ESRB updates (10/15/12)
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This week’s ESRB updates are as follows:
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013 (Wii U) – E10+
Petz Beach (3DS) – E
Nickelodean Dance 2 (Wii) – E
Style Savvy: Trendsetters (3DS) – E
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper (Wii U) – T
Scribblenauts Unlimited (Wii U) – E10+
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King why’d you steal our garbage?!! (3DS) – E10+
Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game (Wii) – E10+
ESPN Sports Connection (Wii U) – E
WWE ’13 (Wii) – T
ZombiU (Wii U) – M
The Hip Hop Dance Experience (Wii) – T
Big Time Rush Dance Party (Wii) – E
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (Wii U) – E10+
Donkey Kong Original Edition (3DS) – E
Wreck-It Ralph: The Video Game debut teaser
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Epic Mickey 2 has over 150 pins, Spector teases Observatory
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Players will be able to obtain a huge amount of pins in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two. Over 150 different pins are included, and each will provide different buffs and boosts.
Aside from that, the game’s Director Warren Spector detailed other ways pins can utilized during a New York Comic Con roundtable.
Director Warren Spector discussed the pins feature at New York Comic Con 2012:
“You can go to the Pin Shop (on Mean Street) and show off your collection to your friends and all that. Unless you’re a crazy tester, you’re not going to get them all in one playthrough, but it is possible.”
Unfortunately, there won’t be any online connectivity involving the pins.
Spector explained why this isn’t an area the team decided to pursue:
“The reality is I’m kind of a kitchen sink designer. When you start a project, you just kind of get every idea from everybody. It’s almost like sculpting; you just cut the stuff that doesn’t fit. I hope in the future we can come back to some ideas we had for how to facilitate pin interactions. But that implies that there are plans and people are working, and that’s how I get in trouble. Which I guess I just did.”
Spector wrapped up by teasing the Observatory on Mean Street:
“If you find [the Observatory] on Mean Street and you look through it, you might find something about the world and the cartoon universe and all that stuff. It’s pretty cool.”
Nintendo dropping Wii price, includes disc with Wii Sports/Wii Sports Resort
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Nintendo will be dropping the price of the Wii later this month. Ahead of the Wii U’s launch and the holiday shopping season, the old console will be available for $129.99 starting on October 28.
Wii’s last price drop came last year. It’s been on sale for $149.99 since May 2011.
Also on October 28, Nintendo will be including a new disc in the Wii package that bundles Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort together – that’s two games on one disc.
For further details, check out the announcement after the break.
Media Create software sales (10/1 – 10/7) – Top 50
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01./00. [PS3] Resident Evil 6
02./00. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013
03./00. [PSP] Summon Night 3
04./00. [PSP] Sol Trigger
05./00. [360] Resident Evil 6
06./03. [3DS] Style Savvy: Trendsetters
07./05. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2
08./01. [PSP] SD Gundam G Generation: Overworld
09./00. [PS3] F1 2012
10./12. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2
11./15. [3DS] Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire!
12./11. [3DS] Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone
13./02. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5 #
14./08. [PSP] Final Fantasy III
15./18. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb
16./16. [PS3] Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
17./00. [PSP] Entaku no Seito: The Eternal Legend
18./14. [3DS] Medarot 7: Kabuto / Kuwagata
19./20. [3DS] Brain Age: Concentration Training
20./19. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online #
Wii Connection Ambassador program ending in Europe as well
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It was recently announced that Nintendo’s old Wii Ambassador program, used to help others get online with the console, would be coming to an end in Japan. Plans are now in motion to wrap things up in Europe as well.
Nintendo of Europe made it official yesterday – the Connection Ambassador Promotion is ending on November 21 2012 at 23:59 CET (22:59 UK time).
The company highlighted a few things that those who are participating should keep in mind:
- If you have reached Gold or Platinum status but have not yet downloaded the titles you are entitled to, you will still be able to download them after the promotion has ended.
- After the end of the promotion, it will no longer be possible to gift titles which you received due to your Gold or Platinum status.
- After the end of the promotion, the person who has been helped can no longer receive 500 Wii Points if he or she has not started the Wii Shop Channel after both parties registered each other’s Wii Numbers.
NBA 2K13 sales set franchise record
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NBA 2K13’s sales are up 49 percent year-over-year, setting a new record for the franchise.
2K noted that an “expanding global popularity of the NBA 2K brand” contributed to the game’s sales. International sales increased by 66 percent over NBA 2K11.
Online play has been a hit with gamers. The number of online users more than doubled that of NBA 2K12 while online games played increased by 127 percent over last year’s release.
Rock Band Music Store update next week (10/16/12)
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The following Rock Band Music Store songs will be made available on October 16:
Save Ferris – “Come on Eileen” – Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions available for $0.99, keyboard support
Sheryl Crow – “All I Wanna Do” – keyboard support
Three Days Grace – “Animal I Have Become” – keyboard support
Each song can be purchased for $1.99 on PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 and $2.00 on Wii.
Source: Harmonix PR
September 2012 NPD: Top 10 best-selling games in the U.S.
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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 September. The results can be found below.
Madden NFL 13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSV)
Borderlands 2 (360, PS3, PC)** – 1.48 million units sold
FIFA Soccer 13 (360, PS3, PSV, Wii, 3DS, PSP)
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) – over 295,000 units sold
Guild Wars 2 (PC)**
NHL 13 (360, PS3)**
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC)**
NCAA Football 13 (360, PS3)
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Wii, 360, NDS, PS3, 3DS, PSV, PC)
Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)**
**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)
Trailers of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (10/11/12)
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Trailers for Mario Golf, Robot Rescue, and Crazy Kangaroo. Videos for The Last Blade 2 and Nurikabe by Nikoli are currently unavailable.
