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

This week’s Japanese software sales are as follows:

1. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – 101,349 / 2,047,199
2. [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 – 29,529 / 2,815,708
3. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 29,428 / 1,676,957
4. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 19,986 / 101,967
5. [PS3] The Evil Within – 15,982 / 75,370
6. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2014 – 12,576 / 63,412
7. [PS3] Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – 12,386 / NEW
8. [PS4] Onechanbara Z2 Chaos – 10,474 / NEW
9. [3DS] Tales of the World: Reve Unitia – 9,802 / 56,840
10. [PSP] Gakuen K Wonderful School Days – 7,370 / NEW
11. [PS4] Metro Redux – 6,158 / NEW
12. [PS4] The Evil Within – 5,393 / 64,597
13. [PSV] Grisaia no Meikyuu: Le Labyrinthe De La Grisaia – 4,652 / NEW
14. [PSV] Super Hero Generation – 4,026 / 20,828
15. [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix – 3,855 / 127,402
16. [XBO] Sunset Overdrive – 3,534 / NEW
17. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 3,170 / 696,378
18. [PSV] DRAMAtical Murder Re:code – 3,133 / NEW
19. [PS3] Super Hero Generation – 3,04 / 15,600
20. [PSV] Chaos Rings III: Prequel Trilogy – 2,790 / 22,193

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

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

New 3DS LL – 41,633
New 3DS – 14,040
Vita – 10,688
3DS LL – 9,270
PS4 – 8,906
PS3 – 5,066
3DS – 4,730
Wii U – 4,696
Vita TV – 718
Xbox One – 599
Xbox 360 – 79
PSP – 50

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

New 3DS LL – 59,386
New 3DS – 21,281
Vita – 12,230
3DS LL – 10,665
PS4 – 8,942
3DS – 5,258
PS3 – 5,138
Wii U – 4,273
Vita TV – 795
Xbox One – 613
Xbox 360 – 89
PSP – 76

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 0 comments

Remember Coin Battle? So does Sakurai, today he talks about how it’ll be integrated into one of the game’s events among other things:

 

It’s Past Your Bedtime sets up another predetermined situation for a single-player Event. In this one, Jigglypuff needs to put every fighter to sleep at the same time. There are quite a few scenarios like this that aren’t simply brawls.

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

Nintendo’s website for Mario Kart 8 confirms the full lineup of compatible amiibo figures for Mario Kart 8.

The following characters can be used with the racer:

Mario
Luigi
Yoshi
Peach
Donkey Kong
Link
Kirby
Captain Falcon
Samus
Fox McCloud

amiibo functionality will be added to Mario Kart 8 through a software update next week. By using the different characters, you’ll be able to dress your Mii with new looks.

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

Nintendo has updated the official Mario Kart 8 website with first details regarding the game’s amiibo functionality.

According to the site, players will be able to dress their Mii characters in racing suits based on the different looks of the amiibo characters. The feature will be possible with an update scheduled to be released November 13 – next Thursday.

The Mario Kart 8 amiibo page seems to be a bit broken at the moment, so it’s possible that this information wasn’t intended to be revealed just yet. Maybe we’ll see an official announcement during tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 80 Comments

Update: Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter account confirms that the Direct is covering games leading up to Spring 2015.

A new Nintendo Direct presentation will be held tomorrow, Nintendo has announced. The broadcast will go live at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT.

As of late, most of the Nintendo Directs have been game-specific. But tomorrow’s presentation will provide updates on upcoming games for both Wii U and 3DS.

Nintendo’s European PR states that the presentation will focus on “titles releasing by the end of this year, while looking ahead to 2015.” The European stream will be hosted by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in General Nintendo, News | 1 Comment

Some details about Luigi’s Mansion Arcade have surfaced and been translated over on NeoGAF and while it doesn’t get into the meat of the gameplay too much it does help provide a bit more of an overview on what to expect. Here’s the quote:

-Coming Summer 2015.
-1st person perspective. Luigi does appear in some cutscenes.
-Professor E. Gadd gives the tutorial and some in-game advice.
-Based on LM2 – Gloomy Mansion was the only mansion featured in the location test. More stages in the final game.
-Controller shaped like the Poltergust (including rectangular end), two buttons (trigger + strobe). Shake left and right to suck in ghosts.
-The main unit itself had a start button and a bomb button.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 0 comments

A couple of comparisons to the 3DS version today, this time looking at the Fiend’s Scale in Classic mode! Here’s what Sakurai had to say:

The field in Classic mode has five different backgrounds determined by the intensity level. On low intensity, the background looks peaceful, but on high intensity, the atmosphere gets pretty intimidating.

 

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 6 Comments

SEGA is bringing a new round of 3D Classics to the overseas eShop next year. 3D After Burner II will be released first in early 2015, and will be followed by 3D Fantasy Zone, 3D OutRun, 3D Fantasy Zone II and 3D Thunder Blade on a monthly basis.

Each retro game provides additional elements like new modes, options, and original musical tracks. Pricing is set at $5.99 / €4.99 / £4.49 per title.

Source: SEGA PR

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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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