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

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Shigeru Miyamoto has told the San Francisco Chronicle that Nintendo are always striving to create something that can’t be replicated on a smartphone. 

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As pressure from investors mount Miyamoto believes Nintendo’s strategy is to try to be different from the countless developers out there.

“What we really have to do is try to be different,” he said. “We are trying to create something that can never be reproduced on the smart phone.”

Enterbrain has revealed that Monster Hunter Tri G for the Nintendo 3DS sold nearly half a million copies during its first two days on sale. The Nintendo 3DS had its best week yet last week, selling an impressive 378,114 units. The Nintendo 3DS has now crossed the three million mark in Japanese sales. Great news for both Nintendo and Capcom.

Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has told The San Francisco Chronicle that he’s currently working on something ‘brand new’ at Nintendo. Miyamoto wouldn’t announce specifics but he did reveal that whenever Nintendo start something brand new they generally assemble a small, capable team. What would you like to see Miyamoto and his team create?

“Whenever we try to create something brand new, we have to start from a very small, capable team,” he said. “When a big company is trying to do something really new, it’s not a good idea for many people to work on it from the start.”
Miyamoto was circumspect on the subject of what that “brand new” thing might be.
“Until the time that we are ready to commercialize it, it’s not something we can disclose,” he said.

2.- Nintendo of America has confirmed via a press release that the Circle Pad Pro will be a GameStop exclusive in the United States. 

The Circle Pad Pro will launch in the United States on February 7th It will be sold through GameStop stores and on the GameStop website for a suggested retail price of $19.99.

Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed to The San Francisco Chronicle that his position at Nintendo hasn’t changed. Miyamoto says that nothing has changed, and nothing will be changed in the near future regarding his position at the company. Miyamoto said he would continue to oversee development of Nintendo’s games, but would increasingly delegate more responsibility to younger designers at Nintendo.

3.- Nintendo of America has not only dated Kid Icarus: Uprising for March 23rd but they’ve also uploaded an action-packed new trailer for the Nintendo 3DS game. The Kid Icarus: Uprising trailer shows off plenty of explosive gameplay footage and also features American voice acting for Pit and the other characters featured in the game.

Nintendo of America has revealed the official box-art for Xenoblade Chronicles in the US. The cover is basically identical to the European version but Nintendo of America has chosen to de-emphasize the “Chronicles” part of the title. Xenoblade Chronicles is due for release in April through GameStop and Nintendo.

Shigeru Miyamoto has told Wired that he thinks the development studio behind the Metroid Prime series and Donkey Kong Country Returns could be a good fit for creating an instalment of The Legend of Zelda franchise. Would you like to see Retro Studiosdevelop a Zelda game?

Wired.com: It’s come out since Mario Kart 7 came out, there have been some articles about how Retro Studios was very deeply involved in the making of this game, and it’s considered a landmark for the series because you had this collaboration between EAD and Retro. And I’m curious as to whether you think that this would be an interesting model for more games, like a Mario platformer or a Zelda game, to have a Western team and a Japanese team working in close concert to produce a game like that.

Miyamoto: First of all, let me talk a little bit more in detail about how we collaborated with Retro Studios this time. Of course, they were taking care of the game designing aspect. Specifically, they were taking care of the design of the courses and the artwork about that. But when it comes to the gameplay and the control mechanism itself, that’s being taken care of by EAD once again.

People often say that videogames made by Western developers are somehow different in terms of taste for the players, in comparison with Japanese games. I think that means that the Western developers and Japanese developers, they are good at different fields. And that resulted in a different taste in [their games]. Mario Kart, I believe, was good in order to express that kind of different taste because we have many kinds of different courses for the Mario karts to run and race around. So for each of the different courses, we could identify: Retro is supposed to take care of this course, and EAD is going to do that, and such and such. Then, we were able to join forces in order to realize a variety of different courses, a variety of different tastes. I think that’s one reason how it worked out well between a Japanese development team and a Western development team.
As you know, we have already collaborated with Retro for the Metroid Prime series in the past. And I think when we talk about any other franchise, Zelda might be a possible franchise for that collaboration

4.- Nintendo of America has just issued a press release detailing a number of releases for Wii and Nintendo 3DS. Mario Party 9 for Wii will be released March 11th, Kid Icarus: Uprisingfor the Nintendo 3DS will be released March 23rd and Rhythm Heaven Fever will be released February 13th.

