Capcom’s Consumer Software Senior VP Christian Svensson has told fans during a recent ‘Ask Capcom’ event that there’s still a possibility that Ace Attorney Investigations 2 for the Nintendo DS could receive a Western release. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 originally came out on the Nintendo DS in Japan on February 3rd 2011.
“[Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is] still on the possibility cards”
This weeks edition of Pokemon Smash included some new footage of the forthcoming Pokemon Black & White 2 for the Nintendo DS. Pokemon Black & White 2 is due to be released in Japan on June 23rd. Both Nintendo of America and Nintendo Europe have confirmed that the game will be released in the West during the Fall.
Pokemon Black & White 2 may come out on October 2nd if a GameStop listing is to be believed. A GameStop employee snapped the date and posted the image to Reddit. Nintendo of America and Nintendo Europe have both confirmed that Pokemon Black & White 2 will be arriving sometime during the Fall.
Nintendo has released some brand new footage of the eagerly awaited Pokemon Black & White 2 at this months Nintendo Direct presentation. Pokemon Black & White 2 is due out in Japan on June 23rd. Nintendo of America and Nintendo Europe have stated that the game will be coming to the West in the Fall.
Ghostlight has announced via a press release that it will be releasing Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked on 3DS and Devil Survivor II on DS in Europe. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is Ghostlight’s first release on the Nintendo 3DS and has been by far the most requested title the company has ever had.
Rising Star Games has released its 2012 release schedule for the Nintendo 3DS and the Nintendo DS. The list which you can see below features four new Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS games. Hopefully there’s something there that tickles your fancy.
Namco Bandai has now confirmed that Thundercats will be coming to the Nintendo DS. The company hadn’t formally announced the game but it was found to be playable on the show floor at the Global Gamers Day’s press conference. Thundercats is a side-scrolling action game for the Nintendo DS and is based upon the new cartoon series. Namco Bandai announced that the game will be available to purchase sometime in August.
Level 5 CEO, Akihiro Hino has taken to Twitter to inform a fan that the development team is hard at work creating the next game in the immensely popular Professor Layton series. Hino says that the general framework for the game has already been outlined, but he confessed that it will be a while before they can officially announce the game.
Sales of video games in the United States have been on a steep decline over recent months. The reason? Nintendo. Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz states that Wii software sales “have been trending down 50 percent year over year, and have been for the last 12 months”. Creutz says that consumers have started shifting over to mobile phone and Facebook games which has left Nintendo, and the video game industry, reeling.
“Everybody needs to realize that the Wii software segment is trending down 50 percent year over year, and has been for the last 12 months. That is a massive decline. There’s no way you could not have a decline overall with that big of a decline in that portion of the software.”
“Ten years ago, Nintendo largely catered to kids and Nintendo fanboys. There was about a five year period they could expand their market beyond that, and now I think they’re back to the kids and Nintendo fanboys again. It’s not a bad market but it’s not a market that’s going to grow enormously.”
Nintendo has confirmed that Pokemon Black & White 2 starter Pokemon will be Tepig, Snivy and Oshawott. Yes, they’re the same starter Pokemon as those found in the original Pokemon Black & White. Which one will you be choosing when you get hold of the game?
