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January 20th, 2011, 01:35 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.aep-emu.de/PNphpBB2-file-...c-t-16230.html
The beta version of the NES emulator Nintendulator has been updated again.
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January 18, 2011
As it turns out, my code changes from October 29, 2010 violated relevant guidelines - the appropriate place to store data is indeed within Application Data. This change has thus been reverted, and any data in My Documents will automatically be moved back to Application Data when Nintendulator is opened.
In order to properly accomodate for the difficulty of actually locating the savestate folder, a new menu option "Browse Save Files" has been added to the File menu which will open an Explorer window to the appropriate path; similarly, if any files could not be migrated to the Application Data folder, Explorer will browse to the old location to simplify cleanup.
http://www.qmtpro.com/~nes/nintendulator/
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January 20th, 2011, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster
At the 3DS live event in Europe, Nintendo has just revealed that the 3DS will feature 3D video content from several different partners, including the EuroSport network, Sky and Aardman Animations. Sky will be providing "short form" 3D content for the device, while Eurosport will provide sports content (obviously). Animation studio Aardman -- known for the Wallace & Gromit series -- will create short episodes of Shaun the Sheep that will be exclusive to 3DS.
Nintendo announced that it's also in talks with other partners for special video content.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/19/3d...an-sky-in-eur/
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January 20th, 2011, 00:14 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has refuted our attempts to wrangle 3DS game pricing info so far, but retailer listings may be shedding some light on the subject. We hope you weren't hoping for a standard price point, because it looks like there's some wiggle room. A review of GameStop and Amazon listings reveals 3DS prices of either $39.99 or $49.99 in the US. Meanwhile, Eurogamer reports that UK retailer Game has confirmed the standard software price will be £39.99 in the region, though other UK retailers have prices listed as low as £32.99. Finally, we perused Amazon France and spotted prices of €49.95 and €59.95.
The disparate prices between titles matches up with pricing in Japan, though it is a bit more standardized. We'll keep poking Nintendo for official details.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/19/re...t-40-50-in-us/
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January 20th, 2011, 00:08 Posted By: wraggster
Ever try to do multiplayer on a DS game? We're really sorry to hear that. It's a mess of lengthy friend codes that does more to discourage online play than enable it. That's going away with the 3DS. At Nintendo's 3DS press event in New York the company announced a new system where there's only a single code, assigned per-console and registered only once. You'll have a single group of friends and, when they pop online in a new game, you'll see them there. No need for multiple multiple lists and, we hope, less of a need for Tylenol.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/19/n...uty-in-unific/
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January 19th, 2011, 23:55 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has said that the high price of the 3DS handheld in the UK won't stop the system from being the company's biggest hardware launch to date.
Speaking at the 3DS conference in Europe today, Nintendo UK general manger David Yarnton told GamesIndustry.biz that there are no consumer electronics on the market that compare to the 3DS, and that quality of content will prove the asking price - which climbs £250 when the hardware is bought with one game.
"Indications that we've had so far from retail is that they are really happy with the price and demand indicates it will be our biggest launch in terms of hardware," said Yarnton.
"The DS for us was huge in 2005 and in 2006 the Wii was even bigger. Retailers - especially with the environment they are in - are right behind it. It's a new format. In the last ten years, the innovation that we've bought to the market, people may have looked at the price to begin with but it was soon forgotten because of the quality of the product and the content that's available."
Although Nintendo in North America set a RRP of $249 for the system, in the UK Nintendo has only committed to a trade price, leaving retailers to set their own price points around £219-£229.
"If you look at the value proposition, there's not a 3D entertainment device in the market at that price point. Not only a device that you can play games on but as a communication device, being able to download content with some of our partners like Eurosport and Sky," added Yarnton.
Earlier in the month Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said the company plans to ship 4 million units of the 3DS worldwide, with around 2.5 million earmarked for the US and Europe. Although Yarnton was unable to discuss final stock numbers for the UK, he did say that Nintendo should be able to honour all launch pre-orders.
"We're comfortable with the stock we've got and retailers are too. One of the things we're working with retail on, and is really important as far as we're concerned, is pre-orders with our customers so that we can make sure the stock is in the right places and we don't just go and give stock willy-nilly to the market.
