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January 29th, 2012, 22:45 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo will release a side-scrolling Super Mario Bros game for3DS in its next fiscal year.
The news was revealed by company president Satoru Iwata, and means the game will be on shelves between April 1 and March 31, 2013.
During an investor briefing, Iwata said: "We are planning to release a totally new side-scrolling Super Mario in 2D as a key title for the Nintendo 3DS in the next fiscal year."
The announcement came with a pledge from Iwata that Nintendo would improve software support for 3DS, recognising the need to "release new titles seamlessly." He also promised more titles aimed at western markets, with releases spread more evenly throughout the year rather than condensed into the fourth quarter.
Nintendo has also announced a new online service, Nintendo Network, for 3DS and Wii U. Iwata also revealed that the company expects to once again profit from sales of 3DS hardware in the first six months of the coming fiscal year, which begins on April 1.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/new-...ller-announced
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January 29th, 2012, 22:40 Posted By: wraggster
More than five million copies of 3DS platformer Super Mario 3D Land have been sold worldwide since its launch in November,Nintendo has announced.
It means Mario's 3DS debut is the first game to cross the five million barrier, though figures released alongside Nintendo's latest financial results show Mario Kart 7 isn't far behind. The kart racer, which has been number one in Japan for five of the last six weeks, ended the year on 4.5 million.
In the nine months to December 31, DS RPG Pokémon Black & White sold 2.9 million units worldwide, taking its lifetime sales to 14.4 million. Mario Kart Wii, released in 2008, continues to sell, with 4.9 million units sold during the period to take its lifetime total to a staggering 31.9 million.
It's a similar story for Wii Sports, with 2.4 million sales meaning its total sales since launch stand at 79 million, thanks largely to it being bundled with the console in the west.
Other notable performers include The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D, which has sold a shade under 2.5 million, and Skyward Sword, with 3.4 million units sold since release last November. For the full list, follow the source link below.
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January 29th, 2012, 00:42 Posted By: wraggster
Next gen console also unlikely to feature hard drive
Nintendo is pondering whether it will launch a digital download service on the day it launches its next home console, the Wii U.
Company president Satoru Iwata said Nintendo will prepare infrastructure to launch a service similar to Xbox Live for the next system.
“However, we have not decided the concrete timing of when we will start it,” Iwata told investors this week.
“The decision must be made by taking into consideration such factors as the relationship with the wholesalers and retailers, and the best way to be embraced by consumers,” he added.
“However, as an option for the future, the significance of this business field will increase.”
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...ld-miss-launch
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January 29th, 2012, 00:38 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo not in the business of selling half-finished product 'like social games'
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata insists that his company will not publish games unfinished and requiring further purchases to enjoy in full.
In announcing the Wii U’s digital distribution service, called the Nintendo Network, Iwata suggested it was inaccurate to compare the firm's online policy to “the ones used for social games”.
“Nintendo, as a software maker, does not plan to [run a business] where our consumers cannot know in advance which [product] will appear as the result of their payment,” Iwata said.
“As a software maker, Nintendo believes that its packaged software should be sold to our consumers in a form so that the consumers will know in advance that they can enjoy playing the software they purchased just as it is.”
Iwata cited some of the horror stories with free-to-play games where consumers purchase numerous virtual items and add-on content to enjoy the full experience.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...action-tactics
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January 29th, 2012, 00:33 Posted By: wraggster
Objects, toys and even credit cards could be scanned by the tablet
Nintendo is to employ Near Field Communication technology into the Wii U tablet controller, the company has confirmed.
The NFC tech allows the Wii U pad to read data from physical items and playing cards. It means developers and publishers can sell physical objects that connect to virtual game worlds – a relatively new format popularised by Activision’s Skylanders game.
The Wii U tablet can "read and write data via noncontact NFC and to expand the new play format in the video game world,” Company president Satoru Iwata said.
Iwata also claimed that the tech “will enable various other possibilities such as using it as a means of making micropayments” – likely a reference to credit-card scanners that make bank transfers without the need to enter PIN data.
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January 27th, 2012, 02:15 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo is considering changing the name of its next-generation console, Wii U, sources close to the platform holder have suggested.
 CVG understands that following a disappointing E3 reveal - and public confusion over 3DS - serious discussions are ongoing at the highest level in the US and Japan as to whether the firm should cut its losses and give the console a different name.Public confusion over the Nintendo 3DS has forced the platform holder to roll out bold red box stickers to differentiate the similarly-named system from the original DS, and it even enforced the TV tagline ''
It's been indicated that Nintendo is keen not to repeat the same mistakes with its next-generation home console, and we're told a change of name is a real possibility - especially after president Satoru Iwata told investors Wii U needs to learn "a bitter lesson" from 3DS and public confusion over its features.
