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February 19th, 2013, 23:45 Posted By: wraggster
Still angry about the fresh delay to the Wii U version of Rayman Legends?
Well, firstly, chill out. It’s a game. It’s fine. You’ll still get it and that other console owners will also get it is of no actual consequence to you.
But nonetheless, Ubisoft is clearly a more benevolent beast than us and has said that it will release the game’s Online Challenge mode as a free download on Nintendo’s machine this April – five months before its official release.
Challenges will be generated daily and a Wii U-only dungeon setting will also be made available.
MCV reported this morning that three retailers have listed a Wii U version of upcoming sci-fi romp Watch Dogs. Add that possible release to the Rayman news and perhaps Ubisoft can still be BFFs with the Wii U’s more dedicated fan base?
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ubiso...owners/0111079
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February 18th, 2013, 21:57 Posted By: wraggster
Square Enix has announced a Wii U Dragon Quest X release date of March 30 in Japan.
 Featuring enhanced graphics and support for GamePad-only play, the MMORPG will offer the same basic content as the chart-topping Wii version, which launched in Japan last August and reportedly amassed 300,000 subscribers by the end of the following month.Dragon Quest X will retail for 6,980 yen (£48 / $75) and include a ticket granting access to 20 days of online play, Siliconera reports.
A Dragon Quest X hardware bundle featuring a premium Wii U console, the game, a black Pro Controller, a Nintendo prepaid card worth 1,000 yen (£7 / $11), and five super health orbs will cost 42,000 yen (£292 / $453). It will also include access to a Wii U beta test kicking off on March 6.
Check out a new batch of screenshots from the game below (thanks AGB). Once you've had a look, you might want to watch the Wii U version in action in this Dragon Quest X trailer.
Western Dragon Quest X releases dates have yet to be announced.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...arch-30-japan/
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February 18th, 2013, 21:55 Posted By: wraggster
The Nintendo 3DS trailer for Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D has appeared online, after its release on the eShop last week.
 The game, a remake of Wii title Donkey Kong Country Returns, will release in Japan, Europe and North America this summer.Developed by Retro Studios and released in 2010, Donkey Kong Country Returns was generally well received for its colourful visuals and challenging gameplay.
The original Wii version of the game sold more than 5 million copies worldwide.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...ppears-online/
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February 18th, 2013, 21:15 Posted By: wraggster
 Luigi’s Mansion 2 (AKA Dark Moon in North America) is the game 3DS was born to play, or so Nintendo would have us believe. As revealed in an Iwata Asks session with original Luigi’s Mansion director Hideki Konno, the handheld owes a debt to his prototype for a stereoscopic LCD add-on for GameCube, which was paired with a 3D version of his spook-hunting game.Entering the first of five new mansions, Ghastly Manor, it’s easy to see the attraction of marrying this series with 3D. The game is viewed in cross section, and pushing up the 3DS’s depth slider sees rooms sink back into the murk, offering the sense of peeking into a peculiarly Gothic dollhouse. Combined with subtle gyroscope use to gently tilt the rooms, it rekindles 3DS’s initial capacity to wow.
http://www.edge-online.com/features/...andheld-debut/
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February 17th, 2013, 23:56 Posted By: wraggster
WiiLauncher is a simple alternative to Gecko OS application. It has most of the Gecko OS features and has additional features for downloading and editing cheat codes.
WiiLauncher automatically reloads and patches IOS 36 so there is no need to install unofficial (patched) or even custom IOS to run the channels (with the debugger or cheat codes) or the rebooter features. Full hardware access (AHBPROT) is used when applying such run-time patches. This access could be obtained by running WiiLauncher application from Homebrew Channel (version 1.0.7 or higher).
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February 16th, 2013, 03:08 Posted By: wraggster
The Mario Golf series is taking to the 3DS fairway with World Tour, releasing this summer, as detailed by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in this morning'sNintendo Direct broadcast.
The 3DS entry. from series developer Camelot, features both traditional golf courses and ones inspired by the Mario series, and a roster that includes Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Bowser, and Donkey Kong.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/14/ma...s-this-summer/
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February 16th, 2013, 03:07 Posted By: wraggster
 Finally, you can browse your neighborhood through the tiny window of your Wii U GamePad. Wii Street U is free on the Wii U eShop today for a limited time, enabling augmented reality Google Street View. Grab it now, because it seems unlikely you'd want to pay for it.