"We need to make sure we can satisfy that consumer demand. So pre-orders are really important and that's how we're looking to allocate second chances of stock based on the retailer pre-orders. We're pretty confident we'll be able to guarantee whatever they pre-order," he said.
Addressing the marketing issues of selling a system where the 3D effects can only be appreciated with hands-on time rather than more traditional TV advertising, Yarnton said Nintendo would step-up sampling activities, and target up to 500,000 consumers from launch until the Easter sales period.
"We've had huge sampling experiences on Wii and DS in the past and we properly started that whole touring the product, we've been doing that for years. With 3DS it's going to be the biggest sampling campaign that we've ever done.
"We're looking at between 4-500,000 consumer samples up to Easter this year. And because we're doing a combination of not only interactive in stores but also consumer events, and then samples in shopping centres... we see the opportunity as so important. How do we explain the 3D? We can paint a picture but until you actually experience it you're not going to see the full value of it. Sampling is huge, it's a major investment for us."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...launch-to-date
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January 19th, 2011, 23:53 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has confirmed a list of titles which will should be on shop shelves before E3 in June this year, with more unconfirmed titles expected to join that list in the interim.
Nintendo especially is expected to confirm some more first part games to join the list below. Alongside those games will be a selection of pre-installed apps, many of which will be able to run whilst a game is running in a suspended state in the background.
These apps include a notepad, friends list and notification system, while other programs, such as the Face Raider app which Nintendo mentioned at its Amsterdam event, will require the system's full attention.
The games confirmed so far are:
Paper Mario 3D
Animal Crossing
Nintendogs + Cats
Steel Driver
Pilotwings Resort
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Edition
The Sims 3
Madden NFL Football
PES 2011 3D – Pro Evolution Soccer
LEGO Star Wars III The Clone Wars
Ridge Racer 3D
Super Monkey Ball 3D
Thor: God of Thunder
Puzzle Bobble Universe
Samurai Warriors: Chronicles
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D
Rayman 3D
Asphalt 3D
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
James Noir's Hollywood Crimes
Driver: Renegade
Rabbids 3D
Retailer GAME has suggested to GamesIndustry.biz that games will cost £39.99 in the UK.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-before-june_0
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January 19th, 2011, 23:52 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has finally revealed the price point and exact release dates for its much-anticipated 3DS handheld console, and announced that 25 new games will go on sale at the same time.
The new hardware will weigh in at $249 in the US, and hit stores on March 27 there - with the UK and Europe seeing it two days earlier on March 25, although no official European price was detailed.
However, retail chain HMV is offering preorders of the device for £230, while Play.com has gone for a £220 price point.
GAME has since told GamesIndustry.biz that it plans on a £230 tag, with games costing £40.
The news was revealed during a preview press conference, which took place in Amsterdam and was hosted by UK TV personality Jonathan Ross.
The company also announced a host of other details on games and services, including two key partnerships in the UK - firstly with BT, which will enable the console to receive updates via its network of wifi hotspots.
And short form 3D sports content will also be available for download for 3DS owners, generated by Sky - with more specific details to follow in the coming months.
It was also announced that Aardman Animation would be creating a series of short films featuring Shaun the Sheep, especially for the 3DS.
Nintendo of Europe's director of marketing, Laurent Fischer, discussed the new Streetpass technology that will allow the 3DS to discover other consoles and share gaming data. Specifically, he outlined plans to allow users to add friends via a code that requires inputting just once.
Using this Streetpass technology, Capcom also announced that it would be possible to play Super Street Fight IV 3D Edition against anyone, anywhere and at any time across via a wifi connection.
Meanwhile, the company's commitment to third party developers for the 3DS - an area that's come under fire in the past, particularly from publishers that have struggled to compete with first party franchises - was underlined by Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata, who was joined on-stage by Ubisoft president and CEO Yves Guillemot to praise that support.
New games announced included PES 2011 3D was announced by Konami, while Tecmo Koei's Team Ninja took the wraps off of Dead or Alive Dimensions.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...re-3ds-details
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January 19th, 2011, 23:48 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has cast a light on its sales figures in the Spanish and Portuguese market, revealing a significant market share in those territories.
