Flipper 2 keeping DSiWare alive! Should be a pretty good addition to the DSiWare lineup, if the first game is anything to go by.
Yesterday, perhaps inadvertently, Club Nintendo members were able to get a quick look at some new rewards that are on the way. When will they become available? Soon, according to the site.
The following notice was added in today:
“New rewards and games available for Coins coming soon. Please stay tuned!”
The new rewards include downloadable games, a Zelda poster set, and notebooks.
Thanks to Jonathan C for the tip!
Shigeru Miyamoto has elaborated on his plans for the future, and clarified comments over retirement in a new interview with MSNBC.
Miyamoto told the site that he has “no intention to retire.” However, he understands that Nintendo must be prepared for the day that it happens, as everyone must retire eventually. This is something that Miyamoto has been stressing to the staff at Nintendo for many years now.
He said:
“There is no plan to retire. I have no intention to retire. (Jokingly) And probably they won’t allow me to retire. What I really meant by this was that people have to retire someday, sometime, and I am not the exception at all. The company really has to get prepared for that kind of thing.
“It’s not just quite recently, actually, but for many years now I’ve been repeatedly telling this to the team at Nintendo so they can be more responsible. So they can take on more important assignments and take the initiative to make quality games to finalize and commercialize for the company.
“In that process, I say ‘You’ve got to be prepared for the time I’m going to retire. In other words, I was spurring the younger developers to take on more important assignments.
“As a matter of fact, when we look at the most recent work from the teams I’m supervising, games like Super Mario 3D Land and Skyward Sword, they were shaping up quite nicely, so I think they are coming very very close to what I want these teams to be. This is the thing I was trying to tell.”
So, there you have it. Miyamoto isn’t retiring, not does it seem as though he’ll be stepping down from his current position anytime soon. When it does happen though, he feels that the Nintendo will continue to make the same types of games that the company has been known for:
“That is a feeling (I have) that they are growing up so that sometime, someday, if I needed to retire, they are going to carry on the ultimate responsibilities — they are going to make Nintendo-quality games. After all, a game is not made by one single person. It is the result that reflects on the entire ability of the team. Now I think I have some meaning being involved in any development team. The question is, if I’m out of there, what sort of ability will the entire team be able to exercise? My impression is they are growing up today so that they are going to be able to make something really great without me.”
Nintendo 3DS and Wii Cross Major Milestones after Record-Breaking Black Friday
Strong sales on Black Friday pushed the U.S. installed base of the Wii™ system to 37.7 million units and helped the Nintendo 3DS™ system surpass the first-year totals of the Nintendo DS™ system (2.37 million) after only eight months on the market, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Other milestones reached in November include:
Software
- The Super Mario 3D Land™ game for Nintendo 3DS sold more than 625,000 units and is the fastest-selling portable Super Mario™ title in U.S. history.
- The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for the Wii system had the biggest first day in franchise history and sold more than 600,000 units in its first week.
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3/360/PC/Wii) – Activision Blizzard
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3/360/PC) – Bethesda Softworks
3. Battlefield 3 (PS3/360/PC) – Electronic Arts
4. Assassin’s Creed Revelations (PS3/360/PC) – Ubisoft
5. Just Dance 3 (Wii/360) – Ubisoft
6. Madden NFL 12 (PS3/360/Wii/PSP/PS2) – Electronic Arts
7. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3) – Sony
8. Saints Row: The Third – (PS3/360/PC) – THQ
9. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) – Nintendo
10. Batman: Arkham City (PS3/360/PC) – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
We were aware of the 3D Classics: Kid Icarus date through the Nintendo of Europe announcement last week, but a bunch of other dates below are new.
Nintendo eShop
3D Classics: Kid Icarus (Nintendo)
05/01/2012
WiiWare
Paint Splash (Knapnok Games)
500 Points
15/12/2011
Football Up (EnjoyUp Games)
22/12/2011
Magic Destiny Astrological Games (Shanblue Interactive)
500 Points
31/12/2011
DSiWare
Cake Ninja (Cypronia)
500 Points/€5/£4.50
15/12/2011
Commando Steel Disaster (Cinemax)
800 Points/€8/£7.20
22/12/2011
Flipper 2: Flush the Goldfish (Engine Software)
500 Points/€5/£4.50
29/12/2011
Castle Conqueror Heroes (CIRCLE Entertainment)
29/12/2011
Antipole (Saturine Games)
05/01/2012
Make Up & Style (Cypronia)
500 Points/€5/£4.50
12/01/2012
THQ and Vigil Games have said all along that they hope to have Darksiders II ready for the launch of the Wii U. Today, they’ve reiterated their plans.
In a new press release, THQ stated that the game “is also anticipated to be a launch title for Wii U.” The game will arrive on other platforms next summer.
The same press release revealed that a new trailer for Darksiders II can be seen during the Spike VGAs tomorrow night. The show begins at 8 PM EDT.
As a reminder, European Nintendo fans can download Pullbox, Blaster Master Enemy Below, Christmas Wonderland, Bloons TD 3 and Paper Wars Cannon Fodder this week.
