In September 2013, Tecmo Bowl previously came to the 3DS Virtual Console. It could soon be Wii U’s turn to have the game as well. The ESRB has rated Tecmo Bowl for Nintendo’s console, which hints at a release in the near future.
Last week, Nintendo announced that VS. Excitebike would soon be available on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. A final date has now been shared.
On its Twitter account, Nintendo of America confirmed that VS. Excitebike is due out tomorrow. The message is as follows:
Thanks to those who participated in Builders Week! VS. Excitebike will launch in the #WiiU #VirtualConsole on 8/31. pic.twitter.com/kKjVmKRGpI
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 30, 2015
It’s pretty unusual to see a Virtual Console release on a day other than Thursday. I’m absolutely fine with it though!
Splatoon’s latest European Splatfest is in the books, and the winning side has been announced. Singing managed to beat out dancing thanks to an edge in wins (57 percent versus 43 percent).
Dancing did have a slight majority – 54 percent – in terms of votes. That wasn’t enough to propel them to victory, however.
Singing took home 274 points compared to dancing’s 226 points.
Before Microsoft acquired Rare, the studio was working on a few GameCube projects. One of these was Kameo, which would later end up on the Xbox 360.
Videos of Kameo during its GameCube development days have now appeared on the YouTube channel of user “ptoponline”. The footage shows a helper who was cut from the final game, different character designs, and more.
Continue on below for all of the unearthed videos.
If you’re attending PAX Prime 2015 this weekend, you may come across a small tribute to Satoru Iwata, who passed away in July. A small area has been set up to honor the late Nintendo president. It’s definitely a classy move from the expo’s organizers!
Runbow arrived in North America just a few days ago, and thankfully, the European release isn’t far behind. Nintendo announced on its Twitter account that those in Europe can begin playing the Wii U eShop game starting on Thursday.
The tweet reads:
Runbow will speed onto Wii U on Thursday! pic.twitter.com/4RkG3WY8ty
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) August 30, 2015
Yesterday, Nintendo showed off Xenoblade Chronicles X during PAX Prime 2015’s official Twitch stream. You can watch the full recording below.
In an official report, Media Create shares more information about sales on the Japanese market for the week of August 17.
Super Robot Wars BX was the big seller having moved 98,000 units. According to Media Create, that amounted to a 85.42 percent sell-through rate. It couldn’t beat out the first week sales of the previous entry in the series, Super Robot Wars UX, which sold 115,000 units in March 2013 (and a 70.85 sell-through rate). The difference with BX’s sales could have been caused due to a shortage in stock.
Overall, 447,000 pieces of software were sold between August 17 and August 23. That is 75.64 percent when compared to the previous week. Now that the holiday period of Obon is over, total sales decreased by more than 250,000 units and new titles couldn’t fill the gap. Media Create mentions that the decline was especially remarkable for games on Nintendo systems, like Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (sold 66,000 units, which is 47 percent when compared to the last week sales). Total software sales were also below 500,000 units for the first time in seven weeks.
Another round of footage showing Sin & Punishment on the Wii U Virtual Console has come in. View the latest video of the title below.