Meanwhile on 3DS eShop: video games! The NES version of arcade classic Dig Dug is available, as is a demo for chibi action game Naruto Powerful Shippuden. Bit.Trip Saga is also discounted. If you lack even one of the Bit.Trip games, this is a great way to get them all in a portable format.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/14/ne...eet-u-dig-dug/
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February 16th, 2013, 03:06 Posted By: wraggster
In the chill of the March 5 night, The Amazing Spider-Man arrives like a streak of light on Wii U in North America - well, in the cool of the March 5 day to be accurate. Europeans can take a look overhead to see it swing a thread onto continental retail shelves on March 8.
The Wii U is getting the Ultimate Edition of The Amazing Spider-Man, which bundles in the four DLC packs released for the other versions, including the one that lets you play as Stan Lee - every DLC pack for every game should let you play as Stan Lee. It also supports off-TV play, or if you prefer you can turn the GamePad into a cell-phone with which you can take on new challenges, find your way around the city, and order Spider-pizza sustenance.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/15/am...-na-march-8-e/
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February 16th, 2013, 03:05 Posted By: wraggster
BestBuy.com wants you to start your weekend with some much needed self-indulgence, because, like a supermodel slathered in megaprettyoxide-infused war paint, you're worth it. So why not treat your beauticious self to Paper Mario: Sticker Star, going at $19.99, or Kid Icarus: Uprising for $14.99?
Of course, you might feel you're worth that and quite a bit more. If so, you could always plump for Epic Mickey 2 on Wii at $11.99, or Darksiders 2 on PS3 or Xbox 360 at $14.99.
Update: As you eagle-eyed commenters spotted, Professor Layton and Miracle Mask, which was sold out at the time of writing, is available once more at$14.99. Also going at $14.99 is Pokémon Black/White 2.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....ry&id=cat00000
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February 16th, 2013, 02:59 Posted By: wraggster
Activision has announced plans to launch Angry Birds Trilogy on Wii and Wii U in 2013.
 The publisher also revealed today that the Xbox 360, PS3 and 3DS game - which released in September 2012 and supports Kinect, Move and StreetPass features - has cleared one million sales.Angry Birds Trilogy combines Rovio mobile titles Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio, while adding new content, levels and features.
Activision Publishing VP of sales and marketing Jennifer Mirabelli said: "Angry Birds' proven formula for fun and addicting gameplay translated perfectly to the big screen and the consumer response has been overwhelming."
Rovio executive vice president of games Petri Järvilehto added: "The features specific to the Wii U are very intriguing to us, so we're excited to release this version to fans."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...i-u-this-year/
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February 16th, 2013, 02:51 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo's new console outsold nearly 5:1 by Xbox 360, but one analyst finds a silver lining for the Mario maker
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The Wii U's woes kept up last month. According to aCNET report, the industry-tracking NPD Group's January sales figures had Nintendo's newest system selling 57,000 units in the US (Update: NPD has now confirmed this number with GamesIndustry International). The best-selling hardware of the month, Microsoft's Xbox 360, moved 281,000 systems, outselling Nintendo's latest nearly five times over.
While Nintendo president Satoru Iwata described the system as "not bad" and "selling steadily" last month, the company later cut its sales targets for its current fiscal year. It had originally projected to sell 5.5 million systems through March, but now puts the number closer to 4 million. As of the end of December, the Wii U had racked up sales of 3.06 million worldwide.
Nintendo has recently tried to spark interest in the system with a number of new game announcements. A week before cutting its sales forecasts, the company helda Nintendo Direct presentation in which it confirmed two new Mario titles would be playable at this year's E3 and announced two Zelda games, among other titles.
In a note to GamesIndustry International, EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich cautioned that Nintendo's performance shouldn't be judged by the Wii U alone.
"While the Wii U's results were discouraging, Nintendo's platforms as an aggregate outperformed the other console manufacturers," Divnich said. "Nintendo's platforms represented over 40 percent of the consoles sold in January. I have to wonder if the Wii and the Nintendo DS have longer legs than what we've all originally expected and whether Nintendo is competing more against itself than other console manufacturers."
For now, Divnich sees Nintendo "retaining a large and active user base" across several devices, but he noted that pricing is still going to be a big factor. "Closing that pricing gap [with other consoles] long-term is a critical component for the Wii U's long-term success," he said.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ems-in-january
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February 16th, 2013, 02:46 Posted By: wraggster
The Xbox 360 has started 2013 in much the same way as it ended 2012 in the US. And sadly, so did the Wii U.
NPD’s numbers for January 13 actually show a rare thing for the US games market – year-on-year gains. Nine per cent, in fact.
