS, Wii, and DS are affected. It states, “Due to technical difficulties, some online service features may be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”

Nintendo began encountering issues at 8:20 AM PT / 11:20 AM ET. It is not yet clear what caused the downtime and when all services will be restored.

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NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of June. The results can be found below.

The Last Of Us (PS3)** 1 Sony (Corp)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) 2 Nintendo
Minecraft (360) 3 Microsoft (Corp)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (360, PS3, PC, NWU)** 4 Activision Blizzard (Corp)
NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, WII, NWU, PSP, PC)** 5 Take 2 Interactive (Corp)
Injustice: Gods Among Us (360, PS3, NWU)** 6 Warner Bros. Interactive
Donkey Kong Country Returns (3DS, WII) 7 Nintendo
Deadpool (360, PS3) 8 Activision Blizzard (Corp)
Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** 9 Electronic Arts
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) 10 Nintendo

**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

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Making the Wii SD as opposed to HD was a bit of a controversial decision at the time for Nintendo. HD televisions were starting to break out, and Sony and Microsoft both adapted this functionality for their own consoles – the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Shigeru Miyamoto, reflecting on the decision to go with SD for Wii in an interview with 4Gamer, said that “it would have been great if it were HD in the first place.” He also relayed a sentiment to move on to HD sooner.

An unofficial translation of Miyamoto’s remarks:

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It looks like Angry Birds Star Wars will be coming to dedicated gaming systems. Amazon has listed the title for Wii U, Wii, 3DS, PS Vita, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

Strangely, the Wii U version is the only console release with a $50 price tag at the moment – all others are listed at $40. The 3DS version will cost $30.

Angry Birds Star Wars will be out on October 29, according to Amazon.

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This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [WIU] Pikmin 3 (Nintendo) {2013.07.13} (¥5.985) – 92.720 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Youkai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 53.654 / NEW
03./01. [PS3] Earth Defense Force 2025 (D3 Publisher) {2013.07.04} (¥6.980) – 37.024 / 191.713 (-76%)
04./05. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 26.065 / 1.259.847 (-19%)
05./00. [WIU] New Super Luigi U (Nintendo) {2013.07.13} (¥3.885) – 24.881 / NEW
06./02. [PSV] Toukiden # (Koei Tecmo) {2013.06.27} (¥6.090) – 20.853 / 186.963 (-52%)
07./03. [PSP] Toukiden (Koei Tecmo) {2013.06.27} (¥5.040) – 19.262 / 118.404 (-42%)
08./00. [PS3] Dead Island: Riptide (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.07.11} (¥7.329) – 18.462 / NEW
09./00. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection (Konami) {2013.07.11} (¥7.980) – 17.599 / NEW
10./07. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Nintendo) {2013.06.13} (¥4.800) – 12.963 / 206.322 (-31%)
11./04. [PS3] Gundam Breaker (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.06.27} (¥7.980) – 10.224 / 242.819 (-68%)
12./11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 10.088 / 3.325.123 (-11%)
13./12. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 9.184 / 825.026 (-15%)
14./08. [PS3] The Last of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.06.20} (¥5.980) – 9.158 / 173.181 (-35%)
15./00. [PSP] Hanayaka Kana, Ware ga Ichizoku – Tasogare Polarstar # (Idea Factory) {2013.07.11} (¥6.090) – 9.046 / NEW
16./20. [PSP] Dangan-Ronpa (PSP the Best) # (Spike) {2011.11.23} (¥2.940) – 6.106 / 91.204 (+67%)
17./13. [3DS] Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.06.27} (¥5.480) – 5.912 / 50.952 (-45%)
18./10. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl (Atlus) {2013.06.27} (¥6.279) – 5.870 / 106.914 (-54%)
19./15. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (¥5.040) – 5.203 / 516.866 (+12%)
20./14. [PS3] Atelier Escha & Logy: The Alchemist of Empty Twilight # (Gust) {2013.06.27} (¥7.140) – 5.031 / 72.873 (-51%)

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 1 Comment

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

3DS LL – 29,594
Wii U – 22,199
Vita – 15,662
3DS – 13,841
PS3 – 12,698
PSP – 5,830
Wii – 1,434
Xbox 360 – 396

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

3DS LL – 29,716
Vita – 20,776
3DS – 14,506
PS3 – 11,683
Wii U – 8,251
PSP – 5,768
Wii – 1,334
Xbox 360 – 313