Nintendo Everything reader Steven has sent us an image of the first Nintendo-related toys from Burger King.
These come as the start of the fast food restaurant’s new Wii U toy deal with the video game maker.
Steven says that two toys were up for purchase: a Mario figurine that allows you to move its arm and legs, and a Koopa shell which is pull back and can apparently roll. The pieces of paper in the photo above are sticker that are provided with each toy.
Both should be available throughout the Toronto area at the moment, and should be out at most Burger King locations in the near future.
Oddly enough, there’s nothing about the toys that make them stand out as being Wii U-specific. And unsurprisingly, there’s no indication that they have any sort of NFC technology inside that could work with the console.
3DS Download
3D Solitaire – Hmmm…
Crazy Chicken Pirates 3D – Grumble Grumble
Outdoors Unleashed: Africa 3D – Hmmm…
SpeedX 3D – Recommended
Touch Battle Tank 3D – Grumble Grumble
VectorRacing – Hmmm…
3DS VC
Toki Tori – Recommended
DSiWare
Abyss – Recommended
Commando: Steel Disaster – Recommended
Escape the Virus: Shoot ‘Em Up – Grumble Grumble
The Lost Town – The Jungle – Hmmm…
Wii VC
Metal Slug X – Recommended
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special – Recommended
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy sold very well in its first week on the Japanese market. According to Media Create, it moved 141,529 copies. It may have sold even more had Square Enix shipped additional product.
Media Create’s data lists a 85.68% sell-through rate for Bravely Default. That likely led to some sellouts at retailers.
To compare, Project X Zone – another 3DS title making its debut last week – was a bit of a disappointment. It did sell 85,539 copies, but only sold through 57.55% of stock. Making matters worse, 70% of those first week sales can be attributed to pre-orders.
Given the success of Activision’s Skylanders franchise, it isn’t surprising to hear that a third entry in the series is most likely on the way.
Skylanders Giants features a post-credits scene that essentially confirms another sequel. If you’d like to read up on the details from the scene, head past the break. Beware of spoilers!
If you had any sort of doubt that Pikmin 3 wouldn’t be releasing during the Wii U launch window in North America, that should dissipate once you finish reading this post.
Basically, Nintendo published a tiny blurb in the latest Iwata Asks discussion that said that Pikmin 3 would be released in Spring 2013. That set off a firestorm of concern that the game could be missing the launch window.
The notice has since been updated and now reads:
“Pikmin 3 is scheduled for release for the Wii U console in the spring of 2013 in Japan, and during the Wii U launch window, from system release thru 3/31/2013 in the US. (Editor’s note 10/19/2012: We originally published the article citing only the expected release timing in Japan. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.)”
Straight Right is working on a AAA port of a multiplatform Square Enix game for Wii U. We still don’t know which title this is, but you can cross one off the list.
Crystal Dynamics’ Meagan Marie confirmed that there still aren’t any plans for a Wii U version of Tomb Raider.
She said:
“Tomb Raider is in development for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. No Wii U at this time!”
And thus the guessing game continues. Hitman: Absolution? Sleeping Dogs?
Anyone have their own guess?
