Videos
Nintendo Week 11/10
The Legend of Zelda Main Theme Medley
The Legend of Zelda 25th Symphony Hollywood Concert Coverage
Super Mario 3D Land Launch Trailer
Super Mario 3D Land TV Spot
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword TV Spot
Iwata Asks – Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Lanaryu Desert
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Lanaryu Mining Facility
Rayman Origins Trailer
Just Dance Kids 2 Video
Pet Zombies Trailer
Wipeout 2 – Wii Trailer
Monopoly Collection Trailer
Castle Conqueror: Heroes Trailer
Step Up! Trailer
Bloons TD Trailer
Shigeru Miyamoto discussed how involved he is with game development, the creation process for Super Mario 3D Land, and more in an interview with Weekly Play News.
Miyamoto said that he is “Continually playing the games and checking their content, and sharing my opinion with the development staff.” Though he places his main focus on three games, he is generally involved with about seven games at once.
Miyamoto told the site that the development staff are all seated on just one floor. He jots down his feelings on a checklist and presents them to a project’s director. He looks to explicitly state his directions/the reasoning behind his points.
Miyamoto also took a moment to comment on the development cycle of Super Mario 3D Land. In the end, the staff consisted of thirty people, though the team was made up of just two people at the start. It took roughly two years to complete development, according to Miyamoto. He believes that development progressed well.
Even though Miyamoto is a busy man, he still finds time to play games – perhaps moreso than you would have thought! He typically plays for ten hours a day. As Skyward Sword was wrapping up, Miyamoto was going through the title whenever he wasn’t attending a meeting.
Very rarely do Wii Virtual Console games contain online play. SEGA included the Wi-Fi feature with Puyo Puyo… and that’s it, for the most part.
Another VC release, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, allows players to battle online. The game was placed on the Wii Shop Channel earlier this week in Japan under the Mega Drive section. It likely won’t leave Japan, but it is nevertheless interesting to see that online play has been added to the experience.
Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – 98%
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games – 84%
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure – 80%
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 – 79%
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land – 70%
Disney Universe – 69%
Just Dance 3 – 61%
Spider-Man: Edge of Time – 59%
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – 37%
Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario 3D Land – 90%
Sonic Generations – 79%
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure – 79%
Cave Story 3D – 69%
Shinobi – 61%
The Sims 3: Pets – 54%
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights – 56%
Captain America: Super Soldier – 48%
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – 37%
Nintendo DS
Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance – 80%
Wipeout 2: The Game – 55%
Ben 10: Galactic Racing – 51%
Spider-Man: Edge of Time – 38%
ZhuZhu Pets: Quest for Zhu – 25%
Nintendo eShop
Pushmo – 5 stars
Pyramids – 1 star
DSiWare
Extreme Hangman – 3 stars
Thanks to joclo for the tip!
1. Battlefield 3 (PS3/360/PC) – EA
2. Batman: Arkham City (PS3/360) – Warner Bros. Interactive
3. NBA 2K12 (PS3/360/PC/Wii/PSP/PS2) – Take-Two Interactive
4. RAGE (PS3/360/PC) – Bethesda Softworks
5. Just Dance (Wii/360) – Ubisoft
6. Dark Souls (PS3/360) – Namco Bandai
7. Madden NFL 12 (PS3/360/Wii/PSP/PS2) – EA
8. Forza Motorsport 4 (360) – Microsoft
9. Gears of War 3 (360) – Microsoft
10. FIFA Soccer 12 (PS3/360/Wii/3DS/PSP/PS2) – EA
In its eighth month on the market, the Nintendo 3DS™ system crossed 1.65 million units sold in the U.S., according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. This milestone puts the platform on track to surpass the first-year total of Nintendo DS™, the best-selling game platform in U.S. history.
The Nintendo DS system sold 2.37 million units in its first 12 months (November 2004-October 2005), with approximately 50 percent of those sales occurring in the holiday time frame. With its first holiday season and the launches of the Super Mario 3D Land™ and Mario Kart™ 7 games on the horizon, Nintendo 3DS is poised to eclipse that number and establish a new benchmark for hand-held gaming launches in the United States.
