Information Update // Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo 3DS & PSVita

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has told USAToday that the frankly amazing Super Mario 3D Land is the fastest selling portable Mario game in company history, and has sold more than 500,000 units since its launch on November 13th.

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Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has exclusively revealed that the recently released Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has sold over 535,000 copies since its U.S launch on November 20th making it the fastest-selling Legend of Zelda game ever.

Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime has revealed that the Wii had its best Black Friday ever as Nintendo saw sales surpass 500,000 units just during the day, and pre-Black Friday openings at some stores. Who said the Wii is dead?

2.- UK Interactive Entertainment chairman Andy Payne has told attendees at the Develop Liverpool conference that he believes both Nintendo and Sony should stop making video games consoles and should instead embrace mobile platforms such as the iPhone or Android smartphones. What do you think to his comments?

“I think it would be a massive relief to both Sony and Nintendo to become content-only,” he said. “Right now, they might not even know it. You know that thing where you take drugs and you think it’s the best thing in the world? Then you get off them and go, ‘What was I doing?’
“Imagine any Mario or Zelda property being on the iPhone or an Android phone. They’d get £10 or £15 for it, because people would want to pay to have it on their phone. They would. And that would be amazing. And Sony’s content is amazing. I mean, Uncharted … it’s just brilliant! I’m not knocking those guys, because they really do make fantastic games. And when we kind of get that bit over, wouldn’t it be refreshing to have Nintendo really making stuff for the iPhone, Android, and all the other stuff that’s around?”

3.- One of the most exciting aspects of Mario Kart 7 is the game’s online mode. Thankfully a French gamer has revealed exactly what we should expect from the interface and options when the game launches December 2nd in Europe and December 4th in North America.

Nintendo of America has officially confirmed that the Rose Metallic Nintendo 3DS is coming to America. The pink Nintendo 3DS will come bundled with either Nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog and New Friends or Nintendogs + Cats: Toy Poodle and New Friends software.

The limited-edition bundles will be available at a suggested retail price of $169.99 in the U.S. – the same price as the standard Nintendo 3DS system and will be available from December 4th. Here’s some other official bundles that Nintendo of America has announced for the holiday season:

• A The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword bundle containing the just-launched game for the Wii™ system, a gold-colored Wii Remote™ Plus controller and a CD with music from the series at a suggested retail price of $69.99 in the U.S.
• A Flame Red Nintendo 3DS system bundled with the just-launched Super Mario 3D Land™ game at a suggested retail price of $199.99 in the U.S.
• A Special Edition Nintendo 3DS system with the Hyrule emblem and gold-colored embellishments bundled with The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D game at a suggested retail price of $199.99 in the U.S.
• A Metallic Rose or Midnight Blue Nintendo DSi XL™ system bundled with the Mario vs. Donkey Kong™: Mini-Land Mayhem! game at a suggested retail price of $169.99 in the U.S.

4.- Expect to pay anywhere between $29.99 for a 4GB model right up to $119.99 for a 32GB card. To put that in perspective, most Vita titles are looking like costing around the $40 mark, making the larger memory cards more expensive than the games themselves. 

And unlike the PSP, which used Sony's Memory Stick tech also found in many of its digital cameras, the Vita uses its own proprietary brand of memory card, meaning they're pretty much an essential purpose for anyone planning to pick up the new handheld.

Vita launches on February 22 of next year.

Hideo Kojima has told press in Japan that the forthcoming Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D isn’t just a simple port but is a complete remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 that takes full advantage of the Nintendo 3DS hardware. Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D comes out on March 8th in Japan.

There are new screenshots from Monster Hunter Tri G that show the Axe Dragontail variant of the Doboruberuku monster species.

An interview with the developers of Beyond the Labyrinth has revealed that the game will allow you to customize the character’s hair and outfit. This feature was put in the game because they felt players would want to change the character’s look but it would also be too much work for the designers to make alternate designs. You’ll be able to change the character’s look using the touch screen and also have the ability to save a picture of the look to the SD card as a JPEG.

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Mister Gaga