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Ubisoft Puts Select 3DS Titles on Sale

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Jason Nason

Ubisoft has put a selection of games on the Nintendo 3DS on sale for the next week. The games are full retail titles which are also available for download in the 3DS eShop. The games are all available for the discounted price until August 27th.

All six of the games regularly retail in the Nintendo eShop for $29.99 and are already available for the discounted price of $20.99. Take a look at the full rundown of games below:

  • Rayman Origins
  • Rayman 3D
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D
  • Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
  • Rabids Travel in Time 3D
  • Petz Fantasy 3D

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Nicalis to Bring JRPG to Nintendo 3DS eShop

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Jason Nason

It seems that a JRPG may be coming to the 3DS.

On August 6th @nicalis hinted at something coming with the tweet “JRPG+SNES style music+3DS.” That tweet was preceded by one asking their twitter followers where they could find a good SNES style composer.

Tyrone Rodriguez from Nicalis also remarked in Twitter, “I really enjoy playing a good eShop JRPG on my 3DS.”

According to a posting on Destructoid, Nicalis, the developer behind NightSky, will publish the former 16-bit style RPG Android title Grinsia for the Nintendo 3DS.

The game was originally released by Kemco.

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Disney Infinity for 3DS Not Looking Good

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Jason Nason

I can’t say for sure as far as the gameplay goes as we didn’t get our hands on a pre-release copy of Disney Infinity, but the 3DS iteration of the game isn’t looking that great.

The game launches tomorrow on all major consoles including the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii U and the Nintendo Wii. The game is a direct competitor to the Skylanders franchise which includes collectible toys which can be placed on a control deck and brought into your video game.

While the game is looking great and seeing a lot of positive words from critics, the 3DS edition is looking like a totally different game and visually seems like an afterthought by the developers. I’ve seen far prettier textures from games.

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August 15th Nintendo Download

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Jason Nason

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist arrives on the Nintendo Wii U next Tuesday and will be available for download in the eShop the same day. Also available for the Wii U is a new Virtual Console entry in Galaga. Plus two games have been put on sale including Trine 2: Director’s Cut.

Over on the Nintendo 3DS there are five new downloads available including Donkey Kong for the Virtual Console. New eShop titles include 10-in-1: Arcade Collection, Heavy Fire: Black Arms 3D, My Western Horse 3D and Barbie: Groom & Glam Pups.

Take a look at the full rundown of releases below.

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CHARTED: Nintendo (Week Ending July 28th)

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Jason Nason

Animal Crossing continues to do well for Nintendo with the game still in the top five in North America and is just outside the top ten in Japan after nearly 40 weeks. The game has sold more than 4.5 million copies worldwide so far.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies was released in Japan on the Nintendo 3DS this week and raked in 247,352 copies in its first week, making it the number one selling game worldwide.

Also Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon continues to do well for Nintendo after 19 weeks of release. The title has sold 2.3 million worldwide so far, with the game still sitting in the top ten in North America.

Take a look at the full rundown below:

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Pokemon X & Y Features New Mega Evolutions For Some Pokemon

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

A few weeks ago pokemon fans the world over were wondering just what the newly announced alternate form of Mewtwo was all about. If a recently posted translation of a Japanese gaming magazine is correct than Pokemon X & Y will feature a brand new type of evolutions.

The newest form of evolution is known as “mega evolutions” and will affect several pokemon including Blazaken, Absol, Mewtwo and others. Reportedly this is achieved using a “mega stone”, which may work similar to the elemental stones introduced in Pokemon Blue and Red. Each mega-pokemon also has an attribute associated with them: for example MegaMewtwo is associated with insomina, MegaLucario is associated with adaptability and MegaAbsol has magic bounce.

What do you think of these new evolutions? My first reaction was that the term Mega-Evolution reminds me of Digimon, at least the 1999 anime, as that series had “mega forms” for each of its monsters. I’m also hoping that the mega-stone is a rare item, so that not every team I face online has a Mega Mewtwo leading the pack.

