REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo has selected the YouTube Channel Hey Ash, Whatcha’ Playin? as the winner of its Wii U Video Challenge. HAWP’s video, The Wind Waker, was chosen as the top selection from a field of content creators who created video projects inspired by the Super Mario 3D World and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD games for Wii U.
Hey Ash, Whatcha’ Playin? was one of 30 of YouTube’s top content creators, identified for their talent and passion for gaming, who were given one week to produce videos for the challenge. The submissions were fun, humorous and touching, and collectively have been viewed more than 1.5 million times. To view the collection of 30 Nintendo-themed video submissions, click here.
Causal Bit Games hopes to raise a total of $6,000 CAD on Kickstarter within the next six days in order to fund its new project, Insanity’s Blade. A little over $5,000 CAD has been collected thus far.
Depending on how much is raised within the next week, Causal Bit Games may end up bringing Insanity’s Blade to Wii U. A stretch goal lies at $8,000 CAD, which is only $2,000 CAD off the overall target.
You can check out the official Kickstarter page here.
This month’s issue of CoroCoro reveals a few extra details about Pokemon Bank. The magazine confirms that Brigette – the same character from Pokemon Box Ruby & Sapphire – controls the bank system. Players will receive PokeMiles after transferring creatures, according to CoroCoro. Finally, the Hiker in Ambrette Town and Punk Girl in Kiloude City will have special things happen when you have transferred certain Pokémon, specifically Genesect and Kyurem respectively.
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
The breed of the Nintendogs Assist Trophy has changed to a French Bulldog. It looks so real! Tell me that doesn’t bring a smile to your face.
A second patch for Pokemon X/Y is now available. Players can bring their game to version 1.2 with the newest update.
As for what the patch entails, the patch notes mention the following:
– Fixes an occasional bug causing Pokémon not to learn new moves after evolving through Wonder Trade.
– Fixes an occasional bug where certain captions for Trainer PR Videos were not unlocked in Lumiose City.
– Updates an Internet communication issue.
– Includes previous update (Ver. 1.1)
Nintendo released Pokemon X/Y’s first patch in October. That one corrected a game-breaking save bug found within Lumiose City.
Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles is launching on the 3DS eShop next week, Teyon has announced. The game will be available in both North America and Europe for $3.99 / €3.99 respectively.
Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles is an action puzzler developed by Mechanic Arms, which has players guiding Morris the monkey through the dense jungle canopy of Paradise Island. You’ll need to collect all the scattered hearts for Molly – Morris’ companion.
Players who find the invisible banana in each stage can unlock extra stages. Jungle critters will attempt to interfere with your hunt for hearts and bananas along the way.
Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles includes the following features:
• Swing through over 300 puzzles in 7 jungle-inspired worlds
• Climb and interact with boulders, bars and other items to clear each puzzle
• Avoid or destroy the jungle critters that roam aimlessly around the jungle
• Earn a Banana Bonus in each level to save the level’s replay and watch it back with Playback
Source: Teyon PR
Nintendo has issued a response to the latest NPD report, revealing some fairly impressive sales for its two primary systems and games.
Hardware sales for Nintendo platforms are up by 100 percent over the month prior, the company says. The 3DS family sold roughly 770,000 units, bringing the handheld’s lifetime sales past 10 million to nearly 10.5 million units in the US. Wii U sales also rose by more than 340 percent over sales in October.
Notable software sales include Pokemon X/Y at 225,000 units (lifetime 2.35 million units), Zelda: A Link Between Worlds at 280,000 units (405,000 with the Zelda 3DS XL bundle), and Super Mario 3D World at 215,000 units.
You can find Nintendo’s full response below.
