Asa Butterfield, the star of Ender’s Game, has quite a bit of experience with Nintendo gaming.
Butterfield told EDGE this month that he played Zelda: Wind Waker and Mario Kart: Double Dash on the GameCube. Wind Waker HD is what’s motivating him to pick up a Wii U, he said.
Butterfield’s comments in full:
My brother and I would play Driver and Metal Gear Solid on PS1, but the first console I had myself was a GameCube. I’d play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Mario Kart: Double Dash for hours. The HD version of Wind Waker is what makes me want to get a Wii U.
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS
Downloadable Titles
3D After Burner II – 800 yen
Swords & Darkness – 900 yen
Chari Hashi DX 2 – Galaxy – 600 yen
Dokopon Choice Chihayafuru Vol. 1: 1-10-kan pack – 4,200 yen
Puchinoberu: Sh?kaku no 12-gatsu – 100 yen
World Conqueror 3D – 600 yen
AiRace Speed – 500 yen
Oshaberi Usagi Oshare Collection (retail title) – 4,725 yen
Koneko no Album – My Little Cat (retail title) – 4,800 yen
High School DxD (retail title) – 6,300 yen
Jet Coaster o Tsukur?! 3D DEMO – FREE
Brunch Panic DEMO – FREE
Simple DL Series Vol. 21 The Kanshiki-kan – File.1 Kinky? S?sa! J?y? Sh?ko o Touch Seyo! DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Final Fantasy (Famicom) – 500 yen
Wii U
Downloadable Titles
Nano Assault Neo DEMO – FREE
Virtual Console
Nekketsu K?k? Dodgeball-bu (Famicom) – 500 yen
Romancing Sa-ga (Super Famicom) – 800 yen
Shin’en is currently preparing a new update for Jett Rocket II: The Wrath of Taikai. Items addressed include:
- The main character is now faster and more agile
- Backlash on enemy contact has been reduced
- ‘Black screen’ issue on Game Over screen fixed
- ‘Mirror World’ missing Secret fixed
Jett Rocket II’s patch has already been submitted, so we should be seeing it out soon.
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
N-now wait a second, let’s talk this through! We don’t wanna miss today’s Nintendo Direct, right?
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z – 543,630 / NEW
2. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 159,244 / 3,360,163
3. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World – 57,862 / 241,107
4. [PS3] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou – 54,590 / NEW
5. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – 42,311 / 135,782
6. [PS3] Call of Duty: Ghosts (Dubbed) – 37,519 / NEW
7. [PS3] Gran Turismo 6 – 37,306 / 242,090
8. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy – 30,517 / 122,160
9. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 27,921 / 3,030,279
10. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 26,409 / 3,522,987
11. [3DS] Tomodachi Collection – 22,189 / 1,545,717
12. [3DS] Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess – 18,415 / 117,675
13. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 17,906 / 141,280
14. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life – 17,628 / 350,022
15. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 15,128 / 2,158,254
16. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 – 15,058 / 243,425
17. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion 2 – 15,051 / 958,510
18. [PS3] Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – 14,837 / 373,592
19. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2 – 14,566 / 121,499
20. [WIU] Taiko Drum Master – 13,980 / 51,436
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 130,710
Wii U – 74,903
3DS – 50,846
Vita – 30,440
PS3 – 23,959
PSP – 6,475
Vita TV – 5,506
Wii – 1,197
Xbox 360 – 536
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 92,375
Wii U – 48,762
3DS – 32,894
Vita – 25,594
PS3 – 24,085
PSP – 4,416
Vita TV – 3,772
Wii – 767
Xbox 360 – 473
This month’s EDGE review scores are as follows:
Killzone: Shadow Fall [6]
Ryse: Son of Rome [6]
Forza Motorsport 5 [7]
Dead Rising 3 [8]
Need for Speed: Rivals [7]
Killer Instinct [7]
Bravely Default [8]
Resogun [8]
Knack [3]
Crimson Dragon [5]
LocoCycle [2]
EDGE also has revealed its top ten games of 2013 in issue #262. Here’s the magazine’s full listing:
1. Grand Theft Auto V
2. The Last of Us
3. Tearaway
4. Super Mario 3D World
5. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
6. Fire Emblem Awakening
7. Rayman Legends
8. The Stanley Parable
9. Dota 2
10. Papers, Please