In a Iberian press conference (as reported by GoNintendo), the firm revealed hardware sales of 1.3 million and software sales of 6.39 million over 2010. Respectively, this comprises 55.7 and 44.7 per cent of the Spanish and Portuguese market.
In additional, the DS's sales of 5.3 million units make it the best-selling console in Spanish history, and taking a 67.9 per cent share of the market.
However, overall Nintendo saw a 6 per cent decline in sales during 2010.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ftware-markets
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January 19th, 2011, 23:40 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo's released the trailer it showed during its 3DS conferences earlier today that showcased gameplay footage of many of the system's launch window titles.
Completely new levels of Starfox, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Paper Mario 3DS can be seen, and much more. Be ready with that pause button to check them out it detail.
Nintendo today confirmed the 3DS will be out in UK on March 25, but kept hush on an official price.
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January 19th, 2011, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has confirmed reports that all 3DS games will be region-locked.
When asked to explain the decision at today's 3DS event in Amsterdam, Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton told Eurogamer it was all down to varying regional content.
"There are a number of different factors that come into it," he explained. "Part of it is, when you're looking at the software and the different areas, what additional features are included that may not necessarily be available in other territories.
"For example, we might have one territory where there's downloadable content that's not necessarily either suitable or we don't have the means to do it in another territory. So therefore it may not be compatible.
"The other thing is, if we look at it at on a regional basis, we have to be very conscious of – the customer may not really care about this, but different territories have different ratings. We're very conscious of making sure we tow the line as far as government goes there. In Europe we've got PEGI. In Australia there's a different rating. America's got a different rating. Japan's a different rating.
Yarnton did offer a glimmer of hope that the situation might change in the future.
"DVDs are also region locked. It's nothing new. I know people would love to sample the box of chocolates from everywhere, but at this stage... As time goes on, who knows what's going to happen."
Although Nintendo home consoles have long since featured region locks, the 3DS is its first handheld to limit where users can purchase their games.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ds-region-lock
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January 19th, 2011, 23:36 Posted By: wraggster
The Nintendo 3DS is going to set you back somewhere in the region of £230 when it goes on sale in March. Some of you reckon that's rather steep. Nintendo? Well, the platform holder believes you're actually getting a great deal.
Nintendo UK chief David Yarnton told Eurogamer that the price tag reflects the system's unique entertainment offering.
"It's still really good value," he insisted. "The fact it's a 3D entertainment device – you can't get anything that's 3D at that sort of price without having to wear glasses as well. Get that one in."
Yarnton went on to explain that he believes the price of the new handheld stands up favourably against the iPhone and other smartphone devices.
"If we go back a few years, when we first launched the DS in 2004, 2005, people looked at us and said, wow, this is unusual, it's got a touch screen. Who's going to buy this at whatever price it was at the time?
"It was the same with Wii. People looked at that and said it's all in a different direction. Now with 3D we've been disruptive again and innovative.
"To me, people will look at [the 3DS] and say this offers something I can't get anywhere else. It's the same with all the other products we had. It was an experience they could have with our products that they wouldn't get anywhere else.
"As much as there's a plethora of devices out there for all sorts of things, you can't get a 3D gaming experience on anything else apart from the 3DS," he continued, before adding that Nintendo's gaming credentials also helped set the machine apart from smartphone competition.
"It's not just that. It's the other parts of it, too. If you look over time, we've never professed to be anything else apart from a gaming company. That's what our expertise is: developing, we think, really good games and consoles for them to be played on."
Elsewhere in the interview, Yarnton explained why Nintendo had chosen to let retailers set the price rather than announcing a universal RRP.
"It's just that we don't set the retail price. Someone can sell our products for whatever they want to. We don't control that," he said.
"But we've had a look online. We've been talking to retailers and they've been told their cost prices now. They've established price and we've been told, looking online, that it's anywhere from £220 to £229."
The 3DS is due to launch in Europe on 25th March.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...lly-good-value
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January 19th, 2011, 23:34 Posted By: wraggster
3DS software will sell for £39.99 at launch, retailer GAME has confirmed.
