During the Q&A portion of Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week, one investor asked president Satoru Iwata if the 3DS and Wii U are improved versions of the DS and Wii. While this person believes the situation surrounding the 3DS will improve thanks to strong sales in Japan, he wondered if the system will “evolve to become something revolutionary and completely different from the Nintendo DS”. He asked a similar question about Wii U.
Iwata responded by saying that Nintendo can’t just throw away what they’ve done with their previous systems and start from scratch. He understood where the investor was coming from, but said “the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U so that each of them is able to realize what has been impossible with the existing systems”. Moreover, he stated that these systems have been made “so that they can realize what has been impossible.”
You can find Iwata’s entire, lengthy response below.
Spanish video game site Blogocio was recently given an opportunity to speak with Jose M. Iñiguez, Akaoni Studio’s director. The company is currently working on Zombie Panic in Wonderland for the 3DS eShop and have started a new project.
The folks over at Blogocio provided Nintendo Everything with a short summary of their interview. Iñiguez discussed Zombie Panic in Wonderland 3DS, their new project, and Wii U.
The translation is slightly wonky, but it makes sense… for the most part!
Zombie Panic in Wonderland 3DS
– The port of Zombie Panic in Wonderland is going well.
– Nintendo Europe has been encouraging.
– They are very excited.
– Focusing on the project 100% now.
– Possibly arriving at Christmas.
New Project
– Now beginning a new project.
– They want it to be very striking visually.
– Platform not yet announced.
– It’s for PC at the conceptual level, but the developer is interested in the 3DS as a possible platform.
Wii U
– Don’t have a development kit.
– All Japanese developers who have spoken with them say it is full of surprises that will surprise people much more than what at first seems.
It’s the start of a new month, which means new downloadable rewards have been added to Club Nintendo. Members can choose from 3D Classics: Urban Champion (150 coins), Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (150 coins), Snowpack Park (150 coins), and Eco Shooter: Plant 530 (200 coins). Each game will remain on the service until June 1.
You can pick up the new rewards here.
There are lots of Call of Duty: Black Ops II updates to be had ahead of the game’s official reveal later today.
First up, the official website for Black Ops 2 has opened. You can access it here. Unconfirmed screenshots are here. Most content is currently unavailable, though that will definitely change sometime tonight.
The site does contain the following description of the title:
“Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 2 propels players into a near future, 21st Century Cold War, where technology and weapons have converged to create a new generation of warfare.”
Now… one point about this: the game lists PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC versions of Black Ops II. As usual, we have no idea if it’ll be coming to a Nintendo platform. It wasn’t until August that we found out about Modern Warfare III for Wii. And if there is a Wii U version in the works, it’s possible Activision will keep quiet until E3.
The Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed announcement isn’t even a day old, yet we’re getting quite a few hints that there will be a Wii U version of the game. After hearing that more platform confirmations could be on the way, producer Joe Neate continued to tease the possibility of bringing the project to Nintendo’s upcoming console.
I’ll let this interview excerpt from Metro do the rest of the talking…
There are a lot of great Wii games out there that didn’t garner much attention from consumers. This is something that applies to both retail games and WiiWare releases. We’re talking about titles such as Boom Blox, Excitebots: Trick Racing, and Trauma Team.
GamesBeat contacted a number of key game industry figures – including well-known Nintendo of America employees Bill Trinen (Miyamoto’s translator!) and Nate Bihldorff – for their thoughts on the best unnoticed Wii games.
Here are their selections:
Kingdom Hearts 3D has been out in Japan for a few weeks. That means it’s time to start thinking about the next game in the series. No… really, we’re not kidding!
The Kingdom Hearts 3D edition of the Square Enix’s “Ultimania” book has arrived in Japan, and it contains some interesting tidbits with Tetsuya Nomura. Most notably, Nomura said that they’ll be ready to make an announcement sometime in the near future.
Will Square Enix reveal another spinoff? A true sequel to Kingdom Hearts II? Let us know what you think!