Nintendo 3DS
Publisher			Game			Available
2K Play			Nicktoons MLB 3D			March
Capcom			Resident Evil® Revelations			Feb. 7
Konami DigitalEntertainment, Inc.			METAL GEAR SOLID® 3D Snake Eater			Q1
			Pro Evolution Soccer 2012			January
NAMCO BANDAIGames America Inc.			TEKKEN 3D Prime Edition™			February
			Tales of the Abyss®			Feb. 14
Nintendo			Kid Icarus: Uprising			March 23
Published by SEGA® of America			Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games™			Feb. 14
SEGA® of America			CRUSH™3D			Q1
Ubisoft			NCIS The Video Game (Based on the TV Series)			March 6
			Horses 3D			March 6
			Funky Barn			Q1
			Rayman® Origins			Q1

Nintendo eShop
Publisher			Game			Available
Collecting Smiles			Colors! 3D			Q1
Nicalis			VVVVVV			Q1
			NightSky			Q1
Nintendo			Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword			Q1
			Dillon’s Rolling Western			Q1
			Kirby’s Block Ball™			Q1
Renegade Kid			Mutant Mudds			Q1
Shin’en Multimedia			Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH			Q1
			Jett Rocket Super Surf			Q1
WayForward			Mighty Switch Force			Q1
Zen Studios			Zen Pinball			Q1

Wii
Publisher			Game			Available
2K Sports			MLB 2K12			March 6
GameMill Entertainment			Country Dance™ Special Edition			Feb. 1
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.			Karaoke Joysound			Q1
Nintendo			Rhythm Heaven Fever			Feb. 13
			PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond			Feb. 27
			Mario Party 9			March 11

WiiWare™
Publisher			Game			Available
Nicalis			La Mulana			Q1

Nintendo DS™ Family
Publisher			Game			Available
2K Sports			MLB 2K12			March 6
ATLUS			Shin Megami Tensei®: Devil Survivor™ 2			February
GameMill Entertainment			Silverlicious™			March 20
			Xia Xia™			March 20
			Gogo’s Crazy Bones™			March 20
Mentor Interactive			Chess for Kids			Feb. 14
			NARABA: The Labyrinth of Light			Feb. 21
			NARABA: The Mysterious Palace			Feb. 21

Nintendo DSiWare™
Publisher			Game			Available
Cosmigo			Box Pusher			Q1
Cypronia			Cake Ninja			Q1

5.- We've handled the PlayStation Vita often enough to know our way around its lightweight chassis and petite thumbsticks, but whenever we've tried to explore the handheld's underlying user interface, event staff played interference. Developers at a recent Vita Hill Social Club event were much less shy, however, and let us poke and swipe through the Vita's menu with hardly a shrug.

If you’re crazy desperate about seeing more content from Kingdom Hearts 3D, then the above image will provide a moment of satisfaction. It’s from Square Enix’s booth page relating to the Jump Festa event in Japan where the game will be playable within the next week.

A recent trademark filing suggests that Square Enix will be bringing its new franchise to Europe. The game, known as Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter, has you controlling a robot that can transform into a car to battle other transforming robots. Square Enix seem to be going all out for Gyrozetter, even going so far as announcing an arcade game, a comic, a TV show, toys and a 3DS game. Here’s hoping the franchise also sees a release in other regions. You can check after the break for some screenshots of Gyrozetter.

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Mister Gaga