Nintendo E3 2015 schedule recap
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment
With E3 2015 just a few days away, Nintendo has sent out a new schedule recapping the company’s events at the expo.
Here are some notable tidbits:
– 2015 and “select 2016 software” will be featured at E3
– Nintendo “will continue to share information on future games and initiatives in the months ahead”
– There will apparently be “additional announcements between matches” of the Nintendo World Championships
– Developers will be at the Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3 sessions
– On the second day of the Nintendo Treehouse: Live broadcast, there will be content not shown at Nintendo’s E3 booth
You can check out Nintendo’s E3 2015 plans in the graphic below. Lots of specific information is in the announcement below.
May 2015 NPD: Splatoon sells 136,000 copies
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NPD published its latest software chart based on data collected throughout May on the U.S. market. As Splatoon launched on May 29, it just managed to sneak its way into the reporting period.
Splatoon managed to take the fifth spot in NPD’s chart for May. But the big question is, how many copies did the game actually sell?
NPD hasn’t provided specific numbers in ages, and Nintendo did not send out a response to the May report. But thankfully, well-known sales leaker “creamsugar” has come through with data. creamsugar says that Splatoon sold 136,000 copies in May, which is based on just two days of sales.
Splatoon’s U.S. debut is fairly similar to its performance in Japan. Through four days, the title sold 145,000 units on the Japanese market.
Sakurai’s full column on bias claims for the Smash Bros. roster, balancing
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Masahiro Sakurai’s latest Famitsu column has now been translated in full. Two big topics were addressed in his piece: those who say Sakurai has a bias for certain characters, and overall game balance.
Continue on below to check out the column transcript. The full translation comes courtesy of Source Gaming.
When it comes to Smash, every once in a while people will wrongly direct their anger towards me. They accuse me of things such as giving preference or strength to the characters that I’ve worked on in the past—in other words, the Kirby and Kid Icarus series characters. Oh my.
However, if I had worked on the Mario series, people would say, “You’re favoring Mario too much,” wouldn’t they? The same would hold true for Fire Emblem, Pokémon or Starfox. The truth is, though, I put a lot of work into all the characters. It’s a mix of labor, love, and fine tuning.
May 2015 NPD: top 10 best-selling games in the U.S. – Splatoon debuts at #5
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 26 Comments
NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of May 2015. The results can be found below.
1. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
2. Mortal Kombat X (PS4, Xbox One)
3. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
4. Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
5. Splatoon (Wii U)
6. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (PS4, 360, Xbox One, PS3, PC)
7. NBA 2K15 (360, PS4, Xbox One, PS3, PC)
8. FIFA 15 (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, Wii , 3DS, Vita)
9. MLB 15: The Show (PS4, PS3)
10. Super Smash Bros. (3DS, Wii U)
We don’t have any numbers, but this seems like quite a good debut for Splatoon. Remember, it launched at the very end of May!
Shovel Knight appearing in Bloodstained, third playable character and prequel mini-game stretch goals reached
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
The latest Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Kickstater update covers a unique character as well as confirmation of two new stretch goals that have been reached.
Regarding Shovel Knight, Yacht Club Games has signed off on featuring the character in some fashion. We don’t know what exactly is planned just yet, however.
The team behind Bloodstained writes in its latest Kickstarter update:
Remember Natsume’s Shovel Knight fanart from earlier in the campaign? It’s been about a decade, in Kickstarter years, so I’ll refresh your memory (see above).
We’ve got good news: Inti Creates and Yacht Club Games have agreed that Natsume’s reimagining of their hero feels right at home in the demon castle!
They won’t tell us any more than that, but when the game comes out remember that you might bump into this guy in a crowded corridor somewhere. Who knows what might happen after that?
Atlus confirms The Legend of Legacy for North American release this fall
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 10 Comments
Atlus has officially announced that the company is bringing The Legend of Legacy to the west. In North America, the game is due out this fall.
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Legend of Legacy is coming to the Americas on Nintendo 3DS this fall. http://t.co/7pkVAs5P2D pic.twitter.com/Kg8olOZHdI
— Atlus U.S.A., Inc. (@AtlusUSA) June 11, 2015
Continue on below for some screenshots from The Legend of Legacy. You’ll also find a comprehensive overview after the break.
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Dengeki: Splatoon’s sell-through rate at 90% for its second week
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During its first week, Splatoon experienced one of the highest sell-through rates ever in Japan. That number came in at 97.33 percent, which was a sign that the game was almost impossible to find in all stores.