Source:  Joystiq

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August 8th Nintendo Download

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Jason Nason

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team will hit retail stores and the 3DS eShop on Sunday August 11th but that’s not the only highlight for the 3DS. Three eShop titles hitting the digital marketplace today include Smash Bowling 3D, SteamWorld Dig and Tangram Style.

Plus escapeVektor is now on sale for 50% off through August 22nd.

On the Wii U, Capcom and WayForward’s remastered Ducktales: Remastered makes its long awaited release and new party title Spin the Bottle: Bumpie’s Party arrives.

Finally Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV Wall of Fire has been added to the Wii U’s Virtual Console

Take a look at the full rundown of releases below.

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Club Nintendo Rewards – August 2013

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Jason Nason

The month of August has brought four new downloadable game rewards for Club Nintendo members, including Mario Golf.

The game is one of two that are available for the Nintendo 3DS, the other is Brain Age Express: Sudoku!! The two games for the Nintendo Wii this month are a couple of NES Virtual console titles in NES Play Action Football and Wario’s Woods. All four titles are available until September 1st.Read More

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Mii Plaza Games Earn $4 Million

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Jason Nason

A few weeks ago Nintendo updated the Mii Plaza in North America and introduced four new mini-games. The games have turned out to be a very popular for Nintendo.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Japanese website Tokyo Keizai Online that in the month since the games’ release the four StreetPass Mii Plaza games had been purchased by over 200,000 Nintendo 3DS owners, generating approximately $4 million in profit.

The games cost $5 each to download, but you can download all the games together for a discounted price of $14.99.

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Donkey Kong Coming to Virtual Console Again

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Jason Nason

Donkey Kong, the classic Nintendo arcade hit from way back in the NES days is making its way back to Nintendo … again. The original NES version of Donkey Kong will be making its way onto the 3DS Virtual Console on August 15th.

An iteration of the game was released previously on the 3DS as a special promotion between October 1st, 2012 and January 6, 2013 for those who purchased select games before the end date. The game wasn’t available as a stand alone game.

This is the third time that the game has been released virtually. It was first released for the Wii Virtual Console as a VC launch title on November 19th, 2006 for 500 points. It was then released again on the Wii U Virtual Console title just a few weeks ago on July 15th at a special price of just 30 cents.

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Wii U Sales Soft While 3DS Sales Strong

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo released their global sales yesterday. The good news is that net and ordinary income is in the green at ¥8.62 billion ($88.1 million). Also 3DS sales were strong last quarter. The bad news is that Wii U sales were on the opposite end if the sales spectrum.

The 3DS was the best selling hardware in the United States for the past two months and the system continues to show strong performance across the world. In the quarter ending June 30, 2013, 1.4 million handhelds were sold.

The Wii U continues to struggle however. The system has sold only 160,000 consoles worldwide over the same three month period, with total worldwide sales reaching 3.61 million. First-party software sales only reached just over to 1 million units for the Wii U.

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CHARTED: Nintendo (Week Ending July 20)

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Jason Nason

Nintendo released their sales numbers for last quarter for the Wii U and 3DS which showed that Nintendo’s latest home console is struggling while their latest handheld continues to soar.

Shin Megami Tensei IV was released during this week and quickly took the number two spot on in the USA sales rankings. Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Luigi’s Mansion continue to sell strong for Nintendo with the games in and near the top ten.

In Japan Nintendo platform releases hold seven of the top ten releases. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team saw its debut week overseas pull in the top spot with more than 100,000 copies sold. Pikmin 3, which will be released in North America on Sunday, ranked in at number two in Japan in its second week.

Take a look at the full rundown below:

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August 1st Nintendo Download

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Jason Nason

Kirby’s Dream Land 2 hits the 3DS Virtual Console this week as well as three new eShop games. My Farm 3D, Family Kart 3D and Bike Rider DX are all new releases.

On the Wii U front Pikmin 3 will be released in retail and digital download versions on Sunday as does Disney’s Planes, which will be available on August 6th. The 3DS version will also be available next Tuesday.

Finally Harvest Moon is now available on the Wii U Virtual console and Ubisoft’s Cloudberry Kingdom is available in the Wii U eShop.

Take a look at the full rundown of releases below.

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