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.
“And even better for the Wii U because we wouldn’t have to compromise on the visuals like we might have to do if we did a tablet version (which would also be cool). I love, love, love the ‘living room’ experience of playing games — it’s my favourite setting, so it would be amazing to see it there.”
– Ambient Studios co-founder Johnny Hopper
The sooner they get it out the better! I know if it came out, got decent reviews, and wasn’t priced too ridiculously I would pick it up in a second since there isn’t much else on the eShop at this point. Heck, I almost picked up Puddle the other day simply because I wanted something to play on Wii U that was new… but I didn’t in the end. Whether there would be more support for Death Inc. I’m not sure– I know that reviews would probably play a big role in getting people to pick it up, since there likely wouldn’t be any measurable “hype” around an eShop release.
Buying Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the Wii U and 3DS will set you back $100. But if you pre-order both games from Amazon, you can save $20.
Simply visit the product page here
, scroll down to the “Best Value” section, and then select “Pre-order both items”. You’ll then be able to check out with the $20 discount.
After news of January’s absolutely abysmal sales of Wii U in the states, UK retailers are asking Nintendo to do exactly what they did with 3DS to their home console: Cut the price, get some games, and start fresh.
“Wii U has not caught the public’s imagination yet. We need a killer app to drive sales, and a big marketing push to clearly communicate what Wii U is all about – it will probably be better to focus on the premium edition to do this.” – Tesco games buying manager Jonathan Hayes
“A price drop on the console or extremely competitive bundle options to encourage consumer take-up would be ideal.” Grainger Gamers’ commercial director Simon Peck
“Both the machine and software prices are too high to compete. The price point needs looking at but this alone will not fix the issue.” Founder of Xbite Nick Whitehead
“Lower prices should be led by Nintendo and publishers – not left to retail to discount down to the optimum price point.” Barkman Computers’ Nick Elliot
Ultimately the issue isn’t that the price is too high: It’s that the price is too high for what they’re offering for most people. Try as they may, I don’t think most gamers care about Monster Hunter, New Super Mario Bros., or even Pikmin. Third party support will be key if Nintendo wants to grow beyond just being a Nintendo-games box. Not that I would honestly complain if all the Wii U had was first and second party Nintendo games. That’s what I bought the thing for, after all.
The official Japanese Game & Wario site is now open. Visit it here.
Nintendo has posted information about some of Game & Wario’s mini-games along with screenshots. If you don’t understand Japanese, though, you may not get much out of it!
