Wii U was a popular item on eBay during Black Friday, according to the New York Times. The site reports that Nintendo’s console “sold out 4,000 units in less than 17 minutes, with customers snapping up four of the devices per second.”
How were Wii U sales as a whole on Black Friday? That’s unclear at this point. Hopefully we’ll receive some data from Nintendo within the next few days!
How did Nintendo platforms perform on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the season in the United States? We won’t receive any specific numbers until the next NPD report in December, but research firm Infoscout has offered some data. Check out the images above for their findings.
The Collective, Inc. – in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive – was once working on Dirty Harry/Dirty Harry Extreme. What we didn’t know is that separate versions were planned for Nintendo systems several years ago.
Unseen64 reports that Sensory Sweep Studios was developing Dirty Harry for Wii, DS, PS2, and PC. While the Wii version was never put into full production, it would have been an “up-port” of the PS2 release with IR pointer aiming and motion control for melee attacks. The DS version was intended to be built from the ground up.
Below are the latest titles that can be currently pre-ordered at retailers:
Wii U
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem – Best Buy
NES Remix Pack – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
The Legend of Zelda – Amazon
, Best Buy
Xenoblade Chronicles X – Amazon
, Best Buy
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Splatoon – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop (new)
Kirby and The Rainbow Curse – Amazon
, Best Buy
Mario Party 10 – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Devil’s Third – Amazon
, Best Buy
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D – Amazon
, GameStop
Ultimate NES Remix – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector’s Edition – Amazon
, GameStop
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Amazon
, GameStop
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Amazon
, Best Buy
Fossil Fighters: Frontier – Amazon
, Best Buy
Story of Seasons – Amazon
, GameStop
Amiibo
Toon Link – Amazon
Sheik – Amazon
Shulk – GameStop (exclusive)
Mega Man – Amazon
Bowser – Amazon
King Dedede – King Dedede
Ike – Amazon
Zelda – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Diddy Kong – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Luigi – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Little Mac – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Pit – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Captain Falcon – Amazon
, Best Buy, GameStop
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Nintendo has a whole bunch of teams at its disposal. There are plenty of groups at EAD Kyoto as well as inside EAD Tokyo.
Nintendo-Online sent over a summary of their new list, which provides a look at what the different EAD departments are confirmed or speculated to be working on. View it below.
EAD Kyoto 1
– last game: Mario Kart 8
– currently working on Mario Kart 8 DLC
– confirmed to research on new two screen concepts -> new projects still in the planning phase
EAD Kyoto 2
– responsible for Wii Sports and Animal Crossing
– working on Splatoon, to be released next year
– heavily speculated to develop Animal Crossing Wii U
EAD Kyoto 3
– the Zelda team is currently developing Zelda Wii U
– co-developing Majora’s Mask 3D with Grezzo
– a completely new handheld Zelda game is speculated to be in the planning phase