Nintendo showed off the Wii U for the first time at E3 2011, which resulted in its share price dropping to a five year low.
A strong focus on Wii U's new controller with a screen - first revealed by CVG - and barely a glimpse of the console itself left some consumers bemused as to what the Wii U was, and Iwata confessed the company should have better explained how it works.
He said following E3: "Because we put so much emphasis on the controller, there appeared to be some misunderstandings. We should have made more effort to explain how it works.
"We haven't made any kind of blunder, but I should have shown a single picture of the new console, then started talking about the controller. The console is not drastically different, and Wii U is about the controller. The console itself will be almost invisible."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...sources-claim/
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January 27th, 2012, 02:07 Posted By: wraggster
 As promised, another 3DS demo is available on the eShop, this time for Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. It may not have zombies, but then, it may have Waluigi. Renegade Kid's Mutant Mudds, its first self-published project, is also up on the eShop this week, offering challenging platforming and shooting and some dramatic 3D effects.
DSiWare features a sequel to the indie game Flipper; though if you played it, you still won't recognize Flipper 2: Flush the Goldfish. The original was an isometric puzzle game about reshaping environments ... and the sequel is a side-scrolling action game that uses one contextual button!
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/26/ni...lush-the-gold/
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January 27th, 2012, 02:06 Posted By: wraggster
It was hard for us to trust Pokémon again after Gold and Silver came out. We had spent years learning every minute detail about the original 151, and suddenly all of that work and devotion was worthless? What's more, it neededrepeating with 100 more Pokemon? We may have been young tykes, but we were old enough to feel broken.
Regardless, the Kanto Pokemon still hold a special place in our hearts, and it's endearing to see one of the most awesome monsters in the OG Pokedex coming back into the fold. Starting on February 12, Mewtwo (#150 for you whippersnappers out there) will be distributed to Pokémon White/Black via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service "for a limited time."
Further information about the event is forthcoming, but we do know that the legendary clone comes packing "an exclusive move that Mewtwo cannot normally learn," which we're hoping is an ability that takes us back to the days of the PokeRap and Team Rocket's original voice actors.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/26/ca...ing-on-feb-12/
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January 27th, 2012, 01:59 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo released its latest quarterly earnings report this morning and, as with last quarter's report, there's not a whole lot to celebrate. The company posted profits of ¥40.9 billion (about $631.6 million) for the October - December period, representing a 61 percent quarterly drop. That's especially disappointing, considering that this period has traditionally been strong for Nintendo, which had previously forecast an operating profit of ¥1 billion (around $12.9 million). Those forecasts have since changed, however, with the manufacturer now predicting a ¥45 billion ($580 million) operating loss for the full year, ending March 31st. Nintendo blames the poor showing to sagging 3DS sales, which have forced it to slash prices. Also on Thursday, President Satoru Iwata told reporters that his company plans to release its new Wii U console across the US, Europe Australia and Japan in time for the 2012 year-end holiday season. Read the report in full, at the source link below.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/26/n...rcent-drop-in/
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January 27th, 2012, 01:07 Posted By: wraggster
Next generation system months away from release across key territories
Nintendo will roll out its next generation console across the US, Europe, Australia and Japan before the end of the year, a executive at the company has said.
Company president Satoru Iwata announced the launch policy during its Tokyo financial report.
A final release date by region has not been set. The system’s retail price is expected to be announced at E3 in June.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...-due-this-year
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January 27th, 2012, 01:03 Posted By: wraggster
Capcom producer claims the system offers new possibilities for developers
Nintendo has made a series of improvements to the Wii U system since its first public appearance in June last year, the development director of Street Fighter IV has said.
"What we saw last E3 is not a reflection of everything this console is able to offer. We have been trying the development kits and some of its new characteristics will improve its possibilities,” Capcom's Yoshinori Ono said in an interviewquoted on NeoGaf.
His comments are published after a Develop source suggested that the system’s hardware would be twice as powerful as the Xbox 360. Last year, a separate source claimed the console would be able to support two tablets simultaneously.
Neither suggestion has yet to be confirmed by Nintendo.
Ono said it would be a challenge to demonstrate the breadth of unique gameplay possibilities that Wii U has on offer, though declined to expand on the issue.
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January 26th, 2012, 03:30 Posted By: wraggster
Next-gen system far outperforms current expectations, Develop source claims
Nintendo’s next generation hardware will be roughly twice as powerful as Microsoft’s current system, the Xbox 360, according to a studio source speaking to Develop.
The person, communicating anonymously from a studio currently building a Wii U title, said the new Nintendo console could achieve roughly twice the processing and graphical potential of Microsoft’s current generation machine.
