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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 32 Comments

CNET has a few new quotes from Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America.

The site begins its article by mentioning that Nintendo’s franchises and games remain relevant today. Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D, a remake of the N64 game, topped the U.S. charts in February.

Fils-Aime said that “Nintendo has always put out content that is lasting and is content that the consumer plays for extended periods of time.” He additionally mentioned: “In this games business, the axiom is that software drives hardware, and we’ve seen that over our 30+ year experience in this category.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U eShop | 59 Comments

Playtonic Games has shared the first couple of screenshots from Project Ukulele. You can find them below.

As shared at EGX, there will be plenty of collectibles, secrets to discover, and special moves for the different characters. By collecting pages, the world scope increases.

We’ll be seeing a Kickstarter for Project Ukulele in May. The game will still happen even if the campaign fails, though funding will allow it to grow. amiibo was name-dropped as well, so that sounds like something the team would be open to!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 14 Comments

Speaking with Forbes, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime shared more information regarding the 3DS’ strong success in the U.S. during the month of February.

We learned a couple of days ago that 3DS hardware sales are up 90 percent year-over-year. Fils-Aime also revealed that the handheld sold more units this February than the past two Februaries combined.

The New 3DS launch was the main catalyst behind the 3DS’ overall boost last month, and Fils-Aime noted that the system drove sales because “consumers are always looking for a reason to upgrade.” Nintendo believes that “making ongoing improvements to a hardware system really pays longterm dividends”.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments

Nobuo Uematsu worked on Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and ended up creating the game’s orchestral theme. As for how his participation with Brawl’s development came about, Uematsu told Game Informer:

“I have a feeling that I got the job offer from Mr. Sakurai while we were drinking. He would let me selfishly do whatever I wanted, whether it be using an orchestra or using opera singers.”

It appears that Uematsu would have been interested in returning for the new Smash Bros. games on Wii U/3DS, but wasn’t asked to be brought back.

Uematsu said:

“Why didn’t I participate in the new Smash Brothers!? Ask Mr. Sakurai! I wanted to work on it! All joking aside, it’s just that, since there are many video game musicians representing Japan who are already participating, there’s no need for me.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, Features, Reviews | 6 Comments

System: Nintendo 3DS eShop
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Developer: Sega AM2/M2
Publisher: Sega

Author: Patrick

When Sega announced their line of remastered “Classics” for the 3DS, the one I was really holding out for was Out Run. Being born in an era where arcades barely mattered, I’d only had a single chance to play the original arcade cabinet so my familiarity with the game mostly came from the fact that it has already been ported to just about every console in existence. While most of these ports captured the game’s relaxed feel and addictive gameplay, they did vary wildly in quality so I was curious to see how well this 3DS version stacked up. Is it faithful to Yu Suzuki’s original classic?

Well yeah, of course. The emulation experts at M2 always go to crazy lengths to get the small details accurate as possible while throwing in heaps of extra content and hidden bonuses. What really surprised me was how well Out Run holds up in the year 2015.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 9 Comments

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse’s debut sales in the U.S. are in. Last month, the game sold 52,000 copies, according to reliable NPD leaker “creamsugar”. It should be noted that because Kirby and the Rainbow Curse launched towards the end of February, that figure only accounts for about a week of sales.

The only other piece of Kirby and the Rainbow Curse sales data comes from Japan. First week sales for the game (as revealed by Media Create a few weeks ago) came in at 32,000 units. Total units sold should be at around 60,000 units at this point.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 15 Comments

Nintendo has followed up on this month’s NPD report with a bunch of sales figures.

In terms of what we haven’t already reported, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate managed to sell 290,000 copies in its first month. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sales have now surpassed 1.5 million, while amiibo figures are up to 3.5 million.

Read on below for Nintendo’s full response to this month’s NPD report.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments

Nintendo has shared a notable stat from this month’s NPD report. According to the company, all versions of the 3DS sold a combined 395,000 units in the U.S. last month.

A Nintendo spokesperson told GamesBeat, “The great majority of these sales were New Nintendo 3DS XL systems, which sold 130 percent more units in its initial frame than Nintendo 3DS XL did when it launched on Aug. 19, 2012.”

Gaming hardware sales for the industry were up $378.2 million for a 10 percent bump year-over-year. The launch of the New 3DS XL provided a large contribution to that figure.

Regarding Wii U, Nintendo says that “hardware sales have increased by more than 20 percent” thus far in 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments

NPD Group has released a listing of the top ten best-selling games in the U.S. for the month of February 2015. The results can be found below.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D (3DS) (515,000 copies sold digitally and physically)
2. Evolve (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
3. Dying Light (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
4. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
5. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3)
6. NBA 2K15 (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360)
7. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse (PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360)
8. Minecraft (360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4)
9. The Order: 1886 (PS4)
10. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS)

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 5 Comments

This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

3DS Retail

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (available Friday)

Wii U Download

Trine Enchanted Edition
Don’t Touch Anything Red
My Style Studio: Notebook

Wii U Virtual Console

F-Zero: GP Legend

3DS Download

3D Out Run
50 Pinch Barrage!!
Music On: Electric Guitar
Shanghai Mahjong

3DS Themes

NES: Balloon Fighter
Pokémon: Mega Rayquaza
Pokémon Friends
Pokémon: Hanafuda

eShop Sales

To celebrate 25 years as an independent game developer, WayForward is discounting fan-favorite games such as Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse (for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) and Mighty Switch Force 2 (for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS) for up to 25 percent off in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 19.

Wii U

ZaciSa’s Last Stand is 50 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $0.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 2.
Breezeblox is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 19.
Arrow Time U is 50 percent off (reduced from $1.99 to $0.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 25.

3DS

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 26.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies is on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 26.
Shin Megami Tensei IV is 50 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $14.99) from 9 a.m. PT on March 16 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 23.
Code of Princess, Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan and other games from ATLUS are on sale from 9 a.m. PT on March 16 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 30.
Real Heroes: Firefighter 3D is 50 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $4.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 26.
Classic Games Overload: Card & Puzzle Edition is 33 percent off (reduced from $29.99 to $19.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 30.
Luv Me Buddies Wonderland is 40 percent off (reduced from $24.99 to $14.90) until 8:59 a.m. PT on May 14.
Soccer Up 3D and Soccer Up Online from EnjoyUp Games are on sale until 8:59 a.m. PT on April 9.

Price Reduction

Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is reduced to $29.99 (from $39.99) beginning at 9 a.m. PT on March 9.

Source: Nintendo PR

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