Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon couldn’t have sold any better in Japan. As you already know, the game moved 280,000 copies in its first week. Media Create reports that Dark Moon sold through 85% (specifically 84.79%) of stock, likely leading to sell-outs.
Cumulative sales of the original Luigi’s Mansion stand at 640,000 units in Japan. But as Media Create notes, it’s difficult to compare sales of the two since conditions on the market were different. The original Luigi’s Mansion, for instance, was a launch title on GameCube.
Miiverse will be available on smartphones and through web browsers in April or May. At GDC 2013, Nintendo gave a first look at the mobile look of the social platform. Take a look:
Miiverse is also coming to the 3DS, but a date for its release hasn’t been set.
The “N” series isn’t done just yet! Five years following N+, developer Metanet Software has announced a third installment, which will conclude the franchise.
Co-founder Mare Sheppard said during the reveal of N++ at GDC earlier today:
“We’re making N++. The final iteration of N. We’ve never really felt like N was done. We felt some ideas could be taken further. Part of us didn’t feel like we could move on to other games until we finished N. Anytime we ever felt like returning to N, we felt like it’d be a step backward. So to move forward, we gave up on N.”
Things haven’t been so easy for Sheppard and co-founder Raigan Burns over the past few years. Although the company did produce new games, “they never felt as good as N. We felt crushed and lost confidence. We started to feel like N was the only thing we could ever do.”
After reflecting on Metanet’s recent past, Sheppard noted how N++ came about after fan interest and realizing that the series required a conclusion.
“Is this a step back? At this point in our lives, this feels like the right thing to do […] It doesn’t matter if the game is popular or critically acclaimed. We know we’ll have tried our best to make it great, and close that chapter, and have the feeling of being done and feeling free. Making games couldn’t be so rewarding if it wasn’t so difficult. It would help all of us better if we could talk about the psychological pitfalls of making games as much as the technical ones.”
Unfortunately, specific details about N++ were not provided including intended platforms. More information is coming soon.
Nintendo Show 3D is no more. After around a year-and-a-half of episodes, the show is ending. The announcement was made at the end of the series’ final video that went live on the 3DS eShop earlier today. It’s unclear why exactly it’s ending, and the situation is especially peculiar when you consider that Nintendo Show 3D often topped the 3DS charts as the store’s most-popular video.
Thanks to Dusty51 and Jake for the tip.
I typically wouldn’t be posting this since Grasshopper Manufacturer’s past few games haven’t been on Nintendo systems, but there’s speculation that the first piece of art in the gallery above is referencing Shinobu from No More Heroes. And if there is somehow a new No More Heroes game, we all know that Suda51 promised it for the Wii U years ago. Again, all speculation at this point.
Collecting Smiles has confirmed that a new update for Colors! 3D will be going live next week. On April 5, players will be able to download a free patch that adds a changes a bunch of different elements. Applying the update will upgrade your game to version 1.1.
You can find a partial change listing below. There’s also a more comprehensive document here.
• Follow your favorite artists in the gallery to make sure you don’t miss any of their paintings
• Customize your Nintendo 3DS button setup to streamline your painting flow
• Use the new search-bar to easily find paintings of your favorite topics
• Filter paintings in the gallery based on if they used a reference photo not – only want to see original works? No problem
• See what tools you and others used to create a painting – and find out who spent over 30 hours on a single work!
• Get news directly in Colors! 3D about everything from gallery improvements to painting contests
• Make your own gallery page more individual by customizing it with a message and a profile picture
• Tag your paintings with the new #tags system for other users to easily find them
• And tons (and tons) of other additions and bug-fixes
