According to Nintendo of Spain the ten free Gameboy Advance ambassador program games that Nintendo promised for early Nintendo 3DS adopters have been delayed until sometime next year. It would make sense as Nintendo has been suspiciously quiet on the subject as they were supposed to be here this year.
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Gaijin Games, the developer behind the acclaimed Bit Trip franchise has revealed via Twitter that it has a Wii U development kit.
“I wonder what this mysterious device on my desk is… Let’s see… It has a giant touchscreen, a camera, microphone… It’s white… Hm…”
The company denied that its cryptic clue refers to an iPad or tablet so the next logical thing would be a Wii U development kit. What would you like to see from the developer on Wii U?
Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime has told Reuters that the company doesn’t want a repeat of the Nintendo 3DS launch fiasco when it launches the Wii U sometime after April 2012.
“The initial price on the 3DS was also too high, something that Nintendo will be careful about this time around.”
“We had to go back and reduce the price of 3DS and we certainly don’t want to go through that when we launch Wii U.”
According to this weeks Media Create sales figures The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword sold nearly 200,000 units in Japan placing it at the top of the software charts. Wii sales nearly doubled, but it still managed just 20,148 units for the week. The Nintendo 3DS continues to dominate the hardware charts as the console managed to outsell all other formats combined.
It’s been announced today that Mario Kart Wii has sold a staggering 28 million copies. That’s basically one game for every three Wii consoles. Clearly Nintendo are hoping to replicate the success of the game when it launches Mario Kart 7 on the Nintendo 3DS December 2nd in Europe and December 4th in the United States.
Reports filtered through yesterday that Luigi’s Mansion 2 would include a two player cooperative mode but it turns out this isn’t the case. Nintendo has confirmed that this was simply an error and that the game is single-player only. Disappointing news as the game would be even better paired up with a buddy online.
Nintendo UK has announced that Resident Evil: Revelations will be available to players across Europe as a stand alone game and as a special limited edition bundle which also includes the new Circle Pad Pro accessory. Resident Evil: Revelations and the CirclePad Pro launch exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS across Europe on 27th January 2012 and in the United States February 7th.
The latest edition of US gaming publication Nintendo Power reveals that the long-awaited Rhythm Heaven Fever is coming to North America sometime during February next year. The game is currently available in Japan and will be available in Europe early next year.
We already know that the Wii was phenomenally successful during Black Friday but what we didn’t know is Wal-Mart lost money on every console they sold. According to Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime Wal-Mart lost money on every limited edition Blue Wii it sold for less than $100 while Nintendo didn’t lose a cent.
“Wal-Mart lost money on every Wii they sold. We did not lose money on it”
According to Nintendo World Report select third-party Nintendo titles now include Club Nintendo points. Previously it was only first party Nintendo games that included the points, so this will come as good to news to those that are feverishly collecting them. Europeans already have the privilege of getting Club Nintendo points in third-party games.
