UK software sales (week ending 1/24) – Wii U/3DS charts
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments
This weeks UK software Wii U/3DS specific sales are as follows:
Wii U
1. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
2. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
3. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Nintendo
4. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo
7. Hyrule Warriors – Nintendo
8. Bayonetta 2 – Nintendo
9. Just Dance 2015 – Ubisoft
10. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
3DS
1. Pokemon Omega Ruby – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire – Nintendo
3. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
4. Super Smash Bros. – Nintendo
5. Mario Kart 7 – NIntendo
6. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Level 5
7. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
8. Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – 1st Playable
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Nintendo
10. Fantasy Life – Nintendo
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Nintendo Download (1/29/15, Europe)
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments
This week’s European downloads are as follows:
Wii U
Metroid Prime Trilogy €9.99/£8.99 (Ends February 5. regular price €19.99/£17.99)
Hyrule Warriors: Majora’s Mask Pack (Add-on content) €6.99/£6.29
Rock ‘N Racing Off Road €5.99/£5.39 (€4.99/£4.49 if you downloaded Abyss, 99seconds, Unepic, Rock Zombie, 99 Moves, Spy Chameleon on the same Wii U)
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon €6.99/£6.29
Wii U Special Offers
Cake Ninja 3: The Legend Continues €3.69/£3.33 (Ends February 5, regular price €4.99/£4.49)
3DS
Gunman Clive 2 €2.99/£2.50
Best of Board Games €24.99/£19.99
Best of Arcade Games €24.99/£19.99
3DS Themes
NES Balloon Fighter (available January 30) – €1.99/£1.79
NES Fire Mario (available January 30) – €1.99/£1.79
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Sakurai on how it was decided which stages to bring back for Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 4 Comments
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS feature stages from previous games in the franchise. There are some stages from Brawl, Melee, and even the original release.
In his latest “Smash Bros. Diaries” entry included in this month’s issue of Game Informer, director Masahiro Sakurai addressed a question about how the team decided on which stages to bring back.
There are several factors that came in to play. Sakurai mentioned “the popularity of the stage, whether or not it’s a match for the 3DS screen, and whether or not two stages from the same setting are getting ported” were all considered.
Below are Sakurai’s full comments:
U.S. sales for various Wii U and 3DS games
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 26 Comments
Reliable NPD leaker “creansugar” is back once again with another round of data from the latest NPD report. This time around, we have lifetime U.S. sales figures for various 3DS and Wii U titles, including Bravely Default, Bayonetta 2, and more.
Here’s the full set of data:
New Mario amiibo initially exclusive to the Mario Party 10 bundle
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments
There will be two versions of Mario Party 10 at launch – the standard game, and a bundle containing the new Mario amiibo. Strangely, we’re now hearing that the Mario figure will be exclusive to the bundle at launch.
A notice on Amazon’s
product page states, “For a limited time, the only way to play with the Mario Party Mario amiibo included!”
We’re not sure how long that “limited” window is. But at least to start out, you’ll need to pick up the bundle if you want to get your hands on the new Mario amiibo. Pre-orders are already sold out on Amazon, so that’s one retailer option already gone.
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Best Buy cancels more Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL pre-orders, including reservations with just one system
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News | 13 Comments
Update: Best Buy is sending out an email to consumers confirming that low stock is to blame. $50 credit is being offered to compensate.
We’re sorry but there is an issue with your pre-order. The popularity of Nintendo 3DS XL Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Limited Edition Gold/Black exceeded the quantities made available to Best Buy. As a result, we are unable to fulfill all of the pre-orders received. We regret that your particular order has been canceled and we know that this is disappointing. We want to make it up to you by offering a $50 discount that may be used towards the purchase of one of these alternate options, or other products on BestBuy.com/
The Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL situation just got a whole lot messier at Best Buy. We’re hearing that a slew of people have experienced order cancellations today.
This is different than what we reported on earlier this week, in which Best Buy started cancelling orders containing more than one system. Unfortunately, those who did only order one Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL are now seeing cancellations as well.
Amazon now listing Terraria for Wii U and 3DS as well
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 10 Comments
GameFly listed Terraria for Wii U and 3DS earlier this week. At the time, we couldn’t be sure if those listings were legitimate or innocuous errors. But thanks to new findings at a different retailer, it seems quite possible that 505 Games is indeed bringing Terraria to both of Nintendo’s platforms.
Terraria popped up for both Wii U
and 3DS
on Amazon today. A $29.99 price point is listed, along with a tentative October 31 launch date.
There is one strange thing about this situation: GameFly has since pulled its Wii U and 3DS Terraria listings. GameFly tends to be reliable more often than not, so I’m wondering if that was done simply because 505 Games hasn’t made an announcement yet. Either way, we’ll try to get an official answer from the company.
Suicune, Gardevoir and Pikachu confirmed for Pokken Tournament
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments
The monthly Famitsu stream for Pokken Tournament has begun and there are plenty of details already emerging about the arcade game to be release in Japan.
First, we know about three new Pokemon set to be included. They are Suicune, Gardevoir and Pikachu. Support Pokemon, which can be used to help, were also shown for the first time.
The stream also gives us a look at Pokken Tournament’s arcade machine.
View all of the new images in the gallery above.
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Nintendo Download (1/22/15, North America) – Punch-Out!! Wii and 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 Download for Wii Wii U
Punch-Out!!
Wii U Download
Citizens of Earth
Midnight
Breezeblox
Wii U Virtual Console
S.C.A.T.
3DS Download
Citizens of Earth
Undead Storm Nightmare
3DS Demo
Undead Storm Nightmare
3DS Virtual Console
S.C.A.T.
eShop Sales
It’s week two of the Throwback Sale! Save up to 50 percent on select games of past and current Nintendo console generations. This week’s sale starts at 9 a.m. PT on Jan. 22 and ends at 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.
Only one week left to take advantage of deals on hit indie games with the Super Indie Connection Sale #2. Now through 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29, fans who already own any participating games or purchase one at full price during this promotion will receive 60 percent off other participating games.
Super Toy Cars is 50 percent off (reduced from $7.99 to $3.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.
Darts Up is 40 percent off (reduced from $2.49 to $1.49) until 8:59am PT on Feb. 19.
Retro City Rampage DX is 30 percent off (reduced from $9.99 to $6.99) until 8:59 a.m. PT on Jan. 29.
Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL World Duel Carnival is on sale (reduced from $19.99 to $12.99) from Jan. 24 through 8:59 a.m. PT on Feb. 6.
Source: Nintendo PR
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Masuda has “big-picture ideas” for Pokemon’s future
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 50 Comments
Pokemon as a gaming franchise has been around for nearly two decades. Given its popularity, Pokemon won’t be slowing down any time soon and we’ll continue to see new entries in the franchise.
Where might Pokemon go from here though? Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda won’t give any specifics away, but he did tease to Polygon that he has “some big-picture ideas” for the series.
Masuda said:
There’s probably going to be a lot more games; we might not be able to use the “Gotta catch ’em all” catchphrase anymore [laughs]. Of course, we want to keep creating things that will surprise and delight fans. I don’t think that’s going to change. … I have some big-picture ideas, but I can’t really talk about them.