However, as Gamasutra points out, the way the days fall means that January this year had an extra week compared to in 2012. Once adjusted the numbers show an estimated 13 per cent annual decline, falling from $765.6m to $667.8m.
The site also spoke to an NPD who confirmed that sales of Nintendo’s Wii U are currently tracking 38 per cent behind those posted by the Wii at the same stage in its life cycle.
A source told the site that sales of the machine in January were “well under” 100,000 units, whereas Gamasutra itself pins hardware unit sales at “somewhere between 45,000 and 59,000 units for the month” which is “lower than any of the three previous-generation home consoles sold in their worst months”.
All is roses in camp Xbox, however, with the machine leading the market yet again. It’s the 25thconsecutive month that Xbox 360 has topped in the hardware pile in the country, with Microsoft saying that the console commanded 44 per cent of the market
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II was the best selling game of the month followed by Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 (2nd) and Just Dance 4 (3rd), 2K Sports’ NBA 2K13 (4th), EA’s Madden NFL 13 (5th) and Capcom’s DmC: Devil May Cry (6th).
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wii-u...inance/0110976
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February 16th, 2013, 02:44 Posted By: wraggster
UK games retailers want Nintendo to revitalise Wii U sales with a fresh marketing push and a price drop.
Console sales have slowed since its December launch. Last week, it lost exclusive rights to Rayman Legends andNinja Gaiden 3, and Activision boss Bobby Kotick said the publisher is “disappointed” in Wii U’s performance so far.
In January, Wii U’s second month on sale, the console only accounted 1.6 per cent of UK game sales. In the US, Wii U has sold 38 per cent less units than its predecessor at the same stage of its own launch.
But retailers, including members of MCV's Retail Advisory Board, have said they believe Nintendo can turn this around if the platform holder acts now.
“Wii U has not caught the public’s imagination yet,” Tesco games buying manager Jonathan Hayes told MCV.
"We need a killer app to drive sales, and a big marketing push to clearly communicate what Wii U is all about – it will probably be better to focus on the premium edition to do this.”
Sainsbury’s games buying manager Gurdeep Hunjan added: “A new strategy needs to be communicated and launched for Easter, the school holidays, the summer holidays and beyond.”
ShopTo buyer James Rowson said: “Nintendo needs to show there’s a wide range of games available and on the horizon so consumers see Wii U as a good long-term investment.”
Indies believe a price drop would lift the Wii U, but warn that it cannot be the only solution.
“A price drop on the console or extremely competitive bundle options to encourage consumer take-up would be ideal,” said Grainger Gamers’ commercial director Simon Peck.
Nick Whitehead, founder of Xbite, added: “Both the machine and software prices are too high to compete. The price point needs looking at but this alone will not fix the issue.”
Barkman Computers’ Nick Elliot said: “Lower prices should be led by Nintendo and publishers – not left to retail to discount down to the optimum price point.”
Publisher support is a more divisive subject among stores, with debate about which companies will produce the biggest system-sellers.
“Third-party support will be vital over the coming months, especially as triple-A Nintendo launches are so infrequent,” said Games Centre MD Robert Lindsay.
Gameseek MD Stephen Staley disagrees: “I don’t think Nintendo can rely on anyone other than themselves to get the most out of Wii U. I hope they can do it.”
A full analysis of retail demands for Wii U will be in next week’s issue of MCV, available on Thursday, February 21st.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/retai...rategy/0110982
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February 16th, 2013, 02:43 Posted By: wraggster
In times of uncertainty on the High Street, it’s reassuring to feel some of that old-fashioned friction that only the games market can provide.
Yep, the Format Wars are back.
With Sony offering a ‘glimpse at the future of PlayStation’ (aka the PS4 announcement) next week, the reinvigorated UK Xbox exec team this week spared no opportunity to underline just how comprehensively they thrashed PlayStation 3 in this current generation. Warning shos fired. And Wii’s record-breaking run is next on their hit list.
You can read the in-depth interview starting on page 16 – there’s some great insight in there. But read between the lines in what Jon Grimes and Harvey Eagle say and, although they never utter a word about a new console, it’s apparent that Microsoft has been building its next-gen strategy in plain view for some time.
Xbox Live and cloud storage, underappreciated innovations like Sesame Street TV, that catch-all games/movies/TV/music phrase ‘Xbox is an entertainment brand’… even the idea of hardware via subscription.
Microsoft is saying nothing about next-gen, but the message is loud and clear: it won’t take whatever Sony’s got lying down.
WII NEEDS HELP?
