Do you live in Japan? Are you a member of Club Nintendo? If the answer to both of these questions is “yes”, then you may want to think about purchasing a giant 3DS AR Card for 200 coins. The front of the card will let you bring a giant Mii to life while the back features the Mario AR Card to create a giant Mario. The card measures in at 73cm x 46cm. Nintendo will officially release the cards on July 1.
Thanks to Thomas N for the tip!
It’s almost 10:45 AM here, and we’re already up to three “Wii 2/Wii HD” stories. Anyone want to take a guess as to how many we’ll finish with by the end of today? Anyway, on to the matter at hand…
01Net has posted another batch of Wii successor rumors. Again, these are the folks that leaked specs for the NGP. That doesn’t mean that the content below is true, of course.
– Codenamed “Project Café”
– E3 2011 reveal
– Architecture is very similar to the Xbox 360
– Café is a bit more powerful than the 360
– Easy to port Xbox 360 games
– Retro-compatible with GameCube and Wii games
– Should support all Wii peripherals
– Specs: CPU is custom IBM PowerPC with three cores, GPU should be an ATI from the R700 family, with a shader unit at version 4.1, RAM should be at least 512 Mb
– Controller is a touch tablet, moderate graphic output (sub-HD, not like an iPad)
– Controller specs: 6-inch screen, single touch, front camera, acts as a Wii sensor bar, d-pad, two bumpers, two triggers, possibly more
– June 2012 release in Japan, Holiday 2012 release in the West
– Another big surprise for the console that can’t be discussed yet
The following information comes from EDGE. Like every other rumor we’ve posted on the site thus far, be circumspect of the speculation…
– Ubisoft, Activision, EA are among the third-parties working on the console
– These studios have had development units for months
– System retains motion controls
– Its capabilities are “better than Move”
– Unclear if a camera is involved with the console’s motion abilities
Talk around the web suggests, unsurprisingly, that the controller for Nintendo’s next console will be very original. CVG’s sources believe it will feature an HD screen. Now IGN has offered a rumor of their own, saying that the controller even has touch capability.
“A report from CVG states the new Nintendo console will use an all-new controller – not an updated Wii controller – with sources saying it will have a built-in screen. Additional sources informed IGN the screen has touch capability.”
You really have to wonder how much of what we’ve been hearing is true, and what aspects are false. It’s a shame that E3 is so far away…
We know that the 3DS sold around 460,000 units in March – that’s in the US, of course. What about the software, though? Which was the best-selling title at launch? While the 3DS is very early on in its lifecycle, it’s encouraging to see that Super Street Fighter IV 3D, a game that wasn’t released by Nintendo, sold the most in March.
1. Super Street Fighter IV 3D
2. PilotWings Resort
3. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
4. Rayman 3D
5. Tom Clancy Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
6. Super Monkey Ball 3D
7. nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends
8. Ridge Racer 3D
9. Steel Diver
10. nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog & New Friends
Much to the delight of Zelda fans, Nintendo released a number of new Ocarina of Time 3D screenshots last night. And just like the last few image batches, a number of comparison photos have already been created. So, what do you think? Are you pleased with the graphical improvements?
– Cursor is the star on the top left-most screenshot shown in the Famitsu scan
– The star allows you to control the Kirbies
– Star is called the “Hero’s Heart”
– Takes place on a southern island on Popstar called Popopo Islands
– “Necrodius” zaps Kirby with lightning from his wand
– This happens while Kirby is taking a nap
– The zap causes Kirby to split into 10
– Smaller Kirbies are weaker
– Necrodius defeats the Kirbies one by one
– Last Kirby gets away, finds the Hero’s Heart that popped out of him when he split
– Kirby, along with the heart, work together to stop Necrodius from covering world in darkness
– Kirbies will turn blue if they take damage
– Further damage turn them into angles which float away from the group
– Make another Kirby drag it back down and return it to the blue state
– Heal Ring: In the middle of stages, use the ring to return all damaged Kirbies back to pink
– When the Kirbies walk up to an enemy, they gang up on them
– Fruit items are consumed to increase Kirbies
– Filling the gauge on the top screen will add one Kirby to the group
– Maximum of 10 Kirbies
– Flick the screen to make the team jump
– Double tap on the screen to make them run
– Hold the stylus down to make the Kirbies stick to the star
– Can then drag the Kirbies
– Flick to throw Kirbies into objects and enemies
– Unlock subgames as you progress
– “Count!! Kirby Theatre”: Count the number of Kirbies on the screen in a short amount of time
– Pull down objects with the Kirbies
– More Kirbies are needed to drag bigger objects
