Nintendo has finally confirmed the limited edition, silver-colored 3DS XL system featuring Mario and Luigi. It’s available for purchase starting today. The MSRP is $199.99, though retailers like Best Buy have it available for $180.

You can find Nintendo’s official announcement below.

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Reggie on Wii U’s competition, people now understand it’s a new console, publisher relationships, more

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

Forbes has put up a new interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Wii U’s competition and third-party support were discussed, as was the issue of people not understanding the system is a new console – which Reggie believes has been addressed.

You can find Reggie’s full comments below. Forbes’ full piece can be found here.

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Eiji Aonuma wants the next Zelda to provide “a unique experience that is beyond your expectations”

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

Prima’s Zelda Box Set comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by series producer Eiji Aonuma. On the certificate, Aonuma included a brief message for aficionados of the franchise.

Aonuma primarily thanked fans for their dedication. He additionally sneaked in a few words about the next Zelda game – most certainly Zelda Wii U – in which he expresses his “desire to create a unique experience that is beyond your expectations.”

Aonuma’s note in full reads:

It has been 25 years since The Legend of Zelda was introduced to the world, and it is still going strong. This was made possible by the fans who love the series. In the next installment, it is my desire to create a unique experience that is beyond your expectations. We are privileged to have your unwavering support.

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Super Mario 3D World sells through about 57% of its initial shipment in Japan

Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 6 Comments

Super Mario 3D World sold about 100,000 copies in Japan in its first week. According to Media Create, the game sold through 57.17 percent of its shipment. That means Nintendo must have shipped roughly 175,000 copies at launch – a somewhat low figure given the Mario brand, though perhaps understandable given the Wii U’s install base.

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Masahiro Sakurai on his huge workload for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS and more

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

The amount of work Masahiro Sakurai puts into the new Smash Bros. games is kind of unbelievable. One of his tasks has him inputting a ton of different parameters, which under normal circumstances, would be a job for multiple staffers – not just one employee.

Sakurai wrote in his weekly Famitsu column this week:

“With the previous Smash Bros. games, I would input all the fighter specs and attack hitboxes, and with the new games I’m doing something very similar. If I were to hand over the work to someone else, it would be a full-time, multi-person designated workload.”

Why would Sakurai take on such an involved task by himself? For one thing, he’s working with a new team. Collaborating with Namco Bandai does have its advantages though, as he says the company has created development tools that are more advanced and allow for more immediate trial and error.

Sakurai also says working alone is “faster and more accurate”.

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Second round of SEGA 3D Classics is in the works

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

M2 and SEGA are cooking up another round of 3D Classics for Japan. We’ve kind of heard about this vaguely in the past, but SEGA CS3 producer Yosuke Okunari seems to have officially confirmed the news on Twitter. If the new games succeed in Japan, Okunari says we could see them launch in other parts of the world.

@LinearLoveStory Thank you. We develop the 2nd series for Japan. If this overseas release succeeds, it may release these in the world.
— Yosuke Okunari /???? (@okunari) November 30, 2013

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Rune Factory series producer says next title is a secret, staffers “are still doing great”

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

Neverland is ceasing operations due to a lack of funds. What does this mean for the Marvelous AQL-published Rune Factory series?

Producer at Marvelous AQL Yoshifumi Hashimoto left a message on the game’s official blog following today’s news. Speaking about the series’ future and staff, he wrote:

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SEGA releasing a patch for Sonic Lost World next month to address Frozen Factory 3 glitch and other issues

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

A patch will be released for Sonic Lost World next month, SEGA has confirmed.

The update will be available around December 11. It’ll address a glitch found in Frozen Factory 3 (see above), among other issues.

After one player inquired about the casino stage’s glitch, SEGA Japan responded with the following:

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Bravely Default devs pleased with game’s overseas reception thus far

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Bravely Default is about to hit Europe, and as such, a few reviews have slowly started to trickle in. They’ve all been pretty much positive across the board.

Square Enix seems to be pleased with the game’s overseas reaction thus far. Earlier this week, the official Bravely Default Twitter account tweeted the following:

“Bravely Default is a game that was designed only taking RPG fans in Japan into consideration. We thought overseas expansion was impossible. Seeing this much anticipation moves me deeply.”