Note: You can order the new items released by Nintendo today below at the following links:
New Super Mario Bros. U/New Super Luigi U Wii U bundle
Mario Wiimote Plus controller
Luigi Wiimote Plus controller
Skylanders Swap Force bundle
Holiday Cheer Starts with New Bundles, Accessories and Offers
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 1, 2013 – Nintendo has the best deals for the holiday season, and four of them kick off today. Nov. 1 marks the day consumers can find a lower price for Nintendo Land, a new Wii U hardware bundle, cool new accessories and a free trial for one of the most popular exercise franchises in video game history. These deals represent one of the many ways that Nintendo is bringing value and variety to consumers. If that’s not enough, an amazing new Wii U bundle featuring Skylanders Swap Force debuts on Nov. 15.
“Nintendo is making sure holiday shoppers have great deals and lots of choices,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “We have something for everyone on your shopping list, and we’re making it easy for you to beat the holiday rush and get started now.”
Values that start today include:
Last year, there had been speculation stemming from a Variety report about a Rocksteady-made, Silver Age-based Batman game. There are now questions as to whether the article was referring to Arhkam Origins or something else entirely, but it does indeed seem that that studio is cooking up a new Batman project in any case.
Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, previously said he was working on a Batman game – and it wasn’t Origins.
As far as when the title will launch, it may release as early as next year. Kotaku has picked up on job postings for an unnamed British developer matching text of Rocksteady career openings, which says the company’s new project “has been tipped to be one of the most successful games of 2014.”
Remember how Zelda: Skyward Sword’s main theme played backwards actually turned out to be Zelda’s Lullaby? It would appear that Nintendo has implemented something similar for a track in Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. One of the game’s musical pieces, if played in reverse, seems to be the Hyrule Castle theme from A Link to the Past.
Check out the video above to hear the song played in both directions. You can also listen to A Link to the Past’s Hyrule Castle theme here.
SEGA’s latest financial results are in. You can find a full breakdown of the company’s results below, which were quite favorable.
– Net sales: 162.21 billion yen ($1.65 billion)
– This is an 18.8 percent jump year-on-year
– Operating income: 12.4 billion yen
– This is a 57.1 percent increase
– Net income up 192.9 percent to 11.35 billion yen
– SEGA Sammy’s video game business saw “generally solid” sales of packaged titles
– Year-over-year increase in the total number of units moved to 3.23 million copies worldwide
– Total War: Rome 2 sold 800,000 copies in the U.S. and Europe since launch
– Sales of digital titles for PC, mobile phones and smartphones “remained favorable”
– Video game sector reported sales of 44.1 billion yen during the fiscal half-year
– This is a 23.5 increase over the same period in 2012
– Operating income: 1.12 billion yen
– In the same period a year ago, the division suffered an operating loss of 780 million yen
– SEGA Sammy has officially completed its $140 million acquisition of the bankrupt Index Corporation
Circle Entertainment is looking to have World Conqueror 3D ready for release sometime this month. The game will be available as a digital download from the 3DS eShop.
According to a tweet from Circle Entertainment:
World Conqueror 3D could be released in Novmember!? pic.twitter.com/Nw9EIy5bom
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) November 1, 2013
2DS sales have risen 64 percent week-on-week in the UK. The boost, in part, is due to a price cut initiated by retailers. Argos, Amazon and Tesco, and others have been offering the 2DS for just under £100. The 2DS alone was the best-selling console in the UK last week, and that’s without counting 3DS/3DS XL sales.
Capcom has six different subsidiary offices scattered across North America and Europe. Soon, each will see a change in focus from distribution to marketing and operations. Analyst David Gibson relayed the news from Capcom on Twitter earlier today, writing:
Capcom planning to turn overseas operations from distribution to marketing and operations, especially EU and USA
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) November 1, 2013
