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

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Nintendo’s legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has told The Wall Street Journalthat Nintendo is working hard to put in place a structure where they can cope better without him if he does decide to retire.

More After the Break...

Miyamoto also mentioned that Nintendo may be better off without him to allow for a different approach to the organisation and to see new talent emerge.

“We have to construct the structure so that the organization so that it can make it without me.
“I should also admit that it might be better without me; I mean that a different approach and different talent might emerge…”
“Although I shouldn’t dwell on this because then the article might indeed say ‘Mr. Miyamoto is thinking about retiring,’ because that is not the case.

Shigeru Miyamoto has confessed to the Wall Street Journal that he isn’t a fan of gaming on a smartphone due to the lack of buttons on the devices. Miyamoto says that video games are all about experiences: how you feel and how you experience that particular videogame software application.

Another thing he says Nintendo isn’t behind on: mobile games. While games like Angry Birds for smartphones and tablets may be all the rage, Miyamoto said Nintendo isn’t going to make its software available for download on those devices.
Why? He prefers buttons and a physical connection to the game.
“Videogames are all about experiences: how you feel and how you experience that particular videogame software application,” Miyamoto said, noting that with the company’s new Zelda game, customers have to move their controllers as if they were slicing with a real sword and blocking with a real shield. “In order to realize the maximum and unique experiences, we fine-tune it and stick to the details.”

That preference for physical experiences extends to Miyamoto’s taste for smartphones. He said that he would buy a BlackBerry, because he likes physical keyboards, but he couldn’t get one. Instead, he has chosen to use a Toshiba smartphone that runs Google’s Android operating system and has a physical keyboard attached.


2.- The NPD group has announced the best-selling software in the United States during November and Modern Warfare 3 tops the list. Sadly The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Swordonly manage to reach the ninth spot on the list but it should be noted that the game was only released on November 20th in North America.

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, WII, PC) Activision Blizzard
2. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC) Bethesda Softworks
3. Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC) Electronic Arts
4. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) Ubisoft
5. Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360) Ubisoft
6. Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2) Electronic Arts
7. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3) Sony
8. Saints Row: The Third (360, PS3, PC) THQ
9. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (WII) Nintendo
10. Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC) Warner Bros. Interactive


Strong sales on Black Friday pushed the U.S installed base of the Wii system to 37.7 million units and helped the Nintendo 3DS system surpass the first-year totals of the Nintendo DS system (2.37 million) after only eight months on the market, according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. Other milestones reached in November include:

Software

• Super Mario 3D Land for Nintendo 3DS sold more than 625,000 units and is the fastest-selling portable Super Mario title in U.S. history.
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii had the biggest first day in franchise history and sold more than 600,000 units in its first week.

Hardware

• Nintendo sold more than 2 million combined hardware units in November. This includes more than 860,000 Wii systems, more than 795,000 Nintendo 3DS units and more than 350,000 units of the Nintendo DS family of systems.
• Nintendo 3DS had its biggest single month of sales, representing an increase of more than 215 percent over the previous month, and has now sold nearly 2.5 million units since launch.
• Wii had its biggest Black Friday ever with more than 520,000 units sold. Full-month sales increased by more than 245 percent over the previous month.

3.- Wired editor Chris Kohler is sticking by his famed interview in which Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned that he’s retiring. Nintendo says that Miyamoto’s comments must have been misinterpreted as his native language is Japanese, but Kohler says he’s ‘absolutely’ standing by the interview that was published as the translator was Nintendo’s own.

Christian Svensson, Capcom’s senior vice president of strategic planning and business development has told GameInformer that Mega Man is still a key franchise at Capcom but he admits it will take time to rebuild bridges with fans of the series after the cancellation of Mega Man Universe and Mega Man Legends 3.

Capcom has released the English version of the Resident Evil: Revelations video we sawlast week which features many of the game’s graphically impressive cut scenes. Resident Evil: Revelations is released Janaury 27th in Europe and February 7th in North America.

Vigil Games has announced that Darksiders 2 is due to be released next summer. The game is scheduled to be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U. THQ has yet to announce a release date for the Wii U version, but it’s ”anticipated to be a launch title” for the system. Could the Wii U be coming summer 2012?

4.- Capcom has launched the English version of the official website for Resident Evil: Revelations. You can click here to check it out.

There are new screenshots of Monster Hunter Tri G that show off various parts of the game including the opening cinematics. There are new screenshots from CRUSH3D that you can check out.

SEGA has released an English trailer for Rhythm Thief & The Emperor’s Treasure. The trailer gives us an idea of the game’s story

WayForward has released a new trailer for Mighty Switch Force via YouTube and the eShop. The trailer shows off the game in action and can be viewed in 3D on your computer by using anaglyph glasses.

-------

Mister Gaga