Finger Gun Games has announced that Stone Shire will launch sometime in March. A specific date will be shared soon. For now, watch a new trailer above.
Hyrule Warriors’ new 1.6.0 update is out now in Europe and Japan, as is the Boss Pack. Today’s patch takes up 180MB of space. If you’re wondering what’s included in the update, visit this post.
A US-focused survey conducted by Nielson provides some insight into why people buy certain consoles.
In general terms, 91 percent of Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 owners crossed over to the Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One generation. And specifically regarding Wii U, 86 percent previously bought the Wii.
Why did people purchase a Wii U? The system’s fun-factor was the most-desirable element, followed by its family-friendly nature, price/value, backwards compatibility, and exclusive games/content.
Update: Sold out! The lasted about 20 minutes.
Walmart has started taking pre-orders for the gold Mario amiibo. Get yours in here.
Keep in mind that the gold Mario amiibo is Walmart-exclusive and stock is probably limited, so you may want to reserve it as soon as possible. Oh, and I suppose we can’t entirely trust tweets from Walmart Canada!
Four years ago today the 3DS launched in Japan! It is interesting when you look back on the lifespan of the 3DS that we have seen so much in just a few years.
The 3DS has had its shares of ups and downs as well as countless “Limited Editions”, XL versions, and the latest in the family, the New Nintendo 3DS in regular and XL versions too. During this time we have seen quite a few titles that have been long awaited and some new ones that I am sure many of you have enjoyed. I myself have loved every minute with all of my 3DS’s and am looking forward to many more!
Happy birthday, 3DS!
Last year, we heard that Tantalus Media – the developer behind Mass Effect 3 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Wii U versions – started work on a “AAA next-gen title” for Nintendo’s console. It was confirmed soon after that the project in question was a port/rework of a game “for an absolute top notch publisher.”
Although we haven’t heard anything about it for about a year, the title is fortunately still in the works. Tantalus’ Tom Crago said during the Fragments of Silicon podcast that it will be revealed “soon”, is launching this year, and is “the biggest thing we’ve ever done”.
Crago’s full comments are as follows:
We’re doing that. It hasn’t been announced, but it will be soon. And can I just further add to the mystique and say that it’s big. It’s the biggest thing we’ve ever done. And it’ll come out this year, and I hope it won’t disappoint.
While not related, Crago also confirmed that Tantalus is taking a Wii U title and porting it to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of January 2015. You can check out the full results below.
01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5) – 642.516 (634.709 / 7807)
02. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Company) – 366.131 (361.437 / 4694)
03. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria (Bandai Namco) – 316.824 ( 316.824 / – )
04. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) – 259.750 (252.313 / 7437)
05. [WIU] Super Smash Bros for Wii U (Nintendo) – 206.634 (198.582 / 8052)
06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom) – 141.602 (138.266 / 3336)
07. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) – 111.380 (104.549 / 6831)
08. [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix) – 95.512 (89.484 / 6028)
09. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5) – 90.806 (88.928 / 1878)
10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Mojang) – 83.054 ( – / 83.054)
11. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Tag Force Special (Konami) – 79.958 ( – / 79.958)
12. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco) – 66.204 (55.538 / 10.666)
13. [3DS] Legend of Legacy (Furyu) – 61.559 (56.594 / 4965)
14. [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco) – 54.212 (49.398 / 4814)
15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo) – 53.981 (51.325 / 2656)
16. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar) – 51.789 (47.238 / 4551)
17. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (Mojang) – 49.479 ( – / 49.479)
18. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) – 39.418 (38.613 / 805)
19. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko ga Ochitsukundesu (Nippon Columbia) – 38.599 (37.666 / 933)
20. [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco) – 37.679 (37.092 / 587)
21. [3DS] One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X (Bandai Namco) – 36.839 (36.247 / 592)
22. [PSV] Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Out of Order (Bandai Namco) – 36.833 (35.182 / 1651)
23. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) – 35.619 (35.375 / 244)
24. [WIU] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (Nintendo) – 35.172 (33.334 / 1838)
25. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind – Chain (Spike Chunsoft) – 33.443 (32.158 / 1285)
26. [PS3] Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition (Mojang) – 32.397 ( – / 32.397)
27. [3DS] Kenka Bancho 6: Blood and Soul (Spike Chunsoft) – 32.033 (30.794 / 1239)
28. [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi (Bandai Namco) – 31.431 (30.662 / 769)
29. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 (Konami) – 27.573 (24.884 / 2689)
30. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Tokumori! (Bandai Namco) – 27.251 (26.758 / 493)
