The Wii U sold 55,000 units (give or take) this January. I want an Ambassador Program and a price cut, mostly because I want free games. How about you?
After the announcement that Wii U sold but 55K units this past January, I found myself legitimately worried about the future of the console for the first time ever. I don’t mean “Oh no Nintendo is going to die and everything will be ruined!” worried, I just mean “Man, they are going to be in for another Gamecube if they don’t get their act together with this.”
Not that I would mind another Gamecube. After all, the console spawned some of the greatest games of all time despite selling a paltry 21 million units, and none of us look back on that era and go “Man, Nintendo sure was close to being gone for good with that lunchbox console!”. Still, they were clearly in third place behind Sony and Microsoft, and as childish as it seems I like seeing Nintendo being on top. There’s something really satisfying about seeing the guy you like best winning, especially when the guy you like best is putting forth such a positive and unique image when juxtaposed with a lot of what else is out there.
The Fire Emblem: Awakening art book was handed out to GameStop customers. It was an exclusive pre-order bonus prior to the game’s North American launch.
ATV Wild Ride 3D inches one step closer to a release on the 3DS eShop. Renegade Kid co-founder has confirmed on Twitter that the digital title has been approved by Nintendo of America, which is pretty much the last step in the submission process. It’ll now be up to Nintendo to decide when ATV Wild Ride 3D will hit the eShop.
Watsham also noted that ATV Wild Ride 3D has been submitted to Japan. The game needs “a final seal of approval” before hitting the Japanese eShop.
NOA have approved ATV 3D for release. Now it is onto Japan for their final seal of approval. Fingers crossed we hear good news next week.
— Jools Watsham (@JoolsWatsham) February 16, 2013
Thanks to NR for the tip.
Nintendo actually posted this video to its YouTube account. The year of Luigi has begun!
Thankfully, Activision won’t be charging $60 for The Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Edition. When the game launches – on March 5 in North America and March 8 in Europe – it will only cost $40. Originally, The Amazing Spider-Man launched in June 2012.
A rundown of the DLC and features included in the Wii U version can be found below.
Nintendo has posted the English translation of the Iwata Asks Wii Street U discussion. Access the conversation here. In the talk, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata chats with some of the developers behind the Wii U app.
