Per usual, Nintendo has issued its response to the latest NPD report.
Wii U sales were their best ever in the U.S. for the month of December. Additionally, total hardware and software sales in 2014 rose by over 29 percent and over 75 percent respectively compared to the previous year.
Let’s not forget about the 3DS! The portable experienced its largest month ever for first-party software sales. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS has already sold over two million combined physical and digital copies while Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have moved over 2.6 million physical and digital units.
On the amiibo front, figure sales “are nearly twice the sales of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.” That means close to 2.6 million amiibo have been sold in the U.S. thus far.
Check out Nintendo’s full NPD response with more statistics and information below.
Gust Corporation has sent out new details about Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland, and Siliconera has provided a translation. We’ve rounded up the information below.
– Battles begin with symbol encounters
– Touch a monster to seamlessly enter a grid-based battlefield
– Press “Y” for a pre-emptive attack
– The bottom screen has commands
– These include Attack, Item, Skill, Special Attack, Defend, and Escape
– While fighting, the grid makes it easier to gauge movement with lines showing wherever you move
– Assist system will have allies help Rorona out in combat
– Each time you do an action, the Assist Meter will go up, and it can then be used to help add attacks to Rorona’s attacks
– “Item” selection is exclusive to alchemists
– They range from attacks to heals, and have all kinds of different effects that can help you out in combat
– The grids also makes it easier to see the areas items cover
– “Auto-Battle” feature included
– This lets you select a monster, and all the characters will automatically move and attack whichever one you select
– Attacking a monster from behind will do more damage to the foe
– Monsters can also get you with back attacks
– Use powerful skills with some MP
– Effects vary from healing allies, to blinding or sleeping enemies
– Skills depend on the character and their skill
– Once you reach a certain level with your characters, they learn special attacks
– Use attacks and skills to raise the special attack meter
– Attack meter is then used to do an extra dose of damage against enemies
Over one million unique users have accessed the new Collectible Badge Center application in Japan since launch, Nintendo announced today. This milestone was reached in just under a month, as the 3DS download was made available on December 17.
The sales rabbit from Collectible Badge Center provides a bit of additional information as well. There’s been one user who has collected over 100 Isabella badges, a customer who only collects badges that look like money or coins, and someone who’s great at the practice machine, but isn’t so great when it gets to the real thing.
To celebrate today’s news, users will receive two free plays on the real machines.
It’s also been revealed that a patch is in the works for Collectible Badge Center. This will be made available in March.
You may remember that, last year, a Game Developers Conference poll showed that only four percent of developers surveyed intended to make games for Wii U. GDC organizers today published its new annual state of the industry report, revealing that this statistic has increased slightly.
The percentage of developers planning to release a game on the Wii U rose slightly in 2014 compared to the previous year. Approximately six percent of survey participants said they are currently making a title that will launch on Wii U. That’s also up from 2013’s figure of just 4.6 percent.
GDC’s state of the industry report is based on results from over 2,000 North American developers who attended the conference in 2014.