While twice the power of an Xbox 360 is broadly above market expectations, Develop’s source claimed this is in fact less than some studios had expected.
“I've heard [a project designer] complain it's underpowered compared to what Nintendo announced, resulting in people having to de-scale their plans,” the source added.
Nintendo’s persistence with non-disclosure agreements means that it has been difficult for Develop to cross-examine the source’s claim, which was made late last year.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...ul-as-Xbox-360
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January 25th, 2012, 02:33 Posted By: wraggster
 Crush3D might be a new game to many of us, but that's only because nobody seemed to notice the original 2007 PSP game, developed back when Zoe Mode was called Kuju Brighton. And with its emphasis on constantly shifting from 2D to 3D in perspective, it seems like an idea that was waiting for the 3DS to come along.
The new version obviously uses stereoscopic 3D effects to highlight the "3D-ness" of the world, but what else has changed for the 3DS release? Well, not much. The only difference I could clearly identify is in the color scheme. While the PSP game was deep, dark and moody, painting the world inside protagonist Danny's mind with subdued colors and nighttime skies, the 3DS game is vividly colorful.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/24/cr...ird-dimension/
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January 24th, 2012, 14:17 Posted By: wraggster
The recent Megaupload saga has claimed a heck of a lot of non piracy related projects including many for the Homebrew and Emulation scene, thankfully our buddys at Emulation 64 are here to help, heres the news from their site:
Since Megaupload was taken down the abililty to download N64 Texture Packs was a whole lot more difficult because most of the packs were uploaded there.
However, we now offer these files through Emulation64 instead for direct download.
Some packs are still missing though so we'd like to ask the authors to provide fresh packs and they will be uploaded and hosted here.
Download N64 Texture Packs
Also, check out the new site we setup for screenshots and more info:
Texture Packs @ Emulation64.com
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January 24th, 2012, 01:31 Posted By: wraggster
The Ice White and Rose Pink 3DS flavours will be more expensive than the existing range of colours when they launch separately on 10th February.Amazon lists the latest duo of Nintendo 3DS colours at £159.99. That's £20 higher than the standard £139.99 price point for the Black, Red and Blue versions, reports Nintendo Life.Nintendo has refused to publicly set an RRP for the handheld.The Ice White and Rose Pink editions have been on sale since late last year, although up to this point only in bundles; Ice White is already available with Super Mario 3D Land, while Rose Pink comes packaged with Nintendogs+Cats.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ds-price-hiked
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January 24th, 2012, 01:25 Posted By: wraggster
Need for Speed: Shift developer Slightly Mad Studios is developing a Wii U version of upcoming racing sim Project Cars.The UK studio has added Nintendo's upcoming home console to the game's official website, alongside the game's already-announced PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions.No release date was mentioned for the game, although the Wii U will not launch until later this year - sometime after the E3 Expo in June.Project Cars is a community-developed game, where feedback from the game's open beta is rewarded with a share of the game's profits.Martin Robinson went under the hood for Eurogamer in our Project Cars preview late last year.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...sion-confirmed
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January 23rd, 2012, 23:42 Posted By: wraggster
3DS owners have been waiting (and waiting) for a chance to take advantage of a downloadable content market, and while Nintendo already accomplished the tough part (read:launching it) a few days back, there's still been no word on when paid content would make an appearance. Pushing those freebies aside is Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, which is seemingly destined to be the first 3DS title in existence to offer up enhancements in exchange for a few yen. The box here is actually an "early retail dummy unit," though the verbiage on the back makes quite clear that downloadable material will be available at a cost. Furthermore, there's a heretofore unseen Nintendo Network badge on the front, which may be a new look for the existing Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. At any rate, the game is scheduled to ship on February 16th in Japan, after which all of this will-it-won't-it drama will presumably be cleared up.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/22/t...-nintendo-3ds/
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January 23rd, 2012, 23:09 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has signed a partnership that will provide 3DS owners with free Wi-Fi at major UK airports.
The deal with Boingo Wireless covers terminals at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted as well as Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports.
The 3DS will automatically connect to Boingo's Wi-Fi hotspots, allowing players to use the handheld's internet browser and eShop, and receive SpotPass downloads.
"Boingo is an excellent partner for Nitendo 3DS owners in the United Kingdom due to an extensive airport Wi-Fi network," said Nintendo UK's assistant general manager and director of marketing Dawn Paine.
Boingo's SVP of strategy and business development Colby Goff: "Nintendo is a tremendous addition to our list of strategic partners in the UK. Our networks will provide 3DS users with seamless connectivity and fast, reliable service to help them make the most of their travel downtime."
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/3ds-g...irports/090142
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