Along with Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Nintendo has another highly anticipated game launching this week: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The review embargo for the game just lifted, so we’re collecting some of the early verdicts below.
IGN – N/A
GameSpot – N/A
CVG – 9 / 10
Destructoid – 9.5 / 10
Nintendo Life – N/A
NintendoWorldReport – N/A
Joystiq – N/A
GamesBeat – 98 / 100
USgamer – 4.5 / 5
We know that the latest Smash Bros. 3DS update makes some balance changes to certain characters. Nintendo, however, didn’t provide a specific breakdown of what specific changes were made.
That’s where the SmashBoards come in. Users on the forum have created a massive lineup of patch notes for the new Smash Bros. update. If you’re interested in checking out the individual character changes, be sure to check out this link.
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DK: King of Swing has received a Wii U rating over on the ESRB. You know what that means: it’s probably coming soon to the Virtual Console. This week, perhaps?
A rating for Mario Kart: Super Circuit was discovered on the ESRB last week, and it ended up launching on the North American Wii U Virtual Console a day later. It’d hardly be shocking if something similar happened with DK: King of Swing.
Most Wii U games allow players to take screenshots and share them on Miiverse. For whatever reason, this isn’t the case of Watch Dogs.
Multiple users on Miiverse have noted that there isn’t a way to post screenshots to the new Watch Dogs community. Additionally, it seems that photos can’t be shared on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr through Nintendo’s image sharing website.
I can’t really see why Ubisoft wouldn’t want people to put up photos from the Wii U version of Watch Dogs online. It looks to be a fairly competent port!
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– This holiday season is all about Mario. And Link. And Yoshi. And Samus. And Kirby. And…well, a lot of classic video game characters. That’s because Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and the first round of amiibo figures, Nintendo’s first foray into the toys-to-life category, are both launching on Nov. 21, right in time for the holiday shopping season. Nintendo’s favorite characters are going to be everywhere, whether on the battlefields of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, on store shelves as must-have amiibo figures or at the top of everyone’s holiday wish lists.
“Launching Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and amiibo on the same day kicks off the holiday shopping season with a bang…and a smash,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “With a wide range of amiibo figures to choose from and a new Super Smash Bros. game on Wii U with more features than ever before, shopping for the Nintendo fan on your list will be easy this year.”
This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 79,586 / NEW
2. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 – 71,303 / NEW
3. [PS4] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 64,060 / NEW
4. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 39,502 / 2,144,346
5. [3DS] One Piece: Super Grand Battle X! – 35,098 / NEW
6. [PS3] Dengeki Fighting Climax – 34,671 / NEW
7. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 28,025 / NEW
8. [PS4] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 – 36,684 / NEW
9. [PSV] Dengeki Fighting Climax – 25,607 / NEW
10. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 21,086 / 2,863,976
11. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 18,723 / 1,720,189
12. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 13,544 / 713,132
13. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 6,570 / 117,607
14. [PSV] Hanayamata Yosakoi LIVE! – 6,285 / NEW
15. [XBO] Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 4,867 / NEW
16. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 4,243 / 75,316
17. [PSV] Marginal #4: Idol of Supernova – 4,170 / NEW
18. [PS3] The Evil Within – 4,124 / 87,056
19. [XBO] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 3,730 / NEW
20. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – 2,926 / 65,046
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 38,457
Vita – 19,301
PS4 – 15,537
Wii U – 14,002
New 3DS – 13,373
3DS LL – 9,172
PS3 – 4,711
3DS – 4,199
Xbox One – 2,245
Vita TV – 675
Xbox 360 – 91
PSP – 25
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 50,619
New 3DS – 15,020
PS4 – 10,078
Vita – 9,874
3DS LL – 9,083
Wii U – 4,787
PS3 – 4,666
3DS – 4,495
Vita TV – 678
Xbox One – 513
Xbox 360 – 107
PSP – 2
