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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments

With Media Create having reported the latest gaming sales from Japan, we now have confirmation that lifetime Wii U hardware sales have topped two million. The milestone was reached in just under two years.

Media Create reports that for the week of November 24, Wii U hardware sales came in at 12,496 units. The console’s total now stands at 2,009,513 units.

View a graph created by DualShockers showing the sales of Wii U in Japan since launch above.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 5 Comments

This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 298,613 / 1,626,284
2. [PSV] Phantasy Star Nova – 107,313 / NEW
3. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey II Untold: The Knight of the Fafnir – 59,531 / NEW
4. [PSV] Fate/hollow ataraxia – 53,979 / NEW
5. [PS3] Resident Evil HD – 50,258 / NEW
6. [PS4] Dragon Age: Inquisition – 29,274 / NEW
7. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 27,264 / 2,200,698
8. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 21,755 / 1,758,790
9. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 20,577 / 2,902,388
10 [PSV] Nisekoi Marriage!? – 15,508 / NEW
11. [PSV] Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit! – 14,275 / NEW
12. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 – 12,886 / 104,801
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 12,742 / 734,626
14. [WIU] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 12,211 / 54,053
15. [PSV] Great Edo Blacksmith – 11,562 / NEW
16. [PS3] Dragon Age: Inquisition – 11,294 / NEW
17. [PS3] Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – 10,291 / 105,302
18. [3DS] Local Railroads: Local Characters and a Journey All Around Japan – 9,936 / NEW
19. [3DS] Hero Bank 2 – 8,014 / NEW
20. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires – 7,784 / 45,907

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News, Wii U | 9 Comments

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

New 3DS LL – 48,738
Vita – 27,935
New 3DS – 22,875
3DS – 19,722
3DS LL – 15,182
PS4 – 13,489
Wii U – 12,496
PS3 – 5,360
Vita TV – 1,285
Xbox One – 1,237
Xbox 360 – 108
PSP – 18

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

New 3DS LL – 42,184
New 3DS – 26,791
PS4 – 12,430
3DS LL – 11,534
Vita – 10,236
Wii U – 9,615
3DS – 8,144
PS3 – 4,324
Xbox One – 776
Vita TV – 621
Xbox 360 – 100
PSP – 11

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

Curve Studios is teaming up with Roll7 to bring the critically acclaimed 2D precision trick-based skating game OlliOlli to new platforms, including Wii U and 3DS. Expect it out early next year on the eShop. Curve released a teaser trailer for OlliOlli’s new versions, which can be found above.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

IGN published a new interview with Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker producer Koichi Hayashida and director Shinya Hiratake. The two commented on various topics, such as Shigeru Miyamoto’s influence on the game’s development, how Toadette was made playable, and plenty more.

Head past the break for a few noteworthy interview excerpts. Be sure to check out IGN’s full piece here as well.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 7 Comments

Remember this Pokemon?

How about this one?

As it turns out, they’re one in the same. The release of Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire combined with some work done by hackers confirms that Hoopa is featured in the first screenshot above, while the second image is Hoopa’s alternate form.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 19 Comments

Xenoblade Chronicles X director Tetsuya Takahashi has shared more about the game on the official Japanese Twitter account. He spoke about art designers Takayuki Yanase and Kouichi Mugitani as well as the title’s Dolls.

First, here’s Takahashi on Yanase:

“Mr. Yanase is a well-known designer that has worked on Gundam 00 among other things. The concept for the Dolls in this project was that one single convertible frame be able to transform into several vehicles, so I asked for his help, knowing that he would be able to realize that [concept]. If I recall correctly, I asked for his help around the time that Kotobukiya announced its new plastic model “Frame Arms Series.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

Update: The “Master Quest” portion of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses is actually planned worldwide. You’ll notice that some of the locations include Boston and even Japan.

Plus, we now have Nintendo’s North American announcement – find that after the break. We learn that Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Majora’s Mask

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – Master Quest is kicking off in Europe next year.

Nintendo just announced the news through a message published on its Twitter account a short while ago.

For the full lineup of dates, check out this link.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 8 Comments

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U appears to be causing major issues for some users.

Players have encountered error code 160-0103, which may be caused by the game’s update data. The error seems to occur at random points though some say it happens after playing For Glory and booting the Wii U again.

Error code 160-0103 may stem from update data created by Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. While all other parts of the console can be accessed, the real trouble begins when launching Smash or the Data Management page.

Opening the latter results in error code 160-1710. After seeing this code, Wii U owners have encountered issues like complete Wii U memory wipes and bricked systems.

Those who came across the original error are apparently advised to format their systems. However, they’re then presented with the second error code with no option but to send in their console to Nintendo.

Despite all of these issues, Nintendo is said to be working on a fix.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in DS, Features, Reader Poll | 30 Comments

Like Fred Durst, our series of “Best of DS” lists keeps on rollin’ with a double feature of the top five most under-appreciated and disappointing titles on the console. Let’s start off with the good and recognise the games that might have scored well with critics, but fell under the radar for whatever reason.

Even though I’m happy with the games you guys picked, the “most under-appreciated” might also be the “most unnecessary” list, because how do you use a popularity contest to determine if something is the most under-appreciated? Of course, the deepest cuts were the ones that didn’t get enough votes to make the list so consider the real victors to be Bangai-O Spirits and Kira Kira: Pop Princess:
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