Splatoon has now been on the market for a second week and has yet to show any signs of slowing down. As stated in a Dengeki report, the shooter sold nearly 70,000 copies with a sell-through rate of 90 percent between June 1 and June 7. Media Create’s information will probably vary just slightly, but this is a sign that consumers are still very much interested in Splatoon.
Nintendo Download (6/11/15, North America) – Dr. Mario, Harvest Moon VC, more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 3 Comments
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Retail
LEGO Jurassic World – $49.99 (available Friday)
Wii U Virtual Console
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town – $6.99
3DS Retail
LEGO Jurassic World – $29.99 (available Friday)
3DS Download
Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure – $8.99
Swords & Darkness – $6.99
Ninja Usagimaru: The Gem of Blessings – $4.99
Japanese Rail Sim 3D Journey in Suburbs #1 – $9.99
My Zoo Vet Practice 3D – $4.99
3DS Demos
BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma
Japanese Rail Sim 3D Journey in Suburbs #1
Ninja Usagimaru: The Gem of Blessings
Swords & Darkness
DSiWare
G.G Series THE HIDDEN NINJA KAGEMARU – $1.99
G.G Series SHADOW ARMY – $1.99
G.G Series CONVEYOR TOY PACKING – $1.99
G.G Series ALL BREAKER – $1.99
eShop Sales
Wii U/3DS
– Citizens of Earth (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) is 50 percent off (reduced from $14.99 to $7.49) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on June 15 until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 22.
– Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut, OlliOlli (Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) and more games from Curve Digital are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 25.
Wii U
– Cubemen 2 is 43 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $4.49) until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 25.
– PING 1.5+ is 40 percent off (reduced from $4.99 to $2.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 25.
– Zacisa’s Last Stand is 40 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $1.19) until 8:59 a.m. PT on July 9.
3DS
– Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on June 15 until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 22.
– Family Tennis 3D, Family Table Tennis 3D and more games from Arc System Works are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 25.
– 3D Game Collection, Funfair Party Games and Murder on the Titanic from Joindots are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on June 25.
Price Reductions
Wii U
– Ice Cream Surfer is now $2.50 (reduced from $5).
3DS
– Bowling Bonanza 3D is reduced to $3.99 (from $5.99).
– Gummy Bears Magical Medallion and Gummy Bears Mini Golf are reduced to $3.99 (from $5.99)
– Johnny Dynamite is reduced to $3.99 (from $4.99)
Source: Nintendo PR
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3DS now the 8th Nintendo system to sell 15 million units in the United States
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 2 Comments
Sales of the 3DS have surpassed 15 million units in the United States, Nintendo announced today. In doing so, it’s become the eighth system in the company’s history to reach this feat.
Super Mario 3D Land, Pokemon X, Pokemon y, Mario Kart 7, and Super Smash Bros. for 3DS have all sold more than 2 million copies in the U.S.
Nintendo says that, through the first six months of 2015, 3DS hardware sales have risen by more than 50 percent over sales in the same period in 2014. The system’s growth comes in large part due to the launch of the New 3DS XL, which shipped in mid-February.
Nintendo has sold nearly 270 million units of hardware since the NES debuted in the fall of 1985 – almost 145 million units of handhelds, and another 125 million home console units.
Head past the break to read up on today’s announcement in full.
Armature sharing Unreal Engine 4 Wii U code following Bloodstained’s launch
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 22 Comments
Armature Studio is responsible for bringing Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night to Wii U. This means that the company will be working with Unreal Engine 4 in its port for Nintendo’s console. It’s a pretty big deal, as Bloodstained may end up as one of the first titles to be running on Unreal Engine 4 on Wii U.
Armature has now announced that, following Bloodstained’s launch, the team will share the Unreal Engine 4 code it’s using on Wii U. Other developers will be able to access this at no extra cost. Maybe it will pave the way for further Unreal Engine 4-made games on Wii U.
Armature wrote in a Bloodstained Kickstarter update:
“Hi Bloodstained backers – Armature here with another update. It turns out that a people have shown a ton of interest in our plan to port UE4 to the WiiU and PS Vita. Since they’re not officially supported platforms, it’s going to be a lot of work to get Bloodstained and UE4 on these platforms, but we are up to the challenge.
Since the community got these platforms off the ground, we figure that it’s best to let the community have them back when we’re done. As a result, after the release of Bloodstained we will share, for free, the UE4 WiiU and Vita code with any developer authorized to develop on those platforms! Thank you all very much for this opportunity!”
