With Activision having recently confirmed that the Skylanders franchise has collected $2 billion in franchise revenue, the company has now released an infographic covering the series’ history and sales. You can find it above.
Amazon France has posted the European boxart for Mario Kart 8, shared above. It looks to be the same as its Japanese counterpart. As a tiny word of caution, Amazon says the boxart is a placeholder, but it seems pretty darn near final to me!
In these photos provided by Nintendo of America, Rico Rodriguez of Modern Family enjoys playing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Wii U at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2014, to celebrate the Feb. 21 launch of the latest installment of the beloved Donkey Kong franchise. In the new game, Donkey Kong and his friends take on a horde of icy invaders who are freezing their tropical island home. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Wii U features beautiful high-definition graphics as well as off-screen play using the Wii U GamePad.
Update: Now temporarily out of stock, but you can still place an order. Should ship soon.
Original: Amazon is taking orders once again for the Bravely Default Collector’s Edition. You can place an order here
. The collector’s edition remains sold out on both Best Buy and GameStop.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Touch Detective 3: Does Funghi Dream of Bananas? will be available in Japan on May 1. Pricing is set at 4,800 yen.
Keiji Inafune has big plans to turn Mighty No. 9 into a multimedia franchise.
We last heard that Contradiction Films writer and producer Tim Carter were working on a live adaptation of the game. Inafune tells Polygon that a movie deal hasn’t been set in stone, but “is something we are looking forward to and considering the possibilities of.”
He said:
