Nintendo partners with Atlantic Productions to bring immersive 3D time-lapse footage for the European launch of Nintendo 3DS XL
11th July 2012 – As part of an exciting new partnership, Nintendo has teamed up with award-winning Atlantic Productions, the company behind Sir David Attenborough’s BAFTA winning ‘Flying Monsters 3D’ and triple Emmy Award winning ‘First Life’, to bring exclusive new video content for the launch of Nintendo 3DS XL on 28th July 2012.
The partnership will see an exclusive 3D video clip from Atlantic Productions’ ground-breaking Sky series, Kingdom of Plants 3D with David Attenborough made available to download for free from the Nintendo eShop on 28th July 2012 for all Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL owners to marvel at.
Update: Bumping to the front page. Harada actually said “difficult”, not “distracting”.
Tekken was one of the first franchises confirmed for Wii U. At this year’s E3, we found out that the series would be making its debut on the console as Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
The game will make use of the GamePad, but series boss Katsuhiro Harada believes that the controller could prove to be “distracting” for fighting titles. As such, the development team is taking a more simple approach with the tablet.
Harada discussed some of the ideas he has in mind for the GamePad in a new interview, stating:
“Looking at the small screen and the big screen at the same time is pretty distracting for a fighting game. So we’re thinking of making it useful as a way of having shortcuts. Or, by making progressing through the game more convenient. Or by playing alone on the GamePad screen.”
Hardware
3DS – 51,930 units
PS3 – 14,297 units
Vita – 11,544 units
PSP – 10,627 units
Wii – 6,654 units
Xbox 360 – 711 units
DSi – 455 units
PS2 – 474 units
Software
01. [NDS] Pokemon Black/White 2 – 181,756 / 2,217,227
02. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV – 97,142 / NEW
03. [3DS] Little Battler eXperience Baku Boost – 55,614 / NEW
04. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival 2 – 43,790 / NEW
05. [3DS] Run for Money Tousouchuu – 30,054 / NEW
06. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D – 25,027 / 812,642
07. [PS3] Ghost Recon: Future Soldier – 23,021 / NEW
08. [PS3] Anarchy Reigns – 21,199 / NEW
09. [3DS] Culdcept – 11,657 / 65,743
10. [WII] Mario Party 9 – 10,396 / 468,430
11. [PS3] Atelier Ayesha – 9,813 / 85,687
12. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open – 9,323 / 249,844
13. [PS3] Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection – 8,354 / 36,396
14. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle – 7,116 / 185,744
15. [PS3] Robotics;Notes – 6,757 / 64,554
16. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden – 5,953 / 188,782
17. [PSP] Kenka Banchou Bros. Tokyo Battle Royal – 5,503 / 34,787
18. [3DS] Monster Hunter Tri G – 5,430 / 1,485,630
19. [WII] Wii Sports Resort – 5,145 / 2,914,529
20. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land – 5,055 / 1,650,058
21. [PS3] Batman: Arkham City (The Best) – 5,006 / NEW
22. [WII] Project Zero 2: Wii Edition – 4,978 / 29,782
23. [360] Ghost Recon: Future Soldier – 4,954 / NEW
24. [WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Definitive Edition – 4,935 / 242,963
25. [PSV] Metal Gear Solid HD Collection – 4,496 / 28,082
26. [WII] Mario Kart 7 – 4,343 / 1,756,959
27. [PSP] Ouka Sengoku Portable – 4,237 / NEW
28. [360] Anarchy Reigns – 4,170 / NEW
29. [PSV] Dokuro – 3,194 / NEW
30. [WII] Wii Party – 3,081 / 2,299,841
Stay tuned for Media Create sales a little later today…
It’s unclear how well Tales of the Abyss 3DS sold in Europe. Nonetheless, Namco Bandai is pleased with the game’s performance.
Based on new comments from a Namco Bandai representative, the company wishes it had advertised Abyss more in Europe. That didn’t stop the title from surpassing expectations, however.
Kingdom of Tales, paraphrasing a remark from the rep, says that it “sold unexpectedly fast and well, and they had to print copies of the game again three or four times.” Namco Bandai considers Abyss’ sales “as a success in its own way, and encourages Namco Bandai Partners in its decision to localize more Tales games in the future.”
Abyss, along with the recently released Graces F in North America, are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Tales localizations going forward. Namco Bandai hopes to make the series more well-known in North America and Europe. Furthermore, the company would like to “attract new gamers who enjoy video games with anime characteristics, something the Tales series keep but the Final Fantasy series gradually lost.”
This is late… very late. We have the first screenshots from the DS version of The Amazing-Spider Man. For unknown reasons, Activision is releasing the images now, despite the fact that it’s been out since last month.
The Amazing Spider-Man DS is a much different game than the 3DS and console versions. It’s a side-scrolling 2D game made by Other Ocean Interactive, the creator of Dark Void Zero.
You can find a sampling of screenshots from The Amazing Spider-Man DS in the gallery above.
Mega Man will be hitting the Japanese eShop as a Famicom download on July 18 for 500 yen. Screenshots of the game can be found above.
Thanks to Brian for the tip.
Famitsu has been compiling data relating to reader opinions on the 3DS. Participants were asked about their purchasing plans, color interests, and price opinions.
Here’s how the results panned out:
Purchasing plans
– 29.4% of participants will buy the 3DS XL at some point
– 28.9% will buy it at launch
– 24.3% have no plans to buy the system
– 17.4% will wait to see the final product in person
– Of those who do plan a purchase either on launch day or at some point, 70% already have a 3DS
Colors
– Red X Black color is the most popular choice
– 38.9% will buy the system with this variation
– 32.8% will be going with white
– 28.3% plan to pick up Silver X Black
Price
– 54.6% of poll participants believe the price is just right
– 62.3% of shop owners say it’s just right
– 27.4% of poll participants believe the price is too high
– 24.5% of shop owners believe the price is too high
