Nintendo Europe have confirmed that the special Mario 25th Anniversary Wii console is making its way to Europe, October 22nd. The console comes pre-bundled with a copy of Wii Sports, New Super Mario Bros Wii plus the original Donkey Kong and a Wii Remote Plus controller.
With plenty of competition from its competitors in the form of Xbox Kinect and PlayStation Move Nintendo president Satoru Iwata acknowledges that this Christmas period is critical to the Wii’s success.
“Having said that, however, in that critical sales season, if everything doesn’t go ahead just as we hope, and if we do not do anything about it, our platform business will be in trouble. We will need to prepare for such situations.”
- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told investors that the company can’t solely blame poor software sales on rampant piracy.
“I do not think we should attribute bad software sales solely to piracy”
“It is true there is always the influence of piracy, but it is important for us to increase the number of our consumers who are willing to shell out their money to purchase our products. So, we do not intend to think that slower sales are solely due to piracy.”
- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed to investors that the battery life for the Nintendo 3DS will be significantly shorter than its predecessor, the Nintendo DS.
“As for the battery, it is inevitable that Nintendo 3DS will be a device which requires more frequent recharging than Nintendo DS.”
“This is why we are going to include the cradle, which is a dedicated battery charger.
“Perhaps we may need to dispatch to our consumers a message, something like, ‘Please place your Nintendo 3DS on the cradle as soon as you return home with it’.”
- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata
To further commemorate Mario’s 25th Anniversary Nintendo have decided to release a special edition Red Wii in Japan which comes preloaded with a copy of Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Edition and a Wii Remote Plus controller.
Nintendo Europe have confirmed today that the rather spectacular Mario’s 25th Anniversary boxset which includes a soundtrack CD, a retrospective DVD and a history booklet and Super Mario All-Stars is due for release December 3rd.
The insanely cute Kirby’s Epic Yarn has gone down a storm with Japanese gaming bible Famitsu with reviewers awarding the title a combined 9/8/9/10 score which totals to a more than respectable 36/40.
Nintendo are continuing to celebrate Mario’s 25th Anniversary by releasing a special limited edition Mario themed Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL in Japan on the 26th October.
Nintendo have revealed that a staggering one in three households in the United Kingdom own a Nintendo Wii.
According to Independent Chart Track Data “over eleven million” British gamers are enjoying the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told investors that Nintendo 3DS games will follow a similar pricing structure to Nintendo DS games.
“We don’t believe that the world is in a state where high priced software will sell well, so we don’t believe it will be in a price range too far off from current DS software.”
- Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata
