Wii U will be a big part of Ubisoft’s Gamescom plans this year. Five games in total will be playable on the console: Rabbids Land, Rayman Legends, Sports Connection, Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013, and ZombiU.
Ubisoft will also be showing off Assassin’s Creed III along with Just Dance 4.
Visit this link for more information about Ubisoft’s Gamescom plans (including its full lineup).
Not a whole lot new here… but it’s certainly nice seeing “Fire Emblem” on that list for North America and Europe.
Square Enix officially announced “Dragon Quest X Convenient Tool For Adventurers On the Go: Vol.1” today, a 3DS application that works in conjunction with the company’s upcoming RPG.
The first screenshots of the tool have been posted below, along with an overview of its functions.
Post Office
– Write letters on your 3DS and send them to friends
Travelers Bazaar
– View all the items that are up for sale at the bazaars on the various continents
– Can’t purchase items here
Friend Information
– See if your friends are currently playing Dragon Quest X
Support Ally Employment Information
– See how much your character is being employed by others as a support ally
Street Pass/Double Street Pass
– Exchange data with other 3DS users through StreetPass
– “Double StreetPass”: StreetPassing with a player both through your 3DS and within Dragon Quest X
– If you carry out a Double StreetPass, something nice will happen
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
Nintendo’s first quarter earnings report is now live for viewing. Overall, losses have lowered compared to the prior year.
Details from the report can be found below. The full write-up has been posted on Nintendo’s site here.
– Net sales dropped from 93,298 million yen to 84,813 million yen
– Operating losses dropped from 37,712 million to 10,331 million
– Net losses dropped from 25,516 million yen to 17,231 million yen
– 3DS sold 1.86 million units worldwide during the period
– Japanese sales were “robus”
– Total 3DS software sales: 7.39 million units
– 0.54 million DS units sold
– Pokemon Black/White 2 sold 2.45 million units
– Total DS software sales: 8.48 million units
– 0.71 Wii units sold
– Total software sales: 8.47 million units
– 3DS still a negative margin hardware
– Nintendo loses money on each 3DS sold
– Profitability of the system is improving
– Hardware/software forecasts for the current fiscal year are the same from the figures announced in April
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
Two new rewards have arrived on Club Nintendo Japan, one of which should look familiar to US members. That’s right: the North American Platinum reward from 2010 has hit the Japanese site. Users can place an order for 900 points.
The second reward is a Kirby’s 20th anniversary goodie. A 40×40 Kirby medal is available for 200 points.
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS – 44,399
PS3 – 15,214
PSP – 13,058
Vita – 11,932
Wii – 9,002
PS2 – 1,093
Xbox 360 – 865
DSi – 706
DSi LL – 637
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS – 47,063
PS3 – 14,813
Vita – 13,427
PSP – 11,004
Wii – 6,747
PS2 – 1,197
Xbox 360 – 930
DSi – 581
DSi LL – 559
A Nintendo Direct dedicated entirely to Dragon Quest X will be shown on Monday. Satoru Iwata will be on hand to present information and gameplay for Square Enix’s anticipated RPG.
The presentation will be shown at 20:00 local time. You’ll be able to watch the broadcast here.
