Kotaku has put up a new interview with Mario Kart 8 sound director Kenta Nagata and composers Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, and Yasuaki Iwata. There’s lots of neat insight into the game’s music and specific tracks.
We’ve picked out some excerpts after the break. Be sure to check out Kotaku’s article for even more quotes.
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 42,261 / 441,205
2. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 32,960 / 1,087,217
3. [3DS] Persona Q – 31,427 / 218,329
4. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 20,264 / 103,267
5. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution – 19,659 / NEW
6. [PS3] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 18,026 / NEW
7. [PSV] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 10,348 / NEW
8. [PS4] Thief – 8,772 / NEW
9. [3DS] Card Fight!! Vanguard: Lock on Victory!! – 7,315 / 39,568
10. [PS4] FIFA 14 – 6,264 / 41,436
11. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 6,218 / 42,914
12. [PS3] Thief – 4,899 / NEW
13. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 4,834 / 4,083,184
14. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour – 4,617 / 393,544
15. [WIU] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 4,209 / NEW
16. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 4,195 / 2,335,837
17. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 3,835 / 3,293,056
18. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 3,470 / 18,612
19. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 3,379 / 599,510
20. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories – 3,295 / 93,733
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
3DS LL – 21,267
Vita – 13,299
Wii U – 12,249
PS4 – 8,395
PS3 – 6,564
3DS – 5,308
PSP – 4,325
Vita TV – 1,436
Xbox 360 – 231
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS LL – 30,924
Wii U – 13,766
Vita – 11,450
PS4 – 9,466
PSP – 9,365
PS3 – 6,561
3DS – 5,346
Vita TV – 1,193
Xbox 360 – 255
Nintendo has released a new update for Wii Fit U, bringing the game up to version 1.3.0.
The new patch adds a whole bunch of things. Players can now experience an additional 12 Walking Challenge and 12 Climbing Challenge courses, features, and more.
You can find the official Miiverse update message and full update notes below.
During E3 last week, Nintendo published a new European release schedule that seems to confirm a couple of things.
First, Tetris Ultimate appears to be coming to 3DS – it was previously announced for a few different platforms. Additionally, assuming the list above is accurate, NIS America will publish Persona Q in Europe later this year.
The list is definitely legitimate, note that we haven’t yet received confirmation about Tetris Ultimate and Persona Q for Europe from Ubisoft and NISA respectively.
According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot the pressure is on Nintendo this financial year with the Wii U, as another failed year for the system could cost the company third party support. In an interview with CVG, he had this to say:
“With Mario Kart, Wii U made one step and we expect with Smash Bros. it will also do more. If Nintendo put the right price on the machine then they will probably have a chance to do further,”
“We are coming with Watch Dogs and Just Dance this year. We also have another game on the shelves that we expect to come at some point when there will be more machines,”
“That game is waiting for more machines to be available,”
“We are also waiting for them to achieve more sales so that we can invest more. Because the problem we have with next-gen now here, is that we are seeing less games that are on next-gen and last-gen consoles.”
“Nintendo has to perform this year, otherwise they will have less games. Justifying investing in the machine needs a larger install base,”
Today Sakurai gave us a look at a new 3DS mini-game and had this to say along with the screenshot:
Here’s a new mini-game that’s quite a bit different from Coin Launcher in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It’s called Trophy Rush! The details…will be kept secret for now.
