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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 0 comments

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 17 Comments

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

3DS LL – 58,627
Wii U – 38,802
3DS – 29,749
Vita – 27,618
PS3 – 11,148
PSP – 3,680
Wii – 477
Xbox 360 – 328

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

3DS LL – 69,001
3DS – 40,507
Vita – 24,513
PS3 – 11,460
PSP – 3,807
Wii U – 2,598
Wii – 742
Xbox 360 – 351

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 12 Comments

Wii Sports Club is being made available digitally as individual chunks. Tennis and bowling will be available as separate downloads later this week, followed by baseball, golf, and boxing down the line.

Despite this release model, Wii Sports Club could launch as a physical product in the future. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata wouldn’t rule out the possibility during the company’s investor Q&A last week.

He said:

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Next week, GT.TV will be hosting an entire show dedicated to Nintendo. But it looks like there will be a few goodies on this week’s episode as well.

New levels from Super Mario 3D World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds will be appearing on GT.TV this coming Friday. We’ll be hearing a bit from Reggie Fils-Aime, too.

As far as next week goes, that’s where we’ll be hearing about Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze… and more from Reggie, apparently. A bit confusing, but from what I can gather, there will be Nintendo-related coverage on GT.TV over the next two weeks.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments

The recently-released Mario/Luigi Wii U bundle is sold out on GameStop.com as well as Target.com. Both retailers currently list the product as “unavailable”. As of now, Best Buy seems to be one of the few retailers still taking orders online.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 1 Comment

We already knew GameTrailers TV would be hosting a special episode on Nintendo (as is the case every year), but we now have an exact date. The episode will air next Friday – November 15 – 1 AM.

Reggie Fils-Aime will be on hand to provide “a look at Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and more,” according to an official listing on Spike.

What’s next for Nintendo? GTTV is joined by Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime to get a look at Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and more.

Bill Trinen is expected to be appearing on the episode as well. What else is in store? Feel free to take your guesses!

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 0 comments

Flipper, Ace Mathician, and Color Commando developer Goodbye Galaxy Games has shared new details about its first effort for the 3DS eShop.

“Tappingo” is a new puzzle game for the digital store. It has players solving pixel art puzzles by making numbered blocks extend into lines. The lines continue on until they hit something, making things more difficult. You’ll need to use other blocks and lines to stop the line at the correct length for the best results.

Tappingo will include 100 puzzles, small and big grids, and a feature which keeps track of the time it takes you to solve a puzzle.

You can find the official Tappingo website here.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 9 Comments

Nintendo’s R&D expenditures are up, but sales are down. With the company adding on roughly 1,000 staffers over the past four or five years, an attendee at Nintendo’s financial results briefing Q&A asked about a possible reduction to the workforce.

This isn’t something that president Satoru Iwata is considering. Iwata pointed out the common ups and downs in the video games business, and feels that things will improve. As a result, he said, “Restructuring the workforce is not the first option we consider even when cost cutting is required.” Iwata also mentioned Nintendo is taking this approach “because we do not see a dark future for Nintendo.”

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

Nintendo’s Virtual Console has been disappointing, to say the least. Releases continue to trickle out very slowly, with some weeks seeing the absence of new classic games entirely.

With any luck, the situation will improve in the future. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said during an investors Q&A briefing several days ago that the company has been unable “to take full advantage of our assets yet, so we would like to enrich our Virtual Console lineup.” Iwata added, “As the ability to digitally offer our products has given us greater flexibility in offering new propositions to our consumers, we should naturally consider these possibilities in the future.”

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

Nintendo has several Wii U titles lined up for the holidays, including Wii Party U, Wii Sports Club, Wii Fit U, and Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games. Whereas the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are looking to appeal to core gamers, each of these aforementioned titles from the Big N would likely garner a more “casual” label. Therefore, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said during a recent investors Q&A that he and the company as a whole “wonder if the target user will actually be the same” compared to what the competition intends to offer.

Iwata did point out that the launch of new consoles brings about some benefits for Nintendo. “Though there are some who take the view that intensified competition means overseas competition will be tough for Nintendo,” Iwata said, “no matter how Nintendo does domestically, I do not necessarily see it that way.” That’s because new systems “energize the video game industry as a whole.”

You can find Iwata’s full comments about the Wii U’s end-of-year lineup, competition, and more below.

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