Other vendors are coming in a little cheaper though - Gamestation is currently asking £32.99 per title.
GAME told Eurogamer it will announce "amazing bundles and fantastic trade-in shortly."
Nintendo just confirmed that the console will be available in the UK on 25th March. A full list of launch titles hasn't been made available yet, but the platform holder is promising more than 25 games for the system by early June.
We'll update the story when more prices come in.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...l-for-GBP39-99
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January 19th, 2011, 22:19 Posted By: Shrygue
via 1up
Japanese publisher Kadokawa Games released the first info today on Tenku no Kishi: Rodea, the latest title from Yuji Naka's Prope studio and the first to be released on the Nintendo 3DS.
Rodea, which will be hitting both the 3DS and Wii systems, offers flight-based gameplay that's a bit like Naka's 1996 classic Nights, except with more emphasis on shooting enemies and taking down enormous bosses. Control on the Wii version is handled entirely with the remote -- instead of directly controlling Rodea, you point to onscreen locations and tap the B button to direct him over there. A, meanwhile, is the attack button; you can press it down to fire at will, or point to objects or enemies and hit A to target them.
"I've always wanted a game that captured the wonder of flying through the air, the sort of thing everyone's dreamed about at least once in their lives," Kadokawa producer Hitoshi Hasegawa told Famitsu magazine. "The idiosyncracies of player and camera control have always been a problem with that, but with his unique perspective and experience, Naka has been able to find a solution for us."
Rodea's story and world design is being handled by Takumi Miyajima, a game-industry veteran who's worked on RPGs like Tales of the Abyss and Arc Rise Fantasia. The game is set in a fantasy world where two kingdoms compete for natural resources. The titular character, an android who's just been woken up after 1000 years of stasis, is thrown into the midst of this conflict and has to figure out which superpower to side with as he fends off his pursuers.
"The developers wanted a story that both kids and adults can identify with," Miyajima said to Famitsu, "and so I wanted to emphasize the bonds and other feelings that people have for those they encounter in their lives. Seeing how Rodea, this mechanical creation with a very pure emotional outlook on the world, interacts with the other people in his world is something I think players will really enjoy."
No release date has been given for either version of Rodea yet.
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January 19th, 2011, 22:19 Posted By: Shrygue
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Japanese publisher Kadokawa Games released the first info today on Tenku no Kishi: Rodea, the latest title from Yuji Naka's Prope studio and the first to be released on the Nintendo 3DS.
Rodea, which will be hitting both the 3DS and Wii systems, offers flight-based gameplay that's a bit like Naka's 1996 classic Nights, except with more emphasis on shooting enemies and taking down enormous bosses. Control on the Wii version is handled entirely with the remote -- instead of directly controlling Rodea, you point to onscreen locations and tap the B button to direct him over there. A, meanwhile, is the attack button; you can press it down to fire at will, or point to objects or enemies and hit A to target them.
"I've always wanted a game that captured the wonder of flying through the air, the sort of thing everyone's dreamed about at least once in their lives," Kadokawa producer Hitoshi Hasegawa told Famitsu magazine. "The idiosyncracies of player and camera control have always been a problem with that, but with his unique perspective and experience, Naka has been able to find a solution for us."
Rodea's story and world design is being handled by Takumi Miyajima, a game-industry veteran who's worked on RPGs like Tales of the Abyss and Arc Rise Fantasia. The game is set in a fantasy world where two kingdoms compete for natural resources. The titular character, an android who's just been woken up after 1000 years of stasis, is thrown into the midst of this conflict and has to figure out which superpower to side with as he fends off his pursuers.
"The developers wanted a story that both kids and adults can identify with," Miyajima said to Famitsu, "and so I wanted to emphasize the bonds and other feelings that people have for those they encounter in their lives. Seeing how Rodea, this mechanical creation with a very pure emotional outlook on the world, interacts with the other people in his world is something I think players will really enjoy."
No release date has been given for either version of Rodea yet.
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January 19th, 2011, 22:01 Posted By: Shrygue
via Eurogamer
It looks like the 3DS's online store, dubbed the Nintendo eShop, won't be online in time for the system's launch.
