Nintendo might be planning to sell the Wii for $99 sometime later this year. The rumour comes from a Kmart employee who managed to take a snap of the revised pricing for the console from the company’s database. It would make sense for Nintendo to announce a price drop for Wii during E3 as the company shifts its focus onto Wii U, which is due for release later this year. We should know for certain in just a couple of weeks.
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European Nintendo 3DS owners can look forward to the follow up to one of the most highly acclaimed WiiWare titles, Art of Balance TOUCH! when it arrives on Nintendo 3DS. Now with twice the amount of balance puzzles as the original Art of Balance, 100 all new puzzles including all the original WiiWare puzzles, and controls that are more accurate than ever thanks to the Nintendo 3DS stylus and touch screen, fans of the series will be challenged like never before.
This week you will have the opportunity to extend your Planet Land experience with a remastered version of Mighty Switch Force! This updated version now features 30% more side-scrolling puzzle action, made up of 5 brand new levels. If you already have the original version of Mighty Switch Force! then don’t worry because you can download the new content for free and if you are new to the game then you can download the remastered version from the Nintendo eShop.
Last but by no means least, a true Neo Geo classic comes to Wii Virtual Console in the form of Metal Slug 3, one of the original side-scrolling shooter franchises. Metal Slug is famous for its frantic action, iconic weapons and enemies, and Metal Slug 3 is widely regarded as the best of the bunch.
Data has become available showing worldwide shipment figures for Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Mario Kart from Nintendo Japan. The shipment figures for each of Nintendo’s key franchises span across multiple Nintendo systems from the NES to the Nintendo 3DS. Just remember these are shipment figures, rather than sales figures.
Online gaming publication IGN recently polled its readers and asked them exactly what they thought of the occasionally loved, but generally loathed, motion controls in gaming. Unsurprisingly the majority of people weren’t fans of the devices, and they simply preferred using traditional control schemes. IGN believes that the poll is one of the largest of its kind related to motion controls.
US retail emporium Best Buy are selling the fairly controversial Metroid: Other M for the ridiculously cheap price of $7.99. Admittedly the game did receive rather mixed reviews from the gaming press. If you were previously sitting on the fence about buying it, then now’s the perfect time to do so.
Eurogamer is reporting that EA is hard at work developing the next iteration of the FIFA franchise for Wii U. The game is being developed by a different team from the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC version. EA confirmed earlier today that FIFA 13 is in development for Wii and Nintendo 3DS.
Nintendo of America is adding two great games to the Nintendo Selects value collection for the Wii console on June 10 with Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin 2, a Nintendo GameCube classic making its U.S. debut on Wii. Nintendo Selects games are available at a suggested retail price of $19.99.
Separately, two of the best-selling Wii games of all time will be getting new prices: Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Donkey Kong Country Returns each will be available at a suggested retail price of $29.99. The value pricing provides shoppers with a great way to expand their game collections with some of the hottest Wii games around.
Get ready to traverse land and sea as the classic Game Boy platformer, Kirby’s Dream Land 2 arrives on the European Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS. Help Kirby in his attempt to protect Dreamland by tracking down the Rainbow Bridges which have been stolen by a new enemy; the evil force named Dark Matter. It’s up to you, accompanied by your trusty animal cohort, to travel through the lands battling King Dedede and his minions, and to defeat the mysterious Dark Matter.
It’s a week of epic journeys on the Nintendo eShop, as we join Mojo in Bird Mania 3D on his quest to catch up with his friends as they head off on holiday to Africa without him. Fly, dash, soar and glide after them as you try to collect extra bonuses and avoid unwanted obstacles in this skills-based action game. You are also being treated to a double dose of demos with two action-packed adventures in the RAYMAN ORIGINS Demo and 2 Fast 4 Gnomz Demo available from the Nintendo eShop and Wii Shop Channel respectively
Project Zero 2 Wii producer Keisuke Kikuchi, claims that while Project Zero 2 is a remake of a PlayStation 2 game, it now feels like a brand new game. Kikuchi says that it’s this is down to the dramatic changes that the development team at Tecmo Koei have implemented.
“I feel that to all intents and purposes, it’s a new game! The objective viewpoint that Nintendo brought to the project meant that we ended up reworking a lot of different elements of the game from first principles.”
“We’ve made significant changes to the battle system, and we have added new episodes and several endings. We’ve also brought the graphics up to date, and packed it full of features that put it right at the cutting edge of horror games.”
Journey developer and thatgamecompany co-founder Jenova Chen has told online publication Venture Beat that PlayStation 3 owners have a greater appreciation of art than both Wii and Xbox 360 owners. Chen then went on to elaborate his claim by stating that Sony has more artistic and adult-focussed taste.
“The player who owns a PlayStation 3 is more likely to be interested in artistic games compared to Wii and Xbox 360.”
“Sony has a more artistic and adult-focused taste. They care about how grown-ups feel toward their games.”
