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

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Nintendo UK has announced via a press release that gamers who register two Nintendo 3DS games between November 1st and January 31st 2012 will be able to receive a 3D Classic: Kid Icarus download and also enter a prize draw to win one of 3,000 sweet limited edition Mario-themed Nintendo 3DS systems.

More After the Break...

• The eligible Nintendo 3DS titles include:
• Resident Evil™: Revelations
• Mario Kart™ 7
• Super Pokémon™ Rumble
• SUPER MARIO 3D LAND™
• Tetris™
• Star Fox 64™ 3D
• Resident Evil™: The Mercenaries 3D
• The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time 3D
• DEAD OR ALIVE™ Dimensions
• Steel Diver™
• Nintendogs™ + cats
• Pilotwings Resort™
• Super Street Fighter™ IV 3D Edition

2.- Wii U publication Wii U Daily is reporting that the specifications behind Wii U are extremely similar to those found in the Xbox 360. The publication claims it obtained the information from a Japanese developer who is currently working on porting a PlayStation 3 game to the Wii U. Nintendo themselves has yet to confirm Wii U specifications.

• Quad Core, 3 GHz PowerPC-based 45nm CPU, very similar to the Xbox 360 chip.
• 768 MB of DRAM “embedded” with the CPU, and shared between CPU and GPU
• Unknown, 40nm ATI-based GPU

There’s a new batch of screenshots from Sonic Generations that you can admire after the break.

3.- Nintendo of Japan has posted a developer roundtable for the highly anticipated Animal Crossing 3D for the Nintendo 3DS. 

During the roundtable the developers behind the Animal Crossing franchise discuss the features that the Animal Crossing community wish to see in the new game. What would you personally like to see featured in the 3DS game?

The fantastic Xenoblade Chronicles may finally be getting a North American release according to a recent listing at GameStop. Xenoblade Chronicles features at the very bottom of a GameStop retail list and is titled “Xenoblade Chronicles GS Exclusive”. The game shows a release date of 4/3/2012.


3.- Nintendo of America has posted a number of Xenoblade Chronicles images on its officialFacebook page which basically confirms that the company is going to release the game in North America after all.

To further back up this claim I posted a GameStop listing for Xenoblade Chronicles which is due for release April 3rd 2012. Great news for the US.

There are new screenshots from Beyond the Labyrinth that show off battle scenes, environments and the newly revealed Mystery Room, along with gameplay footage of a battle.

Nintendo has released the first trailer for the re-release of Kid Icarus as a 3D Classic that you can check for after the break. Nintendo of Europe is also holding a promotion through Club Nintendo to get this game for free. You can click here to read more about that.

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Mister Gaga