Details from Nintendo’s latest shareholders meeting – Mario Kart 8 sales top 2 million, core Wii U games, Wii U hardware, Iwata Asks update, more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 43 Comments
Update: Event is now finished.
Nintendo is currently holding its 74th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. President Satoru Iwata isn’t in attendance as he’s still recovering from surgery, but there are still plenty of tidbits being shared.
We’ll update this post below with information that comes out from the event:
More: Mario Kart 8, sales, top
Hyrule Warriors – more details about Lana, Agitha, Argorok, and Zant
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 12 Comments
Nintendo shared a bunch of Hyrule Warriors information concerning Lana, Agitha, Argorok, and Zant over on its Facebook page. You can check out the full details below.
More: Hyrule Warriors, Omega Force, Team Ninja, Tecmo Koei, top
Nintendo Download (6/26/14, North America)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:
Wii U Download
Wii Sports Club Baseball/Boxing – 48-hour trial for all five sports
Shovel Knight
Monkey Pirates
BrickBlast U!
My Jurassic Farm
My Arctic Farm
Wii U Virtual Console
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
3DS Download
Shovel Knight
Toy Stunt Bike
Skypeace
Plain Video Poker
Hidden Expedition Titanic
Cocoro – Line Defender
3DS Virtual Console
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse
3DS Demos
Toy Stunt Bike
Quell Reflect
DSiWare
Anne’s Doll Studio: Antique Collection
Anne’s Doll Studio: Lolita Collection
Anne’s Doll Studio: Princess Collection
ANONYMOUS NOTES CHAPTER 4 – FROM THE ABYSS
Mysterious Stars: The Samurai
eShop sales
Ubisoft Summer Game Sale – Select Ubisoft Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games are on sale in the Nintendo eShop at up to 75 percent off. This offer is valid until 9 a.m. PT on July 7.
ATLUS Games – ATLUS is discounting select games in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS, including Code of Princess and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked. Check them out now! This offer ends at 9 a.m. PT on July 7.
Urban Trial Freestyle – Race through a wide range of urban environments in this fresh take on the action-bike-racer genre. Starting today through 9 a.m. PT on July 10, Urban Trial Freestyle is 60 percent off in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.
Nordic Games – For a limited time, select games from Nordic Games are on sale in the Nintendo eShop on Wii U, including Darksiders II. Visit the Nintendo eShop for full details. This offer is available until 9 a.m. PT on July 8.
Disney’s Frozen: Olaf’s Quest – For a limited time, Disney’s Frozen: Olaf’s Quest is available at the discounted price of $19.99 in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. This offer ends at 9 a.m. PT on July 31.
More: Nintendo Download, top, Virtual Console
Hyrule Warriors – official character profiles, DLC costumes, screenshots and more
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Images, Screenshots, Wii U | 7 Comments
Hyrule Warriors’ website was updated today and it provided us with a whole heap of new screenshots and images. Check them out below
More: Hyrule Warriors, Omega Force, Team Ninja, Tecmo Koei, top
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Screenshot (06/26/14)
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Screenshots, Wii U | 2 Comments
Another New Super Mario Bros. U screenshot today, Sakurai details how players will be able to interact with Nabbit:
Here’s Nabbit, who appears in the Mushroom Kingdom U stage. You can’t see him, but Luigi is inside Nabbit’s bag.
Hyrule Warriors Famitsu scans of Agitha, Lana and more
Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in Images, News, Screenshots, Wii U | 4 Comments
Our good friend Exeforce87 kindly sent over some fresh scans of Hyrule Warriors from the latest Famitsu. The focus of the scans seems to be the recently announced Agitha and new character Lana among with some other interesting tidbits. You’ll find the scans below, let us know what you think!
More: Hyrule Warriors, Omega Force, Team Ninja, Tecmo Koei, top
Bayonetta 2 director on decision to make the sequel, Nintendo’s input, interest in continuing the series
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments
A new Bayonetta 2 interview has come online over at CVG. The site spoke with director Yusuke Hashimoto, who talked about the decision to make a sequel, how Nintendo provided input, interest in continuing the series, and quite a bit more.
You can find CVG’s interview in full here. For notable excerpts, head past the break.
More: Bayonetta 1, Bayonetta 2, interview, PlatinumGames, top, Yusuke Hashimoto
The Legend of Korra game coming to 3DS
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 10 Comments
A video game based on The Legend of Korra TV show is in the works, Activision has revealed.
The console release is being handled by PlatinumGames, though this version will not be available on Nintendo platforms (read about it here). Instead, Activision and developer Webfoot Technologies are creating a separate title for 3DS.
On Nintendo’s portable, The Legend of Korra is a turn-based strategy title that puts the “focus on tactically maneuvering Korra and her allies on the battlefield.”
The Legend of Korra video game launches this year.
Hyrule Warriors – Zelda is Queen Zelda, Aonuma gave the dev team a ton of freedom, soundtrack, more
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments
Yet another Hyrule Warriors interview has gone live, this time coming from MMGN. Producers Yosuke Hayashia and Hisashi Koinuma as well as supervisor Eiji Aonuma spoke about Zelda’s role in the game, the large amount of freedom given to the development team, soundtrack, and more.
Excerpts from the interview are posted below. Head on over to MMGN for the full interview.
Media Create software sales (6/16 – 6/22)
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
1. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy – 31,080 / NEW
2. [3DS] Youkai Watch – 30,394 / 1,117,611
3. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 28,112 / 469,316
4. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 20,600 / 123,867
5. [3DS] Persona Q – 11,979 / 230,307
6. [PSV] Firefly’s Diary – 9,744 / NEW
7. [PS3] CV: Casting Voice – 7,524 / NEW
8. [3DS] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 7,374 / 50,288
9. [PS3] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 6,307 / 24,333
10. [PS4] FIFA 14 – 5,867 / 47,303
11. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution – 5,657 / 25,316
12. [3DS] Pokemon X/Y – 4,828 / 4,088,012
13. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014: Samurai Blue Challenge – 4,541 / 23,154
14. [PSV] One Piece: Unlimited World Red – 4,072 / 14,421
15. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 3,983 / 2,339,820
16. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour – 3,836 / 397,379
17. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 3,383 / 3,296,439
18. [3DS] Card Fight – 3,284 / 42,852
19. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe – 3,051 / 602,562
20. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 3,004 / 3,749,733
