On Thursday, NPD issued its latest U.S. sales report. We now have some additional information pertaining to the August 2015 period.
Wii U hardware sales are estimated to be at roughly 43,000 units. Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: The Fafnir Knight, which launched in the states last month, sold under 13,000 copies.
Nintendo said officially on Thursday that over 7 million amiibo have been sold in the U.S. thus far. Additionally, 3DS has seen a 30 percent increase in 2015 thus far, and Splatoon has sold 600,000 copies.
Did you know that Super Mario Maker features a performance from Koji Kondo? If you enter the code 0913 into the game’s manual, you can see it for yourself! Alternately, you can watch the video below.
Disney Interactive has added in a new Toy Box game to Disney Infinity 3.0 known as “Squid Wars”. Unsurprisingly, this one takes quite a bit of inspiration (to say the least) from Nintendo’s shooter, Splatoon.
Squid Wars rounds are two minutes long. At the end of the match, the winner is chosen by the team that paints the most scenery.
Here’s a look at Squid Wars in action:
Super Mario Bros. came out in Japan on September 13, 1985. You know what that means! Since it’s the 13th in Japan, today is the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. Here’s to another 30, Mario!
Update:Looks like the same person has made a Waluigi amiibo as well!
eBay user “cheetimus_primal” has touched up the 8-bit Mario amiibo by turning it into another character, Wario. It’s actually been sold on the auctions site for $45.99. It’s been awhile since we last posted about a custom amiibo on the site, but this one is rather nice!
Splatoon’s fifth North American Splatfest will be happening next weekend. Now we can say the same for Europe, too.
Europe’s latest Splatfest pits the messy bedroom up against a tidy one. The competition will begin at 6 PM, and will last for a full day.
Thanks to Pidgeify for the tip.
This month’s issue of CoroCoro has started to leak, and it’s brought along some interesting Pokemon news.
First, we have new information regarding Zygarde. This Pokemon can change into a few different forms, which are as follows:
– Normal Zygarde is at 50% and is called Zygarde 50% Forme
– The dog like form is when it is at 10% and is called Zygarde 10% Forme; has sharp teeth and speed
– The blob is the cell, or Zygarde Core and becomes the brain of every form
– The flat form is called Zygarde Cell
– New large form is called Zygarde Perfect Forme and retains its Dragon/Ground-type; the Order Pokémon and is 4.5m tall and 610kg and is said to exceed Xerneas and Yveltal in power
The new anime series, known as Pokemon XY & Z, will come with Mega Evolution Act 4 starting on October 29th in Japan.
We also have a first image of a new look for Greninja. This is labeled “Ash Greninja” and is said to look sort of like Ash’s clothes.
A few days ago, Devil’s Third added a new Guardian rule set for online play. You’ll find some footage of it in the video below.
The next Elliot Quest update will launch on Tuesday, PlayEveryWare confirmed on Miiverse. This is version 1.2.6 that was announced last week.
As a reminder, Elliot Quest’s latest patch fixes more issues and unlocks some Miiverse stamps based on your save data.
Here’s the official news from PlayEveryWare:
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto reflected on the classic character he created in an interview with The New York Times. In a few of his comments, Miyamoto spoke about how he wanted Mario to achieve great success much like Mickey Mouse.
According to Miyamoto:
“I really wanted him to make my Mickey Mouse. I wanted to use him in all the different games I made. My hope was that 10 or 20 years down the road, he would be the iconic character of video games. I feel tremendously fortunate that’s what came to pass.”
Miyamoto also spoke about the evolution of Mario as a whole:
“We were only able to have five Koopas on screen at one time. As the technology has evolved, we’ve gone on to having more enemies, 3-D technology and analog sticks. I’ve been fortunate that at every phase of new technology, we’ve been able to introduce a new ‘Mario’ game that leverages it without having to think too deeply about a new story. It’s kept ‘Mario’ fresh and exciting for people throughout the 30 years of the series.”