Comments from retailers big and small about Wii U pretty much read like a greatest hits of complaints.
Now That’s What I Call Concerns About Nintendo’s Strategy, Volume 2.
Look at these suggestions from Nintendo’s POV, and I think retailers might have to be prepared for them to fall on deaf ears at first.
Of course Nintendo knows that Wii U has struggled, and not through lack of trying by its passionate staff or support from fans. Nintendo might be able to swing to a price cut.
But it can’t exactly force developers it doesn’t employ to make games. It can’t make consumers dip into their savings. And it cannot (although fanboys would tell you otherwise) magically change the seasons and just make it all better.
The fear, of course, is that this clever console gets washed aside in the excitement for boxes that still don’t officially exist – and which might not even arrive this side of Christmas. That’d be an unfair fate for the follow-up to what really was a revolution in video games just a few years ago.
That’s where you can empathise with retail, who are seeing first hand just how tough it is out there right now, and are begging for some help.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/opini...-wii-u/0110984
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February 15th, 2013, 16:03 Posted By: wraggster
Over at the ChronoCrash Forums, Magggas has released a new Beats of Rage Mod that should work OK on Dreamcast, PSP, Xbox, Wii and the Open Source Consoles such as Dingoo, GP2X Etc.
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February 15th, 2013, 15:31 Posted By: wraggster
News from Flashlinker Europe of a price drop for the N64 Flash Cart ED64Plus
ED64 plus is a Game Cartridge emulator for your N64 Console. It allows you to play your favourite backup game on your N64 console via ED64 plus.
Besides the game cartridge emulation function
- card based on Everdrive 64 V1.x 64Mbyte (512mbit) SDRAM for ROM data
- SD and SDHC cards are supported - FAT16/FAT32 support
Emulation features
- Game saves support (SRAM, SRAM128Kbyte, EEPROM16k, EEPROM4k, FlashRam)
- Region free (will play a PAL ROM on a NTSC system, and vice-versa)
- Multi CIC chip compatible*
- Stores cartridge based saves directly on the SD/MicroSD card**
- Supports all save types, even FlashRAM save type
- Reset button takes the user back to the ED64Plus menu
- USB port included (Plug and play)
- Firmware update by SD card
- Extended slot for Boot Cartridge - Supports all regions (PAL, USA, Japan)
What's inside the box of ED64plus Game Save Device
- ED64plus Game Save Device x 1
- Tools CD x 1
- USB Cable x 1
* The ED64Plus cart require a commercial N64 game cartridge with CIC6102 to be plugged into it as a dongle for the CIC microchip protection check.
** The ED64Plus launch a ROM with corresponding save type automatically. All save types are fully supported. However, the ED64Plus menu allows changing of the save type prior to launching a ROM. This is done by pressing the L/R buttons to cycle through the different cartridge save types. When game is playing, press Reset button will take the user back to the ED64Plus menu, and the ED64Plus automatically creates a save file on the inserted SDCard within the /ED64P/SAVE folder. Each save game will have an extension corresponding to what type of save it is.
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February 15th, 2013, 01:52 Posted By: wraggster
Last month, Nintendo blitzed Wii U owners with new game announcements to spark interest in the middle of a post-launch release drought. Today the company turned its attention to the handheld space with a Nintendo Direct presentation focused primarily on the 3DS and new games featuring two of its biggest icons, Mario and Donkey Kong.
Leading up the push was a pair of games set for launch this summer: the light-hearted roleplaying game Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and the latest in the Camelot-developed sports series Mario Golf: World Tour. The 3DS will also be seeing Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, a version of Retro Studios' 2010 Wii game revamped to take advantage of the handheld's glasses-free 3D feature. Nintendo also announced the downloadable action-puzzle game Mario and Donkey Kong Minis on the Move for the 3DS' eShop.
In other 3DS news, Nintendo confirmed Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and Animal Crossing: New Leaf launches on March 24 and June 9, respectively. Additionally, Pokemon developer GameFreak's downloadable rhythm-based action game HarmoKnight was set for a March 28 debut.
While the 3DS was the primary focus of the event, Nintendo dropped some news for the Wii U as well. The company revealed a new North American Wii U bundle set for release this Sunday. The new set will feature everything from the current $350 Wii U Deluxe bundle, as well as Zombi U, a black Wii U Pro Controller, and an art book for $390. As for games, Nintendo announced New Super Luigi U, a large-scale downloadable content package for New Super Mario Bros. U that will feature the green-clad Mario brother jumping and stomping his way through 80 remixed levels from the original game.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-software-push
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