According to a Nintendo press release, the handheld's digital game emporium won't be usable out of the box and will be added in "through a system update".
Not only that, but you won't immediately be able to transfer your DSiWare games across to your new handheld either. That service "will be provided after the hardware's launch."
We've reached out to Nintendo for clarification and will update when it responds.
Nintendo offered a few more details about the eShop at its 3DS event in Amsterdam earlier today. It will offer access to DSiWare, exclusive digital 3DS games and classic Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles.
There's no confirmation on what vintage offerings Nintendo has lined up for the service, but monochrome platforming classic Super Mario Land can be spied in official screenshots.
You'll also be able to view game trailers, download demos and rate your purchases.
Nintendo confirmed that the eShop will use "a cash-based system". Sorry folks, no bartering. Users can either input credit card details in the shop or purchase a Nintendo 3DS Prepaid Card on the high street.
The 3DS is finally due to hit European shelves from 25th March. It's going to be quite expensive.
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January 19th, 2011, 21:57 Posted By: Shrygue
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Nintendo said today it will launch the 3DS in the United States on March 27, 2011 for $249.99.
Folks in Europe can get their hands on the device a few days earlier on March 25. Nintendo said European pricing will be set by retailers. HMV and GAME list the 3DS price at £229.99, while Play has it listed for £219.99.
The announcements came during the company's worldwide press events held in New York City and Amsterdam. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said that during the system's launch window - between the launch of the 3DS in March and E3 in June - that more than 30 first and third-party 3DS games will be released. Europe will see more than 25 games during the same time period.
"Nintendo 3DS is a category of one – the experience simply doesn't exist anywhere else," Fils-Aime said. "You have to see Nintendo 3DS to believe it. And it's like nothing you've ever seen before."
Nintendo also detailed many new features and software pre-installed in the 3DS.
Friend codes are now specific to each 3DS console, not each game. Exchanging friend codes will allow you to check your friend's list at any time to see who's online and what they're playing.
Also included is the Mii Maker application, allowing you to use the 3DS camera to take a picture of yourself and automatically be turned into a Mii. Other software includes Face Raiders, which asks users to "shoot at funny depictions of their own faces," and a pedometer that, while in Sleep Mode, will let users earn Play Coins by walking to be traded in for additional content in compatible games and applications.
The Nintendo eShop, which won't be available at launch, is a virtual store where you can purchase certain Nintendo DSiWare, 3DS, Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles. The eShop is a cash-based system where you can either enter your credit card information or purchase pre-paid cards.
Six augmented-reality cards will also be included, where superimposed 3D images can be put on display by pointing the 3DS' outer cameras at them. Nintendo notes that developers can "use this technology to add creative new experiences to their games."
The 3DS will launch in two colors - Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue.
Nintendo did not provide a list of games that will be available on launch day, however.
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January 18th, 2011, 20:37 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has clarified rumours that its impending 3DS handheld would include regional restrictions.
While not claiming an absolute lock-out for games from other territories, it did confirm in a statement to Eurogamer that "There is the possibility that Nintendo 3DS software sold in one region will not function properly when running on Nintendo 3DS hardware sold in another."
As such, it advised purchasers only used hardware from their own region.
This is apparently because "Nintendo has developed different versions of Nintendo 3DS hardware to take into account different languages, age rating requirements and parental control functionality, as well as to ensure compliance with local laws in each region."
The device will see different hardware for Japan, the US and Europe.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...lock-confirmed
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January 17th, 2011, 22:40 Posted By: wraggster
PattView Wii 0.1 Alpha released by VashGH
Well, it's here everybody! PattView Wii, the long-awaited Wii Homebrew release of the popular Animal Crossing: City Folk (Let's Go to the City!) pattern editing application. Fans of the PC application will find that the experience they're used to is now streamlined for use with the Wii Remote. First time users will find it incredibly easy to hop in and edit all of the game's 316 patterns. More experienced users can use some of the advanced tools to lay out murals and create beautiful works of art without limiting themselves with the built-in palettes.
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/PattView_Wii
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