Capcom ran location test for Luigi’s Mansion Arcade in Japan
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
Here’s an interesting piece of news coming out of Japan. Since October 30, Capcom has been running a location test for Luigi’s Mansion Arcade. As far as we can tell, it’s an arcade version of Luigi’s Mansion 2.
It’s strange that nothing has been said about Luigi’s Mansion Arcade previously, but it apparently does exist! The final location ran on November 3.
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More off-screen Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate English footage
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Capcom hopes to ship nearly 4 million units of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
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Capcom already shipped two million copies of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate in Japan as of the middle of October. From here on out, the company is hoping to move another 1.9 million units worldwide. Capcom states in its latest financial results that the 3DS game has a target of 3.9 million units in total.
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Details from Capcom’s latest financial results (FY14 Q2)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments
Like Nintendo, Capcom posted its latest financial results today for the second quarter of the FY2014 period. GameSpot picked up on some of the more interesting tidbits, which we’ve rounded up below.
– Results down as a whole
– ¥25.9 billion ($239.6 million) in revenue gained
– That’s down 51.3 percent compared to the same period last year
– Profits fell to ¥2.9 billion ($26.8 million) for a drop of 39.9 percent
– Capcom says the downturn is due to a lack of major titles compared to last year
– Ultra Street Fight IV and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy saw “steady sales”
– Monster Hunter Frontier G and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite performed “solidly”
– Capcom’s video game business unit (“Digital Contents”) saw even worse results than the company did overall
– Revenue was ¥13.5 billion ($124.9 million)
– This is down 64.1 percent compared to last year
– Operating income was ¥2.1 billion ($19.4 million) for a drop of 60 percent compared to last year
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations discounted on the eShop
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 9 Comments
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D and Resident Evil: Revelations have both been discounted on the eShop as part of a Halloween Sale.
Pricing for the two titles are as follows:
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (3DS) – $7.99 (was $19.99)
Resident Evil Revelations (3DS) – $8.99 (was $19.99)
Resident Evil Revelations (Wii U) – $15.99 (was $49.99)
These prices are valid until November 4.
An hour of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate English demo footage
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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate screenshots
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Capcom TV #07 featuring Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate sold through 85% of its initial shipment
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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate sold nearly 1.5 million copies during its Japanese launch. Media Create reports that 85.40 percent of copies were sold.
How does that stack up to the original Monster Hunter 4? That title sold 1,715,060 copies with a 91.96 percent sell-through rate. 4 Ultimate managed to sell roughly 80 percent of what its predecessor did at launch.
Media Create believes that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate won’t sell two million copies at retail until its third week or later. Meanwhile, the first Monster Hunter 4 reached 2,188,799 copies sold after two weeks.
