NPD analyst Anita Frazier has revealed to IGN that Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS managed to sell over 135,000 copies during its first week on sale. Nintendo rather strangely neglected to issue a press release detailing their hardware and software sales in North America during March.
The NPD group has released software sales for the month of March which are down 25% from last year. Mario Party 9 faired well as it was the ninth best-selling game in North America last month. Kid Icarus Uprising failed to make the top ten, but it would have been among the top-selling individual SKU’s for the month of March. Nintendo of America has yet to announce hardware sales for the month of March.
Nintendo UK has announced that Kid Icarus: Uprising is available now to pre-order from the vast majority of retailers, but GAME won’t be stocking the highly anticipated title. Yesterday I reported that Japanese gaming publication Famitsu has awarded the game a perfect 40/40.
The wait is over. Twenty-five years after the launch of the original Kid Icarus series for NES, Pit is back in Kid Icarus: Uprising exclusively on Nintendo 3DS, available to preorder from Amazon.co.uk , GameStop Littlewoods.com, Play.com and zavvi.co.uk now!
From Friday 23rd March, Kid Icarus: Uprising will be available to buy on the high street via Argos, Asda, Blockbuster, Tesco, Dixons Stores Group, GameStop, HMV, Sainsbury’s, Smyths Toys, Toys R Us or online at Amazon, The Hut, JohnLewis.com, Littlewoods.com, Play.com, zavvi.co.uk , and as well as most good games retailers.
Nintendo UK has announced that Tecmo Koei will be releasing a demo for the impressive Dead or Alive: Dimensions on the Nintendo 3DS eShop on Thursday. European Nintendo 3DS owners will also be able to download Mega Man X on the Wii Virtual Console, Kid Icarus Of Myths and Monsters on the Nintendo eShop and Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH!
Nintendo Europe has issued a press release which states that this March is set to be the biggest month ever for Virtual Console as Nintendo announces a bumper crop of classic games set to launch via the Nintendo eShop and Wii Shop Channel. Here’s the full details:
The month of March heralds a wide range of interesting games to download including a chance to replay where it all began for Samus Aran when the original Metroid from the NES becomes available to download on your Nintendo 3DS. Those of you who are looking forward to the upcoming release of Kid Icarus™: Uprising can download the Game Boy title, Kid Icarus™ Of Myths and Monsters allowing Nintendo 3DS owners to become better acquainted with the angelic angel Pit and his action-packed adventures!
Dust off your stethoscope and get ready for some pill arranging action with the classic Game Boy puzzler Dr Mario™, finally arriving to the Nintendo eShop. March will also see the long awaited arrival of the classic SEGA Game Gear line-up including Dragon Crystal™, Shinobi™ and Sonic the Hedgehog™: Triple Trouble.
Wii owners are in for a treat this month when Mega Man X and Mega Man 5 become available on Wii Virtual Console and Super Street Fighter 2 is the first Virtual Console title with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection functionality which allows fans of the legendary fighting franchise to challenge each other online. You will be treated to even more of history’s best 2D fighting and sidescrolling action in Strider and Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa’s Revenge respectively.
The month of Virtual Console will kick off this week with two NES classics in the form of the original Super Mario Bros.™ and Punch-Out!!™, both available via the Nintendo eShop. Mario and Luigi have been rescuing princesses and battling Bowser for over 25 years and you now have the chance to play the ultimate classic on your Nintendo 3DS.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board has rated both Shinobi and Sonic Triple Trouble for the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Both games, which were developed by Sega, were previously available on the Game Gear.
Nintendo has also announced that Kid Icarus Of Myths and Monsters will be available on the Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop on February 8th. The Game Boy title was previously only available to purchase in Europe and North America but never made it to Japan.
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Project Sora head Masahiro Sakurai has revealed that Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS will come bundled with a stand to keep your Nintendo 3DS nice and steady. The stand can be used with all Nintendo 3DS games. Will you be using it?
Those of you that bought two high-profile European Nintendo 3DS games from November 1st and registered them on Club Nintendo should be receiving a code entitling you to a free copy of 3D Classics: Kid Icarus. Here’s a list of the games that you would have needed to have purchased to be eligible for the free download of Kid Icarus:
Nintendo of Japan has uploaded a brand new trailer for the forthcoming Kid Icarus: Uprising on the Nintendo 3DS. Kid Icarus: Uprising still doesn’t have an official release date but is scheduled to be released in Europe, Japan, Australia and America sometime early next year.
Kid Icarus for the NES will be receiving the 3D Classic treatment in Japan. The game will be free to download on the Nintendo 3DS eShop for Japanese Club Nintendo members. No word as of yet regarding a Western release date.
